International CycloCross Preview December 21/22

by John · December 20, 2013

International CycloCross Preview December 21/22 2013/14

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International CycloCross Preview December 21/22

World Cup CycloCross and bPost action feature in the weekend before the very busy Festive CycloCross period.

Essen bpost Bank 2012/13 finish line crash by Balant Hamvas – buy his 2012/13 Cross Annual

Our Festive Cross preview will appear on Tuesday.

bpost Bank Trofee 4, C1 – December 21
The fourth round of the bpost Bank Trofee is the GP Rouwmoer held at Essen, Belgium.

The 2012/13 race finished with a sprint that saw an apologetic Zdenek Stybar switch Jan Denuwelaere into the barriers. Afterward the judges awarded Denuwelaere the win and demoted Stybar back to 4th. Stybar returns to make one of a few starts this season.

Livestreaming
Maybe, try one of the links at the foot of the page. There may also be non geo-resticted coverage at Sport.be

2012/13 Action

Elite Men

bpost bank trofee GP Rouwmoer – Final lap
bpost bank trofee GP Rouwmoer – Jan switched into barriers

1 Jan Denuwelaere
2 Rob Peeters
3 Niels Albert

Elite Women
Three British women featured in the top four.

1 Sanne Cant
2 Helen Wyman
3 Nikki Harris
4 Gabriella Day

2013/14 Season Action so far

Bpost Bank Trofee 1 – GP Mario De Clercq, October 13

Elite Men

Bpost Bank Trofee 1 TV Summary
Bpost Bank Trofee 1 TV Summary
Bpost Bank Trofee 1 TV Last lap

1 Sven Nys (Crelan KDL Cycling Team) 57:07
2 Martin Bina (Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team) 0:17
3 Niels Albert (BKCP – Powerplus Cycling Team) 0:20

Elite Women
1 Nikki Harris (VZW Young Telenet Fidea Cycling Team)
2 Helen Wyman (Kona)
3 Sanne Cant (Enertherm – BKCP)

bpost Bank Trofee Round 2 – Koppenbergcross, November 1.

Elite Men

bpost Bank Trofee Koppenbergcross Last lap
bpost Bank Trofee Koppenbergcross Summary
bpost Bank Trofee Koppenbergcross TV Report

1 Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea Cycling Team) 59:06
2 Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb – Napoleon Games Cycling Team) +0:00:02
3 Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb – Napoleon Games Cycling Team) +0:00:05

Plus
13 Ian Field (Hargroves Cycles) +0:01:19

Sprint contest
1 Ian Field (Hargroves Cycles) – Yes our Ian made his mark.

Elite Women
1 Helen Wyman (Kona) 34:24
2 Sanne Cant (Enertherm – BKCP) +0:00:08
3 Nikki Harris (VZW Young Telenet Fidea Cycling Team) +0:00:18

bpost Bank Trofee Round 3, GP Hasselt
bpost bank trofee GP Hasselt Report

bpost bank trofee GP Rouwmoer website

World Cup 4 – Namur – December 22
Round 4 of the UCI World Cup CycloCross is held on a brutal course played in the beneath the walls of the infamous Namur Citadel in Belgium.

Nikki Harris in the Namur mud 2012/13 by Balant Hamvas – buy his 2012/13 Cross Annual

This is a hard course, look out for the off camber sections where only the really hard ride all the way. Last season there were wins for Kevin Pauwels and Katie Compton. If it rains… well, ‘may the Lord have mercy on their souls’. It snowed for the women’s race last time.

Livestreaming

2012/13 Action

Elite Men

UCI World Cup Cross Namur – Last Lap
UCI World Cup Cross Namur – Summary

1 PAUWELS Kevin (BEL) SUNWEB – REVOR 1:02:47
2 NYS Sven (BEL) LANDBOUWKREDIET – EUPHONY +00:48
3 ALBERT Niels (BEL) BKCP – POWERPLUS +01:00

Elite Women

UCI World Cup Cross Namur Summary

1 COMPTON Katherine (USA) TREK CYCLOCROSS COLLECTIVE 0:38:09
2 NASH Katerina (CZE) LUNA PRO TEAM +00:28
3 VOS Marianne (NED) RABOBANK WOMEN CYCLING TEAM +00:50
Plus
4 WYMAN Helen (GBR) KONA +00:55
5 HARRIS Nikki (GBR) YOUNG TELENET – FIDEA CYCLING TEAM +01:24
21 DAY Gabriella (GBR) RAPHA – FOCUS +04:53

UCI World Cup Action so far 2013/14

Round three – Koksijde