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• Butler Rolls in Oregon State Championship Women’s Race

  27 November 10 • 0 comment

  CXM contributor and Elite racer Laura Winberry reports on the women’s race from the Oregon State Championship held in the capital city of Salem. Winberry had a saddle’s-eye view of the action, as she was in the thick of the race. by Laura Winberry Waning sun and articulated clouds traded back and forth throughout the [...]

• Breast of Bend Benefit during Nationals

  27 November 10 • 0 comment

  If you made it to the 2009 Cyclocross Nationals, much like we were, you may very well have been amazed at just how much cool stuff was going on all week long. We will once again put together a comprehensive calendar of all the great happenings, and we’re already getting wind of some events well [...]

• Cyclocross to the Rescue: St. Mary’s Cyclocross to Benefit Children’s Center

  26 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  Cyclocross Race Helps Draw Attention to the St. Mary’s Child Center It’s Thanksgiving Holiday in America, and here’s something that cyclocross racers should be thankful for, and something they can do about it. Imagine you’re scared, hungry, confused and have no real safe place to live.  Imagine also that you’re only four years old. Where [...]

• Chuck Coyle Busted for EPO – UPDATED

  24 November 10 • 5 comments

  Just days after USADA suspended Masters cyclist Neal Schubel for using EPO, today the anti-doping agency announced the suspension of 38 year-old Chuck Coyle. Coyle is a long-time racer based out of Boulder, CO, and up until today he raced for and was a part owner of the prominent Hüdz-Vista Subaru cyclocross team. Upon learning [...]

• Keough and Van Gilder Mow the Competition at Whitmore’s Super Cross Day 1

  21 November 10 • 3 comments

  Nick Keough upset Valentin Scherz at the first day of the Whitmore’s Super Cross Cup in Long Island today. Scherz’s third place finish behind Keough and Chris Hurst of Lake Geneva Wisconsin was good enough to clinch the Champion System MAC Series Championship overall for the second consecutive year as U23 riders swept the top [...]

• Nys Edges Pauwels in Asper-Gavere Superprestige – UPDATED – Full report, Photos

  21 November 10 • 0 comment

  Gavere, Belgium – Belgian Champion Sven Nys won the fourth round of the Superprestige Series in Asper-Gavere today. In a finish strikingly similar to that of the elite women’s race, Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) took a tire-width victory over Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) in Asper-Gavere, the fourth of the Superprestige series. For the first several laps the [...]

• Baestaens Outfoxes Van der Haar for U23 Win in Asper-Gavere

  21 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Gavere, Belgium –Vincent Baestaens (Telenet-Fidea) took his biggest win of the season in the U23 Superprestige race in Asper-Gavere today. In another thrilling race he outsprinted European champion Lars van der Haar and Belgian champion Jim Aernouts for the win. German Marcel Meisen (fourth), Dutch Michiel van der Heijden (fifth), Joeri Adams, [...]

• Van Paassen Outsprints Wyman for Win in Asper-Gavere

  21 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Gavere, Belgium – Sanne van Paassen (Brainwash) has won the women’s race in Asper-Gavere. In the race, the laughing van Paassen outsprinted British national champion Helen Wyman for the win. Another Dutch, Sophie de Boer, completed the podium. Sanne Cant came in fourth with Nikki Harris in fifth place. Cyclocross Magazine contributor [...]

• Kevin Pauwels and Jim Aernouts Shine in GVA Hasselt

  20 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) crowned his excellent season form with his first win of this year’s campaign in Hasselt, Belgium, today. After an exciting battle he bested his teammate and world champion Zdenek Stybar and Belgian champion Sven Nys. The two Bart’s – Wellens and Aernouts – Niels Albert, Tom Meeusen, Radomir Simunek, [...]

• Oregon’s Junior and High School Series Just the Ticket for Cyclocross Growth

  19 November 10 • 1 comment

  

  by John Wilson: director, Oregon Junior & High School Cyclocross Series The 2010 Oregon Junior and High School Cyclocross Series has been a huge success. Only in its second year, participation numbers have more than doubled, and it looks likely to be the most attended Junior Cyclocross Series in the country this year. Cyclocross is [...]

