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Cyclocross Weekend Preview – The Little Guys

Posted on December 2, 2011 by and

  North America Cyclocross LA (C2/C2) Los Angeles State Historic Park in Downtown Los Angelas, CA hosts a pair of UCI C2 races this weekend. The 3.5km course has a bit of everything and anything and will definilty produce some exciting action. The course features a mix of tight turns and long straights mostly flat … Continue reading →

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World Cup Preview: Round 4 – Igorre, Spain

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

The UCI Cyclocross World Cup heads to Iggore in the Basque region of Spain for round number four. After last weekend’s battle in the sand of Koksijde, all eyes will be on Sven Nys and Kevin Pauwels. This is the eighth time Iggore has hosted a world cup round and Nys has won half of … Continue reading →

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North American Cyclocross Preview: NBX Showdown

Posted on December 2, 2011 by , and

Shimano and Verge Series Finals: The $10,000 Showdown at NBX Gran Prix of Cross This weekend marks the finale of the inaugural Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series presented by Verge as well as the final leg of the Verge New England Cyclo-Cross Series. Over the past three months, we’ve been treated to the best … Continue reading →

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Review: Handspun Cyclocross Tubulars

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

This fall, one of Pavé’s loyal supporters Handspun sent us a set of their wheels to test. They had done the same earlier in the year, and we published our thoughts about their house-built HED Belgium wheelset here. We also took a trip to their headquarters to see what it is about their operations that lets … Continue reading →

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International Cyclocross Power Rankings, Week #11

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

We’re in week 11 of the International racing calendar, and a drama-filled weekend saw Nys and Pauwels take their rivalry up a step, as Stybar’s struggles and Niels Albert’s broken wrist cause a bit of a stir-up of the Power Rankings. 1. Sven Nys (3) – the Cannibal from Baal is back on top, unseating … Continue reading →

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Sven Nys and the Changing of the Guard

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

We keep coming back to Adam Myerson’s comment that Sven Nys’s controversial sprint against Kevin Pauwels at Saturday’s World Cup race in Koksijde was “the desperate maneuver of a dying king faced with the reality of his successor.” It seems that every year, there will be a flurry of commentary suggesting that the end of … Continue reading →

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