In addition to the highlights clip I posted earlier, I also found a couple of interesting amateur videos from the UCI Cyclocross World Cup event in Tabor, Czech Republic.

First is this one of some crazies on the barriers, operating what appears to be a hand-cranked air-raid siren.

Next is this one of the sand pit, illustrating how fast the pros can move through pretty long stretches of sand.

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Hot off the YouTube: highlights from today’s World Cup cyclocross race in Tabor, Czech Republic, won by Niels Albert.

Sven Nys crashes at about 1:00 on this video. He ended up in 4th place, 11″ back.

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Someone just brought this Cross Crusade race video to my attention, and while it’s actually from last season, I thought it was worth sharing anyway. This is taking wet, muddy courses to the extreme, so depending on you attitude, this is either the ideal conditions for a cross race, or it has veered way too far into the realm of human-powered swamp buggy racing. Or maybe both at the same time.

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It seems like the online cyclocross world (in the U.S. anyway) is all abuzz about the success of the first race of this year’s Portland-based Cross Crusade series, thanks to a huge turnout (more than 1,200 racers) and wet weather.

I’ve already seen some great still photos of the event, and now there’s this video, produced by Dan Kaufman at CrankMyChain.

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This nice compilation of Bart Wellens/Sven Nys moments was posted a couple of weeks ago on YouTube. I’ve seen most of these clips before, but it’s well put together, and gets big points for using the Johnny Cash cover of Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt as a soundtrack.

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