Posts tagged Tom Meeusen

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 …

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) continued his winning weekend by taking top honors at the Superprestrige Asper-Gavere.

HASSELT, BELGIUM – Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) claimed his second straight GvA Hasselt win Saturday after an exciting finish-line duel with last year’s runner-up Zdenek Stybar (Quick …

The American ’cross season is in full swing with two full weekends and two Wednesday night extravaganzas completed, the European season is just getting underway and now the first USGP is here. It really is ’cross season. Sometimes I don’t believe it’s real. How can the best bike racing season, which we’ve been waiting so long for really be here already? Didn’t we just finish last season? Anyways, onward we go, there is a long winter coming up and lots of rumors to talk about. In this week’s edition: Euro ’Cross is back on TV, start looking for your live feeds, folks. Kevin Pauwels takes a big win for his new team in Erpe-Mere. Zdenek Stybar will be showing off the new Quick Step rainbow stripes in Stribro this weekend. Enrico Franzoi has found a home with the Guerciotti team, he lines up for the first time this weekend in Switzerland. Is it true that Pro ’crossers actually understand the worth of their equipment? At least Tom Meeusen does. Amy Dombroski heads back to her motherland for the season. With a venerable “who’s who” of ’cross lining up in Sun Prairie this weekend, is there really a favorite? Who should we talk about in this week’s Working Man’ Edition? We’ll go with Justin Lindine, Jake Wells, Bryan Fawley, and Chris Sheppard

We’re just over a month away from the opening race of the American UCI ’cross season, Nittany Lion Cross and it’s sounding like things are heating up in the world of pro cyclocross. Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com announced the signing of Christian Heule for the 2011 season. Katie Compton won the Steamboat Springs Stinger. Bart Wellens, Sven Nys, Niels Albert, Sven Vantourenhout, Tom Meeusen, Rob Peeters and Ben Berden race with motocrossers for charity.

Summer heat is at it’s high point. Twitter accounts across the eastern seaboard keep referencing the 90 plus degree temperatures and more and more often the cyclocross hashtag comes up on twitter. So is anything exciting happening in the wide world of pro cyclocross?

The middle of summer is quickly approaching. Molly Cameron has an FMB tire order ready to go out. Challenge and FMB are releasing new mud treads to challenge the famed Dugast Rhino. New disc ready bikes are hitting the tech news pages. So, with all that happening, where are the pros? Amy Dombroski is on her way to Italy for Marathon Cross-Country Worlds. Katie Compton hangs up the knobbies for a night. Stybar as Boonen’s lead out man? Putting two and two together for the new Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com rider. 2011 Blitz to the Barrel attracts ’cross stars. Tom Meeusen knocks off two mountain bike specialists. In this week’s Working Man’s Edition: Brady Kappius takes on the Rocky Mountain Ultra Endurance Series and Logan Owen is destroying the Washington state road races.

A Telenet-Fidea jersey tucked in behind Tom Boonen’s Quickstep jersey in a sprint. Or a BKCP-Powerplus jersey wedged between Philippe Gilbert and André Greipel’s Omega Pharma-Lotto jerseys while shooting through a tight turn at over 30mph. These rarities can only be found in one professional cycling event – the Tour of Belgium, a five day stage race that weaves its way through Belgium’s countryside. [More…]

Since 2006, cyclocross racers have been taking the start of this event. Back then, it was only a handful of cross riders such as Sven Nys, Richard Groenendaal, Lars Boom and Sven Vanthourenhout. The cross racer count has since grown to about twenty coming from four teams – BKCP-Powerplus, Sunweb-Revor, Landbouwkrediet, and Telenet-Fidea.

by Kat Statman With one big weekend left in the season, things have noticeably slowed down on the rumors and rumblings side of pro ’cross …

HOOGERHEIDE, NETHERLANDS – It was an exciting battle today at the final World Cup race in Hoogerheide, where Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) …

by Christine Vardaros The most highly-anticpated battle on Belgian soil is to take place in Antwerp this Sunday at the Belgian National Championships. The two …

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 …

by Kat Statman With the build up to the Christmas ’Cross Week, one would think that we would have a lot of noise from the …

KALMTHOUT, BELGIUM – Telenet-Fidea’s Tom Meeusen  took his first career World Cup victory in Kalmthout today after beating Sven Nys (Landboukrediet) in a sprint finish. …

by Dan Seaton Gieten, Netherlands – On the first really cold weekends of the 2010-11 season, the world of European cyclocross headed to a snowy …

Ronse, Belgium – On a day when a classic mix of Belgian weather – sun, rain and even hail – turned an already muddy race …

by Kat Statman Another week and of course we have more rumors and rumblings about pro cyclocross racers, pro cyclocross, and anything else in between. …

Tom Meeusen and Daphny van den Brand have take their first wins of the season in the Kiremko Nacht van Woerden. Both won solo in …

by Bart Hazen Frenchman Steve Chainel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) won the Grand Prix de la Commune de Contern, in Contern, Luxembourg. Chainel, who chose the …

by Kat Statman There’s a lot going on in the world of cyclocross this week. We have the Euro racers getting ready for the next …

by Kat Statman With the first World Cup of the Season this weekend, there’s a lot to talk about in pro cyclocross. The United States …

by Christine Vardaros Ruddervoorde may be just one race out of many, but to a couple of Belgium’s top guys, namely Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) and …

by Christine Vardaros For the past few years, Belgian up-and-comer Tom Meeusen has spent his off-season in the dirt, taking his competition level as high …

Last year, the Telenet-Fidea team owned the cyclocross scene, with Zdenek Stybar leading the charge and taking the World Championships. Can they repeat their success …

Zdeněk Štybar is showing great form as the cyclocross season nears. Yesterday the reigning cyclocross world champion won the 1.3km prologue, with the rest of …

We reported recently on Sven Nys and Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) pounding their mountain bike pedals into podium spots in Belgium’s National Cup series, but are …

by Robbie Carver Some of our favorite ’cross riders showed strong form at the Tour de Serbia, which took place from June 14th to 19th …

by Robbie Carver Wrapping up our coverage of the five day Tour of Belgium, Sven Nys showed his class by coming out on top among the …

by Robbie Carver Three days ago, the cyclocross capitol of the world began hosting the 80th edition of the Tour of Belgium, a five day stage …

by Josh Liberles While Floyd Landis’ leaked emails are creating quite the firestorm within the ProTour regarding athletes and officials involved with the US Postal …