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Tag Archives: sven nys
Cross Predictions Wrap-Up – Week 4
After a near perfect Saturday, my predicting prowess went awry on Sunday. The mudfest that was Gloucester created some great racing and showed that this year will most likely be a battle between Jeremy Powers and Ryan Trebon. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Sven Npys dominated in Belgium while Martin Bina looked … Continue reading
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Tagged ben berden, Cyclocross, gloucester, jeremy powers, martin bina, necx, niels albert, ryan trebon, sven nys
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European Cross – Week 3 Predictions
The European season finally kicks into high gear this weekend with six UCI races, including a UCI C1 race on Sunday. All the big European stars will be in action this weekend in Belgium including Sven Nys, Kevin Pauwels and Niels Albert. Several riders who made the trip to Vegas will return home to battle … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyclocross, european, francis mourey, kevin pauwels, lukas fluckiger, martin bina, niels albert, petr dlask, radomir simunek, robert gavenda, sven nys, telenet-fidea
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2012/13 European Cross Week 1 – Predictions
Sunday’s Süpercross Baden in Switzerland will mark the start of the 2012/13 cross season in Europe. This C1 race promises a lot of UCI points and a lot of action as some of the best cross racers in the world will line up on Sunday. While this is a predominantly Swiss race, the talent coming … Continue reading
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Tagged baden, Cyclocross, francis mourey, simon zahner, supercross, sven nys
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Sven Nys and the Changing of the Guard
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
On the Nys-Pauwels Sprint
As the photo above demonstrates, Saturday’s World Cup race in Koksijde, Belgium came down to a race between Sven Nys, a veteran who’s maintained his winning ways throughout an unusually long and successful career, and Kevin Pauwels, a younger rider in the midst of a dominant season that is the fulfillment of several years of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyclocross, kevin pauwels, nys, pauwels, sprints, sven nys, world cup
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Fons Wouters: Sven Nys’s Greatest Opponent?
Sven Nys’s second place at Koppenbergcross on Tuesday marks only the third time since 2001 that he’s failed to win the race. In 2002 and 2003, Richard Groenendaal and Bart Wellens won the race, but until Tuesday, Sven Nys was the master of the Koppenberg. He won the race seven consecutive times from 2004 to … Continue reading