Wow. The video feed doesn’t do justice to the brutality of theCyclocross World Championships course in Koksijde can be under certain conditions. Wednesday morning, with many of you following along on @podium_live, I walked the course to see it first hand. Brutal. Yes, there are the two sand dunes which the course traverses three times – twice for one and a single time for the second one – but there are a lot more sandy sections, uphill, downhill, off camber, all over the course.
Continue Reading
Photos from the 2012 Cyclocross World Championships training on both Wednesday and Thursday in Koksijde, Belgium.
Continue Reading
With an unknown course awaiting her, Meredith Miller (CalGiant/Specialized) is not willing to set any public goals – yet – for the upcoming Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium this weekend.
Continue Reading
There’s one more race on the schedule to close out USA Cyclocross National Champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) most successful season ever, and it’s the big one, the World Championships this weekend on the tough sandy course in Koksijde. The race is held on the same course where he finished 31st at last November’s World Cup.
Continue Reading
The last race of the 2011 calendar year, and the first race of 2012 took Jeremy Powers and Behind THE Barriers to frozen Chicago for the Chicago Cyclocross Cup New Year’s Resolution. It was the final test of the legs before the National Championships taking place just one week later. Behind THE Barriers’ 15th episode [...]
Continue Reading
The first thing that many notice about American Cypress Gorry (Whole Athlete/Specialized) are the dreads but there’s a lot more to the 18-year old from Arizona who will be representing the USA at the World Cyclocross Championships next weekend in Koksijde, Belgium.
One could say that it was pre-destined that he would become a bike racer.
“The [...]
Continue Reading
The are only eight spots per row at the start of a UCI cyclocross race and those spots are determined by UCI standings. With the World Championships coming up, the next World Cup is of prime importance to try and move up a row. Let’s see where the American and Canadian riders stand with only [...]
Continue Reading
In Episode 14 of Behind THE Barriers’ second season, Jeremy Powers continues his stay in Bend, Oregon for the second day of the USGP Deschutes Brewery Cup where any result will crown him the overall champion for the second year in a row.
Continue Reading
Tyler Wren (Jamis/Sutter Home) was looking forwards to stage 9 at the UCI 2.2 Vuelta Chile this past Saturday.
“Most important to me this week was the queen stage to Farrellones which I saw as a chance at redemption after finishing second there last year and later inheriting the victory after the winner’s positive.” [...]
Continue Reading
An amazing thing happened on the way home last week from Madison… you, all of you, turned one of the worst days of my life into one of the best days of my life.
Though the story starts off personal – something that I shy away from on podiuminsight – it quickly became much bigger than [...]
Continue Reading
Twitter: podiuminsight
- Crowd is listening attentively to the course description #louisville2013 b http://t.co/fkyneF5I
- Bruce Fina just said that there will be a permanent washing facility - he is now describing the #louisville2013 course
- Louisville 2013 sharing good ol' Kentucky bourbon - cheers! #louisville2013 #cxworlds http://t.co/ln6exZPc
- Is @BrianDallas9 about to tebow? http://t.co/hM2URPWy
- Packed house for the #louisville2013 presentation. #iamexcite http://t.co/tgDd9JdZ
Become a fan
