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• Live Coverage of 2008 Cyclocross World Championships in Treviso – Women’s Race

  27 January 08 • 1 comment

  Live Coverage of the women’s race: Thirty Eight Women are lined up to start the race, from 12 nations on a sunny day here in Treviso, Italy for the 2008 Cyclocross World Championships. Hanka Kupfernagel of German, 3-time worlds winner, has to be the favorite based on her recent performance. Looks like Katie Compton (USA), [...]

• Day 1 Wrap-Up from Treviso

  26 January 08 • 0 comment

  CXM Shutterbug and Correspondent Joe Sales has been doing double duty as a writer and photographer in Italy, providing us with great summaries and awesome photos. He sent in this Day 1 summary below. Like what he’s doing? Drop a kind word in the comments below. View his Day 1 Photos here. 2008 World Cyclocross [...]

• 2008 Cyclocross World Championships: Junior and Espoir Favorites Rule in Treviso – Report and Results

  26 January 08 • 0 comment

  Sunny skies and relatively warm and dry conditions greeted today’s racers, with little mud on the Le Bandie Lake course in Treviso, Italy. To the casual observer, it might not seem like ‘cross. No mud, snow, ice, or barriers, and many riders in short sleeves. But true to ‘cross, the course still forced several dismounts, [...]

• Treviso Worlds: US Team Preview

  25 January 08 • 2 comments

  CXM Correspondent and Shutterbug Joe Sales is over in Treviso, Italy for the World Championships. He’s been out on the course, and talking with the US riders, and sent us this pre-race report and phtoos below. Trevisio Italy – In the final full day of open practice, before this weekend’s 2008 UCI Cyclocross World Championships [...]

• Kathy Sarvary’s winning ride at worlds

  24 January 08 • 6 comments

  Kathy Sarvary, four-time national cyclocross champion, made the trip to Mol, Belgium to contest the UCI Masters World Championships, and came back with a win and a rainbow jersey. She sent us this trip diary of her memorable trip: Well…it’s finally over! It was a story book ending, to a story book year for me. [...]

• Not in Treviso? You can watch worlds online

  24 January 08 • 3 comments

  If you’re not in Treviso, Italy to watch the 2008 UCI World Cyclocross Championships, you can still watch same-day coverage via WCSN.com. See their press release below. World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) will provide online video coverage of the 2008 UCI Cyclocross World Championships from Treviso, Italy, on January 26 – 17, 2008. Cycling fans [...]

• Photos from Hoogerheide World Cup Women’s Race

  23 January 08 • 0 comment

  Thanks to Mark Legg, we’ve got some great photos of the women’s race at the Hoogerheide UCI World Cup in the Netherlands on January 20th. Normally at UCI World Cup Races, Mark Legg, partner of Katie Compton, is running around like crazy to support Katie. At any given moment, he’s wrenching, washing bikes, delivering warm-up [...]

• Masters Worlds – Final Lew Rollins Diary Entry, Part 3 of 3

  23 January 08 • 0 comment

  This is a continuing series of (slightly delayed) diary entries by Utah’s Lew Rollins, the reigning national Men’s 60-64 National Champion. He traveled with a group from Utah to contest the UCI Masters World Championships, see the sights, and watch a few UCI World Cup ‘cross races. You can read his first entry here and [...]

• Kathy Sarvary Wins Masters Worlds Title

  21 January 08 • 1 comment

  The US had over two dozen riders head over to Mol, Belgium to contest the 2008 UCI Masters World Cyclocross Championships this past Saturday, and at the end of the day, the US riders took home a worlds title. Kathy Sarvary of Lunenberg, MA, who rides for GearWorks / (Tom) Stevens Bikes, beat out fellow [...]

• Compton (and a bit of CXM) in the News

  17 January 08 • 1 comment

  Katie Compton got some great coverage in the Colorado Springs Gazette.  With the Torino worlds just over a week away, she’s one of the main favorites to take the women’s rainbow jersey, and starting to get some mainstream attention. CXM got a bit of validation too, as our own Andrew Yee was interviewed for the [...]

• Andy Jacques Maynes in the News: From Hospital to Nationals…

  28 December 07 • 0 comment

  Andy Jacques Mayne won the 30-34 masters division at the national championships in Kansas City a few weekends ago, after recovering from a horrific crash in May in a criterium that left him in intensive care for 9 days. The Santa Cruz Sentinel got wind of this great story and has a nice article on [...]

• Spirit of Cross Essay Winners Announced

  27 December 07 • 2 comments

  Thank you everyone for entering our contest #1. We were overwhelmed by the number of passionate and creative “Spirit of Cyclocross” contest entrants. Judging was a ton of fun, and we thoroughly enjoyed all the tales of how ‘cross enhances, entertains, and enriches your lives. Choosing a winner was tougher than frozen ‘cross in Kansas [...]

• Petition: Let ‘Em Race at Nationals

  26 December 07 • 1 comment

  We’ve been made aware of a petition to change the way concurrent races are run and handled at the national championships. This petitions stems from the re-running of the masters 60-64, 65-69, and 70+ categories on Sunday morning, after racers were pulled from their event on Saturday because they were in danger of being lapped [...]

• Last Minute Gift Idea: Give a Subscription to CXM!

  22 December 07 • 0 comment

  NOTE: THIS PAGE IS A GHOST OF CXMAS PAST, IF YOU’D LIKE THE LATEST AND GREATEST FOR YOU AND YOURS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON PLEASE VISIT OUR 2012 HOLIDAY GIFT PAGE. We’ve been getting emails about giving a gift subscription to a ‘cross friend. You can do it, it’s easy, and we’ll email your friend on [...]

• Photo Gallery from Nationals

  19 December 07 • 0 comment

  CXM Staff Photographer Larry Rosa captured some amazing images from the races in Kansas City last weekend.

• More Day 4: Collegiate and Singlespeed Reports

  18 December 07 • 1 comment

  On Day 4, our sport’s future stars and our sport’s founders raced on frozen, rutted Kansas tundra in the day’s early races. Singlespeeders, Collegiate, and the Masters 60+, 65+ and 70+ all tackled the course before the Elite Men and Women. Singlespeed: At 8am, with a starting temperature at 15 degrees, one of the sport’s [...]

• More Videos from the 2007 Cyclocross National Championships in Kansas City, KS

  16 December 07 • 0 comment

  Here are some videos from KCCX and the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. It was a beautiful and the racing action was unparalleled. The day’s conditions went from an ice block extravaganza to a mud wrestling contest – an amazing day for cyclocross.

• 2007 National Cyclocross Champions Crowned: Katie Compton 4-peats, Tim Johnson Survives

  16 December 07 • 0 comment

  Kansas City, KS – 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Day 4: Elite Women and Elite Men Best in the US, Best in the World? Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) returned to normal winning ways with her fourth national championship today in muddy and icy conditions at the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. She had [...]

• A Slideshow of Day 3 of Cyclocross Nats

  16 December 07 • 1 comment

• Fast Old Guys: Dwight Beats McCormack for 35+, Coats Surges to Win 40+, and Wittwer and Overend Dominate

  15 December 07 • 0 comment

  Kansas City, KS – Cold, windy, snowy conditions greeted the fast old guys in the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, but it didn’t slow them down a bit. Being around for a while, these guys have seen all types of ‘cross conditions, and mostly were unphased by icy course or falling snow. In perhaps [...]