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• Bart Wellens Commits to Race Rad Racing GP, Star Crossed UPDATED: Official Press Release

  27 May 11 • 1 comment

  

  Bart Wellens, Telenet-Fidea’s cyclocross star, has officially signed to race the Rad Racing GP, promoter Jim Brown told Cyclocross Magazine on Saturday in Seattle. The Belgian cyclocross veteran has also been confirmed to be contesting StarCrossed, the second race of the Cross After Dark series, the night before.

  The two-time Elite Cyclocross World Champion and three-time U23 Cyclocross World Champion will be making his first trip to American soil to race cyclocross this September, and is expected to have teammate Rob Peters in tow as the two follow Frenchman Francis Mourey’s successful season-opening schedule of 2010 by contesting CrossVegas, StarCrossed, Rad Racing GP and the first weekend of the USGP in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings Week of May 13th, 2011

  13 May 11 • 1 comment

  by Kat Statman As the weather slowly turns warmer, putting on more miles becomes less of a chore. Preparing for the hard months of cold and wet racing ahead in the fall becomes easier, and many of us are falling back in love with bikes and bike racing. It also means that now is the [...]

• Wellens, Vos and Van der Haar Outstanding at Cauberg UPDATED: Photos

  19 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Belgian Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has won the first Cauberg cyclocross in Valkenburg, the Netherlands. Wellens attacked from the start to win with a big lead over German champion Philipp Walsleben and Belgian champion Niels Albert. Bart Aernouts and Sven Nys completed the top five. For Wellens it was his first season win and his [...]

• Klaas Vantournout Wins Superprestige Middelkerke Ahead of Pauwels UPDATED: Full Results and Photos

  12 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Robbie Carver Taking his first win of the season at the final Superprestige race in Middelkerke, Klaas Vantournout (Sunweb-Revor) established a dominating solo lead ahead of the world’s best riders. Though Zdenek Stybar, Sven Nys and Kevin Pauwels would all try to reel the Sunweb-Revor rider in, the Belgian proved uncatchable and crossed the [...]

• Niels Albert Grabs Elusive Belgian Title, Sanne Cant Crushes – Updated: Photo Gallery

  9 January 11 • 0 comment

  Niels Albert (BKCP-Power Plus), who said two weeks ago that he wanted to win the Belgian Championships more than even the World title, made his wish a reality today on a flat, sandy course under sunny skies in Antwerp. The 2009 World Champion pulled away from Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) during the second lap to take [...]

• Belgian Championships: Expected Battle Between Nys and Albert Hinges on Course Conditions – UPDATED: Pre-Ride Video

  7 January 11 • 3 comments

  by Christine Vardaros The most highly-anticpated battle on Belgian soil is to take place in Antwerp this Sunday at the Belgian National Championships. The two favorites are current national champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and former world champ Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus). But depending on the course conditions, pre-race predictions can easily change – especially in a [...]

• Lars Boom Makes a Boom in Heusden-Zolder, Albert Second – UPDATED – Brief Report, Results, Photos and Video

  26 December 10 • 0 comment

  Zolder, Belgium – Lars Boom took an impressive victory in his only World Cup performance of this season, displaying power, poise and smooth riding. On a tricky and snowy course that featured sand-like conditions, Lars Boom rode hard from the beginning of the day and showed great tenacity and balance over the hour-long course. The only [...]

• Meeusen Grabs First Superprestige Win When Nys Breaks Pedal

  28 November 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton Gieten, Netherlands – On the first really cold weekends of the 2010-11 season, the world of European cyclocross headed to a snowy Gieten, in the far northern Netherlands, for the fifth round of the Nissan Superprestige Series. Coming a day after a tough race through the sand at the Koksijde World Cup, [...]

• Nys Wins Mudfest in Superprestige Hamme-Zogge – UPDATED: Photos, Full Results

  14 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Nys’ Win is Fourth Straight in the Mud Hamme-Zogge, Belgium – Belgian Sven Nys once again proved he is one of the best cyclocross racers in the world. After being the best on the Koppenberg, in Ronse and in Niel, Nys took his fourth win in two weeks time by beating Sunweb-Revor’s [...]

• Nys, Wyman Dominate Fidea Jaarmarktcross in Niel – Updated: Full Report, Video, Results

  11 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton During any other season, Sven Nys’ dominant ride at the 2010 Jaarmarktcross in Niel might have stood out, but the muddy, miserable races seem to be the theme of the 2010-11 cyclocross season. And Sven Nys reminding the world’s best racers that there’s nobody better than him when the skies open up [...]