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• The Season Isn’t Over: Virginia Beach Highlights Late Season Racing

  17 December 08 • 1 comment

  While the national titles have been handed out and our best are heading over to Europe, ‘cross racing isn’t over in the states. In Europe the season goes through February, and there are plenty of areas in the good ole USA that follow that tradition. Taking a look at our comprehensive cyclocross calendar, there are [...]

• Pauwels Upsets Nys and Boom at Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse

  16 December 08 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton The day after the fourth race of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee in Essen the cyclocross scene gathered together for the mother of all cyclocross races, the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit in Overijse. The surprise victory went to Fidea’s Belgian Kevin Pauwels.

• Trebon Triumphant! – New Photos Added

  16 December 08 • 7 comments

  

  by Jacob Sisson, photos by Joe Sales and Larry Rosa Kansas City, MO – Coming into Sunday, Kona’s Ryan Trebon had the longest odds he’s ever faced going into the national championships. Without an in-form Barry Wicks, facing a team of three powerhouse riders from CyclocrossWorld / Cannondale in Johnson, Powers, and Driscoll, and then [...]

• Nys Wins GVA Trophy #4 in Essen

  13 December 08 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton The Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee (GVA Trophy Series) continued in Essen (December 13) with the fourth race of this prestigious series. In the cold but dry weather conditions it was Belgian Sven Nys who was once again the best. Czech Zdenek Stybar, who stayed with Nys until the [...]

• Day 3: Live Updates from USA Cycling’s Cyclocross National Championships

  13 December 08 • 4 comments

  Ready for more ‘cross action? We’ve got the U23 men’s and women’s action, plus master men 30+, 35+, 40+ and 50+ today. Watch it now. We’ll have live updates throughout the day of Day 3′s racing. What else could be more important? Update – Live updates archive is below:

• National Championships Day 2, Masters: Eight Titles, Four Repeats

  13 December 08 • 2 comments

  With rising temperatures and a drying course, all the master women and the 45-49 master men had a chance to tackle large fields and a rutted but tacky race track in the battle for the stars and stripes jersey. Speeds were high and traction was far improved from the morning’s racing. Full report by USA [...]

• National Championships Day 2, Juniors: Eight Titles Awarded, McDonald and Rivera Pull Upsets

  12 December 08 • 6 comments

  Mild, sunny conditions greeted the racers on Friday morning as the junior men and women competed for eight titles. Compared the Thursday morning’s early races on frozen ground, Friday morning offered a warmer race with early morning temperatures in the high 30s. A light snow and rain from the previous night added a bit of [...]

• Day 2: Live Updates from USA Cycling’s Cyclocross National Championships

  12 December 08 • 0 comment

  The Live Update archive brought to you in part by Raleigh is below. The live coverage archive of Day 1′s action is here. Also be sure to see our Day 1 and Day 2 (juniors, masters) reports and photos.

• National Championships Day 1: Five Master Men Titles Awarded

  12 December 08 • 5 comments

  Cyclocross Magazine is in Kansas City doing live coverage of the national championships and bringing you daily reports, photo galleries, while trying to do a bit of racing ourselves. Day 1′s report is below. Also see our live coverage archive, Day 2 and Day 3 reports along with our Collegiate and Singlespeed, Men and Women’s [...]

• A Photo Gallery from Nationals – Day 1

  11 December 08 • 0 comment

  Day 1 has come to a close, and it presented five championship jerseys and a challenging, hilly, slippery course. If you attempted to be productive at work today, you can relive some of the action complete with brief results, here. Photographer Larry Rosa captured some of the atmosphere and racing of today. See his gallery [...]

• Live Updates from USA Cycling’s Cyclocross National Championships

  11 December 08 • 5 comments

  We’ll have frequent updates throughout each day of racing in Kansas City on this page or right here. Current Updates: And then on Sunday, we’ll bring you live, blow-by-blow coverage of the elite men and women’s race, starting around 12 p.m. CST. The racing gets underway at 12:30 p.m. with the women’s race, and the [...]

• Cyclocross National Championships Kick-Off in Kansas City on Thursday

  10 December 08 • 0 comment

  by USA Cycling Kansas City, Missouri – Defending Elite Men’s champion Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass.) and Women’s Elite champion Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo.) are among the nation’s best athletes ready to line up at this week’s USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships in Kansas City, Kan.

• Countdown to Nationals – A Packing List When You’ve Given Up

  10 December 08 • 1 comment

  This is part of an ongoing series of national championships-related articles to get you ready for KC as a racer or spectator. You can view the rest of the series articles here. How to pack when you’ve given up by Ryan Kelly Here’s a predicament you may be facing – as soon as registration opened [...]

• USGP Women’s Final: Luna Teammates Battle for Win and Jersey – Full Report and Photos

  9 December 08 • 0 comment

  Photos by Joe Sales and Janet Hill Saturday’s women’s race demonstrated the importance of team tactics in cyclocross, as Rachel Lloyd (Cal Giant / Specialized) suffered from the 1-2 punch of the Luna teammates Katerina Nash and series leader Georgia Gould. On Sunday, the Luna racers put on another demonstration, only this time they showed [...]

• USGP Men’s Final: A Day of Redemption in Portland – Full Report and Photos

  8 December 08 • 0 comment

  Photos by Joe Sales Tim Johnson has had a long, storied ‘cross career here in the states. The CyclocrossWorld – Cannondale rider has won almost every domestic race there is, and with all that success you would think that he’s won a lot of national series titles as well. But since the Saturn Super Cup [...]

• Live Coverage of USGP Portland Day 2

  7 December 08 • 0 comment

  We’ll get it going again today around 1:30 p.m. PST for live updates from day 2 of the USGP Portland Cup. It’s the final day of the series, and mathematically, both series titles are by no means certain. Follow our live updates here and spread the word! While you’re at it, pray for the rain [...]

• Countdown to Nats: An Interview with Tim Johnson

  5 December 08 • 2 comments

  

  This is part of an ongoing series of national championships-related articles to get you ready for KC as a racer or spectator. You can view the rest of the series articles here. National Champion Tim Johnson, © Cyclocross Magazine 2008 Cyclocross National Champion Tim Johnson is undefeated in Kansas City. As we return next week [...]

• Missing the Point: It’s About Fun – A Column by Ben Popper

  5 December 08 • 0 comment

  OK, so enough with the pressure. All you super-nice people always asking me whether I’ve gotten my point yet makes this all so awesome that it just raises the bar. Sometimes this season I’ve wanted it so badly that it makes me go a little crazy, and it makes the riding a bit more stressful, [...]

• Jones and Kerlin Take Classic Golden Gate Park ‘Cross

  1 December 08 • 0 comment

  by Geoff Gunderson, Photos by Andrew Yee Golden Gate Park’s history reaches back to the 1870′s, and people have been riding bicycles there nearly its whole existence. Cyclocross racing in Golden Gate Park reaches back to at least the 1970′s. There was a race here just one week before the very first Cyclocross National Championships [...]

• Bruno-Roy and Driscoll Win in Sterling

  1 December 08 • 2 comments

  Sterling, Massachusetts – Round 7 of the 2008 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series was contested in varying conditions on a typical clean, crisp fall day in New England. While morning conditions were muddy and slick as the morning’s frost gave way to the sun of the day, the afternoon gave the elite riders a [...]