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• Tim Johnson Reflects on Worlds, Readies for Road

  5 March 10 • 0 comment

  Tim Johnson (Cannondale – Cyclocrossworld.com) had a dream 2009/2010 ‘cross season, culminating with a National title and a 14th place at the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic. The transition between his ‘cross and the beginning of road season, where he’s the captain of the UnitedHealthcare Pro cycling team presented by Maxxis, was a crazy-short [...]

• Fighting Leg and Financial Cramps – Katie Compton Renews Her Off-Season Battles

  18 February 10 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton had perhaps the best season ever for an American cyclocross racer, dominating Elite Women’s fields both in the U.S. and Europe until her leg cramps put the brakes on her hopes for winning the World Championships and the UCI World Cup overall. The possible upcoming sale of Planet Bike leaves one of the [...]

• Planet Bike to End Elite Team Sponsorship

  16 February 10 • 2 comments

  

  A quick look around at the US National Championships in Bend, or through the results, and you would have been bound to find Planet Bike racers with impressive performances. The team brought home four National titles as well as several podiums in Junior, Elite and Masters categories. Katie Compton and Jonathan Page have both led [...]

• Keep Your Eye on Boobs: Rider Profile of Sean Babcock

  16 February 10 • 0 comment

  by Stephanie Chase If you were following the Oregon cyclocross scene this year, you would have heard the name of the Team S&M rider Sean Babcock mentioned frequently alongside the likes of Ryan Trebon, Erik Tonkin and Molly Cameron. While most of the chatter leading up to the Men’s Elite Nationals would be about some [...]

• From Bike to Podium – A Column by Christine Vardaros – UPDATED: Photos

  14 February 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros From bike to podum – that is, from the Krawatencross race in Lille, Belgium last weekend to the podium at the ECOPOP fair for a speaking engagement the following day. Krawatencross is one of the few races I look forward to every year – or at least for the past three years [...]

• Wellens Takes a Late Season Win in GP de Eecloonaar – Full Results

  13 February 10 • 0 comment

  It may have taken until just before the end of the season, but Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) managed to take his first win today on a treacherous, frozen course in Eeklo, Belgium. Wellens has been on a long road back to the top after battling back from a debilitating virus. Wellens made the early split with [...]

• Post-Season Ruminations – A Column by Lee Waldman

  13 February 10 • 1 comment

  Here, in installment #10 of Lee Waldman’s quest for glory in Masters cyclocross races, Lee reflects on some of life’s bigger questions and the role that cyclocross plays in that narrative. Missed Lee’s account of his race at Nationals? Check it out here. Also, read our race coverage of the Nationals Masters 60-64 event. It’s [...]

• Compilation Video from US Cyclocross Nationals That’s Well Worth the Wait

  12 February 10 • 2 comments

  

  Although US Cyclocross Nationals was almost two months ago, Visit Bend, the economic development organization who helped bring both the road and ‘cross championships to Bend, Oregon, this year, just released a compilation video of the four days of racing action. We think it was well worth the wait and are excited to relive some [...]

• Friday Rumors Special: Niels Albert, “The Flemish Tiger Woods,” Sings a Duet, Races Tandem ‘Cross

  12 February 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles The cyclocross season isn’t over yet, but one of the sport’s top talents is clearly already having a good time during the last few weeks of racing. Niels Albert recently participated in a job swap with Belgian superstar crooner Christoff. Check out the video below from deredactie.be of the duo singing, then [...]

• Now We’ve Hit the Big Time: Cyclocross Featured in USA Today and the Guardian

  12 February 10 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Media coverage is a crucial component to cyclocross’ continued growth, and momentum seems to be in the sport’s favor. An interview with Bruce Fina, promoter of the 2012 / 2013 World Championships in Louisville, recently appeared on Sport.be, a Belgian website with plenty of cyclocross coverage. While not surprising that something as [...]

