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• Compton Rallies to Aigle World Cup Victory – Updated Photo Gallery, Report, Full Results

  17 October 10 • 1 comment

  Aigle, Switzerland – On a cool day among the snow-dusted mountains of the Alps, Katie Compton (Planet Bike) came from behind on a fast, challenging course to win the first UCI Cyclocross World Cup of the season in Aigle, Switzerland. Compton rode away from Dutch star Daphny van den Brand late in the race, taking [...]

• Stybar, Van Paassen Take GvA Trofee Opener in Namur – UPDATED: Video Highlights, Full Report

  3 October 10 • 2 comments

  Zdenek Stybar followed up his two wins in his Czech Republic homeland with a win in Namur, Belgium to open up the GvA Trofee series. Sanne van Passen continued her winning ways in the Elite women’s field in a convincing win, while Arnaud Jouffroy put in a convincing performance to take the U23 win. by [...]

• Masters of the (Cyclocross) Universe – UPDATED: More Photos

  25 February 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton Hasselt, Belgium – Let’s be honest here: cyclocross is a circus. Sure, the thousands of fans who turn out every week come to see a bike race, but they also come to rub shoulders with their heroes, eat frites, drink and dance in the beer tents, collect the freebies that the sponsors [...]

• Wellens, Vos Victorious at Season’s End in Oostmalle – UPDATED – Photos and Full Results

  21 February 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton Oostmalle, Belgium – On a sandy and windswept—though very fast—course, in front of a huge and enthusiastic crowd, the real racing of the 2009-10 cyclocross season concluded with the final round of the Gazet Van Antwerpen Trofee. Fans were treated to two diametrically opposed endings: in the women’s race, Marianne Vos edged [...]

• Vos Wins Third World Title, Compton Sidelined By Leg Cramps in Tabor – UPDATED

  31 January 10 • 1 comment

  

  Tabor, Czech Republic – Joyce Vanderbeken, former Belgian champion, perhaps summed up the day in Tabor for a lot of riders, “I was afraid. I lost a lot of places because of it.” But Marianne Vos was clearly able to put fear aside as she won her third Cyclocross World Championship, her sixth title in [...]

• Pre-Worlds Comments from Some Favorites

  30 January 10 • 0 comment

  World Cup competitor Christine Vardaros checks in with four of the top favorites for tomorrow’s Elite World Championship races. Sven Nys, Marianne Vos, Daphny van den Brand and Sanne van Paassen give their last minute updates and predictions for the races.  Find complete coverage, photos, reports and replay our live coverage from Saturday and Sunday [...]

• Vos Takes Final World Cup, Van Den Brand Holds Overall – UPDATED – Full Results and Photos

  24 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton Hoogerheide, Belgium – Just a week short of one year since she first put on the World Champion’s jersey in these same fields, Marianne Vos’s season came full circle when she stormed to victory in the final World Cup of the 2009-10 season. In her last week in the rainbow stripes—at least, [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – January 22, 2009

  22 January 10 • 0 comment

  With only two weeks to go until the World Championships, things are starting to heat up on the team selection front. The Belgians and Dutch are working their way towards full teams for the biggest race on the calendar, and speaking of the Dutch, a young phenom gets the chance at a pro contract. Sophie [...]

• Van Den Brand Defends Title in Dutch Championships

  9 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Daphny van den Brand has prolonged her title in the Elite Women’s category. Van den Brand won after an exciting battle from World Champion Marianne Vos. Sanne van Paassen completed the podium. Van den Brand and Vos dominated the race from the beginning. The race lead was constantly changing as both riders [...]

• Van Den Brand, Nys Bounce Back in Loenhout – Updated: Rider Reactions, Photo Gallery, Video

  29 December 09 • 4 comments

  by Dan Seaton with reporting by Mindi Wisman Loenhout, Belgium – On a cold and dreary day—though one made warmer by a crowd still feeling the holiday spirit—two riders bounced back from disappointing weekends to take victories on the famous whoop-dees of Azencross. In the women’s race, Daphny Van Den Brand attacked out of a [...]