In a cyclocross race that saw searing attacks, surprising drops, the return of a master and a race-deciding crash, reigning US National Champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) won the 2012 CrossVegas Elite Men’s race in a commanding solo performance after overcoming a lackluster start. Second place went to an impressive Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com), who attacked solo with just [...]
2012 CrossVegas Race Preview by Robbie Carver Can you hear it, cyclocross? The clanging of cowbells, the pumping of tires, the soft stampede of feet thumping over the barriers – the 2012/13 season is here. Already racers across the States have begun putting their early season fitness to the test in local and UCI C2 [...]
View our complete coverage of the 2012 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium on our Full Coverage page. by Robbie Carver and Christine Vardaros In an exciting finale that saw thrown elbows, last minute bobbles and a sprint to the line, reigning U23 world champion Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) retained his crown against Belgian [...]
The Rabobank-Giant rider won the Dutch, European and World Championship last year, his first in the Under-23 ranks, and this year he also repeated as the U23 World Cup champion. Next up for Lars is the January 28 World Championship race in Koksijde, Belgium, where he will race his Giant TCX Advanced SL to defend [...]
While the top US racers came back for a wild weekend of racing on the East Coast at Cycle-Smart International and the Cincy3 Festival this weekend, racers in Europe had a full schedule as well, with Pauwels taking the win at the GvA Trofee race and the Women, U23s and Juniors lining up at the [...]
Unless you’ve been sleeping through the beginning of cyclocross season, you’ve noticed the prevalence of Euros racing on American soil, and the impressive results they’ve been racking up. Helen Wyman led a trio of Brits, and she took home an amazing nine straight wins, while Bart Wellens, Rob Peeters, Lars van der Haar and others [...]
We asked you last week who you thought would win CrossVegas011 2and 400 of you voted, choosing Bart Wellens most frequently, followed by Jeremy Powers and then Ryan Trebon. Both Powers and Trebon changed teams in the off-season and came into this season highly motivated, and thus were likely choices. The fact that Jamey Driscoll [...]
by Robbie Carver In what was resoundingly the deepest Elite Men’s field in the history of the event, CrossVegas did not disappoint the plethora of fans lining the course tonight. Joining the pistons of US ’cross were a slew of Europeans coming stateside to see who was ringing all those damn cowbells so loud. Swiss [...]
The 2011 Rabo-Giant Offroad team had its launch at the Omnisport Velodrome in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, last week during the World Track Championships (where, coincidentally, Marianne Vos was busy adding another title to her palmares). The second-year squad has expanded to include two women: seven-time U.S. cyclocross champ Katie Compton, who also plans to race [...]
by Bart Hazen Belgian Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has won the first Cauberg cyclocross in Valkenburg, the Netherlands. Wellens attacked from the start to win with a big lead over German champion Philipp Walsleben and Belgian champion Niels Albert. Bart Aernouts and Sven Nys completed the top five. For Wellens it was his first season win and his [...]
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