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• Albert Wins, Stybar Shows His New Stripes in Parkcross Maldagem

  4 February 10 • 0 comment

  Maldagem, Belgium – Just three days after claiming his World Champion stripes, Zdenek Stybar was back on the race course flaunting his new kit. Post-Worlds celebrations may have gotten the better of Stybar, however, who only managed to muster a seventh place. Perhaps making up for his late season disappointments was Niels Albert, who took [...]

• Six Favorite Photos of Cyclocross Champions in Hoogerheide

  25 January 10 • 0 comment

  Both newly-crowned national champions and reigning world champions were present this past Sunday in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, for one last battle before the 2010 World Championships in Tabor.  Cyclocross Magazine star photographer Joe Sales has finally started his annual European trip that we always anxious await and was there to capture some of the action [...]

• Albert Bounces Back in Hoogerheide, Štybar Holds Overall Title – UPDATED – Full Results, Photos

  24 January 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton Hoogerheide, Belgium – Niels Albert, whose season appeared to be in shambles after several recent missteps and one hard fall in the Belgian Championships, roared back to life today with a comeback win in the final World Cup race of the season, just a week before the World Championships. Albert, who told [...]

• Niels Albert Injury Update – Likely to Defend his Lead in Roubaix

  14 January 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros Niels Albert will most likely start on Sunday at the World Cup in Roubaix, France. The World Champion trained on Wednesday for three hours on the road with a taped chest to protect his broken rib. “The pain is bearable but the tape makes it hard to breath, manager Christoph Roodhooft told [...]

• Albert’s Rib Fractured by Spectator, Roubaix World Cup Start in Doubt

  13 January 10 • 1 comment

  by Josh Liberles The snowy course may have been the key element in the Belgian National Championship this past weekend, but it wasn’t the conditions that sent reigning world champion Niels Albert (BKCP – Powerplus) sprawling. A drunk spectator, whom Albert believes to be a Sven Nys supporter, yanked Albert off of his bike in [...]

• Nys Claims Seventh Belgian National Title – Updated: Videos

  10 January 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Dan Seaton Oostmalle, Belgium – Sven Nys, whose 2009-10 season has been punctuated by some of the highest and lowest notes of his storied career, managed to hit a very high note today, claiming his seventh national title on a slippery, snowy track in northern Belgium. Nys’ trademark this season has been the late-race [...]

• Live Coverage of the Belgian National Championships

  10 January 10 • 4 comments

  Cyclocross Magazine’s Live Coverage is back! It’s arguably the second most important jersey in cyclocross, and often has fields just as deep as Worlds because there’s no limit on the Belgian riders. Tune in tomorrow morning as we bring you the race for the tricolore jeresey. Will Niels Albert continue his impressive season and achieve [...]

• Vanthourenhout Takes Sylvestercyclocross

  31 December 09 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton Bredene, Belgium – Dieter Vanthourenhout took the first Belgian victory of his professional career Wednesday at the Sylvestercyclocross. In mild, drizzly weather, the 24 year old teammate of Niels Albert took the sprint over a group of four that included Niels Albert, Zdeněk Štybar, and Martin Zlamalik.

• Albert Wins, Nys Walks in Diegem – Full Report & Results – UPDATED – Photos

  27 December 09 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton Diegem, Belgium - In the shadow of Brussels International Airport—in fact, just a few hundreds of meters from the end of the runway—the Nissan Superprestige Series met again today for one of its more unique races. Starting just after sunset, the race ran under the lights and featured a mix of narrow city [...]

• Pauwels Takes His First World Cup Victory in Zolder – Updated: Rider Reactions, Photo Gallery

  27 December 09 • 2 comments

  

  by Dan Seaton with reporting by Mindi Wisman Zolder, Belgium – On a perfect December day and a course that started icy and became progressively muddy as the day unfolded, Kevin Pauwels emerged from a group of four to take his second victory as a professional in this seventh round of the UCI World Cup. [...]