The Grind: Talking Belgian gravel with Gravel World Series manager Erwen Vervecken
Houffa Gravel plants the flag as the first gravel race in Belgium, and one of the 12 Gravel World Series events.
Houffa Gravel plants the flag as the first gravel race in Belgium, and one of the 12 Gravel World Series events.
If I was racing, I was going to be in it 100% with whatever I had
World Champion and defending World Cup champ Jared Graves kept up his winning ways over the weekend at the first World Cup 4-cross competition of the year in Houffalize, Belgium.
After her second-place finish over the weekend in Belgium and her second place last weekend in England, American Willow Koerber leads the 2010 World Cup, making her the first American since Alison Dunlap eight years ago to wear the leader's jersey.
Houffalize is one of the classic venues on the World Cup circuit with some of the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable fans in the world. On tap for the weekend is XC and four-cross.
Series stops at Houffalize, Belgium and Windham Mountain in New York are on as scheduled for 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.
Upstate New York community ponies up $100K to keep World Cup race; news not so good for World Cup stop in Belgium.