Championnat du Monde Cyclo-cross 2013 (by Petitesreines)
The fabulous Petitesreines video from the CX World Champs in the USA last month
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“As a junior my whole ambition was to become world time-trial champion and I did that and then it was straight onto the track, so there’s no time to sit and think ‘I did this for me and I feel good, I can have a break now’,” Barker said.
“Instead it’s ‘what’s next? Let’s move on and smash that.’ I think that’s what’s happening now and I really like that way of thinking.
“I like to always have a goal to work towards otherwise you’re just riding your bike aimlessly. As much as I enjoy riding my bike, it’s nice to have it specific and working towards a goal.
“As soon as you’ve achieved one, what are you now working toward? You’ve got to come up with a new goal that you can motivate yourself to.”
"— Elinor Barker eyes road world championships team time-trial spot - British Cycling
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Following an incredible 2012, King believes complacency won’t become an issue for her as the prospect of adding to a growing medal collection keeps her focus red hot.
“I put quite a lot of pressure on myself every time I race,” said the Southampton-born cyclist. “I’ve got high expectations of myself. I don’t think of the worlds as a lesser competition and I’ll go out to do my best and hope it’ll be enough to get me another jersey.
“We never sit back and relax. Even as world and Olympic champions, we can’t just think we’re the best. If anything, it makes me train even harder because I want to be in the team for every single race.
""Was it really six months ago that we were watching track cycling at the London 2012 Olympics? I suppose that makes the 2013 World Championships the first stage in the road to Rio 2016. Consequently, a few of the bigger names in track cycling won’t be in Minsk when the event kicks off on Wednesday, but this is always a good chance to see how younger riders step up and for teams to experiment a bit with lineups. I’ve trawled around the internet with the help of my friend Google Translate to find out which riders will be taking part, and pursued the official website (with its hard-to-keep-promise, but nonetheless snappy tagline: “You will win in Minsk!”) to try and put together a short preview. The event runs from the 20th to the 24th of February."
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Women’s events at the Track World Championships 2013 « Bikes and that
REALLY useful and fun post on which women will be racing at the Track Worlds next week - if you’re a track fan, you have to click through and read it!
Vos talks about her ride at Cyclocross World Championships Louisville 2013 (by cyclocrossmagazine)
Queen of Cyclocross — Marianne Vos (by RideGiantBicycles)
Nice little video of Vos at the CX Worlds!
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I WILL get a chance to ride worlds one year without incident. It seems like a long time ago I got 5th at the world champs, but this has been my best ever season. I’m enjoying racing more than ever this year. I have big plans for the summer and next season although I haven’t got any specific goals planned yet.
The support was unbelievable I have genuinely never had so many people cheer for me the entire way around the course reaching deafening levels in places. For that I want to thank every single person who cheered for me it was truly incredible. Thank you.
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World Championships race report | Helen Wyman
Helen’s excellent Worlds race report - click through and read!
It’s the first of Dan and my women’s cycling podcasts of 2013! Here’s how Dan describes it:
Holy fuckballs team! It’s 2013 and there’s all sorts of bike-y shit going on! So Sarah and I decided to get together and talk about it. Things we talked about include (but are not limited to):
- The Ladies Tour of Qatar, live video of races and general Arab awesomeness
- We address cycling’s first, oldest and best riddle – Q: When is a break not a break? (listen for the answer!)
- I take a moment to compare watching a race with Sarah to taking a child to see a pantomime (behind you!!!!)
- Sarah’s awful to Emma Johansson (not really Emma, it’s ok)
- We contemplate the nature of Kirsten Wild
- I talk Australian Track Nationals (super briefly, with very few left-hand turns)
- Then we discuss the Cyclocross World Championships
- Somewhere near the end we pause to consider the Pat McQuaidness of it all and then I uncover a plot by the UCI to replace Sarah with a robot
It makes more sense when you listen to it (sort of). Welcome to 2013!!!! (1:05:48 MIN / 63.31 MB)
Click here to listen, or click through to our blog to find out more options, and find links for all the things we talk about this week
Marianne Vos’ victory - via cyclephotos │cyclocross photograpy » 2013 Cyclocross World Championships, Louisville, KY
Check out Balínt Hamvas’ lovely set of photos from all the races at the Cyclocross World Champs - I especially like all his ‘backstage’ and crowd shots
Katerina Nash’s heartbreaking push to the finishline as a last-minute mechanical cost her the bronze medal - via cyclephotos │cyclocross photograpy » 2013 Cyclocross World Championships, Louisville, KY
Check out Balínt Hamvas’ lovely set of photos from all the races at the Cyclocross World Champs - I especially like all his ‘backstage’ and crowd shots
Kaitie Antonneau - via cyclephotos │cyclocross photograpy » 2013 Cyclocross World Championships, Louisville, KY
Check out Balínt Hamvas’ lovely set of photos from all the races at the Cyclocross World Champs - I especially like all his ‘backstage’ and crowd shots
Lucie Chainel - cyclephotos │cyclocross photograpy » 2013 Cyclocross World Championships, Louisville, KY
Check out Balínt Hamvas’ lovely set of photos from all the races at the Cyclocross World Champs - I especially like all his ‘backstage’ and crowd shots
The start of the women’s race - cyclephotos │cyclocross photograpy » 2013 Cyclocross World Championships, Louisville, KY
Check out Balínt Hamvas’ lovely set of photos from all the races at the Cyclocross World Champs - I especially like all his ‘backstage’ and crowd shots
The Dutch women pre-riding the course - cyclephotos │cyclocross photograpy » 2013 Cyclocross World Championships, Louisville – Friday
Check out this fantastic set of photos from the Friday before the CX Worlds, by the always-brilliant Balínt Hamvas. Click through, there are some lovely shots!
