Cyclocross: Superprestige live webcast!

by zegnotronic on Oct 9, 2008 1:37 PM EDT Comment 16 comments

The Superprestige cyclocross series, starting this Sunday, Oct. 12, will be broadcast live at no charge by the Belgium television channel VT4.

The races will be webcast on www.vt4.be. Philippe Maertens will give live commentary.

In Ruddervoorde, the race starts at 5 p.m. (11 a.m. EST) local time. In Diegem the start is at 5:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. EST) All other races start at 3 p.m. (9 a.m. EST), with the broadcast beginning a half hour before the start.

Velonews link

And that's great news for us CX fans. And even better news is that it's at a sane hour for us west-coasters.

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Oh dammit!

We’re having guests over on Sunday. Craaaaaaaaaaaap.

In other reactions – excellent! Hopefully this will happen more than once.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Oct 9, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so what, we just rock up to the site at 5pm Belgium time and there’s a link?

by Big M on Oct 9, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And it will happen more than once!

Belgie TV is carrying the whole series (all 8 races). All the more reason to love Belgium………like you needed one.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Oct 9, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ok, I'm now going to shock you all by revealing that I have NEVER seen a cyclocross race, live or otherwise.

But I shall now aim to put that to rights. But not this Sunday as I’ll be at Cycle 08, our version of Interbike :-)

by Albertina on Oct 9, 2008 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

me neither .. never seen it

looks like fun

do they have events for old slow guys?

by cyclingchallenge on Oct 10, 2008 5:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They must have

Drew said he raced last week.

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Oct 10, 2008 6:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It will be a Masters race of some age group, but us old guys are fit. At our national championships they had at least a 75+ class. Impressive when you consider that part of the race involves running with your bike over hurdles and at least once uphill.

Cross is easily the best viewed of all cycling disciplines. If it’s a well laid out course you can usually see at least 70% of it from one spot, and you can dash back and forth between really good sections. It’s basically a criterium + steeplechase + mt, bike race = 45 or 60 minutes (depending on your category). I highly recommend going to one if you can, you’ll enjoy the hell out of yourself.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Oct 10, 2008 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The fun part is when they have the barrier on an uphill.

It rained earlier in the race for the one I was at so the up hill was pretty slick. They went up and then turned around and came back down.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Oct 10, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Went to my first Cross race this past Sunday.

It was a good time and friends and I hope to try and get to most of the series here.
Below is a shot of Mike from xXX racing who came in 2nd in his race. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Oct 9, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Canadian national cross championships

are here (ie. where I live) tomorrow, will be going to watch barring any unexpected circumstances … the preliminary start list from Oct 5 has Geoff Kabush riding on the men’s side, Wendy Simms on the women’s side.

by guidemd on Oct 10, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

K-Bob and Simms should most likely take it. Is Peter Wedge racing on the men's side?

Remember – more cowbell.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Oct 11, 2008 5:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

more cowbell...

as long as you’re not near the finish line for a criterium, read somewhere not long ago how that sends the riders into a frenzy because they think there’s a prime coming up ;-) .

final startlist here , don’t see Wedge listed – but defending champ Mike Garrigan will be there, so probably a battle between him and Kabush.

by guidemd on Oct 11, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The guys and gals at the race today I went to

loved the cheers and cowbells at the top of a nasty hill. They had to go up the side, straight down, quick turn, over a barrier, back up, another quick turn and back down. The first couple laps there were some smiles. By the 3rd on, no one was smiling as they got to the top. Great spot to watch from though as you got to see them come up twice and then head back down and could see pretty much the entire course from up there. Loads of fun – well at least for those of us watching!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Oct 12, 2008 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs