Cyclocross

Samuel Sanchez to line up in Spanish cyclo cross championships

Samuel Sanchez will line up in the Spanish cyclo cross championships this weekend in Gijón. Sanchez took part in three cyclocross races in December and won in his last race for BMC on December 28. In the race next Sunday, Sanchez will race for the MMR Bikes team. The 36 year old Spaniard will announce in the coming days...

Cyclocross Champs 2015 course description

Starting on a grassy incline, the racers will join the circuit on the first lap for a fast 400m tarmac climb through the start finish area. The tarmac continues on for another 100 meters and then turns gently left and gently right, onto a grassy straight. Easy peasy? Yes….. But positioning is vital on the straight, so gas up, before...

Unknown to the Irish scene, Maria Larkin hoping for podium result in the 2015 Irish CX Champs

By Caroline Martínez Ireland’s top elite men, elite women, masters, U23 men, and juniors will gather in Swords, North Dublin, next weekend to compete for their respective Irish Cyclocross titles. While the favourites are expected to dominate the events, there are lesser known riders in each group equally capable of climbing the podium steps. Mayo native Maria Larkin is one of...

A look back at Stephen Roche’s Irish Cyclo Cross Championships victory

By Graham Healy At the start of December 1979, Stephen Roche of Orwell Wheelers would win his last race in Ireland prior to his move to France in his bid to become a professional cyclist. The race was the Irish Cyclo Cross Championships in Balbriggan, North Dublin. The riders faced ten laps of what was described as a difficult circuit, and...

Helen Wyman unhappy with disparity between male and female cyclocross prize money

The British Cyclo Cross Champion, Helen Wyman, has sent a series of tweets outlining her frustration at the inequality of prize money for male and female cyclo cross races. "(A) Good example of the strange set up is only 36 Men finished on lead lap in WC Namur. But top 50 got paid. 37th to 50th all got €300 each....

Irish National Cyclocross Championships Update

The following update regarding licence requirements for the  Irish National Cyclocross Championships has been provided by the event organisers. // // <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/pages/The-Bike-Comes-First/1527381920839047?_fb_noscript=1" />// Irish National Cyclocross Championships 2015<meta http-equiv="X-Frame-Options" content="DENY" />// Is it necessary to have a 2015 licence to race in the nationals you ask? - Competitors will be required to present their 2015 licence at sign on...

Final cyclocross race of the season to take place in Montmartre

We recently posted footage of a wartime cyclocross race taking place in Montmartre, Paris. It has now been announced that the final race this season will take place in Montmartre on the 8th of March to replicate those wartime races. The steps of the Sacre Coeur will be incorporated into the lap. This footage from 1943 will give you an...

Highlights of Diegem Superprestige won by Marianne Vos. Francine Meehan also competing.

The latest round of the Superprestige series took place at Diegem yesterday, and the race was a great battle between Marianne Vos (Rabo Liv), Pauline Ferrand Prévot (Rabo Liv) and Kateřina Nash (Luna Pro). The slippiness of the track added to the spectacle with a number of crashes taking place including a nasty crash for Nash into the barriers....

Your moment of Svenness 3.8

For episode 3.8, SVENNESS travels to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England for the third round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup. Milton Keynes served up a muddy track with difficult off-camber sections and a good amount of running. The race started out chaotic, but once everything settled in it was about who was the strongest and made the fewest...

Irish National Cyclocross Championships – Entries close in one week

The Irish National Cyclocross Championships take place on January 11, 2015 in River Valley Park, Swords, North County Dublin and sign on closes on the 4th of January 2015 with no exceptions. You can enter through the following link: http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/registration/ The event is promoted by McNally Swords cycling club, in collaboration with thebikecomesfirst.com and Cycling Ireland. You must have a 2015 racing...

Sven Nys returns to action in Diegem

After some below par performances recently, Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink Team) returns to action today in the sixth round of the Superprestige series in Diegem. Nys didn't start in either the recent Zolder or Namur rounds of the World Cup due to lacklustre form. However, Nys has been unable to establish the reason behind his poor form. Speaking to Sporza.be,...

David Conroy talks about his form ahead of the Irish National CX Champs

By Caroline Martinez First year junior David Conroy (DLCO Scott) is ready to tackle the opposition ahead of the National Junior Cyclocross Championships. The 16 year old talked about his second place in the last round of the Fixx Cyclocross Cup, his National Trophy series debut at Milton Keynes and his form in the run up to the National Championships...

Check out the latest Road Bike Party video – it’s excellent!

Global Cycling Network have released the third Road Bike Party video and it's brilliant. It features the skills of Sam Pilgrim using a Ridley road bike in California. Pilgrim's bike handling skills are incredible as he takes the bike off-road near San Diego. The film was directed by Martyn Ashton, who was paralysed in an accident in 2013, during a bike...

Pure Imagination – Exploring the Pennines by cyclo cross bike

'Pure Imagination' is a film which explores the projects of Pennine Prospects by cyclocross bike. The cyclists are followed through the Twite Recovery areas on the moors, past the Canal Animations, ancient routes of the clog factory workers and exposing some of the work of the Pennine Bridleway Ranger. Pure Imagination from Whitenosugar Productions on Vimeo.

Fixx Supercross Cup Hot Lap Kiltiernan

Here's another great video from Johnny McCabe. It's the opening lap from yesterdays cyclocross race in Kiltiernan in Dublin.

Bilenky Junkyard Cross – A different type of cross race

Check out this short film of the Bilenky cyclocross race from 2010. Bilenky Junkyard Cross is a less-than-formal bike race through the junkyard behind Bilenky Cycle Works in Philadelphia. The racecourse has chicanes through oil-stained gravel and obstacles made of scrap plywood supported in unidentifiable ways to the top of a rusted heating oil tank. The organisers say that...

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