by Kat Statman It is a stubborn winter here on the East Coast: snowing in Virginia in April, and not having a day over 60 for weeks on end – with the occasional fluke. But that does not change the fact that it’s spring, and watching spring bike racing almost makes up for a lack of [...]
ROME, ITALY – Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) took his third World Cup victory today in Rome, ahead of World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Italian Champion Marco Aurelio Fontana (Cannondale). Fontana, who rode a passionate race in front of his home crowd, raced a disc-equipped Cannondale, making this the first appearance of disc brakes on a [...]
NAMUR, BELGIUM – Kevin Pauwels showed he’s not to be written off, with a commanding ride today at World Cup Namur. The Sunweb-Revor rider, who has been plagued with crashes and mechanicals this season, established a first-lap lead with Francis Mourey; by the third lap, Pauwels was all by himself with a gap that only increased [...]
KOKSIJDE, BELGIUM – As the rain fell on the sands of Koksijde, Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) again showed why he has dominated the sport of cyclocross for so long, winning in spectacular fashion after spending the race slowly overcoming a poor start that saw him on the back side of the top twenty for much of [...]
Aurelien Duval (Telenet-Fidea) took the tri-color jersey from defending French national champion Francis Mourey (Française Des Jeux) in a close sprint from a five-rider group that was together until the end of the final lap Sunday in Quelneuc. Duval nipped Mourey and Steve Chainel (AA Cycling Team) by just three seconds to take the win [...]
by Gregg Germer NOMMAY, FRANCE – The 34th edition of the Nommay Cyclocross race started off under very cool and overcast skies with a stiff wind. The dry course featured a good bit of up and down elevation change, but only one dismount, with a set of stairs just after the starting straight.
by Kat Statman The Ardennes Classics are over. The weather is getting warm. Big road races are moving away from one day 260-300 km epics to seven-plus-day stage races. The skinny climbers are coming out to play. That must mean we are getting closer and closer to ’cross season, only a four short months away. [...]
It’s St Patrick’s day, and somehow we’re focusing on a famous Frenchman – but we’ll keep rolling with it. Amy Dykema shot this in-depth interview for Cyclocross Magazine immediately after Mourey’s final race on US soil, the Sun Prairie USGP weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. Really good, interesting stuff. Mourey’s impressed with American racing and courses, [...]
Francis Mourey has established himself among the best on the world cyclocross stage, including taking fourth place at Worlds in St. Wendel and winning his sixth French title this year. But the American interest in the Frenchman skyrocketed when he stormed our shores and won Starcrossed, the Rad Racing GP and CrossVegas (with a crazy [...]
ST WENDEL, GERMANY – In a final nod to Telenet-Fidea before he transitions to Quick Step, Zdenek Stybar stomped his way into his second World Championship jersey in as many years. With four laps to go, the Czech rider distanced himself from Belgian Sven Nys after the two riders – both of whom had won [...]
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