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• North American Cyclocross Power Rankings – November 3, 2009

  3 November 09 • 0 comment

  by Jake Sisson Sure, USAC and UCI have their own cyclocross rankings. And with the USGP, NACT, MAC and Verge series with UCI points up for grabs and North Americans hitting all of these series, it’s hard to figure out who’s the best of our continent. Enter Cyclocross Magazine’s North American Cyclocross Rankings, the first [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 7

  3 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  Fear that you’ve missed the boat with the whole fantasy thing this year? Fear not! If you haven’t signed up yet, now is your chance, since we’re offering a big time prize for the team that scores the most points in the month of November (Well, the 4 full weekends in November that is). If [...]

• European Cyclocross Power Rankings – October 29, 2009

  29 October 09 • 1 comment

  Sure, the UCI has their own cyclocross rankings. And with the Superprestige, GvA and World Cup series with UCI points up for grabs and Europeans hitting all of these series, it’s hard to figure out who’s the best in Europe. Enter Cyclocross Magazine’s European Cyclocross Rankings, the first of its sort, determined by complex mathematical [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – October 29, 2009

  29 October 09 • 1 comment

  Today, here a Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings Headquarters, we’re rolling out a new feature in the column, a mini-interview with some of cyclocross’ emerging stars and little known protagonists. First up on the agenda is RGM Watches – Richard Sachs – Radix’s own Dan Timmerman who’s made quite an impression in New England so [...]

• Van Dessel Bicycles and Triumph Brewing Team Up With HPCX, Costumes Coming to Beacon Cyclocross

  28 October 09 • 0 comment

  October 28, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA: Cyclocross racers at MAC’s two days of UCI and amateur racing in New Jersey this weekend will need to pay closer-than-normal attention to what they’re wearing. Beacon Cyclocross in Bridgeton New Jersey will see racers trying to avoid the Jersey Devil while rushing through the woods on Halloween, while [...]

• North American Cyclocross Power Rankings – October 26, 2009

  26 October 09 • 1 comment

  

  by Jake Sisson Sure, USAC and UCI have their own cyclocross rankings. And with the USGP, NACT, MAC and Verge series with UCI points up for grabs and North Americans hitting all of these series, it’s hard to figure out who’s the best of our continent. Enter Cyclocross Magazine’s North American Cyclocross Rankings, the first [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 6

  26 October 09 • 0 comment

  

  The cream of America’s crop were back together over the last weekend, and a much anticipated rumble between Kona’s Ryan Trebon and Barry Wicks and Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com’s Tim Johnson, Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll unfolded around the city of Louisville, Kentucky. Both Trebon and Johnson emerged with victories, but it was Driscoll who scored the second [...]

• Nash Doubles, Johnson Leads Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com Sweep Podium in Louisville – Brief Report

  25 October 09 • 0 comment

  October 25, 2009 (Louisville, KY) – The word of the day in Louisville is supremacy. To the growing ranks of cyclocross fans in the Midwest, the fourth stop of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross served up a World Class clinic with Katerina Nash (Luna) and Tim Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com) as the instructors.

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – October 21, 2009

  21 October 09 • 1 comment

  The cyclocross season continues to rumble on, and we’re finally seeing the entirety of the cyclocross world get out and into form (unfortunately, it looks like we’ve lost Lars Boom to the road for good at this point). Even Marianne Vos was out early this year, taking home the Nacht van Woerden, and trotting out [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 5

  19 October 09 • 0 comment

  

  Despite the fact that we had some great racing here in America, if you were looking for fantasy points, you were best off looking outside of the US’ borders. Three races counted towards your team’s fantasy total this week, with both days of the Toronto International Cyclocross weekend, the third weekend in the NACT series, [...]

• Trebon, Gould Dominate Muddy Granogue – Report, Photos and Results

  17 October 09 • 0 comment

  Domination was the name of the game in Wilmington, Deleware, as Ryan Trebon (Kona) and Georgia Gould (Luna Chix) trounced the competition, each easily beating the rest of the day’s challengers by over a minute en route to dominating victories. Gould’s excellent technical skills easily held off second placed Maureen Bruno Roy (MM Racing p/b [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 4

  12 October 09 • 0 comment

  

  Despite lots of high level North American cyclocross this weekend, including clean sweeps by Jeremy Powers (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com), Katie Compton (Planet Bike), Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain), Tim Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com) and Katerina Nash (Luna Chix), all of the fantasy cyclocross action took place over in Europe, as Neils Albert (BCKP-PowerPlus) and Daphny Van den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) [...]

• Powers, Compton Repeat Their Repeat at Harbin Park – Full Report, Photo Gallery, Brief Results

  11 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Jacob Sisson and Kent Getchell It was deja vu all over again, as Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) each came away with their third victories of the weekend at the Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival, the Cincinnati UCI3  Harbin Park presented by Biowheels and United Dairy Farmers and the second weekend of [...]

• Compton and Powers Repeat in Ohio – Full Report, Photo Gallery, Results

  11 October 09 • 1 comment

  by Ken Getchell and Jacob Sisson October 10, 2009; Middletown, OH, USA:  While the muck and mud from day one of the UCI3 Cyclocross Festival were absent from day two, the winners from day one were not. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) were once again unstoppable even with the day’s dryer conditions.

• Albert and van den Brand Storm the GVA Citadelle de Namur in a Crashfest – Full Report, Videos

  11 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Bart Hazen Niels Albert (BKCP-PowerPlus) continued his undefeated season with a dominant performance at the the 2009-2010 Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee race in French-speaking Belgium at the Citadelle de Namur. And while the World Champ didn’t particularly love the course, he won on it anyway. Albert won for the fifth time in a row [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 3

  8 October 09 • 1 comment

  

  Well, it’s been a while in coming, and we’re three weeks in, and I do apologize for taking so long, but at long last, the first three weeks’ results have been calculated! Not playing yet? We may be close to securing an awesome grand prize, and last year’s winner missed the first few weeks of [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – October 8, 2009

  8 October 09 • 1 comment

  With the cyclocross season fully underway, there’s been a few key story lines that we’ve been following. First up is the issue of heat and feeds in elite cyclocross competitions. Then we’ll catch up with Bart Wellens and his debilitating cytomegalovirus and look forward to the unveiling of Mongolian Cyclocross! Don’t forget to tune in [...]

• Page Crushes in Muddy Gloucester, Elliott Survives Carey Assault – Report, Full Results, Photos, Video

  3 October 09 • 2 comments

  The skies opened up and turned the normally fast, hilly, mostly grass course into a slippery tractionless mudfest, answering the prayers of local boy Tim Johnson (CyclocrossWorld – Cannondale). Sloppy conditions in front of his hometown crowd after a week of rest? It seemed like a Tim Johnson win would be a good bet. In [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – October 2, 2009

  2 October 09 • 1 comment

  With the cyclocross season started up in earnest, there’s not a ton of non-cyclocross related news out there, but here are some of the highlights of the week that was! Rob Peeters is a surprise inclusion in the first Belgian World Cup Squad, but he can’t make it and the stars of Dutch cyclocross come [...]

• Compton Unstoppable at Planet Bike Day Two

  27 September 09 • 1 comment

  Katie Compton (Planet Bike) again proved to be unstoppable as she tore through the elite women’s field at day two of the Planet Bike in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Katerina Nash (Luna) again looked to be the best suited to give Compton a run, but Compton’s mix of power and technique was too much for the [...]