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• National Championships Masters Women: Iverson, Lockhart, Elgart, Hogan Take Titles – Full Results, Brief Reports

  9 December 10 • 0 comment

  For full Cyclocross National Championships coverage and information, visit our 2010 USA Cycling National Championships Page. BEND, ORE. – The Masters Women’s title races got underway Thursday morning with a course that met with extremely positive feedback from competitors as the terrain continued to thaw, providing the perfect blend between technical and grippy. Last year’s main [...]

• National Championships Masters Men: Norton Destroys; Elgart, Nordenson, Axthelm Rack Up Wins – Full Results, Brief Reports

  9 December 10 • 0 comment

  For full Cyclocross National Championships coverage and information, visit our 2010 USA Cycling National Championships Page. BEND, ORE. – The Masters men and women kicked off the first day of Championship races this morning, with the male 60-64, 65-69 and 70+ races all on the course to get things started, with one-minute gaps between groups. Dan [...]

• 2010 Cyclocross Nationals B Races

  8 December 10 • 0 comment

  The championship course got broken in today, albeit by the non-championship races. Commonly referred to as the “B races of Nats,” but with no category restrictions, racers will often use these as tune-ups for their main events. But, with many competitors having to race seeding time trials as well, the turnout for the “Open Non-championship” [...]

• Koksijde World Cup and Paris Vegan Day – All in a Weekend

  8 December 10 • 1 comment

  CXM columnist Christine Vardaros recently had a busy weekend, chasing after the best cyclocrossers in the world in Koksijde, Belgium, followed by a speaking engagement in Paris. Read along as Christine continues to bring us a glimpse of the life of the ’crosser in Europe. by Christine Vardaros Two Jobs Rolled into One Weekend Koksijde [...]

• Video Preview: An Icy Time Trail Course Kicks Off Cyclocross Nationals – UPDATED: Photos

  8 December 10 • 4 comments

  

  BEND, ORE. – A rag tag Cyclocross Magazine crew hit the icy Nationals time trial course this morning to shoot a preview video. Perhaps TT stands for “terribly treacherous,” and USAC officials and race organizers were scrambling to alter the route and make it as safe as possible. Overnight rains and cold temps turned the [...]

• Belgians Led by Nys Take Top Eight in Asteasuko Spanish UCI C2

  7 December 10 • 0 comment

  The Belgian men stuck around in Spain post-Igorre World Cup to mix it up in the Asteasuko XII Ziklo-Krossa UCI C2 race, and they showed why their still the dominant team. The Belgians took the top eight positions, with Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) claiming the win in front of Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) and Sunday’s winner in [...]

• Hall and Wyandt Close Out the 2010 Bay Area Super Prestige Series

  7 December 10 • 0 comment

  by Paul Guerra Changing skies and a long course at Coyote Point in San Mateo, California, welcomed racers to the fifth and final race of the Bay Area Super Prestige Series. Although promoter Tom Simpson’s declaration that the series would not continue in 2011 was still on everyone’s mind, and many of the top racers had left California for [...]

• USGP Portland Cup Day 2 – Photo Gallery by Joe Sales

  6 December 10 • 0 comment

  We featured Joe Sales’ photos after Day 1 of the Portland USGP, and you’re in luck. We have more from Day 2. Joe Sales’ photos grace many of our print magazine’s covers and pages, including the Worlds feature in Issue 9 and the covers of our recent Issue 10 and upcoming Issue 11. Check out [...]

• Niels Albert Monstrous in the Igorre World Cup Mud – UPDATED: Photos and Videos

  5 December 10 • 0 comment

  IGORRE, SPAIN – Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) nursed a small gap over Francis Mourey (FDJ) to take both the fourth round of the UCI World Cup and the series lead after Zdenek Stybar’s (Telenet-Fidea), the previous leader, was unable to start.

• Powers Punches it Home in Portland Day 2, Takes USGP Series – UPDATED: Photos, Full Report

  5 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles PORTLAND, ORE. – Jeremy Powers completed a Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com one-two punch at today’s USGP Stanley Portland Cup. After taking the win yesterday, Powers continued to roll through Portland taking another win just in front of teammate Tim Johnson. Ryan Trebon (Kona) just edged Todd Wells (Cal Giant-Specialized) for the final podium spot, and [...]

