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Edited by Jeff Jones
This Sunday's round 3 of the Cyclo-cross World Cup will be held in Wortegem-Petegem, Belgium. The Belgian national coach Eric De Vlaeminck has decided to enter two teams into the event. The A team consists of World Cup leader Sven Nijs, Bart Wellens, Mario De Clercq, Tom Vannoppen and Erwin Vervecken. The second selection is Ben Berden, Arne Daelmans, Bjorn Rondelez, Peter Van Santvliet and Sven Vanthourenhout. The 10 Belgians are looking to build on their success this season with a big performance on Sunday.
The finalists in the Cycling Australia 2001 Fielders Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards have been officially named. The winners will announced on Friday December 14 at a ceremony in West Adelaide, South Australia, culminating in the naming of the 2001 Australian Cyclist of the Year, who will receive the Sir Hubert Opperman Medal.
According to the release, "Those nominated for awards have posted outstanding performances in world and national competition in track, road, MTB, Paralympic, Masters and BMX."
"The list includes world and national champions, world cup victors and major race winners, all of whom have secured a major place for cycling in Australia's overall sporting success," said Mike Victor, President of Cycling Australia.
The judging criteria includes:
1 Performance at principal world events
2 Performance at other major international events
3 Performance at premier domestic level
4 Consistency of Performances
5 Ambassadorship for the sport of cycling
It also seems that UCI ranking did not greatly influence the selection of the three finalists in each category.
Female Track Cyclist of the Year
Kate Bates (NSW)
Rochelle Gilmore (NSW)
Kerrie Meares (Qld)
Male Track Cyclist of the Year
Ryan Bayley (WA)
Jobie Dajka (SA)
Sean Eadie (NSW)
Female Road Cyclist of the Year
Rochelle Gilmore (NSW)
Katie Mactier (Vic)
Anna Millward (Vic)
Male Road Cyclist of the Year
Cadel Evans (Vic)
Bradley McGee (NSW)
Stuart O'Grady (SA)
Female Mountain bike Cyclist of the Year
Mary Grigson (ACT)
Katrina Miller (NSW)
Tai-Lee Muxlow (NSW)
Male Mountain bike Cyclist of the Year
Wade Bootes (NSW)
Chris Kovarik (Qld)
Paul Rowney (NSW)
Multi Disability Cyclist of the Year
Mark Le Flohic (CP Div 2 - tricycle)
Sarnya Parker (Blind/vision impaired tandem)
Christopher Scott (CP Div 4 - bicycle)
Awards will also be announced in the following categories:
BMX Male & Female
Junior Male and Female MTB, Track and Road Cycling
Masters Cycling Male & Female
Qantas Coach of the Year
Active Australia Volunteer Awards
Cycling Australia Media Awards - Print, Electronic and Photographic
Event Merit Award
One of Team Coast's new signings, Manuel Beltrán (30), will be in his eighth year as a professional in 2002. The lightly built Spaniard is hoping to ride both the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España "if all goes well".
"The Vuelta a España is a very important race on the calendar and in the year 2002 it will travel over Jiennense ground," said Beltran, who is Jiennense. "My goal is to obtain a good result on the alto de la Pandera, a climb that I know very well."
"I know many of my new teammates and they are riders with experience and great quality. The signing of Angel Casero is important, because don't forget that he is the last winner of the Vuelta a España."
Beltran also did not rule out participation of Team Coast in next year's Tour de France, which will come down to a wild card draw. It's unlikely, due to the number of French teams waiting in the wings for the remaining places.
De Standaard has published a list of the first and second division Belgian teams for 2002. There are seven in total, with two first division and five second division - the same number as this season. The following list details the team rosters for six teams (with the exception of Ville de Charleroi). Nationalities are Belgian unless otherwise stated.
