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• World Cup Plzen – Katie Compton, Niels Albert Take Muddy Wins as Crashes Dissapoint Nys and Powers UPDATED: Gallery, Results

  28 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  PLZEN, CZECH REPUBLIC – On a chilly, muddy course Katie Compton (Trek) overcame early difficulties to claw her way back to a lead group containing Helen Wyman (Kona), Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank), Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea),  Hanka Kupfernagel (Rusvelo), and Sanne Cant (BKCP). Compton then took to the lead, and by the end of the race had shed all her [...]

• Aernouts, van Paassen take Mid-Week Wins at Nacht van Woerden

  24 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Bart Hazen Bart Aernouts (AA Drink) and Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank) have won the international cyclo cross in Woerden. In the late evening race, Aernouts attacked from the start with Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) and Dieter Vanthourenhout (BKCP-Powerplus). Lars van der Haar (Rabobank) crashed hard and had to chase all the way but finished in [...]

• World Cup Tabor: Pauwels Proves Best as Powers Performs, Sanne van Paassen takes Compton at the Line

  21 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  TABOR, CZECH REPUBLIC – In the opening round of the 2012/13 Cyclocross World Cup series, Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) rode away from Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), Lars van der Haar (Rabobank), and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) to take a commanding solo win. Van der Haar, clearly excited with his podium place, out-sprinted Albert for second. A broken chain in [...]

• Bpost Bank Trofee, GP Mario De Clercq: Albert Triumphs Over Pauwels, While Nys Struggles Early

  14 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Andrew Davis Neils Albert took the win in the GP Mario De Clercq, at the first round of the bpost bank Trofee series, ahead of a resurgent Kevin Pauwels in a close finish Sunday while Nys struggles early before fighting back for third.

• Race Preview: Europe’s Best Line up at Kalmthout for Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin

  27 September 12 • 0 comment

  EuroCross fans rejoice! This weekend, in Kalmthout, Belgium, your favorite old-world racers are back to test their legs at the first classic cyclocross race of the season: the Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin. Nys. Albert. Pauwels. Meeusen. Mourey. Wasleben. They’re back, and ready to give us all some exciting racing in what is sure to be a [...]

• Cyclocrossers Take On Tour of Belgium

  25 May 12 • 0 comment

  

  We’re craving race results here at Cyclocross Magazine headquarters, and luckily, the Tour of Belgium has arrived just in the nick of time. Since it is the Tour of Belgium, it only makes sense that a quick look down the start list reveals nearly all of the Euro cyclocross greats from the past season. In [...]

• Checking In with the ’Crossers at the Houffalize World Cup

  23 April 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros, photos by Jonas Bruffaerts For all the diehard cyclocross fans here in Belgium who have been deprived of their ’cross races for almost two months now, they were given one last hurrah last weekend at the Houffalize World Cup where they could scream their favorite riders’ names once more. And for all [...]

• Ben Berden Attempts the “Stoepidest Week” to Kick Off Road Season

  15 March 12 • 3 comments

  

  It was only a month ago that we saw Ben Berden (along with Tim Johnson, Jamey Driscoll and several other top names in cyclocross) make their way to Japan for Tokyo Cross. There, Berden took the win in one of the last races of the season, narrowly defeating Tim Johnson. He also gained notoriety over [...]

• Prepping for Worlds Early: “Americans 4 Nys”

  14 March 12 • 2 comments

  

  If one of the top racers in the world decides he doesn’t want to come to the US to race Worlds in 2013, should we be asking him to come? The Americans 4 Nys people seem to think so, and they’re circulating an online petition to that effect. However, for some people, it seems strange [...]

• News From Europe: Lars Ages Up, 2016 World Championship News

  9 March 12 • 0 comment

  

  While the season may be over, there’s always room for more cyclocross-related news, and this week is no exception. With our normal Rumors and Rumblings writer heavily enmeshed in law school studies, we’ll try our best to pick up the slack and share a few choice tidbits from across the pond. Lars van der Haar [...]

• Season Ends with Cross Masters Taken by Albert and Vos: Photo Gallery

  23 February 12 • 0 comment

  

  Words and photos by Bart Hazen In the last race of the season, no one was surprised when Marianne Vos won the elite women. She was followed by Daphny van den Brand and Sanne Cant. World Champion Niels Albert won the elite men. He was followed by Zdenek Stybar second and Sven Nys. Kevin Pauwels [...]

• Van den Brand Signs Off with a Win; Albert Outclasses All in GvA Oostmalle – UPDATED Galleries

  19 February 12 • 0 comment

  

  by David Evans After a couple of lackluster weekends, Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) outclassed the competition in the final GVA Trofee race in Oostmalle. Albert saw the front of the race for the first time after forty minutes and, unfortunately for his competitors, didn’t see a wheel in front of him for the rest of the [...]

• Vos and Nys Dominant in Cauberg Cyclocross on the Last Race Weekend of the Season – UPDATED Results, Galleries

  18 February 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Thomas Van Bracht VALKENBURG, THE NETHERLANDS – Sven Nys has won today’s International Cauberg Cyclocross in Valkenburg, the Netherlands. The Belgian Champ rode for most of the race solo in the front. Only world champion Niels Albert seemed to be able to keep up with Nys, but due to bad luck, he fell out [...]

• Meeusen Doubles at Hoogstraten, Van den Brand Takes the Women’s Race – Full Results

  5 February 12 • 0 comment

  

  Taking advantage of the battle between Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) for the general classification, Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) attacked for his second victory of the weekend on the icy Hoogstraten course.With the general classification in mind, Pauwels out-sprinted Nys for second place and is now only four points in arrears. While Meeusen took the [...]

• Vos, Meeusen Triumph at GvA Trofee Krawatencross — UPDATED: Report, Full Results, Photos

  4 February 12 • 1 comment

  

  by David Evans LILLE, BELGIUM—Marianne Vos took the win in the fifth race in the GvA Trofee series, Krawatencross, today. She was followed by Daphny van den Brand and Sanne Cant, exactly the same podium as last Sunday’s World Championships. In the men’s race, Tom Meeusen took the win, followed by Zdenek Stybar and Kevin [...]