• Corner Faster and Keep Your Speed – A Column by Lee Waldman

  16 November 10 • 3 comments

  Masters racer Lee Waldman is still learning plenty of new tricks. This time it’s one simple tip that may revolutionize his racing – applying force and counter-steering through corners. Missed Lee’s last column, where reality comes crashing down and he takes a minute to reflect on the courses – and course designers – that he [...]

• Little Everglades Event Brings Cyclocross to a Florida Steeplechase Course

  16 November 10 • 2 comments

  

  by Scott Rosenfield Mention ’cross and Florida does not immediately come to mind. Between the Northwest and Northeast, the majority of races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar are spoken for. However, ’cross continues to grow nationwide, and some of the most exciting events are emerging in the most unexpected places. Removed from the [...]

• Williams and Sheppard Wrap up Cross Crusade Series with Wins in Barton Park – UPDATED: Photos, Results

  15 November 10 • 1 comment

  by Laura Winberry and Josh Liberles Barton, Oregon – A fine mist covered the final event of the 2010 Cross Crusade Series, settling into gravel and river stone, rolling country road and tire-tracked earth. After two years in Oregon, I guess I’m still new to the nuances of mud-types, and I can’t help but make hackneyed [...]

• Mourey Sprints to Win in Grand Prix de la Région Wallonne – UPDATED: Photos, Report

  13 November 10 • 0 comment

  Mourey best in mudfest of Dottenijs by Bart Hazen Dottenijs, Belgium – French Speedster Francis Mourey (Francaise des Jeux) out-sprinted Czech Martin Zlámalík (Sunweb-Revor) in the finale to take an impressive win. Mourey, who was on fire in the early-season US races, winning StarCrossed, Rad Racing and CrossVegas in succession, now adds a Belgian win [...]

• US Gran Prix of Cylcocross New Belgium Cup Races Into Fort Collins

  12 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  Fort Collins, CO, is home to some of the United State’s best cyclocross racers – including Meredith Miller, Georgia Gould and the up and coming Skyler Trujillo – and this weekend it hosts the third stop of the Greenware® US Gran Prix of Cyclocross on November 13 and 14. The USGP New Belgium Cup features [...]

• Wendy Simms Recaps Her Fifth Canadian National Title

  12 November 10 • 1 comment

  

  Wendy Simms tells her tale of victory from the Canadian National Cyclocross Championship last weekend in Toronto – where she was able to hold off stiff competition and go almost wire-to-wire to take her fifth title. And, as her husband Norm Thibault told Cyclocross Magazine, the race came 11 months to the day after the [...]

• Lazer Sport Announces Partnership with Katie Compton

  11 November 10 • 0 comment

  Lazer Sport NV is proud to announce that it has formed a sponsoring partnership with Katie Compton through the 2013 racing season. Katie is the current USA Cyclocross National Champion and has won this championship six consecutive times. She has also won numerous UCI cyclocross World Cup races, is a two-time winner of the USA [...]

• Nys, Wyman Dominate Fidea Jaarmarktcross in Niel – Updated: Full Report, Video, Results

  11 November 10 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton During any other season, Sven Nys’ dominant ride at the 2010 Jaarmarktcross in Niel might have stood out, but the muddy, miserable races seem to be the theme of the 2010-11 cyclocross season. And Sven Nys reminding the world’s best racers that there’s nobody better than him when the skies open up [...]

• Flemish Mud Reconsidered on Veteran’s Day

  11 November 10 • 5 comments

  

  by Dan Seaton Dulce et Decorum Est A few weeks ago I took a weekend off from racing to drive out to Ieper – sometimes better known by its French name, Ypres – with my wife, Mindi, and her aunt and uncle, who were visiting us here in Belgium. It was a nice break from [...]

• More Great Videos from Astoria Halloween Cross Crusade

  10 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  Well, it was a double race weekend, so apparently that means twice as many bad-ass videos. If you didn’t see Burk Webb’s epic recap of Saturday’s race in Astoria, Oregon, go back and check it out. Now he’s back with part two, and for a double feature we have Jeff Standish’s tale of the Drunk [...]