For some of us, the cyclocross season can’t come soon enough. Those in the upper Midwest can set their schedules and start dreaming. The Wisconsin Cycling Association has announced the 12-race 2010 Planet Bike Cyclocross Season with some exciting changes. The Wisconsin series, in its 15th season, offers some changes this year to make the [...]
by Jamie Mack While we all wait patiently for the beginning of the 2010 season, bicycle manufacturers are already hard at work focused on ‘cross. Kona has already revealed the all-carbon Major Jake and now photos of the 2011 Specialized line are already beginning to leak out. One faithful reader has secured photo evidence of [...]
Cyclocross Magazine columnist and Masters racer Lee Waldman ramps up the intensity, courtesy of a short track MTB race in Colorado. In case you missed it, go back and check out Lee’s previous column as he Relearns Old Lessons. by Lee Waldman It’s May. ’Cross season for most of us is still four months away. [...]
by Robbie Carver Three days ago, the cyclocross capitol of the world began hosting the 80th edition of the Tour of Belgium, a five day stage race whose first start gun went off in 1908. Why should you care? Well, because, being placed where it is, the event draws a large number of big name European [...]
by Josh Liberles Zdeněk Štybar, the Czech rider who won the 2010 World Championships in Tabor while racing for Telenet-Fidea, has been at the center of much speculation for the past several months. Although Štybar is under contract with Fidea through February 2011, the rider had openly discussed on his Web site that he wasn’t [...]
by Josh Liberles Jeremy Powers, who races for Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com during the “real” season, just finished up an impressive eight days of racing with his Jelly Belly road squad. As we at Cyclocross Magazine documented in our Tour of California CX GC very unofficial rankings, Powers was joined by a slew of prominent cyclocrossers in the [...]
by Robbie Carver Getting some quality time on their mountain bikes last weekend were a host of big-name ’cross riders testing their legs at the third MTB World Cup cross country race, held in Offenburg, Germany. While the spoils of victory went to Elite MTBer’s Julien Absalon (Orbea) and Catharine Pendrel (Luna), our favorite barrier-hoppers [...]
by Josh Liberles Although the battle for the top step went down to the bitter end, with Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) narrowly holding off Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) and Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), it was Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo), a 20 year-old Slovak with a cyclocross background, who distanced all challengers in the very unofficial “ToC CX GC” and [...]
Local bicycle stores and the Texas frame builder’s community step forward to support the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, scheduled for February 25-27, 2011. With the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show scheduled for Austin, Texas, February 25-27, preparations are already underway, with significant members of the Austin cycling community – Mellow Johnny’s and [...]
‘Cross racers and our community could learn some lessons from the NorCal and SoCal mountain bike racing leagues. The community has brought students, parents and coaches together to make a successful league in a sport that’s far from the traditional high school competitions. The level of support that the racers have gathered is enviable – [...]
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