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• From Sand Pitfalls to Extreme Mud – A Weekend of Belgian Racing for Vardaros

  5 November 10 • 0 comment

  Christine Vardaros just wrapped up an impressive back-to-back race stint, with the daunting Zonhoven race on Sunday followed by the legendary Koppenberg Cross the next day. Read all about the rides below. by Christine Vardaros Back in January, when I heard that Superprestige Zonhoven and GVA Trofee Koppenbergcross were to fall on the same weekend, [...]

• Bart Wellens Still Chasing Season Goal After 5th at Ruddervoorde

  11 October 10 • 0 comment

  After talking with Bart Wellens about his goals for the season, CXM contributor Christine Vardaros was able to chat with the Belgian rider to see how his prospects are shaping up after the Superprestige opener in Ruddervoorde. by Christine Vardaros Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) continues on his path to become the fourth big name in cyclocross [...]

• Meeusen and Vanthourenhout Await Their Fate – 8th Belgian Rider for Opening World Cups Decided in Ruddervoorde

  10 October 10 • 0 comment

  by Christine Vardaros Ruddervoorde may be just one race out of many, but to a couple of Belgium’s top guys, namely Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) and Sven Vanthourenhout (Sunweb-Revor),  it will decide their fate for the next couple of weeks…and possibly the rest of their season. According to Belgian National Team coach Rudy De Bie, Ruddervoorde [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine Writer Makes Podium at World Press Cycling Championships

  10 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  Cyclocross Magazine’s European correspondent Christine Vardaros placed an impressive third at “Journo Worlds” on September 19th. Topping her were German winner Katherina Garus and Italian Ilenia Lazzaro. Also known as “AIJC Mondial de la Presse,” the event took place in the Flemish Ardennes region in a little town called Lierde, where more than 130 participants [...]

• Bart Wellens – Shooting to Add a Fourth Big Name to Cyclocross

  8 October 10 • 2 comments

  by Christine Vardaros After a weak season last year due to a cytomegalovirus, two-time world champion Bart Wellens only asks for one thing this season – to be back on top. The first few races saw him finish just outside the podium with two fifths and a sixth, but he assures Cyclocross Magazine that those [...]

• Baboco Cycling Team Targets New Season, Rider Development

  7 October 10 • 0 comment

  Last Friday, Baboco Cycling Team held its Team Presentation in Aalter, Belgium. Entering its second season, the team has refocused its efforts on young promising riders. Leading them is returning Polish National Champion Mariusz Gil. The team’s inaugural season was a trying one. While they had the big draw of three-time world champion Erwin Vervecken [...]

• Thijs Al All Healed Up and Ready to Go…Almost

  1 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros While Netherlander Thijs Al (AA Drink) may have the form of two years ago, when he won Scheldecross and immediately afterward the Zolder World Cup, a nasty cold has kept his legs from showing what they can do. He competed last weekend in his first two races of the season – at [...]

• Meeusen Takes a Gamble on the Road in the Name of ’Cross

  30 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros For the past few years, Belgian up-and-comer Tom Meeusen has spent his off-season in the dirt, taking his competition level as high as the World Championships. So far this strategy has translated into excellent form for cyclocross – last season he was the highest UCI-ranked Under-23 rider and claimed 13th overall in [...]

• Two Millimeters Measures More than Its Width in Frustration and Confusion

  21 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  By now you’ve heard about the UCI’s scaling back of the accepted tire width from 35mm to 33mm for Elite races. You have your opinions, and so do the pros. Elite racer Christine Vardaros gives her thoughts, as well as those of a few other pros and tire manufacturers, on the new restriction. Pick up [...]

• Marianne Vos to Ride Abbreviated ’Cross Season, Eyes Olympic Track

  27 August 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros If you stop following cyclocross after US Nationals, you may miss the few appearances of Netherlander Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) and her famously rainbow-striped jersey. Although she had just come off an abbreviated cyclocross season to include the World and European Championship titles, a silver at Dutch Nationals, and 10 total wins [...]