Our resident cyclocross dude Ian Landau looks at what all the frenzy is about re the new UCI CX rules.
(Continue reading)Ian gives us his two cents on Parkin’s follow-up to ‘Dog In A Hat.’
(Continue reading)Evans King of the Mur at Fleche Wallone Despite race organizers’ attempts to stave off the typical “sprint” finish at the midweek Fleche Wallonne classic, today’s race did indeed end with a big bunch hitting the bottom of the famed Mur de Huy. Of course, a sprint up the Huy is akin to watching a [...]
(Continue reading)Contador Drives From Spain to Belgium Because of Volcano As the Icelandic volcano continues to wreak travel havoc across Europe, some pro riders are taking matters into their own hands. After wrapping up the overall Sunday at the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, Alberto Contador hopped into his custom-painted Audi wagon and drove 1,900 k [...]
(Continue reading)BOOK YOUR ZIPCAR NOW. Here’s the preliminary 2010 UCI cyclocross calendar for the New England/Mid-Atlantic (plus Nats). OK, cross is still five months away, but if you’re like me you’ll have these race dates memorized soon enough. There will of course be dozens of other races in the region (and we’ll be sure to bring [...]
(Continue reading)Caleb Fairly of Holowesko Partners Wins Pro Battenkill Race—NYC racer Pavel Gonda 14th Covered in dirt from a day battling the elements on unpaved roads, Caleb Fairly of Garmin’s U23 team Holowesko Partners won the inaugural UCI-ranked Tour of the Battenkill race yesterday. Fairly dispatched Floyd Landis (Bahati Foundation) on the day’s final climb and [...]
(Continue reading)ON SATURDAY, February 27, I was skiing in the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Still, I was dimly aware that some 3,500 miles east of me the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was getting underway in Gent, Belgium. The race that used to be called Het Volk (Het Volk and Het Nieuwsblad were once competing Flemish newspapers, until [...]
(Continue reading)With the 2010 race season bearing down on us, it’s time to address something that’s been bugging for me the last few years. The creeping proification of the New York City peloton. That’s right. Proification. What do I mean? I will explain. When I think back to my first days racing, in 2003, it was [...]
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