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Date archive for January, 2009

• Tour the Hoogerheide Worlds Course with Nick Weighall

  31 January 09 • Comments Off

  U23 National Champ Nick Weighall (Rad Racing) piloted Cyclocross Magazine’s handlebar video camera for a hot lap yesterday during his warm-up to give you a preview of the course. Special guest appearance by junior national Zach McDonald (Classic Cycles). View it here or below:

• Walsleben Continues Favorites’ Streak with U23 Win – Full Report and Photos

  31 January 09 • 2 comments

  by Dan Seaton. Photos by Joe Sales. Also see our live updates archive here. The Germans took a cue from their Dutch neighbors in the juniors race, finishing 1-2 in the 2009 Espoir World Championships in Hoogerheide today. Although the temperature warmed slightly from this morning’s junior race, the wind and a setting sun kept [...]

• Eising Wins Junior World Championships, Keough 13th – Full Report and Photos

  31 January 09 • 3 comments

  

  by Dan Seaton, Photos by Joe Sales and Masae Otsuka. Also see our live updates archive here. On a frozen and cloudless morning in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, the juniors kicked off the 2009 cyclocross world championships.  Racing on a dry and frozen course, Dutch rider Tijmen Eising was able convert a first lap attack into an [...]

• Live Coverage from Hoogerheide World Championships – Day 1

  30 January 09 • Comments Off

  Updated: Our live coverage of Day 1 is over, but the archive of the exciting racing can be found here.

• More Photos from Hoogerheide

  30 January 09 • 0 comment

  We’ve got more photos from the venue from Friday, including the last big pre-ride session with all four categories on the course.

• Worlds Countdown: Hanka Kupfernagel Interview and Bike Profile

  30 January 09 • 1 comment

  Hanka Kupfernagel is a four-time world champion and always a favorite at any big race. She and her partner Mike Kluge chatted with Christine Vardaros about the upcoming world championship race and women’s prize money. Plus a profile on the world champ’s bike. Your race strategy for Worlds?  Take the lead early like usual? It’s [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Sven Nys Talks Team Tactics, Form, and Fans

  30 January 09 • 0 comment

  Sven Nys continues to dominate the World Cup, the Superprestige series, and most major one-day races. Yet he’s only won one world title as an elite. Christine Vardaros talks with Nys before the big race as he enters Hoogerheide with what he says is his best form of the season. Also, see our pre-Olympics interview [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Photos and Video from the Venue

  29 January 09 • 2 comments

  CXM Star photographer Joe Sales and CXM editor Andrew Yee captured photos from the venue on Thursday in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, in attempt to bring the worlds course to you. We’ve also got some video from CXM CFO (chief fulfillment officer) Masae Otsuka to show you two of the more challenging aspects of the course.

• Jonathan Page Added to US Worlds Team

  29 January 09 • 0 comment

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 29, 2009)–USA Cycling announced today the addition of Jonathan Page (Northfield, N.H.) to the U.S. National Team roster for next weekend’s UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. USA Cycling originally denied Page’s initial petition to the world championship team, citing his ineligible status stemming from an open anti-doping investigation at the time of [...]

• 2012 World Championships Awarded to Koksijde, Belgium

  29 January 09 • 0 comment

  The 2009 World Championships haven’t even started but the 2012 World Championships are already decided.  They have been awarded to Koksijde, Belgium.  Here are the next three locations: 2010: Tabor, Czech Republic 2011: St. Wendel, Germany 2012: Koksijde, Belgium