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Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Planet Bike) won her fourth UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup of the season on Sunday in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium; helping her hold off Dutchwoman Sanne Van Paassen for the overall world cup lead. Two U23 American men also finished inside the top 20.
Compton, just off a victory in the world cup’s fifth round in Kalmthout on Dec. 19, finished nearly a minute ahead of reigning world champion Marianne Vos (Netherlands/Nederland Bloeit) and Van Paassen. With earlier World Cup victories in Aigle, Switzerland, in October and Koksijde, Belgium, in November, Compton holds the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup elite women’s division lead. The seven-time USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Champion has tallied a total of 240 points through six events thus far, a mere 10 points ahead of Van Paassen (Netherlands/BrainWash) with two world cup events remaining … More
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Brian Lopes hardly needs an introduction. He has been crowned a world champion four times, world cup champion six times and national champion nine times for DS/4X and/or DH mountain biking. He’s also won the Crankworx Air DH (video below) an impressive six times. In other words Lopes is known for this gravity-fueled mountain biking domination. Recently however, Lopes decided to throw himself into the skinny-tired pain locker and try his hands at cyclocross racing. Lopes competed in the California/Nevada District State Championship Cyclocross. And guess what? He won that too.
Here is Lopes’ account of the event:  … Details
Brian Lopes Riding the Crankworx Air DH Course