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Centrum Cross Surhuisterveen
Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships
Saeco Longoni Sport Training Camp
Mapei Quick Step Training Camp
Acqua&Sapone Team Launch
Nommay Cross WC
Skilled Geelong Bay Classic - NE
Tasmanian Carnivals
New Year's Day Criterium
Rocket Parts Xmas Cross
US cyclo-cross nationals
Be Active Cycle Instead Perth Criterium Series
United Youth Sports cyclocross race
Vlaamse Druivenveldrit, Overijse
Sven Nijs
Australian XC MTB national series #6
Skilled Bay Classic launch
SuperCup Round #3 - Cat. 3 Baltimore, USA
Cyclo-cross World Cup #3 - CDM Wortegem-Petegem
Lampre-Daikin team presentation

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Centrum Cross Surhuisterveen

Thanks to Bert Geerts for letting us use these photos

• Wim De Vos (SpaarSelect) - waits at the starting line.
• Gerben De Knegt (Rabobank) - staying ahead of the bunch.
• Wim De Vos (SpaarSelect) - flys through the obstacles.
• Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) - stays with De Knegt for the Rabobank 1st & 2nd
• Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) - gave the race everything he had and took home second place.
• Richard Groenendaal - Gerben De Knegt and Peter Van Santvliet take the podium.

Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships

The following photos are courtesy of Michel Fontan

• Daphny van den Brand - takes the Dutch National Cyclo-cross title
• Daphny van den Brand - on the podium
• Corine Dorland - Daphny van den Brand and Debby Mansveld take the podium.
• Daphny van den Brand - with boyfriend Johan van der Ven

Saeco Longoni Sport Training Camp

This shot of the Saeco team by Roberto Bettini

• First, the Saeco team get the bull's attention - then the real workout begins.

Mapei Quick Step Training Camp

These photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• Paolo Bettini and Oscar Freire - say hi to the photographers before starting their ride.
• Paolo Bettini - in team colours.
• Oscar Freire - posing in his team shot.
• Bettini and Freire - lead the Mapei team on their training ride.

Photos by Roberto Bettini

• Belgian super-sprinter Tom Steels - gets ready to train with the 2002 team.
• Oscar Freire - seems quite cozy in his rainbow jersey.
• The Mapei men - head out in their trademark colours
• Olympic MTB champion Miguel Martinez - prepares for a season on the road.
• The view that Mapei - hope will be most seen by the rest of the peleton in 2002.
• Paolo Bettini and Oscar Freire - stretch their legs.

Acqua&Sapone Team Launch

Photos by Roberto Bettini (probably rated M).

• As the Acqua&Sapone team launch started more than one guest wasn't sure if they were in the right place.
• What the?
• Soccer star Ronaldo seems a little surprised at the opening show also.
• Mario Cipollini puts his playboy image in danger if he keeps paying more attention to the bike...

Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• Mario Cipollini shows off the new Acqua&Sapone uniform and Specialized E5.
• For some reason everybody else decided they wanted to be on Cippo's team too.
• Italian Soccer star Fabio Galante, man of the night Mario Cipollini and Soccer god Ronaldo hold an impromptu smiling competition.
• Brazilian Soccer superstar Ronaldo and Italian MTB legend Poula Pezzo stop for a photo break.
• The crowd starts to wish they happn't asked Mario to wrap the night up with a song...
• Acqua&Sapone: the gear, the bike, the superstar.

Cross World Cup #4 Nommay, France

Photos by Patrick Nijs

• Richard Greonendaal (Ned) gets ready at the start line.
• Mario De Clercq (Bel) before the race, looking composed.
• Sven Nys (Bel) sticks to the inside of the track.
• Erwin Vervecken (Bel) leads Nys and De Clercq at the end of lap one.
• If the cold is bothering Sven Nys (Bel), he doesn't let it show.
• Mario De Clercq (Bel) starts to show some strain as the race goes into the final laps.
• Richard Greonendaal (Ned) hammers his way to third place.
• Erwin Vervecken (Bel) looks in great shape as he gets closer to taking the win.
• Racers eager to get going
• A cold start to the heated racing
• The snags were warm in the French cold
• De Clercq ahead of Vervecken early in the race
• Sven Nijs ploughing trough the French countryside
• Vervecken breaks away from Richard Greonendaal, Jiri Pospisil, and Mario De Clercq
• Vervecken powers away from the rest
• Sven Nijs only managed a tenth spot
• Spectators lined the course despite the cold
• Vervecken takes it home
• The podium: de Clercq, Vervecken, and Groenendaal
• Sven Nijs is still ahead in the world cup standings

