HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS: Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank) won today in front of her home crowd, besting Kona’s Helen Wyman, Belgian Champion Sanne Cant and teammate Sabrina Stultiens. Marianne Vos had been scheduled to race, but failed to start due to feeling ill from the flu. In the Elite Men’s race, it was a smaller affair as [...]
MIDDELKERKE, BELGIUM – Belgian National Champion Sanne Cant (BKCP) overcame an early tangle with the course tape to chase back up to race leaders Helen Wyman (Kona) and Ellen van Loy (Melbotech Prorace CT). The dry, fast course suited the young rider, and Cant wasted little time pulling past Wyman and setting off on her own, [...]
Kona’s Helen Wyman is one of the best known women racing ’cross today, on either side of the Atlantic. With a whole host of wins on US soil, as well as some solid finishes in Europe, she’ll be a force to be reckoned with at Worlds next weekend and at Cincinnati for Kings CX in [...]
BRADFORD, ENGLAND – Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea) continued her breakout season by usurping long-time British National champion Helen Wyman (Kona) to don the 2013 British National jersey. Wyman followed in second, with Annie Last rounding out the podium. Harris tweeted after her race, “Words cannot describe how happy I am. Thanks so much for everyone’s support, I [...]
by Thomas van Bracht Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Giant) won the Internationale Centrumcross today in Surhuisterveen for the second time. The world champion crossed the finish line alone after a muddy race, half a minute ahead of British racer Helen Wyman (Kona). Just behind Wyman was Dutch road racer Anna van Breggen, who incredibly has only raced [...]
NAMUR, BELGIUM – On a wet, slippery course, Katie Compton (Trek) rode a perfect race, establishing a gap on the first lap and never relinquishing it. Katerina Nash (Luna) proved she is back on top after her early-season back problems and rode a commanding race, never losing sight of Compton and powering her way to second. [...]
ESSEN, BELGIUM – On a rainy, muddy course today in Essen, Belgian champion Sanne Cant (BKCP) continued her winning ways as she proved best equipped to handle the difficult terrain to take the GVA Trofee win. At the start of the race, it was Katerina Nash (Luna) who gave the Belgian the most difficulty, but Nash began [...]
ROUBAIX, FRANCE: Katie Compton (TREK) claimed her third consecutive World Cup win as she overcame no less than three crashes to catch and power away from race-long leader Sanne van Paassen in the closing corners of the race. It was a devastating day for the Elite women, as Helen Wyman (Kona), Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Suntour), [...]
GIETEN, NETHERLANDS: On a sunny but blustery day, Klaas Vantornout had to contend with fierce winds, sticky mud and a charging Sven Nys to win the fifth edition of the 2012 Superprestige series at Gieten. The Sunweb-Revor duo of Vantornout and Kevin Pauwels joined Nys (Landbouwkrediet) when the Belgian champ attacked on the finishing straight [...]
by Elisabeth Reinkordt IOWA CITY, IOWA – While temperatures were chilly overnight, no precipitation fell on the Jingle Cross Rock course, and though early racers dealt with mud and grass, course conditions were prime for Saturday’s elite races. Sunny, breezy, and unseasonably warm temperatures were on tap as 22 women took the start in the [...]
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