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• Being the Really Dark Horse at Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede – A Column Ben Popper

  10 October 08 • 2 comments

  CXM Columnist Ben Popper is on a mission to achieve one goal – earning just one UCI point.. Follow Ben on this journey this season through his regular journal. His journey took him to Michigan, and then Vegas and Wisconsin, and now he tackles the Cincinnati Cyclocross Festival, starting with Friday night’s Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede UCI [...]

• Bulding Confidence to Battle the Big Boys – a Column by Ryan Kelly

  10 October 08 • 5 comments

  Ryan Kelly is a roadie who owns a ‘cross bike and loves racing it. He’ll likely be spending his season at the back of the New England Elite races, exploring his pain cave and enjoying every hour-long sufferfest. As long as others are finding entertainment in his suffering, he’s happy. Ryan joins our growing list [...]

• Canadian ‘Cross Grows with BC Cup, UCI C1 Weekend

  9 October 08 • 1 comment

  Cyclocross in Canada is enjoying tremendous growth. With an expanding BC Cup series, the Canadian National Championships this weekend, and the UCI C1 Toronto International Cyclocross Weekend on November 8-9th, Canucks don’t have to drive south to get some serious cyclocross action. Riders such as Wendy Simms, Geoff Kabush, and CXM contributor Vicki Thomas will [...]

• Superprestige Cyclocross Series to be Broadcast Live on Internet

  9 October 08 • 2 comments

  Tired of the watching ‘cross videos of races past? Get out your time zone converters and set your alarm clock for live, Euro ‘cross on the net. The Superprestige series is coming to your early morning house party. Full details below. All Eight Races Superprestige Cyclo-cross Live and Free on Internet From Sunday October 12th [...]

• Gloucester Ready to Host “New England Worlds” – Live Coverage on CXM

  9 October 08 • 3 comments

  “New England Worlds” is hitting Gloucester, Massachusetts this weekend, and Cyclocross Magazine will be there to bring you live coverage of the event both days. Will Trebon or Johnson reign supreme? Will young Anthony be in form after his broken wrist? Will Dombrowski be the new queen? Will the promoters surpass Cross Crusade’s record turnout [...]

• Chris Cross Raises $3,000 for Anemia, Continues at Clinton Lake

  8 October 08 • 0 comment

  After a record breaking first round where the Diamond Blackfan Cyclocross Challenge drew 223 entries and raised over $3,000.00 for the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation (www.dbafoundation.org), the De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series presented by Paceline Products continues with the very popular Chris Cross event held in Clinton Lake State Park. “This will be

• Top Women Drawn to Ohio with Equal Pay

  8 October 08 • 0 comment

  by Ken Getchell Cincinnati has a proud baseball tradition, the Red Stockings team of 1869 are widely regarded as the first openly professional baseball team, three years before the FA Cup, soccer’s oldest competition, was even founded. Their successors, the Cincinnati Reds, have won the World Series five times. But when people say Mitch Graham [...]

• USGP Named Junior and U23 Worlds Qualifying Races

  8 October 08 • 0 comment

  Kids and Parents, buy your tickets now to the USGP Races if you want to go to worlds. Saratoga Springs, NY Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross presented by Crankbrothers, (USGP) have announced and the establishment of the CyclocrossWorld / USGP Junior Race Series. As part of this series, the USGP can also [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross League – Updated Results

  8 October 08 • 0 comment

  We’ve found a home for our Fantasy League standings: You can find them here: http://cxmagazine.com/fantasy It’s also now part of our top navigation bar. At the bottom of the table you’ll see a tab so you can see the previous week’s results. Last weekend we had the Badiquer Schmerikon C1 race in Switzerland, won by [...]

• Happy Hour Events Grow Socal Cross, Prenzlow and Rivera Win Psycho-Cross

  7 October 08 • 1 comment

  Southern California is one of the areas in the country experiencing tremendous growth in cyclocross participation. Key to this growth is Dorothy “Dot” Wong, director of the SoCal Prestige Series. Prior to the season, Dot hosted “happy hour” events at local shops throughout Southern California in an effort to bring ‘cross to the people and [...]

