by Evan Schmitt The third stop on the UCI World Cup returns to Koksijde on the North Sea coast of Belgium on Saturday, November 26. The 2.8km circuit takes place on the grounds of the Koksijde Military Base. With riders fresh off the double race weekend in Gavere and Hasselt, the race is sure to [...]
by Kat Statman Two European classic ’cross races have passed this week, Koppenberg and Zonhoven. Sand and big hills were the name of the game, and it became painfully clear that the European courses are much different than our courses here. Did anyone see spirals of death? Did you see that downhill sand chute into [...]
It seems like the 2011 World Cyclocross Championships just happened, and race organizers of next season’s Worlds in Koksijde, Belgium, are just starting the fanfare for the 2012 event. The lens of the race world was already focused on the Belgian town on Wednesday as Russian Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) shot off the front of the [...]
by Craig Richey The Koksijde World Cup was my fifth consecutive weekend of racing, and between races I hadn’t done much training. I decided to pass on the World Cup round in Spain and instead do an endurance block of training. Logistically, racing the Spanish round would have been tough, plus flying with bikes, car [...]
by Craig Richey Canadian ’crosser Craig Richey is spending this winter in Belgium, working on taking his racing to a new level. His series of race diaries continues with last week’s World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium. If you missed it, go back and read his report from the Gavere and Hamme-Zogge races. Last Saturday I [...]
Laurent Charras of Petitesreines wowed us with his first two World Cup women’s videos, with a fantastic look at the Aigle World Cup followed by the Plzen World Cup. The scene now shifts to Koksijde, Belgium, for World Cup Round 3, and there’s plenty of flying sand, bulging muscles, grit and determination.
KOKSIJDE, BELGIUM – In what could be a foreshadowing of the 2012 World Championships to be hosted on the same course, Niels Albert (BCKP-Powerplus) won the third round of the UCI World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium, over Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) and Sven Nys (Lanbouwkrediet). Despite a poor start, Albert moved up quickly and [...]
by Kat Statman After a slow last week, things have certainly picked up in the world of Pro Cyclocross racing. The third round of the World Cup will be contested in Koksijde, Belgium, this Saturday, where a strong American contingent will be in attendance. Zdenek Stybar continues to have problems with his knee – can [...]
The 2009-2010 cyclocross season saw a record number of fans, including millions watching on TV in Europe and throughout the world. As top racers contemplate their race schedules for next season, most of us regular folks look to our local races for competition but dream of the storied courses of the UCI World Cup. The [...]
by Christine Vardaros Koksijde, Belgium – The Koksijde World Cup can be summed up in two words – rain and sand. As the course literally wound through the Belgian coast’s dunes, almost half the track was in sand. While the rain turned some of the sand sections into single-file highways, all of the races were [...]
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