This past weekend was chock full of exciting racing action as most European countries hosted their national cyclocross championships. Pasted below is just a smattering of some of the best videos of both the events and the post-race interviews that we’ve come across. Catch up on some of the racing below. Belgian National Championships: The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
by Jamie Mack Winning a national championship is something many riders dream of and any rider would be proud of. Winning a title in the cycling-crazed nation of Belgium elevates the accomplishment to another level. Sanne Cant accomplished the impressive feat last year not once, but twice. Cant, still a young bike racer at the [...]
Reigning US Masters 55+ National champion Kevin Hines wasn’t ready to hang up his cyclocross bike after Nationals in Bend, Oregon. Instead, he and Corner Cycle teammate Jonny Bold (current 45+ National champ) took off for Mol, Belgium to try their luck at going one bigger – they lined up for the Masters Worlds. To [...]
by Josh Liberles The snowy course may have been the key element in the Belgian National Championship this past weekend, but it wasn’t the conditions that sent reigning world champion Niels Albert (BKCP – Powerplus) sprawling. A drunk spectator, whom Albert believes to be a Sven Nys supporter, yanked Albert off of his bike in [...]
Cyclocross Magazine’s Live Coverage is back! It’s arguably the second most important jersey in cyclocross, and often has fields just as deep as Worlds because there’s no limit on the Belgian riders. Tune in tomorrow morning as we bring you the race for the tricolore jeresey. Will Niels Albert continue his impressive season and achieve [...]
Tom Meeusen (Fidea) and one of his closest rivals in the European U23 ranks this season, Kenneth van Compernolle, have officially moved up to the Elite ranks after dominating the leader board in U23 races this season. Meeusen put in a crushing performance to take the U23 race in Baal and has also claimed wins [...]
by Christine Vardaros Nys is Pre-Race Favorite With a Little Help from Mother Nature Back in October, when Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) placed ninth in his first race of the season and DNF’d a week later at round one of the World Cup Circuit in Treviso, it caused a ripple of concern throughout the cyclo-cross community. [...]
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