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• Euro Cross Campers Hit Zolder World Cup – Report and Photo Gallery

  27 December 10 • 0 comment

  by Tom Robertson A contingent of US racers were at the start line for the World Cup in Zolder, and though the Americans generally can handle their bikes as well as anyone in the world, today everyone was on the ground. Andrew Dillman, the top American in the Juniors race, crashed multiple times warming up. [...]

• Americans Test Their Christmas Race Legs in Beernem, Belgium

  25 December 10 • 0 comment

  by Tom Robertson 11 racers from the Euro Cross Camp attended a “B” race just up the road from the USA House today in the town of Beernem, Belgium. With the World Cup race tomorrow, some of racers wanted to stretch their legs a bit, while a couple of the Juniors, who can only race [...]

• Kalmthout World Cup: Rocking It Pro Style – A Column by Sue Butler

  21 December 10 • 5 comments

  

  by Sue Butler It’s good to be back in Belgium. Last year I had to forgo my Euro racing campaign due to asthma, so I’m happy to be here, snow and all. I’m in my familiar stomping grounds, courtesy of Kris Schamp’s (local Portland race promoter) parents, joined by Ryan Trebon. Kalmthout is usually a [...]

• Video: Mark Legg-Compton Takes Us behind and through the Kalmthout World Cup

  20 December 10 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton won her third World Cup of the season in Kalmthout, Belgium, on Sunday, bringing her career tally up to nine World Cup wins. Her husband, Mark Legg-Compton, caught some great behind-the-scenes footage of before and after the race, and managed to snag some race action in between his duties working in the pits [...]

• Radomir Simunek and Hanka Kupfernagel on Top in Snow-Covered Scheldecross – UPDATED: Video and Photos

  18 December 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Simunek Goes the Distance Radomir Simunek Jr. (BKCP-Powerplus) has won the Scheldecross in Antwerp, Belgium. Simunek was the best in the sprint over Sunweb’s Sven Vanthourenhout. Bart Aernouts completed the podium. Lars Boom, Eddy van IJzendoorn, Dieter Vanthourenhout, Bart Wellens, Gerben de Knegt, Niels Albert and Klaas Vantornout filled the top 10. [...]

• Dieter Vanthourenhout Fights to be on National Team…Again

  16 December 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros Of the four World Cups so far this season, Dieter Vanthourenhout (BKCP-Powerplus) has been given the green light by his National Federation for only three of them. In any other country he would be their lead man, as he is easily one of the best ’crossers in the world.  But unfortunately for [...]

• We’re Not in Canada Anymore: Winter Comes to Belgium

  15 December 10 • 1 comment

  by Craig Richey The Koksijde World Cup was my fifth consecutive weekend of racing, and between races I hadn’t done much training. I decided to pass on the World Cup round in Spain and instead do an endurance block of training. Logistically, racing the Spanish round would have been tough, plus flying with bikes, car [...]

• Friar Tuck: A Trip to Westmalle Abbey Brewery

  7 December 10 • 0 comment

  For many cyclocross racers, the love of racing is only  rivaled only by a passion for hand-crafted beer. Ty Kurth is no exception to this. Kurth traveled to the Westmalle Monastery, just north of Antwerp, Belgium, to witness the production of Trappist Ale firsthand.

• EuroCross Camp VIII Roster Announced, Includes Record 20 Racers

  30 November 10 • 2 comments

  Since Christmas 2003, Geoff Proctor’s Belgium-based EuroCross Camp has been the vehicle for top cyclocross talent in the US to experience and race in Europe during the Christmas week of racing, at the sport’s highest level. For 2010/2011, the EuroCross camp returns with a whopping twenty cyclocross racers, including four Elites, seven U23 racers and [...]

• Mourey Sprints to Win in Grand Prix de la Région Wallonne – UPDATED: Photos, Report

  13 November 10 • 0 comment

  Mourey best in mudfest of Dottenijs by Bart Hazen Dottenijs, Belgium – French Speedster Francis Mourey (Francaise des Jeux) out-sprinted Czech Martin Zlámalík (Sunweb-Revor) in the finale to take an impressive win. Mourey, who was on fire in the early-season US races, winning StarCrossed, Rad Racing and CrossVegas in succession, now adds a Belgian win [...]