by Kat Statman It’s that time of year again, folks! That’s right, my third favorite cycling event of year: the Giro d’Italia. For any cycling fan, of all the grand tours, the Giro is the most interesting, especially because ’crossers or former ’crossers have a tendency to do really well. Even our fat-tired cousins from [...]
by Paul Burgoine In Paris-Roubaix, Stybar was robbed of his biggest result of his career by a fan or photographer stepping out of the crowd and almost forcing a crash. Here is his take on the events on Sunday: “I was in a perfect position following Cancellara, and I was feeling good that I was [...]
A collective moan went up over the Twitter-verse as Czech cyclocrosser/roadie Zdenek Stybar connected with a fan, bumping just hard enough to be dropped from the lead group along with Fabian Cancellara and Sep Vanmarcke. We aren’t talking about a cyclocross race, obviously: this morning was the famed Paris-Roubaix spring classic. Cyclocrossers had been going [...]
by Kat Statman It is a stubborn winter here on the East Coast: snowing in Virginia in April, and not having a day over 60 for weeks on end – with the occasional fluke. But that does not change the fact that it’s spring, and watching spring bike racing almost makes up for a lack of [...]
by Molly Hurford Sure, it’s a little silly. But here at Cyclocross Magazine HQ, we’re getting in the Easter-egg-hunting spirit by imagining ourselves soaring effortlessly over barriers, like Zach McDonald or Jeremy Powers. Of course, none of the staff at CXM is capable of such feat (see: Is Joey OK? for elaboration), but it doesn’t [...]
STRIBRO, CZECH REPUBLIC – In a race that surprised no one, two-time World Champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) took his sixth consecutive national title on his hometown course. Martin Bina and Vojtech Nipl rounded out the podium.
DIEGEM, BELGIUM – In a spectacular night race, thick with mud and rain, world champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) overcame a poor start to take command halfway through the race and dance away from a large pack containing Zdenek Stybar (Quickstep), Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor), Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor), and Lars van der Haar (Rabobank), among others, to win [...]
LOENHOUT, BELGIUM – In an exciting duel that saw both riders on the ropes at different moments, Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) landed the final punch in a muddy duel against Zdenek Stybar (Quickstep), escaping the two-time World Champion on the final quarter of the course and powering to the line to take a passionate win at [...]
HUESDEN-ZOLDER, BELGIUM – As the rain pounded down on the elite men, Sven Nys (Landbouwkredit) again had the upper hand over Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) to ride away for the win. The two Belgians rode most of the race together, trading duties on the front as Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) and Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) led the chase [...]
ESSEN, BELGIUM – In what proved to be one of the most exciting days of racing this season, on a course thick with mud, mechanicals, and bobbles, Jan Denuwelaere (Style and Concept) slid across the line, butt first, after being driven into the barriers in a two-up sprint against returning champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step). [...]
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