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Despite a shaky start, two crashes and constant pressure from a top field, Sven Nys still took the win in the fourth round of the UCI World Cup of cyclocross on Saturday in Koksijde, Belgium. Holland's Daphny van den Brand took the win in the women's race, finishing seven seconds ahead of American Katie Compton (Spike-Shooter). In the men's race, the current World Cup leader and reigning champion, Nys scored his third successive win at Koksijde, riding away from the competition on the last of 10 laps of a tough, sandy and hilly 2.775km course. Nys, who often dominates ‘cross

German cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz, who was recently handed a one-year suspension for a failed drugs test, admitted on Saturday that he used doping products in the build up to the 2000 World Championships. The 27-year-old, sacked by Team T-Mobile in July after abnormal levels of testosterone were found in his blood, says he doped while preparing for the 2000 world’s in Plouay, France. Sinkewitz was part of the German Under-23 team, but pulled out of competing a few days before the championships and he says officials in the team knew he doped. Sinkewitz, who has previously revealed details of

Nys won at Koksijde for the third time in a row and the fourth time of his career.

Claire's first turns without trainers

stopping to pose for a picture

Kona - Pre race ride

Wells and Kabush - Squawker Cross

Normally, I compose a journal article after only one, maybe two, hours of weekend cyclocross racing and generally have more than enough interesting material to write about. But, last week I logged in more than 20 hours of chamois time, and depleted two tubes of Chamois Butter, during La Ruta de los Conquistadores in Costa Rica. There are so many things to write about, I feel like I could publish a book. A few months ago my girlfriend, Heather, a wedding and event planner, got the opportunity to help a colleague with a wedding in Costa Rica over Thanksgiving and asked me if I wanted to tag

VeloPress Revises Best-selling Training Diaries for Cyclists andTriathletesNew Training Logs Feature More Space for Every Training DetailBoulder, CO, USA - November 239, 2007 - Cyclists and triathletescan begin logging next season's training today with the newest generationof training diary from VeloPress. Updated with feedback from coaches andathletes, The Cyclist's Training Diary and The Triathlete's Training Diarymake it easier than ever to gain insights into performance. The VeloPress training diaries are the best way for cyclists and triathletesto consolidate training data,

Saul Raisin has announced the end of his quest to return to professional cycling, following a decision by doctors not to approve his return to the peloton.

Mike Janelle, a long-time presence on Colorado’s mountain-bike racing sceneand three-time Race Across America champ in the team category, diedabruptly of an apparent heart attack Friday morning. Janelle was 40 yearsold. A professional mountain-bike racer since 1996 and elite road cyclistsince 1988, Janelle raced for Colorado’s Tokyo Joe’s professional squad,and was a staple on the Mountain States Cup, National Mountain Bike Seriesand local Vail racing series. He was also a ski instructor at Beaver Creekresort.Janelle focused primarily on endurance mountain-bike events, and representedthe

The Ciclon Bike Shop. The first shop I have been in with a pet snake!

Would you drive your SUV over this?

Our support crew, whipping up delectable Wonder Bread, Nutella and banana sandwiches.

All smiles at the start of stage one. Even though it was 5:30am!

Over 500 racers competed in this year's La Ruta. Less than half finish.

After four days, 225 miles and 40,000 feet of climbing....

...it's time to take a dip!

The Boulder Cycle Sport support crew even remembered champagne for the finish (Check my right hand!)

VeloPress Revises Best-selling Training Diaries

VeloPress Revises Best-selling Training Diaries

Raisin at the 2005 Tour de Langkawi

Mike Janelle, June 7, 1967 - November 23, 2007

fast corner at GP nierstein Germany

Ben and the peloton, Tour of CT

Cable Broke, Gotta Ride!

team louisvile

Waiting for Le Tour, Champs Élysées, Paris, 2006

Mudskipper buddies

Jeff Kabush at Mercer Cup in NJ Nov 17

Vintage bike photo from the 30s. Hand printed from found negative.

Cycling in Lucca, Italy

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now ready for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of our most recent contest. It’s fall and a young woman’s mind turns to … cyclo-cross? D. Lawson sent in a terrific shot of a young rider taking on her first ‘cross race. Nice. Katie Compton may have to watch out for this one. Please drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.comto work out the details and we’ll send you a copy of our new Coors Classic DVD. Meanwhile, go ahead and take a look at our latest gallery, decide what you like and let us know

Former Cofidis rider Cristian Moreni has been banned for two years fora failed doping test during this year's Tour de France, the Italian CyclingFederation (FCI) announced on Thursday. The 35-year-old former Italian champion testedpositive for testosterone during the 11th stage of a drug-tainted 2007Tour that saw pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan alsosent home in disgrace. Moreni immediately acknowledged his guilt after testing positive withouteven requesting that his B sample be tested. His actions resulted in his entire team withdrawingfrom the Tour. He was later

First 'Cross Race

Thursday News and Notes: Moreni gets two years; Tour goes to Monaco

Paradise Pedalers in Key West, Florida 2007

George Hincapie well protected at the ToM

2007 Tour de Courage - Phil Ligget

Caution - Lansing, IL ChiCrossCup

On Top - Spruce Knob

Hunter Pronovost running "the Hill"-Cheshire Cross07

River Trail Wenatchee WA

La Ruta Finisher/Kevin Perry

Mikey-O

The Silver hurts the most

Who needs synchronized swimming?

