ZONHOVEN, BELGIUM – Round two of the Superprestige Series was an exciting race that saw crashes, comebacks, and disappointments on the famed sandy course. Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet KDL) repeated his first Superprestige win by overtaking Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in the final turns before the line after the two aggressively contested the lead position. Albert and [...]
Three-time world champion Hanka Kupfernagel (Horizon Fitness Racing Team) took another national title Sunday at the German Cyclocross National Championships in Kleinmachnow, finishing 38 seconds ahead of Trixi Worrack and 1:18 in front of Sabrina Schweizer for the Elite women’s win. In the men’s race, Christoph Pfingsten (Cycling Team De Rijke) and Philipp Walsleben (Bkcp [...]
Zdeněk Štybar (Quick Step) and Hanka Kupfernagel (Stevens) showed their World Champion pedigree by taking commanding wins at the 2011 Baden Supercross in Switzerland. The four-time World Champion Kupfernagel took an early lead and kept it until the end, winning by 30 seconds over home favorite Swiss racer Jasmin Achermann. The German racer was surprised by [...]
America’s best chance to win its first-ever Elite Cyclocross World Championship rested on the shoulders of US National Champion Katie Compton. With an incredible international winning record this season, and without the typical late-season leg cramps that have hampered her from training and racing, Compton was the one rider cyclocross fans throughout the world had [...]
by Christine Vardaros We caught up with Katie Compton, one of the clear favorites for the title in St Wendel, Germany, to see how she’s feeling just before tomorrow’s big race. According to Compton, she’s more prepared this time around than ever before. Her leg cramping issue, which has plagued her for several seasons, is [...]
by Josh Liberles The two German Elite national champions, Hanka Kupfernagel (Stevens) and Phillipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) could very well prove to be decisive factors in Sundays races. Kupfernagel, 36, is on most pundits’ short list of favorites in the Eilte women’s race. Although Katie Compton (Planet Bike-Stevens) had the edge over the field in the [...]
At the final World Cup in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, today, Katie Compton (Planet Bike) showed she is in form for the World Championships in St. Wendel next weekend. The seven-time US National Champion won in solo fashion after a bobble by Hanka Kupfernagel (Stevens), which also blocked Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit), allowed the American to [...]
With Katie Compton absent from the start line in Pont-Château, France, the race was a little more wide open than usual. Marianne Vos punched it from the start and soon distanced most of the other competitors. Christel Ferrier-Bruneau and Hanka Kupfernagel were able to hang on for a little while, but by the end of [...]
Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) and Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens) both defended their respective titles in the German National Championships. Christoph Pfingsten (Van Vliet EBH Elshof) and Hannes Genze rounded out the men’s podium. The 23 year-old Walsleben is one to watch as he continues to improve in GvA, Superprestige and World Cup competitions. As expected, Sabine Spitz [...]
TERVUREN, BELGIUM – Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) distanced his rivals and showed that he’s on great form coming into next weekend’s Belgian National Championships. Albert’s win wraps up the Christmas week of racing in Belgium, which featured big races and stacked fields almost every day between Christmas and January 2nd, and also marks the end of [...]
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