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#LIKEAVOS 1.0

By Lesli Cohen @lesknits · On October 30, 2013

Our good friend Bill over at In the Crosshairs has been killing it with the #SVENNESS series of cyclocross video breakdowns, which he dubbed #CYLISMASVENNESS for us.

In this tradition of video genius, we’re stoked to present #LIKEAVOS, Bill’s homage to perhaps the greatest contemporary bike racer we know, the incomparable Marianne Vos.

I give you the premier edition of #LIKEAVOS.

Enjoy!

#LIKEAVOS 1.0 from In The Crosshairs on Vimeo.

In episode 1.0 of LIKEAVOS, we are in Tabor for the second round of the UCI cyclocross World Cup. The course is dry and grassy and the day is hot. Momentum is key on this course that features several tight turns and short climbs but not many technical elements. We focus on the planks, cornering, a steep staircase, and maintaining calm in the face of adversity.

LIKEAVOS 1.0 is presented by Skills, Drills and Bellyaches: A Cyclocross Primer, available at www.cyclocrossbook.com. Get fast by reading. Seriously.

Footage via Union Cycliste Internationale. http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI5/layout.asp?MenuId=MTI1OTg

Music by LCD Soundsystem www.lcdsoundsystem.com.

First to come up with the #LIKEAVOS tag: @iworedettos. Thanks! Follow him on Twitter.

Lesli Cohen

Editrix with red pencil in one hand, whip in the other. Lesli is Editor in Chief of Cyclismas, where she wrangles the merry band of misfits who make up the talent of this satire and commentary website. She has been the cycling reporter for the Boston Examiner, and spends her spare time cycling the backroads of New England, attempting to be a mediocre Cat 4 bike racer, covering the local road racing and cyclocross scene, and supporting bike culture and urban cycling advocacy. Her writing has been featured in various special-interest publications and websites, and she has been interviewed on several cycling-oriented talk shows. Bicycling Magazine named her one of its Cycling Twitterati. You have been warned. You can follow her on Twitter @lesknits