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• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of November 4th, 2011

  4 November 11 • 2 comments

  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 [...]

• Niels Albert in Storming Solo Win – Superprestige Zonhoven Race Report

  30 October 11 • 0 comment

  Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) proved untouchable in the second round of the Superprestige series.

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of October 29th, 2011

  29 October 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman The disc brake revolution has arrived, folks: just look at Tim Johnson’s bike for this weekend. But has that really changed the game? Only time will tell. But enough tech talk, there are more important things to discuss, like: Amy Dombroski, still taking Europe by storm. Ever deepening fields: is that really [...]

• Wyman, Albert Take Solo Victories in Ruddervoorde: UPDATED – Photos, Results, Report

  9 October 11 • 0 comment

  

  by Dan Seaton RUDDERVOODRE, BELGIUM—After weeks of uncharacteristically warm and pleasant early fall weather in Western Europe, temperatures plummeted and the rain returned, setting up a muddy kickoff to the Superprestige Series here in West Flanders. But if the sloppy course conditions were typical, the names were not, as the new UCI requirement that all [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of July 29th, 2011

  29 July 11 • 0 comment

  

  We’re just over a month away from the opening race of the American UCI ’cross season, Nittany Lion Cross and it’s sounding like things are heating up in the world of pro cyclocross. Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com announced the signing of Christian Heule for the 2011 season. Katie Compton won the Steamboat Springs Stinger. Bart Wellens, Sven Nys, Niels Albert, Sven Vantourenhout, Tom Meeusen, Rob Peeters and Ben Berden race with motocrossers for charity.

• In the Saddle with Niels Albert

  1 June 11 • 1 comment

  

  Back in February, Cyclocross Magazine sat down with Albert in his mobile home before the final race of the Superprestige series in Middelkerke to put your questions to the new king of Belgian cross.

• Tour of Belgium: As Seen Through Cyclocrossers’ Eyes

  28 May 11 • 1 comment

  

  A Telenet-Fidea jersey tucked in behind Tom Boonen’s Quickstep jersey in a sprint. Or a BKCP-Powerplus jersey wedged between Philippe Gilbert and André Greipel’s Omega Pharma-Lotto jerseys while shooting through a tight turn at over 30mph. These rarities can only be found in one professional cycling event – the Tour of Belgium, a five day stage race that weaves its way through Belgium’s countryside. [More...]

  Since 2006, cyclocross racers have been taking the start of this event. Back then, it was only a handful of cross riders such as Sven Nys, Richard Groenendaal, Lars Boom and Sven Vanthourenhout. The cross racer count has since grown to about twenty coming from four teams – BKCP-Powerplus, Sunweb-Revor, Landbouwkrediet, and Telenet-Fidea.

• Niels Albert to Skip Worlds in 2012

  1 April 11 • 1 comment

  Current Belgian National champion Niels Albert has said that he will skip competing in the 2012  World Championships at Koksidje if he wins the Belgian title for a second time. “For me, it is most important that I wear the Belgian jersey,” said the former World Champion. Indeed, Albert has gone on record saying that [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of April 1st, 2011

  1 April 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman Sometimes it’s really hard to remember that we live and die for cyclocross, especially during the spring classics season, but Greg Keller and Molly Cameron do a pretty good job of reminding us on twitter. As we all start buying up our tubulars and thinking about what bikes and wheelsets we are [...]

• Albert Wins GvA Trofee Oostmalle, Nys Takes Overall Honors UPDATED: Photos, Rider Responses and Results

  20 February 11 • 0 comment

  In an exciting race today at Oostmalle, Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) – who entered the race only separated by two points – gave us the fireworks we were hoping for as the two GvA leaders traded blows back and forth for the whole of the race. But for those two it was mostly [...]