Wow, what a change over the cold, dark days of racing in Belgium. The sun shone down on our guys as they took on the worlds in Rome. The group racing this World Cup was whittled down from the main crew at EuroCrossCamp. Only Logan Owen, Curtis White and Spencer Downing raced. Here are the results.
Men Juniors UCI World Cup #5 - Roma (ITA/CDM)
06 Jan 2013: Rome
Result
Rank Name Nat. Age* Result PaR PcR
1 Mathieu VAN DER POEL NED 18 38:49 30 30
2 Gioele BERTOLINI ITA 18 39:14 20 20
3 Martijn BUDDING NED 18 39:59 15 15
4 Logan OWEN USA 18 40:00 12 12
5 Clement RUSSO FRA 18 40:01...
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In the ten years of EuroCrossCamp, we have had many riders that do a repeat performance. The first to come back for multiple campaigns include Jeremy Powers and Erik Tonkin. Then the twin towers, Barry Wicks and Ryan Trebon, put a stamp on things along with Adam McGrath and many more. The rider that has been more than any other? Well, these guys have been here a lot: Jpow 4, Tonkin 4, Ryan Trebon 4, Steve Fischer 4, Zach McDonald 4 and Joe Dombrowski 2, to name a few. But the one rider that has been here at Camp the most? Danny Summerhill. He's been here six times. That's a lot of Christmas...
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Danny Gerow sows the seeds of success
This year’s Camp has been an incredible experience. It has been really refining in positive ways, and I have learned a lot during it.
Racing over here is humbling, and it makes you focus on the details of excellence. You can learn a great amount here as you race the world’s best.
I am amazed at the support and care of the staff here at Camp. They work really hard to provide us with amazing opportunities to grow in our racing and as people. Their smiling faces and willingness to help always encourage me. One example of this is Kristof, one of our soigneurs....
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Josey Weik gets a taste of Belgian 'cross
I began the season with a goal. Make it across the ocean to race cyclocross in the motherland of the sport. Belgium. Rainy, muddy, brutally honest and terrifyingly revealing, this is where you go to race the best in the world.
I didn't think I would actually make it. It was a long shot to qualify for EuroCrossCamp. Don't get me wrong. I knew I could do it, but I knew I would have to improve by leaps and bounds in order to reach the level to make it. Having a high goal to shoot for has always been good for me though, in order to achieve this I think...
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A European Podium, at last
Yea, I haven’t even gotten past top-15 and just today I got my goal of top-30 at one of the bigger races. What podium? Well, I was up on that top step a few days ago at Loenhout. Not for my race performance, but rather for the after party. I bought an American flag Morphsuit and a huge American flag before I left, having pre-planned this whole fiasco.
So after my race I took off one set of spandex and put another set on. The responses from the crowd were awesome. I had crazy drunk Belgians dance with me, choke me, cuss at me, shake my head, kiss me, try to pour...
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