• Nash Nips Gould, Powers Solos to Win USGP Portland Day 1 – UPDATED: Photo Galleries, Full Report, Full Results

  4 December 10 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Teammates Katerina Nash and Georgia Gould (Luna) distanced the rest of the Elite women’s field in dominating fashion at the Portland International Raceway today, but neither could drop the other in the 40-minute affair. Nash would take the lead shortly before the final corner and hold off Gould by a couple of [...]

• End of Season Celebration with an A.P. Cake – A Column by Psychlo Mom

  4 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  As the domestic season starts to wind down, Psychlo Mom bids adieu (auf wiedersehen?) to her Swiss charge and commemorates the occasion with – of course – food. Aunt Phyllis’ cake, to be more precise. In case you missed her last post about Getting Your Ducks in a Row (and Brisket on a Roll), go [...]

• A Sunny Portland USGP? PIR Race Preview

  3 December 10 • 1 comment

  by Josh Liberles The USGP series wraps up in Portland, Ore., this weekend, and rather than the mudfest we’ve come to expect in recent years, Saturday’s weather report is promising blue skies and sunshine. Sloppy course fans don’t despair: Sunday still has a 30-percent chance of rain. In these parts, that seems to translate to, [...]

• Masters Dopers? – A Column by Lee Waldman

  3 December 10 • 8 comments

  How prevalent is doping in the Masters’ ranks? Recent events have have gotten CXM columnist Lee Waldman a-wonderin’. Missed Lee’s last column, where he looks at how to beef up cornering skills? Catch up here. by Lee Waldman Now things have truly gotten crazy! Come on, Masters racers busted for EPO? What’s gotten into us? [...]

• Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series Announces 2011-2012 Schedule

  3 December 10 • 0 comment

  In response to the recent hub-bub between the UCI Cyclo-cross commission and several US series, the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series has just posted its 2011 calendar. Read our coverage about the controversy here, Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series president, Adam Myerson: Following a meeting of all the New England UCI race organizers [...]

• Cyclocross Support: Bob’s Red Mill, from Coast to Coast

  3 December 10 • 0 comment

  Bob’s Red Mill sponsors cyclocross events and racers from coast to coast – and it’s a company from outside the industry. No matter where you race, you’ve likely seen the name and eaten a (free!) cup of Bob’s steel cut oatmeal. Attracting businesses like Bob’s to the sport – and showing that there’s a strong [...]

• A Personal Cyclocross Battle at Kruger’s Crossing, Oregon – Laura Winberry’s Rider Diary

  2 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  CXM contributor and Elite racer Laura Winberry reflects on racing Oregon’s Kruger’s Crossing event. Dismal weather and a long season, including the State Championship the day before, meant that fields were uncharacteristically small. In fact, Winberry would be the only Elite woman to take the start, and she’d line up behind the Elite men. But, [...]

• Video: Behind and Through the Women’s Koksijde World Cup

  1 December 10 • 1 comment

  

  Laurent Charras of Petitesreines wowed us with his first two World Cup women’s videos, with a fantastic look at the Aigle World Cup followed by the Plzen World Cup. The scene now shifts to Koksijde, Belgium, for World Cup Round 3, and there’s plenty of flying sand, bulging muscles, grit and determination.

• Amanda Miller and Jamey Driscoll Double Up at Jingle Cross Rock Day 3 – Updated: VIDEOS, Photos

  29 November 10 • 0 comment

  2010 UCI Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock SUNDAY. Update – See: Jingle Cross Day 3 Interviews with Todd Wells and Jamey Driscoll Plus Elite Women’s Photo’s IOWA CITY, IOWA – Jamey Driscoll (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) and Amanda Miller (Hudz-Subaru) both took second wins out of the three-day race weekend in Iowa, while dozens braved the cold wearing nothing [...]

• Powers Solos, Van Gilder Sprints to Win Sterling NACT Day 1 – UPDATED: Full Report

  27 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Peter Sullivan and Jeff Bramhall STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS – For the first time this season, cold and wind greeted racers for the seventh round of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series and part one of the NACT finals. Laura van Gilder (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes) used her much-feared finishing kick to take the win out of [...]