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• Nys Wins Eighth Koppenberg, Adams Takes First U23 Win – UPDATED: Video, Full Results

  3 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) has won the Koppenbergcross in Oudenaarde, Belgium, for the seventh consecutive time and his eighth win in this race in his career. The Belgian champion dominated from start to finish and won with a lead of over one minute on his compatriots Niels Albert and Kevin Pauwels. World champion [...]

• Helen Wyman Queen of the Koppenberg, Dutch Win Youth Races

  1 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen British national champion Helen Wyman (Kona) took the biggest win in her career on the Koppenberg today. The newly crowned “Queen of the Koppenberg” soloed to an impressive win with the native Belgian rider Sanne Cant finishing in second and Dutchwoman Sanne van Paassen in third. Daphny van den Brand and Sophie [...]

• Van den Brand to Ride Her Penultimate Season of Cyclocross

  19 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros After a full 25 years of racing, Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) is entering her penultimate season of ‘cross. With her limited time, this Netherlander has her sights set on two top priorities – to win World Championships one more time and to add two more national jerseys to her current fleet [...]

• Stybar Outsprints Nys in Kermiscross

  14 October 10 • 1 comment

  As the year’s first World Cup rapidly approaches – on Sunday in Aigle, Switzerland – Zdenek Stybar (Telent-Fidea) continued his impressive start to the season by claiming his fifth consecutive win today in Ardooie, Belgium. Stybar and Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) came into the finishing stretch together, and Nys launched his final attack a [...]

• Stybar and Aernouts Win Superprestige Opener in Ruddervoorde – Full Results, Race Report, Photos, Video

  10 October 10 • 2 comments

  by Bart Hazen Ruddervoorde, Belgium – World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) is the man of the moment. After winning the opening race of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee in Namur last week, he was also the best in the opening race of the Superprestige series in Ruddervoorde. In sunny weather conditions, Stybar won after shedding Bart Aernouts (Rabobank-Giant [...]

• Stybar, Van Paassen Take GvA Trofee Opener in Namur – UPDATED: Video Highlights, Full Report

  3 October 10 • 2 comments

  Zdenek Stybar followed up his two wins in his Czech Republic homeland with a win in Namur, Belgium to open up the GvA Trofee series. Sanne van Passen continued her winning ways in the Elite women’s field in a convincing win, while Arnaud Jouffroy put in a convincing performance to take the U23 win. by [...]

• Thijs Al All Healed Up and Ready to Go…Almost

  1 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros While Netherlander Thijs Al (AA Drink) may have the form of two years ago, when he won Scheldecross and immediately afterward the Zolder World Cup, a nasty cold has kept his legs from showing what they can do. He competed last weekend in his first two races of the season – at [...]

• Historical UK Event: 48th Three Peaks Cyclocross Race Report

  30 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  The Three Peaks event has been long enough to be called a classic and, not surprisingly, it’s evolved quite a bit over its 48-year history. Throughout, however, although it’s a long way from a one-hour, full-throttle effort, cyclocross has been at the heart of the super-challenging long distance event. For more info on the event, [...]

• Nys Wins Again in Neerpelt, Van Paassen Takes Women’s Race – UPDATED: Video

  27 September 10 • 0 comment

  Neerpelt, Belgium – Despite a weekend of heavy rain in Belgium, the skies cleared for the Fidea Grote Prijs in Neerpelt as the European cyclocross season entered its second week. Even with the rain, the good drainage on the sandy, wooded course meant a tacky, rather than muddy, track, dominated by a series of steep, loose [...]

• Albert Sidelined While Boom Announces Return

  25 September 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton While European cyclocross slowly ramped up this week, two former world champions announced late starts to the season, albeit for very different reasons. Niels Albert, who stormed undefeated through the first month of the 2009-10 season, found himself sidelined with illness and injury, while Lars Boom announced a return to the sport. [...]

• Nys Takes 2010 Season Opener in Erpe-Mere

  19 September 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton While top American racers were kicking off the season in Washington and Vermont, the European cyclocross season got rolling on Sunday when Belgian Champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) defeated a depleted field in Erpe-Mere, Belgium. With world champion Zdeněk Štybar racing at home in the Czech Republic and last year’s winner Niels Albert [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – April 21, 2010

  21 April 10 • 0 comment

  The road season is getting its wheels turning in high gear, and it has already claimed its first cyclocross casualty; one that is near and dear to our hearts. Also, Rabobank-Giant has picked up some young talent, Marianne Vos picks up where she left off last road season, and America’s cyclocross stars head to Sea [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – March 17, 2010

  17 March 10 • 0 comment

  Happy St. Patrick’s Day one and all! It was a dark week for professional cyclocross, with the announcement of a pair of EPO positive tests from the World Championships, and the subsequent reports of a suicide attempt in its aftermath. Here at PCR&R, we’ll try to keep those parties out of the news as much [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – March 11, 2010

  11 March 10 • 0 comment

  While the glow of the 2010 cyclocross season has not yet faded, most of cyclocross’ elite have settled into their off-season road careers. None have settled in faster than Lars Boom, who achieved a major milestone in his road career at the Paris-Nice stage race. Jesse Anthony, too, has found his feet on the road [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – February 24, 2009

  24 February 10 • 0 comment

  As the cyclocross season drew its final curtain, a number of riders will find their way to new homes when the curtain rises on the 2010-2011 season. Amongst them are Dutchman Stef Boden, Czech Martin Zlamalik, and the three Sweeck brothers. Also, a major contract has been signed that will better your cyclocross viewing experience! [...]