Tasmanian Carnivals

Photos kindly supplied by Lynne Ryan

Burnie

• Perhaps two future champs - Alitta Laskey and Jacob Fielding
• Belinda Goss - wins the 2002 Harvey Norman Ladies Scratch Race
• Mark Jamieson - winner of the Brambles Shippping Burnie Wheel
• Mark Jamieson - the clear winner of the 2002 Betta Milk 2000m Handicap
• Jason Johnson - takes out the 2002 Australian Paper 1000m Lightning handicap from Andrew Rix 2nd and Josh Simpson 3rd
• Shane Kelly - wins the Russell-Smith Basslink Kierin Final to make a clean sweep of the 4 Kierin Races held over the Carnival series

Devonport

• Belinda Goss - Winner of the Womens' Cycling Handicap at Devonport
• Kym Smoker Mersey Wheel Placegetters - 1st Keiichi Maruyama, 2nd Makoto Tanabe, 3rd Ron Crawford
• Hugh Williams - Winner of the Junior Division 3 Wheelrace

Launceston (Track)

• The scratch men line up
• The tense moments - just prior to the start
• The track is just a blur - as the racers race past

Latrobe

• Shane Kelly wins - the 2001 J. Boag & Son Sid Patterson Memorial A. grade Scratch Race

New Year's Day Criterium

Photos of this annual pro/am event in Queensland by Tim Francis/Cyclingpics.com

• Riders line up at the start. The Beemer was not competing.
• The bunch looking orderly on the first lap
• The bunch gives chase after the early break slips away
• The early break: Scott Sunderland, Ben Litchfield, Robbie McEwen, Jason Philips
• Robbie McEwen's powerful sprint gave him second place
• Nick Gates in the bunch
• Jason Philips rode a canny race, lapping the field twice.
• The podium (L to R) - Ben Litchfield, Jason Philips, Robbie McEwen

Rocket Parts Xmas Cross

These photos by Gary Hanson reveal how Santa gets into shape for the huge task of delivering all those presents.

• A rider passes under the huge rock at Bandit Pass
• Almost vanishing into the tall grass.
• The B men get started with a typical mix of cross bikes and MTBs.
• Weaving through the singletrack.
• Santa versus the stars and stripes.
• Santa chases the stars and stripes out of a stream.
• Rocket Parts man Ed exits the stream.
• Santa with helper and Capt America.
• The wide open Stagecoach Trail - like road racing in the dirt

US cyclo-cross nationals

What better way to showcase the grit of cyclo-cross than in gritty black and white? These monochromes by Master racer Karl Dittebrandt

• After the barriers, two riders race up the hill, pushing their bikes
• Bunnyhopping the barriers in the clear winter sunshine
• Charging across the barriers the more traditional way
• Speed
• Dismounting for an obstacle
• Running up from the barriers

Be Active Cycle Instead Perth Criterium Series

Stewart Stockdale and Steve Lack supplied the following snaps of the popular end of year criterium series held in Perth, Western Australia.

Stage 3 - December 29: Subiaco Classic

• Series winner Hilton Clarke - leads Graham Brown during the Subiaco Classic
• Henk Vogels - finding it tough during the Subiaco Classic
• Graham Brown (Panaria) - wins the Subiaco Classic

Stage 4 - December 30: Cheers Criterium Final, Albany Hwy, Victoria Park

• Graham Brown (Panaria) - wears the green sprinter's jersey which he won overall
• WAIS rider Peter Dawson - negotiates a corner
• Jarrod Poad (Glen Parker) - in action during the final race in Victoria Park
• Eddy Hollands (Glen Parker) - focuses on getting around
• Leon Vogels - during his long, but fruitless solo effort
• Hilton McMurdo (Glen Parker) - was one of only two riders to succeed in escaping the pack
• Henk Vogels - leads Hilton McMurdo in their successful breakaway
• Henk Vogels - triumphs over Hilton McMurdo in the series finale in Victoria Park
• The winning team - Glen Parker Cycles
• The Indonesian team - pictured after the final in Victoria Park

United Youth Sports cyclocross race

Robert Gilbreath/Texasbiketrails.com sent in these pictures of a very muddy cyclo-cross race in Austin, Texas.

