by Helen
So the race name means the closing race. It’s not strictly true as we have a race on the evening of 27th February, but as for classification races and UCI approved events, this is it. It’s always hard to think there is no more cross for 5 or 6 months, but it’s always somewhat of [...]
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by Helen
Here is a link to the video coverage from Middlekerke. Helen finished 2nd.
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by Helen
Here is a link to video from the Heerlen Womens Race. Helen finished 2nd.
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by Helen
Middlekerke, on the north coast of Belgium as the scene for the last round of the Super Prestige cyclo-cross. I don’t get to start many of these races, so it was a nice surprise to get a call mid week to say I was on the start. It’s a fun course; nothing too taxing. [...]
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by Helen
Well we all know what happened out there. Only about 400 meters into the race I was held up behind a crash. My race was over there and then effectively my dreams of World Champs medal went with it. So I spent the race chasing back through the field from basically the back of the [...]
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by Helen
The final round of the UCI cyclo-cross World Cup was my destination this weekend. Although Hoogerheide seems like an annual event that never leaves the calendar, this year is once again a warm up event to the World Championships that will be held on the course in 2014. I like the course, it’s fast [...]
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by Helen
National Champs are always a big day out. When you are targeting winning it’s a nervous time. When you are defending there is a different kind of pressure. But this year was a little different for me. I’ve had a good season so far. There are still many races to go and lots of opportunities [...]
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by Helen
So as usual I will begin by apologising for my lack of blogs over Christmas and will employ the usual excuse of just being ‘too busy’. However so you don’t feel like you have missed anything I will quickly update until the Christmas block in one short paragraph. So raced Koppenberg, won, got an [...]
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by Helen
Traveling as far south as Rome for a World Cup cross is a new concept for me, but it takes all sorts of courses to give us a varied season. I didn’t know what to expect other than sunshine but the course in Rome turned out to be very fast and based around a horse [...]
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by Helen
The Christmas period is a traditional time of in Belgium and Holland to race until you drop. This year, before this crazy block of races I took some time away from the race course to train in the fairer weather of Southern Spain. My seasons goal was to win the European Championships, and that was [...]
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