CrossVegas winner Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) has doubled down and taken the win in StarCrossed, and former world champ Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) claimed his first victory on American soil by shedding the rest of the front group with three laps to go and powering the remaining distance alone.
Today marks the start of our new bi-weekly column, Women’s Wednesdays, where the focus shifts to matters specific to women in the sport. This column will be dedicated to all aspects of women’s racing, from coverage of pro women to women-specific bikes to talking frankly about how to get more women involved in cyclocross. We begin this week by hearing from a few of our favorite ladies of ‘cross, finding out what they’ve been up to in the off-season and seeing what they’re looking forward to in the Fall.
The 2011 World Cyclocross Championships are fast approaching, and the best racers from each country are putting in their last-minute preparations. We caught up with a few of the US Women to hear some of their thoughts as they look to Sunday’s race. Stay tuned for reactions on the course after riders have the opportunity [...]
Portland, OR Elite racer Sue Butler is one of five women chosen to represent the US at Worlds this year. Butler capped off a great year by taking fifth at Nationals after several strong showings in Europe. She’s back there now preparing for this weekend’s World Championships at St. Wendel, and took some time away from [...]
Portland, OR Elite racer Sue Butler is one of five women chosen to represent the US at Worlds this year. Butler capped off a great year by taking fifth at Nationals after several strong showings in Europe A highlight of her European campaign includes a 14th place in Plzen. Read on as she reflects on [...]
Portland, OR, pro racer Sue Butler was at the Zolder World Cup this past weekend, where Katie Compton took the win for the women, and Lars Boom took the men’s. Read on for her experience of this icy race. by Sue Butler Zolder World Cup: No Words to Describe. As I sit here to recall the [...]
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 Sue Butler It’s good to be back in Belgium. Last year I had to forgo my Euro racing campaign due to asthma, so I’m happy to be here, snow and all. I’m in my familiar stomping grounds, courtesy of Kris Schamp’s (local Portland race promoter) parents, joined by Ryan Trebon. Kalmthout is usually a [...]
by Jamie Mack Riders from around the globe will descend on Kalmthout, Belgium, this weekend for the fifth round of the UCI World Cup. Coming out of the previous round in Igorre, Spain, Niels Albert holds the overall lead, but with only a 59-point advantage the competition is still wide open. Consider that the other [...]
by Josh Liberles Teammates Katerina Nash and Georgia Gould (Luna) distanced the rest of the Elite women’s field in dominating fashion at the Portland International Raceway today, but neither could drop the other in the 40-minute affair. Nash would take the lead shortly before the final corner and hold off Gould by a couple of [...]
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