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Cyclocross

Bart Wellens offered new deal by Telenet-Fidea but is shopping around

Cyclocross veteran is being courted by other teams Bart Wellens has been offered an extra three years with the Telenet-Fidea team, the team that he has ridden for his entire professional career, but has not yet put pen to paper, […]

Author: Telenet-Fidea but is shopping around by Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Cyclocross World Cup Aigle: Stybar dominates and continues his winning season

Strong Albert powers to second place An ever-aggressive Zdenek Stybar powered away from his competitors halfway through the 60-minute race to take round one of the Cyclocross World Cup, in Aigle, Switzerland. Niels Albert fought back from a bad start […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Zdenek Stybar wins Kermiscross in Ardooie

World champion’s perfect season continues with fifth straight victory Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) won the Kermiscross in the village of Ardooie, just outside Roeselare in West Flanders. The World champion won a three-up sprint over Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Sven Nys wants Kermiscross victory to fill a gap in his palmares

Belgian champion out to win the race he has never started before The Kermiscross in the village of Ardooie, just outside Roeselare in West Flanders, is one of the very few races that has never been taken by Sven Nys […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

World Champion Zdenek Stybar takes cyclocross Superprestige opener in Ruddervoorde

Czech rider wins second race in a week by beating Bart Aernouts After already taking the Gazet van Antwerp Trophy opener last week, reigning world champion Zdenek Stybar also powered to victory in the first of the eight Superprestige series […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Niels Albert is ready to start his season on Sunday

Ruddervoorde Superprestige race marks former World champion’s return from knee injury Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) will start his first race of the season on Sunday at the first round of the Superprestige series in Ruddervoorde, Belgium. The 2009 World champion injured […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Cyclocross: Kevin Pauwels to Sunweb-Revor at the end of winter season

Telenet-Fidea rider to switch to rival team in March Belgian cyclocross rider Kevin Pauwels is to switch from his current Telenet-Fidea team to Sunweb-Revor, but not until the end of the current cyclocross season. Unlike road riders, where contracts generally […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Lars Boom to race six cyclocross events this winter

Former world champion has not decided on which races just yet, but vows that they will be ‘real crosses’ For the 2010/2011 cyclocross season, full-time road racer and 2008 World Cyclocross Champion Lars Boom is planning to make a return […]

Author: Jered Gruber Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Mourey and Nash foreign victors of CrossVegas

French champion Francis Mourey (FDJ) and the Czech champ Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) raced to victory in the men’s and women’s events at CrossVegas yesterday, winning their races in front of a very large crowd. Frenchman Mourey put in […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Niels Albert injures knee, delays cyclocross season start

Belgian out for a month after costly training accident Niels Albert twisted his knee in a training accident last week and will have to delay his cyclocross season start by approximately a month. Albert will likely miss the opening races […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Cyclocross, Injury, Pro Cycling,

Sven Nys wants to win everything this cyclocross season

The king is not ready to hand over his crown just yet Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) aims to return to his former dominance of the sport of cyclocross this winter, as he outlined in a press statement entitled “Fight for every […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Niels Albert can’t wait for the cyclocross season to start

Former World champion looks forward to getting his tyres in the dirt For 2008 cyclocross World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) the new season can’t come soon enough. He has been racing on the road in a number of Belgian races, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Tour of Britain: Greipel clocks up another victory, Albasini defends yellow

Meyer and Marycz animate blisteringly-fast stage six Capping off a good day for his HTC Columbia team, Andre Greipel clocked up his 20th victory of the season today when he galloped to victory at the end of stage six of […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Cyclocross,

SBS deal with UCI gives exclusive rights for cycling coverage

World championship and World Cup events for four disciplines to be screened Australian coverage of the UCI’s events in road, track, BMC and mountain bike appears to be guaranteed for the next three years, following a major contract signed between […]

Author: Conal Andrews Categories: Cyclocross, Mountain Biking, Pro Cycling, Track,

Former world cyclo-cross champion Radomir Simunek dies

Czech rider took rare triple in the sport Nineteen years after he won the world cyclo cross championship in Casting, the Czech rider Radomir Simunek has died. The 48 year old succumbed after a long battle with cirrhosis of the […]

Author: Conal Andrews Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak given four and eight year suspensions

Brothers took silver and gold in Tabor The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced today that Polish cyclocross riders Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak have been suspended for four and eight years respectively by their national federation.  In addition, Kacper will […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Cyclocross, Doping, Pro Cycling,

Cyclocross World champion Stybar has saddle cyst removed

World cyclocross champion Zdenek Stybar has had a successful operation to remove a cyst from his saddle area, Sporza reports. The 24-year-old Czech has been suffering discomfort for a long time, but now the pain should go away, he hopes. […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

U23 gold medalist Szczepaniak explains EPO positive

Polish under-23 World Championship gold medalist Pawel Szczepaniak has explained the circumstances that led he and his brother Kacper down the road to a positive doping control for EPO at the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic. He insists that […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Cyclocross, Doping, Pro Cycling,

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