The Art of the Clavical Fracture

Little Miss Horner (yep, Chris' girl) at Bend BMX

LeMond on Block Island

Riding the edge

T-Mobile rider finishing the Solvang TT - 2007 Tour of California

Tim Clark Charging Sierra Road

George cooling down and Levi warming up - 2007 Tour of California Solvang TT

T-Mobile rider finishing the Solvang TT - 2007 Tour of California

The writing on the wall said it all. Okay, the writing wasn’t actually on a wall — it was on a chalkboard mounted above a urinal, in the lobby men’s room of the Hotel Boulderado in downtown Boulder, Colorado, where the entire 2008 Slipstream-Chipotle squad held its first official gathering November 7-16. Nevertheless, the writing on the chalkboard in the men’s room perfectly summed up both the vision of America’s newest big team and the mood of its recent camp: “GO SLIPSTREAM. Here’s to a healthier year in cycling in 2008.” Boulder may be among the most cycling-friendly cities in the U.S.,

Minnaar to ride alongside Peat, RennieFormer world downhill champion and two-time World Cup champ Greg Minnaar of South Africa has signed a two-year deal with the Santa Cruz Syndicate team. After four years with Team G-Cross/Honda, Minnaar has decided to race on the Santa Cruz V10 bike next year, alongside fellow World Cup racers Steve Peat and Nathan Rennie. Honda announced the end of its G-Cross program in October. "Racing for Team G-Cross/Honda for the past 4 years was an amazing experience,” Minnaar said. “ It's clear that the Syndicate is driven by people who love to race. We are

White House deputy "drug czar" Scott Burns blasted U.S. sports leagues Tuesday for failing to adopt World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) standards and indicated their leaders were enablers for dope cheats. Burns, the U.S. government representative to last week's Madrid WADA meeting, picked apart the National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball excuses for ignoring WADA. "They don't want to sign on because it's tough and it's specific and there are consequences and it will be monitored and cheaters will be caught and

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood: Festive Slipstream-Chipotle camp wraps up in Boulder

Dinner, silent auction and big hopes for 2008.

Taylor Phinney and his role model.

Donald, Friedman and Millar

Gift bags for all... and argyle cake.

The intensity of cyclocross means the discipline has its own nutritional demands.

Italy’s Liquigas is turning its back on defending Giro d’Italia champ Danilo Di Luca and will rebuild the team for 2008 with a youth movement that includes seven new riders. With Di Luca’s contract not extended following a tumultuous season (see below), the Italian ProTour team will refocus its efforts with the arrival of classics/sprinter Daniele Bennati, Enrico Franzoi and five other younger riders. Di Luca won the Giro and Lìege-Bastogne-Liège, but saw what looked like a lock on his second ProTour title in three years when he was banned for three months by Italian officials for links to

Katie Compton is on a crusade in the motherland of ’cross. She won round three of the Cyclocross World Cup in Pijnacker, The Netherlands on November 3. Daphny Van Den Brand, winner of the previous round in Kalmthout, Belgium, was second by almost a minute. This past weekend, Compton again put her stamp on an international field at the third round of the Superprestige Series in Gavere, Belgium. At the world cup, Compton won, but in Gavere, she dominated, taking first by a hefty 2 minutes and 46 seconds.

Jared Bunde, a 31-year-old member of the GS Mengoni Cycling team, accepteda two-year doping ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Tuesday after testing positive for the banned substance clomiphene. Bunde, a member of the GS Mengoni Cycling team, tested positive July 28 at the International Cycling Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His two-year ban began October 15, the day he accepted a provisional suspension. As a result of testing positive for the anti-estrogenic drug, Bunde forfeits all results since July 28, including his win in the Masters National Track Championship, Points

Bennati has had a string of impressive wins in grand tours this year.

Compton’s winning ride

Rabobank’s Sven Nys sets the bar on the cyclocross course; therefore many look to his equipment choices. He rides Colnago C50s with Shimano Dura-Ace groups and WH-7801-C50 wheels with Dugast Typhoons 34c tires. with his name on them. Brakes by Spooky

Shimano makes a special 46-tooth outer ring for its sponsored ’crossers. Nys’ inner ring is a standard 39-tooth ring.

Nys’ bikes use a sealed cable system from BBB. A sealed system is of the utmost importance for ’cross in Northern Europe. Mud coupled with ultra frequent power washing can destroy a standard set of cables in the matter of a race.

Dugast puts the world championship stripes and the owner’s name on these 34c Typhoons.

Lars Boom’s second bike sits along with a gaggle of Rabobank’s spare wheels.

At the world cup in The Netherlands, Legg snapped a shot of the Italian national team mechanics making coffee. This is the electric Moka model from Bialetta and can be bought at Williams Sonoma for around $100.

Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital) rode Fulcrum’s Racing Light carbon wheels with 32c Dugast Rhinos at the muddy world cup in The Netherlands.

A Fidea mechanic works on a team bike, a Ridley prototype with an integrated seat mast. Also notice the green tinted sidewalls on the Challenge Grifo tires. The tint is special for the team, but the tires’ treads are also on production models.

rides Ridley’s house-brand 4ZA brakes, however, the mechanics do add a custom barrel adjuster to the right cable stop.

More Fidea Ridleys with integrated masts. These are Petr Dlask’s bikes.