Staying: Mario Aerts, Serge Baguet, Christophe Brandt, Tayeb Braikia? (Den), Hans De Clercq, Glenn D'Hollander, Niko Eeckhout, Gorik Gardeyn, Thierry Marichal, Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus), Andrei Tchmil, Kurt Van de Wouwer, Fulco van Gulik (Ned), Kurt Van Lancker, Wesley Van Speybroeck, Ief Verbrugghe, Rik Verbrugghe, Stive Vermaut
New: Frédéric Amorison (neo), Christophe Detilloux (Collstrop-Palmans), Robbie McEwen (Aus, Domo-Farm Frites), Tom Stremersch (Vlaanderen-T-Interim), Stefan van Dijk (Ned, Bankgiroloterij), Kevin Van Impe (neo), Peter Van Petegem (Collstrop-Palmans), Aart Vierhouten (Ned, Rabobank)
Leaving: Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned, Domo-Farm Frites), Fabien De Waele (Mapei-Quick Step), Roel Paulissen (Italo-Austrian mountain bike team), Hendrik Van Dyck (Collstrop-Palmans), Paul Van Hyfte (CSC-Tiscali)
Staying: Dave Bruylandts, Enrico Cassani (Ita), Wilfried Cretskens, Mario De Clercq (until February 1), Steve De Wolf, Leif Hoste, Steven Kleynen, Servais Knaven (Ned), Tomas Konecny (Cze), Marco Milesi (Ita), Axel Merckx, Johan Museeuw, Koos Moerenhout (Ned), Fred Rodriguez (USA), Bram Tankink (Ned), Romans Vainsteins (Lat), Max van Heeswijk (Ned), Sven Vanthourenhout, Richard Virenque (Fra), Piotr Wadecki (Pol)
New: Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned, Lotto-Adecco), Andrei Kaskesjkin (Kaz), Jans Koerts (Ned, Mercury), Leon van Bon (Ned, Mercury), Jurgen Van Goolen (neo), Frank Vandenbroucke (Lampre-Daikin), Sven Vanthourenhout (neo)
Leaving: Karel Vereecke (?), Glenn Magnusson (Swe, retires), Robbie McEwen (Aus, Lotto-Adecco), David Orvalho (Ned, ?), Wilfried Peeters, retires)
Staying: Max Becker (Lux), Tony Bracke, Danny Daelman, Eric De Clercq, Thierry De Groote, Hans De Meester, Roger Hammond (GBr), Geert Omloop, Karl Pauwels, Staf Scheirlinckx, Erwin Thijs, Kristof Trouvé, Peter Wuyts
New: Davy Commeyne (neo), Frederik Penne (neo), Bjorn Leukemans (Vlaanderen-T-Interim), Hendrik Van Dyck (Lotto-Adecco), Bert Roesems (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Wim Vansevenant (Mercury), Tom Vannoppen (Vlaanderen-T-Interim) and probably Bart Leysen (Mapei-Quick Step)
Leaving: Dirk Aernouts (?), Danny Baeyens (?), Vincent Cali (?), Stijn De Peuter (?), Christophe Detilloux (Lotto-Adecco), Marc Janssens (amateur), Thierry Masschelein (?), Oleg Pankov (?), Marc Streel (?), Peter Van Petegem (Lotto-Adecco), Donatas Virbickas (Lit, ?)
Staying: Ronny Assez, Christoph Roodhooft, Chris Tonge (GBr)
New: Sandro Bijnen (Ned, Axa), Marco Engels (Ned, neo), John Ibbotson (GBr, neo), Nico Indekeu (Ville de Charleroi), Jurgen Landrie (Ville de Charleroi), Gordon McCauley (NZl, Landbouwkrediet), David Plas (neo), Jan Richter (Ger, EC Bayer), Bert Scheirlinckx (Collstrop-Palmans)
Leaving: Tjarco Cuppens (Ned, ?), Olivier Genicot (?), Scott Guyton (NZl, ?), Tim Lenaers (?), Harry Lodge (GBr, ?), Chris Matthys (?), Seth Pelusi (USA, ?), Dominik Raza (Ger, ?), Marek Salermo (Fin, ?), Christian Selin (Fin, ?), Brice Shapley (NZl, ?), Georg Van Oudenhove (?)
