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Pauwels, Vos top latest UCI ‘cross rankings

By On October 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) leads Niels Albert, Lars van der Haar and Klaas Vantornout through the barriers. view thumbnail gallery Van der Poel leads Junior men’s standings There’s little change to the UCI cyclo-cross rankings after the second round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, which took place this past Sunday in Plzen, Czech Republic. Kevin [...]

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Juniors Conference: "Work together to build tomorrow’s cycling"

By On September 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

“Ride with pride and passion. Ride for yourselves, not for your friends, your family or the media. Ride for what made you take up cycling one day.” On the eve of the women’s road race and two days before the men’s race, the advice given to the Juniors by Marianne Vos was pertinent. On Thursday [...]

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2013 UCI Mountain Bike Worlds presented

By On September 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Elite men’s cross country podium in Pietermaritzburg view thumbnail gallery South Africa will host back-to-back elite and masters championships The 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Trials World Championships were officially presented at this year’s Worlds in Saalfelden, Austria, on Thursday night. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa will host next year’s mountain bike world championships from August 26 to [...]

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UCI Trials World Championships: Six titles at stake in Austria

By On September 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Nine-times Trials World Champion Karin Moor from Switzerland retired after winning her final title last year in Champéry. The much-anticipated battle to choose her successor will be held on Wednesday. Janine Jungfels is one of the three main contenders. The Australian rider, who won the World Cup event last week, has had a huge impact [...]

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UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships: Victoires for Charre and Minnaar

By On September 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The first weekend of the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships in Leogang, Austria, concluded on Sunday with the crowd favourite Downhill. Morgane Charre (France) took her first world title in the Elite women’s race, while Greg Minnaar (South Africa) returned to the top step of the Elite men’s podium after a nine [...]

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Cycling Australia names long lists for 2012 UCI Road World Championships

By On August 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) view thumbnail gallery Hayman and O’Grady ruled out following surgery Cycling Australia has announced the long teams for the 2012 UCI Road World Championships to be held in Limburg next month. Selections will be finalised by September 10, with the championships beginning six days later. Australia has been allocated the following places [...]

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WCC: Junior trainees go through their paces in Aigle

By On August 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

At the beginning of their time at the World Cycling Centre, the 2012 Junior group is already making a strong impression. Yesterday, the Croat Josip Rumac finished 10th amidst the top category amateur riders in France, at the Grand Prix de Saint-Amour, near Geneva. “He could have won. He has an international level,” observed his [...]

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Long Beach Teen Will Rep USA at Junior World Track Cycling Championship

By On August 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Long Beach Teen Will Rep USA at Junior World Track Cycling Championship Details By Brian Addison  | Thursday, 16 August 2012 09:28 Photos by Brian Addison. Tara McCormick has an aura about her that is infectious, even beyond the fact that she’s a stellar 17 year-old athlete. It’s hard to imagine what the nation’s top junior [...]

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Cyclist completes Junior School Olympic Challenge

By On July 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

St Mary’s Junior School girls saw months of hard work come to fruition as World Wide Bike Ride cyclist Matthew Blake completed their Olympic Bike Challenge. In February, the School set themselves the challenge of cycling the 8,000 mile route of the London 2012 Olympic torch – without leaving Cambridge. Since then students, staff and [...]

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Cyclo-cross training camp at World Cycling Centre: an international affair

By On June 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Eighteen young cyclo-cross specialists from around the globe are participating in a training camp at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, this week. The athletes, representing Great Britain, Slovakia, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Czech Republic and Switzerland, are mainly Juniors and Under-23 riders. “Summer is a great time of year to hold this sort of [...]

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