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• Gould Storms to Win at Frigid Whitmore’s Supercross Cup – Full Report & Photos

  23 November 08 • 0 comment

  by Jacob Sisson, Photos by Michael Franken Georgia Gould (LUNA) cruised to another dominant win Saturday at day 1 of the Whitmore’s Landscaping Supercross Cup, handily beating Cyclocrossworld.com’s Lynne Bessette who came forcefully out of retirement to take second ahead of Natasha Elliot (EMD Serono – Stevens). NACT Leader Amy Dombroski (Velo Bella – Kona) [...]

• Trebon Rides Away with Win and NACT Title at Whitmore’s Supercross Cup – Full Report & Photos

  23 November 08 • 1 comment

  by Jacob Sisson, Photos by Michael Franken Ryan Trebon (Kona) had two aims when he rolled into Southampton on Saturday morning. His first, and most pressing goal, was to bring home a win at a race he has always done well at. His second, more long term goal, was to seal the deal on the [...]

• Weekend Outlook and Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – November 21

  21 November 08 • 0 comment

  Now, I may be a bit biased, well a bit really biased, but the most important race on my calendar is this weekend in Southampton, New York. Why is that? Well, for one, my club runs it. For two, its an epic race and has featured some of the best professional fields in America over [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – November 18

  18 November 08 • 0 comment

  I do apologize for the delay in releasing this week’s fantasy analysis. I got stuck studying for some excellent quizzes and tests, and have stuffed my brain full of the inner workings of the Urea Cycle and Fatty Acid Beta Oxidation. If only this stuff made me faster…

• Gould Takes Come-From-Behind Win at Mercer Cup Day 1

  16 November 08 • 1 comment

  Somewhere underneath the carpet of mud that was the USGP’s stop at the Mercer Cup in West Windsor, New Jersey, a bicycle race broke out. Well it would be somewhat presumptuous to call it a bike race, a foot race would be a bit more descriptive. While the rain held off on the day of [...]

• Tim Johnson Cruises to a Mudfest Win at USGP Mercer Cup Day 1

  15 November 08 • 0 comment

  Where the Women had a tough time on the course at the Mercer Cup on Saturday, the men were even more worse off. First, the men had to deal with sticky, relentless mud for a full 20 minutes more and second, they had one more race before them to tear up their lines. Needless to [...]

• Weekend Outlook and Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – November 12

  13 November 08 • 0 comment

  Another big weekend, full of valuable points, is on tap for the weekend of the 15th and 16th of November. The Superprestige makes its third stop in Gavere, Belgium while the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross makes its third and fourth stops, with the Mercer Cup in East Windsor, New Jersey. Another balanced team [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Results – November 9, 2008

  10 November 08 • 0 comment

  Match fixing? Points shaving? This century’s Black Sox Scandal? You guessed it, looks like the creator and moderator of the CX Magazine UCI Fantasy Cyclocross league has assumed first place and all the wildly attractive accolades that come with it.

• Elliot Doubles Up, Johnson Trades up at Toronto Day 2

  9 November 08 • 2 comments

  Photos by Mike Clark Natasha Elliot (Emd Serono / Stevens) gave the home team something to cheer about Sunday, taking home her second victory of the weekend at the second day of the Toronto International Cyclocross Day Two. After taking home Saturday’s Day 1,

• Nys Wins, Page Fifth at Vlaamse Houtlandcross Eernegem

  8 November 08 • 1 comment

  Lots of Europe’s best ‘cross riders were hoping to have a break from the Sven Nys onslaught when they lined up for Saturday’s Vlaamse Houtlandcross Eernegem in Eernegem, Belgium. Despite plans to join Rabobank’s Lars Boom and Palmans – Cras’ Niels Albert on their day off before Sunday’s World Cup, Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner’s Sven Nys pulled up to the [...]

• Weekend Preview & Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – November 6

  5 November 08 • 1 comment

  Everyone relieved that the election is finally over? I know I sure am, that way I can go back to diagnosing the world of elite cyclocross and the only polling system that matters is my homegrown cyclocross fantasy scoring system. How home grown is it? Well, I’m in fourth. Just sayin.

• Fantasy Cyclocross Results – 11/3

  4 November 08 • 1 comment

  Four big races on the weekend meant big points to be handed out. p lo, owned and operated by Peter Lopez brought home the week’s trophy with 280 points, followed closely by Java with 278 points. The overall picture changed over the weekend as well, with Java (Christian Skinner) moving into the lead 5 points [...]

• Tijmen Eising Spoils German Party as Kupfernagel, Walsleben take European Championship

  3 November 08 • 1 comment

  Prefering to give the underrepresented their time in the sun, the European Championships, held this year in Liévin, France, ditch the Elite Men and only hold races for Europe’s Elite Women, U23 Men and Junior Men. While not the most prestigious and hotly contested title out there, being the Champion of Europe has a certain [...]

• Niels Albert takes the Superprestige Veghel-Eerde

  2 November 08 • 2 comments

  Niels Albert (Palmans – Cras) continued his explosive season, taking home his fifth win of the young campaign at the year’s second Superprestige stop in Veghel-Eerde, Netherlands. Albert crossed the line a distant 39 seconds ahead of World Champion Lars boom (Rabobank), who outsprinted Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner) for second. Behind them, Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb – [...]

• Weekend Preview and Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – October 31, 2008

  31 October 08 • 1 comment

  Jacob Sisson has got another weekend preview and fantasy league outlook. Enjoy! It’s an action packed couple of days this weekend, as the UCI has put together a set of three C1 races for us to worry about. The action is not just confined to Europe, either, with the United States playing host to some [...]

• Fantasy Update: World Cup Scores Puts Canadian In Lead

  27 October 08 • 0 comment

  After Albert’s and Kupfernagel’s win at the second World Cup in Tabor this weekend, Canadian Scott Bell’s team of Refunds Now/Cycledelia rockets to the lead with 843 points, with Spin2Win Racing and Team Lukas close behind.

• World Cup Preview and Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – October 24

  24 October 08 • 2 comments

  That ought to teach you to trust my picks eh? I did pretty well last week at the top end of the lineup, but the bottom half left something to be desired. Jonathan Page ran into some unfortunate stumbling blocks and abandoned, and Linda Van Rijen finished outside the points. Oops. Either way, another week [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – October 18/19

  17 October 08 • 2 comments

  It’s international season in the world of cyclocross. Gone are the trade teams, replaced by national colors and loose affiliations take the place of team tactics (Bart…? Sven…?). That’s right, this weekend sets the stage for the year’s first World Cup, taking place in Kalmthout, Belgium. Always with an eye towards fantasy, that means that [...]

• Trebon and Dombroski Win Gloucester Day 1 – Photos and Full Report

  11 October 08 • 2 comments

  Velo Bella’s Amy Dombroski’s time at home in Vermont has paid off, as she’s continued her winning ways by taking perhaps the biggest Elite Women win of her young career by winning Day 1 of the Gran Prix of Gloucester. Dombroski battled a group of four other women to win the first half of New [...]

• This Weekend’s Racing and ‘Cross Fantasy Outlook: October 10-12, 2008

  10 October 08 • 0 comment

  It’s officially the important season in Fantasy Cyclocross. This weekend marks the opening of the Superprestige season across the pond. That means that we’ve finally got more than one UCI C1 event to earmark and watch with bated breath to see just how our fantasy teams held up. I know you’re not really able to [...]