At the sixth round of the UCI World Cup, Marianne Vos once again showed that she is the top racer on European soil. The current World Champion rode a near perfect race, powering away on the last lap to finish thirty seconds ahead of Daphny van den Brand (AA Drink). Sanne van Paassen (Brainwash) rounded [...]
DIEGEM, BELGIUM – In the early morning women’s race, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) took the win at SuperPrestige Diegem today with a gap of over two minutes, followed by Lucie Chanel-Lefevre (Boxx-Veldritacademie), Sanne Cant (Boxx-Veldritacademie) and Gabby Day (Renner Custom-Raleigh). Vos’ technical skills and ability to ride where no other racer was capable of staying [...]
Katie Compton (Rabo-Giant) and Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) took the wins in the deep sand at the 2011 Fidea Scheldecross in Antwerp, Belgium. Compton overpowered her competition on the sand-filled course, finishing a full minute ahead of Belgian Sanne Cant, despite having been forced to run to the pit early in the race with a mechanical [...]
HEERLAN, HOLLAND – The late season races continued on Sunday, with some of the biggest names in the sport testing their post-World Championship form at the GP Heuts. On the tough, muddy course, the Elite men didn’t seem phased by Saturday’s race at Middelkerke, with Kevin Pauwels, Philip Walsleben and newly re-crowned World Champion Zdenek Stybar [...]
by Bart Hazen LILLE, BELGIUM – Kevin Pauwels has won the GVA Trofee Krawatencross in Lille. The Telenet-Fidea rider was the fastest in the sprint over world champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet). After the finish, Nys crashed into Pauwels while pulling the brakes to slow down. Belgian champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) finished in [...]
America’s best chance to win its first-ever Elite Cyclocross World Championship rested on the shoulders of US National Champion Katie Compton. With an incredible international winning record this season, and without the typical late-season leg cramps that have hampered her from training and racing, Compton was the one rider cyclocross fans throughout the world had [...]
TERVUREN, BELGIUM – Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) distanced his rivals and showed that he’s on great form coming into next weekend’s Belgian National Championships. Albert’s win wraps up the Christmas week of racing in Belgium, which featured big races and stacked fields almost every day between Christmas and January 2nd, and also marks the end of [...]
by Dan Seaton LOENHOUT, BELGIUM – Though it might have been a gloomy, winter day, the stars of cyclocross shone brightly on the 27th edition of Azencross, delivering – almost – two down-to-the-wire duels to the huge crowds that waded through the snow and mud here in northern Belgium. In the women’s race, world champion [...]
by Bart Hazen Compton Unbeatable in Zolder Seven-time USA National Champion Katie Compton continues to dominate the top of the sport. The Planet Bike rider soloed to the win on the snow-covered course in Zolder, taking her fourth World Cup win of the season. World Champion Marianne Vos finished in second, almost one minute down [...]
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. [...]
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