by Josh Liberles While Floyd Landis’ leaked emails are creating quite the firestorm within the ProTour regarding athletes and officials involved with the US Postal Service, Discovery and Phonak teams, the UCI is just now resolving the biggest doping bust ever to hit cyclocross. Brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak tested positive for using the banned [...]
by Christine Vardaros Pawel Szczepaniak admits to having taken EPO leading up to the U23 World Championships from a still unnamed drug source, but claims that at the time he thought he was taking vitamins. According to an interview with Het Laatste Nieuws, after his form dipped post-European Championships, where he placed second, he was [...]
It was an uncharacteristically busy week in the world of cyclocross considering the time of year, so sit back and soak up a lot of interesting off-season movement. The Sczcepaniaks are back in the news, for less dastardly reasons. Lots of contract talk was flying about despite the calendars saying March, and a French Woman [...]
by Josh Liberles Cyclocross continues to be at the center of lots of hub-bub in cycling news outlets, and is the focus of a good deal of online chatter. Unfortunately the story that’s creating all the stir continues to be the positive EPO test readings for Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak, the top two [...]
The Polish brothers Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak were found to be positive for EPO at the UCI World Cyclocross Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic on January 31. Pawel, 20, came away with the Espoir World Championship title, winning with a 20 second gap over the younger Kacper, 19, in second place. Pending a review and [...]
The buzz of the World Championships is finally settling down, and as a result of the requisite post-Worlds parties, Fantasy Cyclocross has two weeks worth of racing to Update. Undoubtedly you are all familiar with the big winners of the World Championships weekend, with Elite crowns awarded to the Czech Republic’s Zdenek Stybar and the [...]
by Dan Seaton Tábor, Czech Republic – The Szczepaniak brothers, Pawel and Kacper, rode away with gold and silver in the Under-23 World Championship as their Polish U23 team stamped its mark on a dramatic race for the rainbow jersey, taking three of the top five slots. The two emerged at the front of the race [...]
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