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• Nys, Van den Brand Wrap Up World Cup Season With Wins – Updated: Full Photo Gallery

  26 January 09 • 0 comment

  

  Daphny Van den Brand and Sven Nys won the Elite Women’s and Elite Men’s races in Milan in hotly contested races, with each taking close victories over their biggest rivals. Full reports below by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton with photos from CXM star shutterbug Joe Sales. Also, for full details on how the [...]

• Masters Worlds – Full Photo Gallery

  25 January 09 • 3 comments

  Cyclocross Magazine photographers Joe Sales and Mitch Clinton made the trip to the Masters World Championships in Mol, Beglium on Saturday, and as a result we’ve got what we think is some of the best ‘cross  photography of the racing action below.

• Masters Worlds: Kathy Sarvary Leads Three American Medalists in Mol – Updated: Full Results

  25 January 09 • 2 comments

  New England’s Kathy Sarvary (Mid State Cycling) hates getting rid of old clothing. In December, she wore her rainbow-striped world champion jersey to successfully defend her masters 50-54 national championship in Kansas City and keep her coveted stars and stripes jersey. On Saturday in Mol, Belgium, she wore that stars and stripes jersey to successfully [...]

• Speed Over Style: Bart Wellens Barrier Photo Sequence

  20 January 09 • 6 comments

  Cyclocross Magazine’s photographer Joe Sales made the hop over the pond for Worlds a little early and rewarded us with some amazing photos from the Roubaix World Cup (see our reports of the men, women, u23 and junior races). We’ve still got more images from him coming, and first up is a spectacular series of [...]

• Vervecken Upsets the Favorites at Roubaix – Updated: Full Report, Photos

  18 January 09 • 3 comments

  

  by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton Photos by Joe Sales Veteran Erwin Vervecken (Revor Cycling Team) showed he is back in top form for the upcoming World Championships in Hoogerheide on February 1. The multiple World Champion, winner of the Koksijde World Cup earlier this year, won with a slight advantage over Zdenek Stybar. [...]

• Katie Compton Dominates in Roubaix, Wins Third World Cup – Updated: Full report, Photos

  18 January 09 • 2 comments

  

  by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton, Photos by Joe Sales American Katherine Compton impressed with an stellar one-woman show in Roubaix. Compton, who took her third World Cup victory of the season, won with a lead of nine seconds on World Champion and German Champion Hanka Kupfernagel. At 42 seconds Dutch Champion Daphny van [...]

• European National Championships, Day 2: Boom, Nys Prevail, Cant and Albert Stymied

  11 January 09 • 1 comment

  

  Day 2 of the National Championships in the European powerhouses presented fast, frozen racing, with major favorites prevailing with a few upsets along the way. The Netherlands Day 2: Lars Boom would be ashamed if he was not racing Worlds in his homeland without the national championship jersey already in the bag, but he wasn’t [...]

• Van Poppel and Eising Win Junior Races at GP Groenendaal, Emsky 18th

  6 January 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton 1st GP Richard Groenendaal – St. Michielsgestel: Beginners & Juniors The big stars in the youth categories in the GP Richard Groenendaal were Danny van Poppel (Beginners) and Tijmen Eising (Juniors). Both showed once again they are the best rider of their categories. Danny van Poppel, the son [...]

• Mirjam Flexes Her Might in St. Michielsgestel – Full Report, Results and Photos

  6 January 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton 1st GP Richard Groenendaal – St. Michielsgestel: Elite Women The women’s race at the first GP Richard Groenendaal was won by Team Flexpoint captain Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel. Melchers dominated the whole race and finished with a lead of over 1:00 on the ZZPR riders Sanne van Paassen and [...]

• Eddy Van IJzendoorn Takes GP Groenendaal – Full Report, Results and Photos

  6 January 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton Van IJzendoorn Wins, Groenendaal Podiums in Last Home Race at the 1st Annual GP Richard Groenendaal – St. Michielsgestel The first Gran Prix Richard Groenendaal was won by Dutch rising star and Young gun Eddy van IJzendoorn (AA Drink). Eddy van IJzendoorn and Belgian star Bart Wellens animated [...]

• 20 Questions, Smack Talk and Hidden Races – A Column by Christine Vadaros

  31 December 08 • 2 comments

  

  by Christine Vardaros December 30, 2008. Today I awoke in a real panic. I thought it was race day. When the races are so close together it is hard to keep track of what day it is. Memories all string together to form one big timeless blur. Just as I was getting out of bed [...]

• A Special World Cup – Zolder Report by Christine Vardaros

  30 December 08 • 0 comment

  If I had one Christmas wish it would be that every cyclocross fan could see an event held at the Zolder venue. It is really something special. The event is held on a Formula 1 race track and there are always no less than 30,000 spectators covering the whole venue like a thick blanket, even [...]

• Vos Sprints to Zolder World Cup Win – Full Report and Photo Gallery

  28 December 08 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton Multiple World Champion, Dutch Champion and current points race Olympic Champion Marianne Vos is back09 to winning ways in the cyclocross field. The 21-year-old, riding her fourth ‘cross race of the season, won the sixth World Cup of the season in Zolder by beating World Champion Hanka Kupfernagel, [...]

• The Return of a Child Prodigy and Yellow Clown Faces – A Column by Christine Vardaros

  17 December 08 • 1 comment

  Frankfurter Rad-Cross (UCI C2) – Frankfurt a/ Main, Germany, December 7, 2008 Two Sundays ago I raced at Frankfurter Rad-Cross in Frankfurt, Germany. Even with its UCI ranking, an event so far from Belgium should theoretically produce a low-key turnout, but instead I lined up alongside superstars like Hanka Kupfernagel, Pavla Havlikova, Sanne Van Passen, [...]

• Pauwels Upsets Nys and Boom at Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse

  16 December 08 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton The day after the fourth race of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee in Essen the cyclocross scene gathered together for the mother of all cyclocross races, the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit in Overijse. The surprise victory went to Fidea’s Belgian Kevin Pauwels.