Belgian Cyclocross A Trip To The Motherland

From Ohio to Belgium Lucas Stierwalt Grateful for Cross. Ive just returned from the cycling motherland and a true Flandrian beat-down on the Belgian hellingen of lore.

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Massive crowds the smell of frites thumping beer tents epic mud partisan fans ultra-tough courses and world-class racers.

Belgian cyclocross a trip to the motherland. Lee Waldman conquered the sand of Mol at the 2017 Masters Worlds and lived to tell about it. Despite the punishing cobbles and North Sea headwinds it was well worth the suffering to find such kind kindred. Here we present the amalgamation of their efforts and well be linking to our race coverage so you can see how our boys are doing as the trip.

You should always plan for a slog-fest of mud and cold when racing in Belgium. Our destination is a small amateur cyclocross race where well be the ones traveling through mud - at a much slower rate. On Sunday in Antwerp the Motherland of Cyclocross got its third different champ in as many years.

Full results are below. Like a pair of amateur hoops aficionados visiting New York Citys Rucker Park or a wannabe ski racer staring down Kitzbuhels Hahnenkamm weve made a pilgrimage to the motherland. Belgian cyclocross a trip to the motherland.

The 12th SSCXWC will be held in Belgium in the Wallonian city of Tournai this November 9-11. Hear Waldmans thoughts on Euro racing and what he learned from his trip to the motherland of cyclocross. Today was the big adventure of my Belgium trip to ride Paris-Roubaix from the Arenberg Forest into the finishing velodrome about 92 km.

What feels like three weeks ago the Kona Maxxis Shimano CX Team Beckster Kerry his wife Emily Mechanic Spencer Spaceman Johnston w a T and supporting mechanic Kerry Kermy Shields boarded a flight hopped across the Atlantic and started kicking up mud in the motherland of cyclocross. Documentarian Ryan Le Garrec spent a day with the American at De Lilse Bergen near Lille Belgium for the last race of the 20182019 DVV Trofee series to capture the essence of what its like for an American racing in Belgium. His performances including multiple finishes inside the top 20 and on the lead lap show hes on the right path.

Van Aert finished fifth. The shortest route on this list but also the most art-packed is Ghents Concrete Canvas Tour showcasing exactly why the charming canal city is a preferred artist hubOver 50 artworks feature in this urban cycling tour taking you to graffiti hot spots such as the Grindbakken a whitewashed industrial site and The Virgin a small oil painting on a slab of concrete by the. On the flipside Brannan is using this trip to measure his preparation and maturation against the Worlds best.

Got up this morning at 530am to catch the train to Roubaix which involved one switch in a place called Kortrijk. Racing CX in the Motherland. Laurens Sweeck Pauwels Sauzen Bingoal got the win and the right to wear Belgians tricolor for the next year.

Once again a select group of juniors and U23 racers have headed over to Europe to take part in Belgiums Christmas Week. Ben Berden is from the old world the motherland of cyclo-cross Belgium. However it may be years before we realize the.

A photo journal of a four-day adventure. We asked the attendees of EuroCrossCamp 2012 to share some of their experiences via photos text video whatever medium they wanted to. The Koppenberg Paterberg Taienberg and Oude Kwaremont in company with Moots newest and most Flandrian Authorized Dealer CYKEL VELOMAKERS of Kallo Belgium.

By Greg Keller tagged Belgium Masters Worlds Mol cyclocross equipment Gregory Keller on Google Za Touch Ups T-minus a couple-a days and were on the aluminum tube over to the Motherland. Eli Iserbyt Pauwels Sauzen Bingoal finished second and Aerts third. Documentarian Ryan Le Garrec spent a day with the American at De Lilse Bergen near Lille Belgium for the last race of the 20182019 DVV Trofee series to capture the essence of what its like for an American racing in Belgium.

Snow and ice are also very likely between the months of December February. After the 2017 Singlespeed World Championships in Verona Italy we heard world the 2018 race might be headed to the Motherland of Cyclocross perhaps even to the hometown of 2016 second-place finisher Stan Nice. Yet thanks to the popularity of the sport in the America hes started his 201112 season in the US.

Attending a top-level Belgian cyclocross race might be a chance to validate or dispel all the clichs and such stories might very well be what draws you to take in a race in the motherland. Belgium where cyclocross is king. Temperatures in Belgium can range significantly from year to year so you can expect anywhere between 15 degrees Celsius and 15 degrees Celsius for the months of October-February.

Rebecca Gross has spent the better part of two months living and racing cyclocross at the highest levels in Belgium the motherland of the sport. Mud beer and intense racing. Rebecca Gross has spent the better part of two months living and racing cyclocross at the highest levels in Belgium the motherland of the sport.

Cyclocross - Koppenbergcross The slopes of the Koppenberg are the stuff of legendeach the spring it is a staple climb in the Tour of Flanders and each fall the cobbles again take center stage as the best cyclocross racers in the world climb the brutal incline over and over again during Koppenbergcross. Sometimes rumors are true. While the Dutch have been dominating Elite Womens cyclocross at all levels in recent years one need look no further than Bogense Worlds to find Sanne Cant bailing out the Belgian team and preventing the Motherland of Cyclocross from going home winless at Worlds.

From his home in Ohio to EuroCrossCamp in the Motherland of Cyclocross Lucas Stierwalt is grateful for the opportunity to live and race cyclocross.

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