• My Chase for One UCI Point – Part II – A Column by Ben Popper

  6 October 08 • 8 comments

  While many of us may idolize the pros, it’s often the working man that is doing the sport out of love that we can relate to most. HRS/RockLobster rider Ben Popper is one such guy, and he’s entering his third ‘cross season with a simple goal – earning just one UCI point. Follow Ben on [...]

• 1,267 Party in Rain and Mud in Portland’s Cross Crusade Opener

  6 October 08 • 1 comment

  By Erik Voldengen, Photos by David Roth Alpenrose Dairy, Portland, Oregon. Setting a new attendance record, 1,267 eager racers of all levels attended the Cross Crusade’s season opener at the Alpenrose Dairy in Portland, Oregon. From the first race at 9:00, through the last at 3:00, fields exceeding 100 participants lined up in droves to [...]

• Bishop and Shogren Take Fifth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Cyclocross Challenge

  6 October 08 • 0 comment

  By Joe Jefferson October 4, 2008; Hagerstown, MD, USA: Clear skies and cool temperatures greeted the early participants to the Fifth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Cyclocross Challenge, second race of the 2008 BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series. However the race was hot and heavy as some of the earlier starters were chasing bragging honors and upgrade points.

• Virginia Cyclocross Series Ready to Kick Off

  6 October 08 • 0 comment

  The Virginia Cyclocross Series kicks off this weekend with the Richmond Festival of Cross hosted by the Altius Cycling Team.  Saturday,  October 11th  will be held at Chimborazo Park and Sunday October 12th will be held at Bryan Park.  These venues have hosted cross races for years and are completely different with Chimborazo having significant [...]

• Training Towards a Goal – by Coach Mike Birner

  5 October 08 • 6 comments

  We’ve continued our series of articles on training from Mike Birner. Part I was in Issue 3, and Part II is in our Issue 4. In this series of four articles, USAC Level 2 coach Mike Birner of Mid-Maryland Coaching (www.midmarylandcoaching.com) will guide your training through a successful cyclocross season. As a teaser of Issue [...]

• My Chase for One UCI Point – A Column by Ben Popper

  4 October 08 • 6 comments

  While many of us may idolize the pros, it’s often the working man that is doing the sport out of love that we can relate to most. Ben Popper is one such guy, and he’s entering his third ‘cross season with a simple goal – earning just one UCI point. Follow Ben on this journey [...]

• A Joe Sales Photo Gallery – Rad Racing GP

  3 October 08 • 1 comment

  After an intense seven days of traveling by the CXM staff, we’re trying to work our way through a backlog of awesome ‘cross content. With trips to Star Crossed, Rad Racing and Interbike (and Cross Vegas), there’s a lot more in the pipeline. First up is an awesome photo gallery by Cyclocross Magazine photographer Joe [...]

• Maureen Bruno Roy, MM Racing Team Up with Seven Cycles

  3 October 08 • 0 comment

  Arlington, MA:  The New England duo of Maureen Bruno Roy and Matt Roy will announce their new team, MM Racing, with a launch party at Wheelworks in Belmont, MA Friday October 3rd from 7-10pm.  The MM Racing roster features the duo of Maureen Bruno Roy, two-time podium finisher in the Elite Cyclocross National Championships, winner [...]

• Conant & Upshaw Withstand the Heat, Take Chicago Cyclocross Cup #1

  3 October 08 • 0 comment

  By Imelda March Not exactly cross weather for Race #1 of the Chicago Cyclocross Cup; however, that did not stop 288 racers from coming to frolic in the warm, sunny and 73 Fahrenheit temperature day on September 21, 2008. The race course did not disappoint as it kept experienced and amateurs alike on their “pedals” [...]

• It’s Still a Bike Race – A Column by Andrew Bernstein

  1 October 08 • 6 comments

  Andrew Bernstein is a cat 3 road racer giving his first ‘cross season a try. This is his first entry in an ongoing column for Cyclocross Magazine. It’s Still a Bike Race by Andrew J. Bernstein “You don’t want to whack your head with the saddle.” This sage advice, given to me by Alec Donahue, [...]