Coming soon

I don't want to take any momentum away from Matt's wool jersey campaign. But I think it can run alongside the FGBC cx campaign for a while. In fact, they can probably coexist in a mutually beneficial sort of way. Wool and cross just go together like vareniki and varscht or kjielje and schmauntfat. So here it is. The official announcement of the 2007-08 FGBC cx Pool.


Here, briefly, is how it will work. You will field a team of nine riders from a list to be provided. Points will be provided for the top 20 finishers at each of the world cup races plus the world championships. Rider list and more details coming soon.

The 2007-08 calendar is as follows:

Oct. 21 - Kalmthout (BEL)
Oct. 27 - Tabor (CZE)
Nov. 11 - Pijnacker (NED)
Nov. 24 - Koksijde (BEL)
Dec. 02 - Igorre (ESP)
Dec. 08 - Milan (ITA)
Dec. 26 - Hofstade (BEL)
Jan. 13 - Liévin (FRA)
Jan. 20 - Hoogerheide (NED)
Jan. 27 - World Championships, Teviso (ITA)

Also, here are last year's results, which might be useful for those, like me, who don't really know who any of these guys are:

Oct. 1 - Aigle (SUI)
Oct. 22 - Kalmthout (BEL)
Oct. 28 - Tabor (CZE)
Nov. 4 - Treviso (ITA)
Nov. 12 - Pijnacker (NED)
Nov. 25 - Kosijde (BEL)
Dec. 3 - Igorre (SPA)
Dec. 8 - Milan (ITA)
Dec. 26 - Hofstade (BEL)
Jan. 14 - Nommay (FRA)
Jan. 21 - Hoogerheide (NED)
Jan. 28 - World Championships, Hooglede-Gits (BEL)

Hopefully by the end of the season, everyone'll know who the two guys on the poster are. This year they won't be teammates. Could be interesting.

Finally, as a bonus, here's a short video of the 1986 junior cx worlds which kind of sums it all up in all its sloppy, muddy, painful glory. Sometimes the fastest way to ride your bike is not to ride at all. I bet that really hurt.



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