Here’s the video of the final lap of today’s Superprestige race (#4 of the Superprestige series) in Hamme-Zogge, Belgium.

With Niels Albert still out with the ruptured spleen he suffered last week in Gavere, and Lars Boom down with a urinary tract infection and associated fever, the way was clear for Sven Nys to ride away with it in some very wintry conditions.

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Our friends over at DH Productions just released videos of races 3 and 4 in the U.S. Grand Prix of Cyclocross series, which were last weekend in Mercer, New Jersey. Race three was won by Tim Johnson of Cannondale-Cyclocross World, but he was sidelined Sunday with a knee injury picked up in that race, which opened the door for GT’s Todd Wells.

It was a cold, muddy weekend, and the videos are pretty well produced, so check them out.

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Here’s a video of the television coverage of the elite men’s finish at last weekend’s World Cup race in Pijnacker, Netherlands. Lars Boom finally got a 2008 World Cup win, and Niels Albert looked strong as well, with Sven Nys settling for third, just ahead of Bart Wellens.

There are also some great photos from the race over at Belgium Knee Warmers.

And in semi-related news, yesterday the New York Times ran an article about cyclocross, written by Michael Barry.

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I feel like I’ve been posting an awful lot of videos from Portland’s Cross Crusade series lately, but hey, they’re doing a lot of fun, interesting stuff.

Dan Kaufman from CrankMyChain.tv sent an email earlier today alerting me to this video that he just posted of last weekend’s Halloween-themed race at the Clastop County Fairgrounds. It’s got a lot of costumed racing action (I would say check out the lass in the stockings at 1:07, but I’m afraid that may actually be a lad), a few crashes, and jumping of fire, people, and a toilet. There’s even a guy on a unicycle riding off of some big drops, shortly before making an emergency visit to the urologist, I suspect.

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