Tag: cycling

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and K-B-K Video with Team 1t4i

    And so it begins. Classics season is underway, and we jump start the season with a few predictions, a little insight and a video of this weekend’s two big races, Omloop and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Thanks to Shimano, fans can see  the reconning mission of pro racers just before the race. For one team, this is…

  Cody Sovis

  February 24, 2012

  Road Racing

  belgium, classics, cycling, road

• 2011 in Review: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

  Tomorrow marks the real start of the European professional calendar: Omloop. The less Eurocentric audience may fall into the amateurish and immature habit of referring to this Belgian Classic as Ompoop, which, though funny, is an insult to a great race that demands respect. I would caution against ompooping around more familiar cycling fans. Ompoop.

  Cody Sovis

  February 24, 2012

  Road Racing

  belgium, classics, cycling, omloop, road

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Preview

    The real kick-off of the cycling season in Europe is the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, hereafter referred to simply as Omloop. It’s not cycling season until the best riders in the world hit Flandrian roads in the early spring. After weeks of races in warm, exotic climes, ProTour riders will head to Belgium for the…

  Cody Sovis

  February 23, 2012

  Road Racing

  cycling, omloop, preview, racing, road