Belgium, January 5, 2008
Camp’s out for another year
By Tristan Schouten

Tristan Schouten living the dream in the sand at Hofstade. Photo ©: Cycling-pics.be
Euro Cross Camp V is in the books. The bike room is empty, the mechanics are gone, the wash station is finally drying out and other than a few of us that [...]

Belgium, January 4, 2008
Lessons in Diegem
By Jeremy Ferguson

Jeremy Ferguson, Team Spine, Rocklin CA, racing Belgium for the first time at ECXC V. Photo ©: Cycling-pics.be
The eight o’clock wake up call came on time as usual from Geoff today, as has become the tradition to wake us up with his early morning anecdotes and note for [...]

In many ways, the end of camp seems like an intermission as many of us return to Izegem just a few weeks from now for the big dessert (pre-worlds camp and worlds). But for the fifth year, the camp is indeed in the books and most of the guys are home now readjusting and back [...]

Belgium, January 2, 2008
The Mall and Baal
By Zach McDonald

Zach McDonald, Oh Boy Oberto/Redline, racing in Belgium with Clayton Omer, Papa Johns, chasing. Photo ©: Cycling-Pics.be
Monday, Mitch, Nick, and I decided to go to the mall in Kortrijk for a change. We left the house with no real plan on how to get there other than [...]

Trebon, Kona-YourKey.com, withstands the crazy weather in Portland to win the USGP Final and second consectutive overall USGP Title. Photo ©: Joe Sales
GP de Ster Sint-Niklaas – C2
St. Niklaas, Belgium, January 2, 2008
Elite/U23 Men
1 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Tönissteiner 59.37
2 Radomír [...]

Holy deficits Batman! Sven just crushed yesterday in his hometown race, leading from wire to wire. With at least six elite guys canceling due to illness, and another few like Niels Albert starting and then pulling out due to sickness, Sven just keeps rolling along. That makes four victories (Hofstade, Middlekerke, Diegem, and Baal) in [...]

Learning along the way

Ian Terry moving up through the pack. Photo ©: Cycling-pics.be
Racing in the Belgium Euro ‘cross camp is like taking an intensive two-week long class on the finer aspects of ‘cross. Which pit is faster, the first or second? 28 or 30 PSI for that curb at the start? Should I pass this [...]

Elite Men (39 starters)
1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 59.50
2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team [...]