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 [...]
By Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton, Photos by Joe Sales World Cup winner Tijmen Eising (Revor Cycling Team) has won the final Junior World Cup race of the season in Roubaix. Belgian Champion Wietse Bosmans finished as second and American Zach McDonald as third. Eising was already winner of the World Cup after the [...]
We’ve got a blow-by-blow report of the men’s race at the 2009 Cyclocross World Cup Race in Roubaix, France. If you enjoy seeing the action lap-by-lap, be sure to tune into our live world championship coverage on January 31st and Febuary 1st, sponsored by Cyclocross World. By Jake Sisson 7:51 Good morning and welcome to [...]
Large fields and crowds were present today at the penultimate World Cup today in Roubaix, and in the end, two Americans stood on the podium. Erwin Vervecken (Revor) took home a big win for his new team by holding off a huge effort by Fidea’s Zdenek Stybar. Sven Nys rounded out the podium, finishing shortly [...]
This is Part II of Eric Emsky‘s debut column on Cyclocross and life in Belgium. You can read Part I here. Another big difference between being a racer in the U.S. and in Belgium is just the support the racers receive. I feel as if I am the black sheep as I roam the halls [...]
Colorado Springs, Colo. – USA Cycling announced today the five athletes that were nominated to represent the United States in the elite men’s category at the 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships on Feb. 1 in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. Ryan Trebon (Bend, Ore.), Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass.) and Jeremy Powers (Hadley, Mass.) all earned automatic nominations to [...]
The racing has resumed and the new national championship jerseys were on display in Surhuisterveen, Netherlands at the UCI C1 Internationale Centrumcross van Surhuisterveen. World and Dutch Champ Lars Boom showed once again he’s the master of timing his form and showed his strength today. Boom held a commanding lead going into the last lap, [...]
We’re thrilled to launch a new series of journal entries by junior racer Eric Emsky of Rad Racing, as he writes about living and racing in Belgium in preparation for the world championships in Hoogerheide. You’ll be able to follow his adventures right here over the next few weeks. Eric is our first junior writer [...]
Brian Matter is the next addition to the U.S. men’s world championship team, sources tell Cyclocross Magazine. Matter joins confirmed members Ryan Trebon and Matt Shriver. Jeremy Powers is also expected to be on the team. The official team announcement is tomorrow. Last week, Brian said on his blog, “If I don’t get to go [...]
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 [...]
Day 1 of the European countries’ national championships saw many favorites reign supreme, with defending champs like Kupfernagel and Stybar retaining their colors and van den Brand winning hers back. See brief reports below, and stay tuned for more coverage on Sunday. Germany Day 1: Reigning National Champion Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera – Stevens) fought off [...]
On Sunday, several American women battled the cold and tough course at the UCI C2 Vlaamse Witloof Veldrit race in Tervuren, Belgium and they walked away with a podium. Sue Butler and Rachel Lloyd sent us their reports from the race below. We also have some course photos from Sue. Enjoy! Where’s the Mud? A [...]
Houghton Mifflin’s Dictionary defines a carpetbagger as “An outsider…who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality.” Some think the popular Portland racer Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale.com) fits this definition, as she’s traveled to Europe battling at World Cups. But her husband Tim has taken carpetbagging to a new level. See our report from [...]
World Champ Lars Boom and Sven Nys battled til the end in Nommay and settled the hour-long fight with a two-man sprint with Boom taking the win. Bart Wellens came in third, 22 seconds back. Three Americans (Ryan Trebon, Jamey Driscoll, and Molly Cameron) and three Canadians (St John, Schooler, Sutton) made the start,
Five-time national champion Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) has continued her winning streak in Europe, winning the Nommay World Cup in France with a dominating late race attack. Georgia Gould, racing her first World Cup of the season, finished an impressive third. After Dutch rider Saskia Elemans got the holeshot, Compton wasted no time in getting [...]
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