• Videos of British and Irish National Championships

  11 February 10 • 0 comment

  

  Crazy weather and snow-blanketed courses forced the rescheduling of both the British and Irish National Championships. Rather than their typical places on the calendar, shortly before Worlds, like the rest of Europe, both events were held this past weekend. Check out the great highlight videos with commentary of the Men’s and Women’s British events as [...]

• Louisville World Championship Promoter Bruce Fina Talks about 2013

  8 February 10 • 1 comment

  Bruce Fina, who, along with Joan Hanscom, has worked to bring the Elite World Cyclocross Championships to Louisville, Kentucky, in 2013, as well as the Masters World Championships to Louisville for 2012 and 2013, recently gave an interview on the Belgian cyclocross.info website. “We’ve been working on this plan for a few years, and we [...]

• Wyman, Bibby Bring Home British Cyclocross Championships – Report, Full Results

  7 February 10 • 0 comment

  In a strange scheduling twist, this year’s British Cyclocross Championships came after Worlds. The unusually cold weather and snow that has hit much of Europe this winter, and was responsible for the original British championship’s postponement, was gone as just about all of the competitors opted to race bare-legged. Helen Wyman (Kona-FSA Factory Team), who [...]

• Nys Sprints Ahead Again in Superprestige Zonhoven – UPDATED: Photo Galleries, Full Results, Report

  7 February 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton Zonhoven, Belgium – The Superprestige series, on hiatus since a muddy meeting in Diegem just after Christmas, resumed today on sandy, windblown hills in eastern Belgium. On a course dominated by a gigantic—and for several riders, dangerous— 15 meter deep sand pit, Sven Nys took his second victory of the weekend with [...]

• Cyclocross Crashes Compilation Video

  6 February 10 • 0 comment

  

  Cyclocross Worlds were a week ago, and although there are still a few more weekends of good racing left in Europe, the season’s wrapping up. Right on cue, various mash-ups are surfacing. The Cyclocross Crashes Compilation, below, is a good one. Frankly, with how hard these guys race, it’s amazing that mishaps like these don’t [...]

• Albert Wins, Stybar Shows His New Stripes in Parkcross Maldagem

  4 February 10 • 0 comment

  Maldagem, Belgium – Just three days after claiming his World Champion stripes, Zdenek Stybar was back on the race course flaunting his new kit. Post-Worlds celebrations may have gotten the better of Stybar, however, who only managed to muster a seventh place. Perhaps making up for his late season disappointments was Niels Albert, who took [...]

• Cyclocross Nationals Boost Bend’s Economy by $1M

  4 February 10 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Bend, Oregon – Based on just-completed research, cyclocross events can be significant money-makers for US communities. The USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships this past December brought 2,460 visitors and $1.09 million in direct tourist spending to Bend, according to a recent economic impact study commissioned by Visit Bend and performed by Central [...]

• Gut-Wrenching Mechanical Mondays: Off-Season Bike Prep and Storage

  1 February 10 • 0 comment

  Before you forget that still-muddy skinsuit you left in a corner of the basement after your last race and put your bike away for this “offseason,” Dave Drumm has some tips that will help preserve your rig and have it ready to roll when it’s finally another ‘cross season already. This is the tenth installment [...]

• Two Months in Europe – A Recap by Amy Dombroski

  1 February 10 • 0 comment

  Amy Dombroski wraps up here ever-extending cyclocross season in style at the World Championships in Tabor, taking 14th. Read her Euro recap below and, if you missed them, her reports on the Hoogerheide, Roubaix, and Zolder World Cups.  You can replay our live coverage from Saturday and Sunday and find all of our reports and [...]

• Videos from World Championships in Tabor – UPDATED

  1 February 10 • 0 comment

  Check out some of the great video coverage from Tabor, Czech Republic this past weekend. In case you missed it, you can replay our live coverage from Saturday and Sunday and find all of our reports and photos in our 2010 Tabor Cyclocross Worlds Coverage Center. Videos below: