HOOGERHEIDE, NETHERLANDS – As flurries of snow swirled around the racers and frozen ground saw the best riders in the world crashing as their bikes disappeared beneath them, Czech racer Martin Bina (CEZ Cyklo Team Tabor) had the greatest victory of his pro career with a dominating show of riding on the ice. Dutchman Lars van der Haar (Rabobank-Giant), racing [...]
Loštice, Czech Republic – In a battle of the top Czech cyclocross talent minus last year’s winner Zdeněk Štybar, Radomir Simunek outsprinted Martin Bina to take the first Toi Coi Cup in Loštice. The race was nearly an all-Czech affair, with the first top 10 riders all from the home country. With 45 Elite men racers, the [...]
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.
by Kat Statman Another week and another round of Rumors about pro ’crossers around the world. With this week being the National Championship week for most of the major cyclocross hotbed countries, many are looking towards the big days in Belgium and the Netherlands. But there is some non-National Championship news also. The win leaderboard [...]
by Bart Hazen Simunek Goes the Distance Radomir Simunek Jr. (BKCP-Powerplus) has won the Scheldecross in Antwerp, Belgium. Simunek was the best in the sprint over Sunweb’s Sven Vanthourenhout. Bart Aernouts completed the podium. Lars Boom, Eddy van IJzendoorn, Dieter Vanthourenhout, Bart Wellens, Gerben de Knegt, Niels Albert and Klaas Vantornout filled the top 10. [...]
by Dan Seaton Gieten, Netherlands – On the first really cold weekends of the 2010-11 season, the world of European cyclocross headed to a snowy Gieten, in the far northern Netherlands, for the fifth round of the Nissan Superprestige Series. Coming a day after a tough race through the sand at the Koksijde World Cup, [...]
by Robbie Carver Three days ago, the cyclocross capitol of the world began hosting the 80th edition of the Tour of Belgium, a five day stage race whose first start gun went off in 1908. Why should you care? Well, because, being placed where it is, the event draws a large number of big name European [...]
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