HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS: Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank) won today in front of her home crowd, besting Kona’s Helen Wyman, Belgian Champion Sanne Cant and teammate Sabrina Stultiens. Marianne Vos had been scheduled to race, but failed to start due to feeling ill from the flu. In the Elite Men’s race, it was a smaller affair as [...]
HOOGERHEIDE, NETHERLANDS – On the first true winter conditions of this year’s World Cup series, Marianne Vos (Rabobank) was right at home as she stormed across the slippery, frozen ground to take a snowy win in the final round at Hoogerheide. Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank) rode into a strong second place, staying with Vos until [...]
ROUBAIX, FRANCE: Katie Compton (TREK) claimed her third consecutive World Cup win as she overcame no less than three crashes to catch and power away from race-long leader Sanne van Paassen in the closing corners of the race. It was a devastating day for the Elite women, as Helen Wyman (Kona), Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Suntour), [...]
HAMME-ZOGGE, BELGIUM – Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet KDL) remains undefeated in the 2012 Superprestige Series, taking a commanding solo win after escaping from a select group of racers on lap four. It was an opportune moment for Nys, who was leading Lars van der Haar (Rabobank), Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor), and Bart Aernouts (AA Drink) – as Nys came [...]
IPSWICH, GREAT BRITAIN – It was a day for the pre-race favorites at the European Cyclocross Championships, as Helen Wyman won over Sanne van Paassen and Nikki Harris; Lars van der Poel continued his dominance over the junior field; and Mike Teunissen outsprinted Corne van Kessel and Loic Doubey for the U23 victory. Check out the [...]
PLZEN, CZECH REPUBLIC – On a chilly, muddy course Katie Compton (Trek) overcame early difficulties to claw her way back to a lead group containing Helen Wyman (Kona), Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank), Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea), Hanka Kupfernagel (Rusvelo), and Sanne Cant (BKCP). Compton then took to the lead, and by the end of the race had shed all her [...]
by Bart Hazen Bart Aernouts (AA Drink) and Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank) have won the international cyclo cross in Woerden. In the late evening race, Aernouts attacked from the start with Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) and Dieter Vanthourenhout (BKCP-Powerplus). Lars van der Haar (Rabobank) crashed hard and had to chase all the way but finished in [...]
TABOR, CZECH REPUBLIC – In the opening round of the 2012/13 Cyclocross World Cup series, Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) rode away from Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), Lars van der Haar (Rabobank), and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) to take a commanding solo win. Van der Haar, clearly excited with his podium place, out-sprinted Albert for second. A broken chain in [...]
EuroCross fans rejoice! This weekend, in Kalmthout, Belgium, your favorite old-world racers are back to test their legs at the first classic cyclocross race of the season: the Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin. Nys. Albert. Pauwels. Meeusen. Mourey. Wasleben. They’re back, and ready to give us all some exciting racing in what is sure to be a [...]
After her commanding win at CrossVegas, Rabobank’s Sanne van Paassen has returned to the old country to see if she can continue her winning ways. Before she left, however, we borrowed her Giant TCX Advanced SL carbon cyclocross bike for a little photo-op. The Giant TCX Advanced SL was reviewed in Issue 17, but van [...]
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