by Josh Liberles Although the battle for the top step went down to the bitter end, with Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) narrowly holding off Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) and Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), it was Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo), a 20 year-old Slovak with a cyclocross background, who distanced all challengers in the very unofficial “ToC CX GC” and [...]
by Josh Liberles Nowhere was the prevalence of cyclocrossers at the top end of pro road cycling more apparent than during stage 4 of the Tour of California. The day’s decisive four-man breakaway contained three ‘crossers – Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly on the road, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com for the real racing), Rob Britton (Bissell roadie, frequent ‘cross [...]
by Josh Liberles Rabobank, the perennial powerhouse road and cyclocross team based in the Netherlands, restructured their off-road program at the beginning of 2010. Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant came on board as co-title sponsor, and Rabo-Giant was born. The two prime goals of the team will be to offer opportunities to homegrown Dutch riders and [...]
While the glow of the 2010 cyclocross season has not yet faded, most of cyclocross’ elite have settled into their off-season road careers. None have settled in faster than Lars Boom, who achieved a major milestone in his road career at the Paris-Nice stage race. Jesse Anthony, too, has found his feet on the road [...]
by Bart Hazen Lars Boom has successfully defended his national title in the Dutch Cyclocross Championships today. In only his second ‘cross race this season, he was the best after an exciting battle ahead of teammate Gerben de Knegt and the most aggressive rider in the race Thijs Al. Thijs van Amerongen and Wilant van [...]
by Christine Vardaros Is Lars Boom Making a Comeback in ‘Cross? This Sunday, former World Champion Lars Boom will make his second appearance in a ‘cross race this season. He will attempt to defend his jersey at Holland’s National Championships to be held in Heerlen. When asked about his chances for a repeat, Boom responded, [...]
Bart Aernouts (Rabobank) took his second win of the season today in the GP Richard Groenendaal. Aernouts won with a big margin over teammate Gerben de Knegt (Rabobank) and last year’s winner of the World Cup in Zolder, Thijs Al (AA Drink Cycling Team). Tijmen Eising (Sunweb – Revor) and Mitchell Huenders (AA Drink Cycling [...]
Lars Boom, the 2008 Elite Men’s World Cyclocross Champion, scored his first career win at the UCI ProTour level today by attacking to victory in the 15th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. It’s both good and bad news for cyclocross fans. Good in that ‘cross fans can celebrate Boom’s success. Potentially bad in that [...]
Lars Boom’s long-term goal has been to win the UCI Cyclocross World Championship in his home country in 2009. Last year’s victory was an early surprise, but this year he’s leaving nothing to chance. Rene van Hattum provided this unique update on the World Champion’s preparation. Lars Boom in Hoogerheide by Rene van Hattum, photo [...]
As we reported earlier two weeks ago, Sven Nys is switching from Rabobank to the Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner team. His original transfer date was to be on January 1, 2009, but he has negotiated that the move happen earlier, and if approved by the UCI, he will be wearing the new colors on May 28 for the [...]
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