DIEGEM, BELGIUM – In the early morning women’s race, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) took the win at SuperPrestige Diegem today with a gap of over two minutes, followed by Lucie Chanel-Lefevre (Boxx-Veldritacademie), Sanne Cant (Boxx-Veldritacademie) and Gabby Day (Renner Custom-Raleigh). Vos’ technical skills and ability to ride where no other racer was capable of staying [...]
by Bart Hazen Christophe Pfingsten (CT De Rijke) and Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) soloed to their respective wins in International Rad-Cross in Frankfurt, Germany. In the men’s race, Pfingsten dominated from start to finish to win with more than a 20 seconds lead over his compatriot Sascha Weber. Tsjech David Kasek completed the podium, followed [...]
by Kat Statman As we all get over our turkey comas and prepare for an off-weekend or an awesome weekend of racing, depending on how “good” or “bad” we are, let’s get down to business in the world of pro cyclocross! Will Boom go Boom again at Namur? Amy Dombroski, the ultimate superfan. Wellens and [...]
by Kat Statman Turkey Day is fast approaching and what does that mean? We are, oh so close to Christmas week, arguably the best week in ’cross racing ever, with a race almost every day to live stream and geek out on. But, a few things to deal with first. Louisville secures a non-endemic sponsor [...]
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.
by Kat Statman Yes, it’s still the off-season. How do we know that? Well, if you look at many cycling publications the front page headlines are all concerned with the Ardennes Classics, Andy Schleck’s Trek Madone and the fact that Ivan Basso is not racing the Giro d’Italia. Even though road racing has some similarities [...]
by Kat Statman It’s the thick of classics season and all we can think about is the smell of embrocation, rain soaked fields, 32 millimeter tubulars and practicing our dismounts and remounts. But we still have a few months before we start pedaling a bit harder and really preparing for the weekly battles. Until then, [...]
Wednesday’s Masters of Cross brought the 2010/2011 season to a fitting end with our two Elite World Champions taking top honors for the night. It was perhaps fitting that Zdenek Stybar and Marianne Vos, who both repeated their World Titles this year, also repeated their victories here in the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium. The [...]
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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