• The start - of the "A" race under heavy rain
• Steen Rose - Jr. 'crosser
• A junior racer - hits the barriers
• Collegiate racers - hit the run
• Canada's Chris McNeil - going for another lap
• "A" race winner - Jason Sager (Team Diabetic)
• Jason Sager (Team Diabetic) - and Scott Henry (Polycom) off the front in the mud

Vlaamse Druivenveldrit, Overijse

More images from Patrick Nijs, this time of the rather snowy Vlaamse Druivenveldrit in Overijse, Belgium.

• French champion David Pagnier
• Mario De Clercq (Domo) - leads the way through the snow in Overijse
• Tom Vannoppen - leads Erwin Vervecken and Mario De Clercq
• Tom Vannoppen (Collstrop-Palmans) - sprints to victory.
• Sven Nijs (Rabobank) - rolls across the line for fourth, after a difficult race
• Sven Nijs - towels himself down after the race.
• Winner Tom Vannoppen (Collstrop) - gives a post-race interview
• Tom Vannoppen - salutes the crowd atop the podium

Sven Nijs

Three images of the Belgian cyclo-cross ace, courtesy Patrick Nijs (no relation), president of the Sven Nijs fan club.

• Monopoli, World Cup #1 - Sven Nijs features prominently at the front as the bunch hammers away from the line under clear blue skies.
• The podium at Monopoli - (L to R) Bart Wellens, Sven Nijs, Daniele Pontoni
• Sven at home, chatting with fans via the Internet

Australian XC MTB national series #6

Thanks to Rob Faull for these pictures.

• The elite women get underway
• The elite men's presentation

Skilled Bay Classic launch

This series of five criteriums held around Melbourne kicks off the racing season in Australian in January. Karen Forman was at the launch for Cyclingnews.

• Robbie McEwen, Scott McGrory, Stuart O'Grady and David McKenzie - answer questions during the press conference
• Stuart O'Grady - will be one of the biggest stars at the Skilled Bay Classic
• Scott McGrory - looking to fine tune his form for the second half of the European Six Day season

SuperCup Round #3 - Cat. 3 Baltimore, USA

Photos by Michael Rabe and Joe Papp.

• Barrier action - from the Elite Women's SuperCup
• National Champion Alison Dunlap (Clif Bar) - en route to a fine solo win
• UVM rider - and racer-turned-photographer Joe Papp
• Jonathan Page (Richard Sachs) - leads Johnson and Wells up the stairs
• National Champion Todd Wells - leads Dale Knapp (Kona) and Mark McCormack (Saturn)
• Mark McCormack (Saturn) - leads Wells
• Tim Johnson (Saturn) - leads Alex Candelario (Big Shark-Cannondale) in a desperate chase

Photos supplied by Chris Henry

• The Elite men face the media. - Left to right - Wells, Johnson, Gullickson, Page, Candelario and Brown
• Carmen D'Aluisio - on her way to second place behind teammate Alison Dunlap
• Alison Dunlap - leads Lyne Bessette over the barriers
• Ann Grande - turned in another fine performance at the Supercup, securing the top honors for the series overall
• Tim Johnson and Alex Candelario - worked to limit the escape of Jonathan Page and Mark Gullickson, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
• The pace was on - in the men's elite race from the start.
• With a reworked course for the SuperCup - Saturday's "Festina Frenzy" run-up with barriers became a climb ridden out of the saddle

Cyclo-cross World Cup #3

These photos have been very kindly supplied by Patrick Nijs.

• During the first lap - and the group all stay together on the fast course.
• Still early in the race - and the riders stay together
• Sven Nys leads - Mario De Clercq as they pass some other competitors
• Midway into lap 5 - and the pace is starting to tell
• Lap 10 and Sven Nys - attempts to make a break
• Mario De Clercq - hammers on the flat section, establishing the break
• Mario De Clercq and Sven Nys - have left the rest of the field behind
• Sven Nys showing the form - and concentration that has him at the top of the WC standing

Lampre-Daikin team presentation

• Pavel Tonkov - smiles in his new Lampre-Daikin outfit
• Raimondas Rumsas - raring to go with Lampre 2002
• Raimondas Rumsas and Pavel Tonkov - pose in Gardaland
• Alberto Loddo and Manuel Quinzato - two of Lampre's young talent
• The new signings - Alberto Loddo, Manuel Quinzato, Raimondas Rumsas and Pavel Tonkov
• The Lampre-Daikin team for 2002

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