Staying: Nicolas Coudray (Swi), Bert De Waele, Jeff Louder (USA), Filip Meirhaeghe (probably), Masahiko Mifune (Jpn), Michel Vanhaecke, Kurt Van Landeghem, Jurgen Vermeersch, Nico Weynants
New: Sergei Avdjejev (Ukr, neo), Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita, neo), Volodomir Bileka (Ukr, neo), Ruslan Grischenko (Ukr, neo, from June 1), Erik Lievens (neo), Claudio Luchini (Ita, neo), Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr, neo), Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr, neo), Salvatore Scarmadella (Ita, neo), Rolf Sörensen (Den, CSC-Tiscali), Steven Van Malderghem (second time professional)
Leaving: Pauly Burke (retires), Gunther Cuylits (amateur), Gordon McCauley (NZl, RDM-Flanders), Andrei Tcherviakov (Rus, ?), Johan van den Berg (RSA, Team Microsoft), Jurgen Vandewalle (Vlaanderen-T-Interim).
Staying: Ben Berden, Yoeri Beyens, Geoffrey Demeyere, Kris Gerits, Jurgen Guns, Jehudi Schoonacker, Nico Sijmens, Wesley Theunis, Danny Van Capellen, James Vanlandschoot, Jan Verstraeten, Andy Vidts
New: Arne Daelmans (neo), Stijn Devolder (neo), Jan Kuyckx (neo), Jurgen Vandewalle (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Wim Vanhuffel (neo), Ruud Verbakel (neo), Kipcho Volckaerts (neo), Rudophe Wentzel (RSA, neo)
Leaving: Stijn De Schoenmaecker (retires), Davy Daniëls (amateur), Matthew Gilmore (Mapei-Quick Step), Bjorn Leukemans (Collstrop-Palmans), Tom Stremersch (Lotto-Adecco), Tom Vannoppen (Collstrop-Palmans), Gert Vanderaerden (?), Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (retires)
Staying: ?
New: ?
Leaving: Nico Indekeu (RDM-Flanders), Jurgen Landrie (RDM-Flanders)
Team Maxxis, USA (April Lawyer, Colin Bailey, and 2001 NORBA NCS Downhill Champion, John Kirkcaldie) has announced the formation of a European sister team. Fabien Barel, Oscar Saiz, Cyril Lagneau, Claudio Caluori, Himar Sánchez, Ferran Marías and Laia Marías will all now ride under the Maxxis-MSC jersey and the Maxxis Racing Development effort.
Recovering nicely from his early-season accident, a cane-assisted Bart Bowen, former Supercup and USPro Champion, made a celebrity appearance at Sunday's New Mexico State Cyclocross Championships. While he was unable to race, Bowen assumed an unusual role as spectator. Not satisfied with merely standing by, Bad Bart took over the announcing duties for the showcase event of the day, the A-race.
The golden baritone of his Richard Fries-esque: "Stephen Knight-Williamson has a gap! Stephen Knight-Williamson has a gap!" is reportedly still echoing through second place-getter Alex Andel's head. Fries is known as an announcer for the Supercup series.
A new career for Bart Bowen?
Three of the major stakeholders, the Pedal Power Associations of Western Province, Central and Northern Gauteng announced in Cape Town that they will be joining the South African Cycling Federation in mediated talks, early in the new year. It is their joint aim to establish an umbrella body to represent all aspects of cycling and that would seek official recognition by the South African Government and the World Controlling Body for Cycling, the UCI.
These three Pedal Power bodies who together represent the overwhelming majority of organised cyclists throughout South Africa also announced their intention to form the South African Pedal Power Federation and to invite the smaller Pedal Power bodies throughout the country to join them.
