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All eyes will be focused on Hooglede-Gits in north-west Belgium for the annual world championship preview race that is known as the Belgian National Championships. While Zdenek Stybar has played spoiler to the Belgian party in recent years, the national championships usual provide a sneak preview of who may grace the top step of the … Continue reading →

Madison, Wisconsin welcomes the 2012 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships this week. The five-day event gives out 50+ titles to riders from across the country who have invaded the mid-West town. The event culminates on Sunday with the Elite Men’s race, which promises to be one of the most exciting races of the season. Of … Continue reading →

We continue our preview of this weekends various national championships with our third installment. This will be the final part minus the number one country in the World, Belgium. Like the United States, we will be doing a separate preview for what may be a World Championship preview. Netherlands (2,403 pts.) Last year, Gerben de … Continue reading →

We continue with part two of our weekend preview. Absent from this preview is the United States who are currently fifth in the World with 2,205 points. We will be doing a separate preview for them, so stay tuned. Spain (966 pts.) Out of all the national championships, the Spanish one could be the least … Continue reading →

Versluys Cyclocross (C2) This small, non-televised UCI C2 race featured perhaps the most surprising finish of 2011 as Jan Denuwelaere out-sprinted World Champion Zdenk Stybar on Thursday in Bredene, Belgium. Dieter Vanthourenhout rolled across the line in third place, 12 seconds back. Niels Albert, who has been sick all week finished a disappointing fourth. While … Continue reading →