Young talent has outstanding ride in 2011 Worlds Philipp Walsleben is the biggest cyclocross talent that Germany has had in years. Rolf Wolfshohl, Klaus Peter Thaler and Mike Kluge were the most successful ones, but Kluge’s Worlds title dates back […]
Czech rider was U23 winner in 2005 and elite champion in 2011 on same course Zdenek Stybar won the cyclocross World Championships this weekend in Sankt Wendel, Germany, in dominating fashion. He dropped his last rival, Belgian Sven Nys, midway […]
No rainbows again for Cyclocross’ biggest nation For the second successive year Belgium, the most dominant nation in cyclocross has gone home without a single rainbow jersey from the World Championships. Just like last year, the Belgians occupied the bottom […]
Marianne Vos’ team now outfitted by Giessegi The Nederland Bloeit team has revealed its new clothing design for 2011, just two days before beginning its competitive road season in the Tour of Qatar. The new clothing, made by Italian company […]
Nys and Pauwels bring home only runner-up medals for Belgium Zdenek Stybar attacked hard midway through the men’s 2011 cyclocross World Championships in St Wendel, Germany, and was never seen again. Lone chaser Sven Nys settled for silver. Kevin Pauwels […]
Dutchwoman takes dominating win in St Wendel Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won her fourth cyclocross World Championships when she used a timely move in the last lap to escape her two breakaway companions, Katherine Compton of the United States […]
Dutchwoman Vos ties Hanka Kupfernagel’s World title record, Compton takes silver Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos won a record fourth cyclo-cross world title today in St. Wendel, Germany. Her win ties the four wins by German Hanka Kupfernagel. Kupfernagel had to […]
American has to overcome flat front tire and crash It is rare that a rider is beaming after a 13th place. But Danny Summerhill did exactly that when he finished the U23 cyclocross World Championships in Germany in that position. […]
Equipe Tricolore shuts out other nations of all medals Clément Venturini took the first title of the 2011 Cyclocross World Champions, held in St Wendel, Germany. The Frenchman won the junior’s race ahead of two compatriots, brothers Loïc and Fabien […]
Dutchman beats compatriot Teunissen on track in St Wendel Lars van der Haar became the U23 cyclocross World Champion by passing teammate Mike Teunissen shortly before entering the track in St Wendel, Germany, then defended his lead all the way […]
Sub-zero nights and sunny days make the weekend’s surface tough to predict This weekend’s World Cyclocross Championships are going to be tough, everyone is agreed on that. What nobody can quite decide though, is what the surface of the course […]
Belgian ProTeam finally snares Czech World cyclocross champion World cyclocross champion Zdenek Stybar has signed a contract with Quick Step until the end of 2013. The Czech rider has been the subject of a tug-o-war between the Belgian ProTeam and […]
One of the favorites for title already outDaphne van den Brand, one of the big favorites for the title in next week’s cyclocross World Championships in St Wendel, Germany, is forced to miss the event. Van den Brand is suffering […]
Rudy De Bie is confident that his riders will not ride against one another in St-Wendel this weekend Belgian cyclocross coach Rudy De Bie is playing down talk of a civil war within the national team at this coming Sunday’s […]
Race win confirms overall World Cup for Belgian champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) overcame an early lead from World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) to win the final round of the World Cup in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. The Belgian champion, who clearly enjoys […]
US champion takes last big race before the World Championships as Sanne Van Paassen secures overall series Katie Compton (Planet Bike) recovered from a less than perfect start on the muddy course of Hoogerheide, Netherlands to power away from the […]
Belgian team manager wants Stybar at all costs Patrick Lefevere wants to have reigning cyclocross world champion Zdenek Stybar on his Quick Step team at all costs. Lefevere is even considering buying the Telenet-Fidea team for which Stybar is currently […]
Fifth-placed Jonathan Page shows good form ahead of World Championships Rob Peeters was surprised himself that he beat power houses Zdenek Stybar and Sven Nys in the Kasteelcross in Zonnebeke on Saturday. Klaas Vantornout was fourth, followed by American Jonathan […]
