World Champion Niels Albert continued his successful season today by taking his 10th victory of the year in Dottignies. Frenchman Francis Mourey finished second and Italian Enrico Franzoi third. Today’s race is the warm-up for Albert’s much anticipated return to the […]
Niels Albert had a horrible crash during the warm-up for the 2008 Superprestige cross in Asper-Gavere, Belgium. He was out for six weeks but still came back to become world champion. On Sunday, Albert will be back without any thoughts […]
World champion Niels Albert has threatened to leave cyclo-cross after yesterday’s Jaarmarkt Cross in Niel, Belgium. The emotional Belgian had been jeered by rival’s supporters after it had appeared that he intentionally cut off Belgian champion and eventual race winner […]
Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) beat World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in a rare sprint finish in the Jaarmarktcross in Niel, Belgium. Nys took the initiative early on but was joined by Albert and Sdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Albert’s teammate […]
Czech rider Zdenek Stybar is already giving interviews in Flemish and shouted a new vocabulary on Sunday. When he stepped onto the podium he voiced his frustration with a “Godverdomme” (Goddammit), after an agonizingly close loss against Niels Albert in […]
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) both consolidated their leads in the third round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Nommay, France today. In the men’s race it came down to the last lap where the World […]
Currently in the Caribbean for the end of season Amstel Curaçao Race, former World cyclocross champion Lars Boom says he has no regrets over leaving his old speciality in favour of a career on the road. “When I heard that […]
Sven Vanthourenhout has had a bad cross year so far and he is pulling the emergency brake. He will spend two weeks in Mallorca for some rest. In the mean time, the Belgians announced the line-up for the World Cup […]
Results in women’s cyclocross racing went as expected on both sides of the Atlantic this weekend. World champion Marianne Vos (DSB Bank-Nederland Bloeit) added a second European title to her already impressive palmares, while US champion Katie Compton (Planet Bike) […]
World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has won the second Superprestige race in Hoogstraten. Albert proved succesful yet again, keeping the young Czech Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) at bay. Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) came across the line in third and therefore […]
Sven Nys has become a member of the UCI cyclocross commission, replacing his compatriot Ervin Vervecken, who will retire at the end of the season. Nys will soon start his responsibilities. “Next week Saturday, at the World Cup in Nommay, […]
The women’s cyclocross scene has continued this season, almost as it left off last and most of the sport’s big stars are heading for this weekend’s European Championships in Hoogstraten, Belgium with their usual good form. Current World number one […]
Bart Wellens will celebrate his cyclocross comeback on December 12 at the cross race in Essen, Belgium. Wellens suffered from the cytomegalo virus and is slowly recovering. He is ramping up his training schedule. “I do sessions of 1.5 to […]
Sven Nys won the Koppenbergcross for the seventh time today in Oudenaarde, and with his victory also taking the second round of the GvA-Trophy. The Belgian champion sealed the win with an attack on the final ascent of the famous […]
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) won today’s cyclocross race in Belgium’s Ardooie. The 23 year-old world champion left the Czech Zdenek Stybar and countryman Sven Vanthourenhout in his tracks. Albert made his move with three laps to go, distancing himself from his […]
Sven Nys has put the lackluster start of his cyclocross season behind and won the first round of the Superprestige in Ruddervoorde with more than half a minute over strongman Niels Albert. It was Albert first loss of the season […]
Niels Albert continues his cyclocross domination in Belgium, taking the GvA Trophy opener in a solo victory. Second-placed Sven Nys showed improved form and celebrated along the finish line near the citadel of Namur. Zdenek Stybar completed the podium, fighting […]
During day two of the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester Natasha Elliot (Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy) took victory in the women’s race while Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) was able to take the honors by capitalizing on a strong team in front of […]