A spokesperson for Pedal Power stated that this was a very exciting step indeed. Even after Unification, the Pedal Power Associations around the country will continue to run recreational cycling and it is vital that "we speak with one voice" where we can.
Courtesy of David Cowie, SA-Cycling.com
Details of the British 2002 season NPS Cross-Country venues are being finalised. The overall series will be based on the results of three out of four races, with riders being awarded series points as far down as 40th Place.
April 6-7 - XC1: Thetford, Suffolk
May 11-12 - XC2: Newnham Park, Plymouth
June 8-9 - XC3: Aston Hill, Aylesbury
July 20-21 - Nats: Hopton Woods, Ludlow
August 10-11 - XC4: Trentham Gardens, Stoke
Tthe SAMS Crew have also been hard at work putting together their regional series, with the following dates now confirmed: April 27-28, June 1-2, July 13-14, August 3-4, and September 7-8. Other SAMS dates to put in the diary include the Bristol Bike Fest May 25-26 and the Salisbury Plain Solitstic Challenge June 14-15. Further Details are available on www.100psi.com
In the East of the country, Ken Ward and the Crew at ERMA will once again be running a regional Series in 2002. Dates released include February 17 Enduro, February 24-25 Coaching weekend, March 10 or 17, June 30, July 7, August 25 and September 22. For further details check out www.kwracing.co.uk or email ken@kwracing.co.uk or call the usual number 01449 711471.
Major Races and Events
September 7-29, 2002: Vuelta
a España (GT) - Preview, stage list
May 11-June 2, 2002: Giro
d'Italia (GT) - Preview, stage list, photos
July 6-28, 2002: Tour
de France (GT) - Full preview & official route details
December 8: Superprestige
Rd 5 (Cat. 1) - Erwin Vervecken
November 29-December 4: Six
Days of Noumea (6D) - Sassone/Neuville victorious
November 26-December 1: Six
Days of Zurich (6D) - Day
6 - McGrory/Gilmore/Schnider win
December 1: Melbourne
Cup on Wheels (IM) - Scott Moller, Keirin,
Sprint, Support
races
December 2: Cyclo-cross
World Cup #2 (CDM) - Sven Nijs again
November 24-December 3: Juegos
Deportivos Centroamericanos (JR) - Final results
December 8-9: Frankfurter
Rad-Cross (Cat. 2) - Alex Mudroch, UK
National Trophy Series #4 (Cat. 3) - Roger Hammond, Grote
Prijs Industrie Bosduin - Kalmthout (Cat. 1) - Bart Wellens, Int.
Radquer Obergösgen (Cat. 2) - Björn Rondelez, Trofeo
Mamma e Papa Guerciotti (Cat. 3) - Enrico Franzoi, Premio
Egondo (Cat 3) - David Seco, Irish
cyclo-cross championships - Robin Seymour
Results: local racing
Australia - CycleWest
Promotions Omnium Series #2, Eastern
Suburbs Summer Criterium Series, Carnegie
Caulfield Tuesday criterium, Southern
Cross Junior Track Open & Madison Cup, Manly
Warringah CC, George
Town Track Carnival, Carnegie
Caulfield CC, Randwick
Botany CC, Gold
Coast CATS CC, Caesar's
Illawarra CC, Caesar's
Illawarra (track)
Denmark - Danish
cyclo-cross Post Cup #3
Italy - Gran
Premio Città di Bassano
Luxembourg - GP
De Kopstal
New Zealand - Cyco
Criterium series
Spain - Elorrio
cyclo-cross
USA - Georgia
Cross Series Championship, Chimborazo
Grand Prix cyclo-cross, Boulder
Cross Rd 6, New
Mexico State Cyclo-x Champs, Sorrento
Cyclo-x & California State Champ's, Boulder
Cross Rd 5, Verge
New England series, Northampton
CC Cyclo-cross Championships, Chris
Cross International CycloCross
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