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Excellent advise from the Church of the Big Ring

Listen and Learn

When I was a young Cat 4 and learning the ropes, I quickly found a secret source of information. I would listen to the Cat 1-2 guys on my team as the debriefed after the races. I listened to how the race went down, who did what right, who did what wrong and when the [...]

Lessons of The Koppenberg

8, that is how many wins Sven Nys has at the Koppenberg Cross. I would argue that Koppenberg is probably the hardest course the big guns face all season. It is always muddy, the uphills are low cadence grinders, the downhills are “hang off your seat and hope for the best” tests of courage. Pretty [...]