I had some high expectations for Saturday’s race at Pine Point Park… yes, you can likely guess where this is going.
Canadian Elite ’crosser and Cyclocross Magazine contributor Vicki Thomas reflects on a year that didn’t work out quite the way she had hoped, and reveals how those experiences have fueled her ambition for the next season. It’s been a while since I’ve written a rider diary for Cyclocross Magazine. In fact I think my last [...]
Canadian Elite ’crosser and Cyclocross Magazine contributor Vicki Thomas reflects on the full Euro race experience, highlighted by the first two World Cups and a chauffeured RV rolling race home. Phew, just sitting here catching my breath after a whirlwind trip to Europe for the first two World Cups of the cyclocross season. What a [...]
Canadian Elite ’crosser and Cyclocross Magazine contributor Vicki Thomas checks back in with us after getting her ’cross wheels a little dirty. Brrr. I don’t know where you are, but here in Ottawa it’s downright chilly. In fact, today it’s 13 degrees Celsius. That’s a bit cold for the second week of September. I must admit I [...]
Stevens Bikes, sponsor of such Elite athletes as US National Champion Katie Compton, current World Champion Marianne Vos, former World Champions Niels Albert and Hanka Kupfernagel, and Canadian National Team rider Vicki Thomas, has released a preview of their 2011 Carbon Team and Prestige cyclocross bikes.
Canadian Elite ’crosser and Cyclocross Magazine contributer Vicki Thomas checks in with us as our favorite time of year draws near. Mud on your mind, Vicki? Wow, long time no talk! Guess this is what happens when the cyclocross season ends and the heat of the summer sets in. Well, it has been a long [...]
Vicki Thomas checks in with another journal entry about chasing her ‘cross dream on the courses of Europe. Check out her last update about the huge transition from racing Masters Worlds last year to qualifying for the 2010 Canadian national team for Elite Worlds. One more to go. Nothing like the one-to-go sign for a [...]
by Dan Seaton Antwerp, Belgium – Forty-five minutes standing around in the coldest conditions Belgium has seen in nearly a year is probably not the ideal preparation for a tough ‘cross race featuring several long, challenging sections of sand. But that’s how the elite men warmed up for Scheldecross, just across the Schelde River from [...]
Vicki Thomas checks in with another journal entry about chasing her ‘cross dream on the courses of Europe. Check out her Nommay World Cup and Belgium update here and her report from the Treviso World Cup here. I’m sitting here in the spacious dining room of my “home” here in Blauberg, Belgium, thinking about the [...]