A collective moan went up over the Twitter-verse as Czech cyclocrosser/roadie Zdenek Stybar connected with a fan, bumping just hard enough to be dropped from the lead group along with Fabian Cancellara and Sep Vanmarcke. We aren’t talking about a cyclocross race, obviously: this morning was the famed Paris-Roubaix spring classic. Cyclocrossers had been going [...]
by Kat Statman It’s the off-season for our favorite ’crossers, so most of them are sitting at home relaxing. Niels Albert went for a walk and ate some frites a few weeks ago, and a bunch of super skinny dudes on skinny-tired bikes are racing around on 100-year-old stone roads in northern Europe. Weird time [...]
Canada’s Paris to Ancaster Classic is quickly becoming the North American Paris Roubaix, only with far more dirt and trails than the fame French classic. As last week’s Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings reported, cyclocrosser Adam Myerson had a blast and a top ten finish, but Michael Garrigan, former Canadian cyclocross Worlds team member, took [...]
To celebrate today’s cobbled Paris Roubaix classic, a favorite skinny tire race of cyclocross fans, we’re taking a look back at the 1985 edition. In the 70′s through early 90′s, Paris Roubaix was often contested by racers who had impressive pedigrees in cyclocross. From former Cyclocross World Champion, “Mr. Paris Roubaix” Roger De Vlaeminck’s first [...]
British cycling clothing manufacturer Rapha has teamed up with Ridley Scott Associates (think Bladerunner and other visually sumptuous productions) to produce a series of three cycling films. The films will each air on the Rapha Web site for one Friday only, with the first, A Throw of the Dice, broadcasting today. A Throw of the [...]
by Josh Liberles Robbie McEwen (Katusha) remains one of the world’s fastest finishers on the road. This year he’s adding some of the nasty, northern European Classics to his race calendar – events like last weekend’s Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) and this Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. McEwen, like many of his fellow competitors, will be [...]
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