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 [...]
by Kat Statman Well, the world didn’t implode or explode yesterday, and we admit, we weren’t surprised. Everyone knows the world is not allowed to end until either this year’s Kersteperiode ends or Sven wins another World Championship, right? OK, enough of the end of the world jokes, pretty tiresome and we have cyclocross [...]
By Kat Statman It has been a long time since a little bit of R&R have graced these hallowed (web)pages, but, there is a time at which things calm down and the world comes back together for the triumphant return of Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings. As we all slowly get over a turkey [...]
by Kat Statman The weather is warm, thunderstorms are becoming more regular and the trees have turned green in many places around the country. The dirt road epics are starting to show up on the calendars, the thoughts of long road races and long mountain bike races are coming into the brain. Well, we are [...]
by Kat Statman It’s the off-season for our favorite ’crossers, so most of them are sitting at home relaxing. Niels Albert went for a walk and ate some frites a few weeks ago, and a bunch of super skinny dudes on skinny-tired bikes are racing around on 100-year-old stone roads in northern Europe. Weird time [...]
by Bart Hazen Boom Ends Season with National Title Lars Boom (Rabobank) has ended his 2011/12 cyclocross campaign with his sixth consecutive national title. In Huijbergen, Boom was too strong for Thijs van Amerongen (AA Cycling Team) and the surprising Niels Wubben (AG2R – La Mondiale). Twan van den Brand (WV Schijndel) and Thijs Al (AA [...]
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 [...]
We wanted to bring you some of the latest news from the cyclocross front, as road season for ‘crossers has kicked into high gear lately. With Luke Keough dominating the USA Crits series, Team Mountain Khakis, managed by Adam Myerson, is ramping up their season. However, the Keoughs aren’t the only cross racers in the series. Kathy Sherwin wins the Utah State Championship race. Bart Wellens had a super-long solo escape in the Belgian road championship that lotsa folks were talking about. Arnaud Jouffroy just won a mountain bike race, what will this mean for his ‘cross season? Nature Valley is over, how did the many crossers fare? And of course, the Tour De France starts tomorrow, which crossers will be lining up? NBC Tour de France All Access Discount Code?
Weeknight racing, long weekend road and mountain bike rides, maybe even a mountain bike race or a road race: these are all the little things we try and do to get our “cyclocross fix,” but it’s not the same. There is no substitute for the gasping breaths, the burning legs, the cross-eyed attempts at clearing the sand pit or the barriers. But we try to capture the feeling with our substitute races and by seeing what is happening in the world of pro cyclocross racers.
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