Road season under his belt, American rider turns to his big passion For most riders their precious autumn break is within touching distance, but for the men whose habitat is cloying mud rather than the beach in the off-season, the […]
Speaking prior to the start of Thursday’s stage to Galibier Serre Chevalier, both Ivan Basso and George Hincapie (BMC Racing Team) talked about their different positions in the race. Basso is the official leader of his Liquigas squad while Hincapie […]
Cyclocross world champion makes a quick transition to the road Zdenek Stybar surprised himself in his first road race for the Belgian Quick Step team by finishing 3rd in stage 4 of 4 Jours de Dunkerque, 1 minute 43 seconds […]
US Gran Prix and North American Cyclocross trophy winner adds strength to US team US championship bronze medallist Jeremy Powers has signed with the Rapha-Focus team for the coming cyclocross season. As well as his nationals medal, Powers won the […]
Belgian rider looking strong in advance of Milan-Sanremo With Milan Sanremo now less than a week away, Philippe Gilbert gave further notice of his sparkling form when he clocked up his second race victory in eight days. The Belgian followed […]
German and British cyclocross champions will ride alongside one another in selected races Hanka Kupfernagel will ride as a guest rider for the Horizon Fitness team in some selected events in 2011, the team announced today. The German cyclocross champion, […]
One more season at the top for multiple Dutch cyclocross champion European cyclocross champion Daphny van den Brand has signed with the AA Drink-Leontien.nl team on a one-year contract. The 32-year-old from Zeeland in the Netherlands had considered retirement at […]
Second place is enough to give Belgian champion overall GvA Trofee Daphny Van Den Brand (ZZPR.nl) won the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle, Belgium, the final race of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee, outspinting Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) in a two-woman sprint. […]
Sven Nys secures eighth overall title Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) convincingly won the final round of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee in Oostmalle, Belgium in convincing solo fashion. The Belgian champion escaped on the sixth of nine laps of the […]
Jonathan Page rides to fourth place in the Netherlands Two cross races on Sunday split up the peloton. Kevin Pauwels won the international cyclocross in Heerlen, Netherlands, in a sprint against Philip Walsleben and Zdenek Stybar. American Jonathan Page finished […]
Belgian rides home solo in one of the last important races of the season Klaas Vantornout took his first season win when he rode solo into the finish in the Superprestige Middelkerke, Belgium. Sven Nys was sixth, but had already […]
New Zealand’s Rosara Joseph also signs contract Cyclo Cross world championship runner-up Katie Compton has received a boost to her career with the news that she has signed a two year contract with the Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team from this season […]
Kannibaal van Baal’s Hoogstraten victory gives “Mister Superprestige” incredible tenth series win With his win in yesterday’s race in Hoogstraten, Belgium, close to the border with the Netherlands, Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) secured overall victory in the Superprestige series for an […]
Belgian champion shows her driekleur to win home race and take series lead Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) won the women’s Krawatencross in her hometown of Lille, Belgium to take the biggest victory of her career. The 20-year-old Belgian champion beat Marianne […]
Overall contest couldn’t be closer with just one race to go Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) won the Krawatencross in Lille, Belgium, the penultimate round of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee at the end of a highly tactical race. The 26-year-old […]
Active American has skiing on the program this week Katie Compton was all smiles during the press conference after she had won the silver medal in the cyclocross World Championships in Sankt Wendel, Germany. Afterwards she was consoled by a […]
Says he was the second strongest rider Sven Nys has been dominating many of the season-long events, such as the World Cup or the Superprestige, for years. But when it comes to the World Championships, he usually misses out on […]
Former World champion sees little quality in the next generation of his country’s riders Following Belgium’s second successive rainbow-free World Championships in St Wendel, Germany this weekend, two-time World champion Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has spoken out about what he sees […]
