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• Cyclocross Bosduin Kalmthout: Nys Again Bests Albert as Van der Haar Shows He’s Ready to Play

  30 September 12 • 0 comment

  KALMTHOUT, BELGIUM – In a finishing sprint that almost perfectly mirrored yesterday’s finish at GP Neerpelt, Belgian Champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) bested World Champion Niels Albert  (BKCP-Powerplus) at the line. Straying from yesterday’s script was the inclusion of Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) who, after looking ready to crack from the lead group of six riders, managed [...]

• Race Preview: Europe’s Best Line up at Kalmthout for Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin

  27 September 12 • 0 comment

  EuroCross fans rejoice! This weekend, in Kalmthout, Belgium, your favorite old-world racers are back to test their legs at the first classic cyclocross race of the season: the Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin. Nys. Albert. Pauwels. Meeusen. Mourey. Wasleben. They’re back, and ready to give us all some exciting racing in what is sure to be a [...]

• Van Paassen, Albert Solo to Hot Kalmthout Victory

  3 October 11 • 0 comment

  by Christine Vardaros For the first time in many years, the racers and spectators at Bosduin’s Kalmthout event were treated to something completely foreign – warm sunny weather.  This was an incredible change from last year’s conditions, which put riders on an ice track covered by a generous layer of snow. The warmth was actually [...]

• Scheldecross and Kalmthout World Cup: Waiting for the Click to Come – a Column by Christine Vardaros

  23 December 10 • 3 comments

  by Christine Vardaros It’s been exactly one year since I last raced on snow and ice. Funny how much I can forget in a year. I found this out the hard way last weekend at back-to-back races: Fidea’s Scheldecross and the Kalmthout World Cup. With that said, last weekend was all about waiting for the [...]

• Kalmthout World Cup: Rocking It Pro Style – A Column by Sue Butler

  21 December 10 • 5 comments

  

  by Sue Butler It’s good to be back in Belgium. Last year I had to forgo my Euro racing campaign due to asthma, so I’m happy to be here, snow and all. I’m in my familiar stomping grounds, courtesy of Kris Schamp’s (local Portland race promoter) parents, joined by Ryan Trebon. Kalmthout is usually a [...]

• Video: Mark Legg-Compton Takes Us behind and through the Kalmthout World Cup

  20 December 10 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton won her third World Cup of the season in Kalmthout, Belgium, on Sunday, bringing her career tally up to nine World Cup wins. Her husband, Mark Legg-Compton, caught some great behind-the-scenes footage of before and after the race, and managed to snag some race action in between his duties working in the pits [...]

• Baestaens Wins Another World Cup in U23, Sweeck Dominates Juniors – UPDATED: New Photos, Full Report

  19 December 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Telenet-Fidea’s Vincent Baestaens has won the U23 World Cup in Kalmthout, Belgium, with a slight margin over home rider Wietse Bosmans and European Champion Lars van der Haar. Elia Silvestri, Mathieu Boulo, Joeri Adams, Tijmen Eising, Mike Teunissen, Gianni Vermeersch and Arnaud Grand completed the international top ten. For Baestaens it’s his [...]

• Meeusen Surprises Nys in Kalmthout – UPDATED: More Photos, Interviews, Full Report

  19 December 10 • 0 comment

  KALMTHOUT, BELGIUM – Telenet-Fidea’s Tom Meeusen  took his first career World Cup victory in Kalmthout today after beating Sven Nys (Landboukrediet) in a sprint finish. Kevin Pauwels finished third on the snowy course and Francis Mourey was fourth on the day. With Zdenek Stybar still absent as he continues to rehab from tendinitis of the [...]

• Compton Cruises to Snowy Kalmthout Win – UPDATED: More Photos

  19 December 10 • 0 comment

  Compton takes third World Cup win of the season in Kalmthout by Bart Hazen KALMTHOUT, BELGIUM – Newly re-crowned US National Champion Katie Compton has won the World Cup cyclocross in Kalmthout, Belgium. The Planet Bike rider soloed to an impressive win on the snowy and icy course to win by half a minute over [...]

• Preview: World Cup #5 this Weekend in Kalmthout, Belgium

  17 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Jamie Mack Riders from around the globe will descend on Kalmthout, Belgium, this weekend for the fifth round of the UCI World Cup. Coming out of the previous round in Igorre, Spain, Niels Albert holds the overall lead, but with only a 59-point advantage the competition is still wide open. Consider that the other [...]