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• Kevin Hines Shows the Belgians that Americans Can ‘Cross: Report from Masters Worlds

  1 February 10 • 1 comment

  Reigning US Masters 55+ National champion Kevin Hines wasn’t ready to hang up his cyclocross bike after Nationals in Bend, Oregon. Instead, he and Corner Cycle teammate Jonny Bold (current 45+ National champ) took off for Mol, Belgium to try their luck at going one bigger – they lined up for the Masters Worlds. To [...]

• Marilyn Ruseckas Recounts Her Worlds-Winning Day

  30 January 10 • 0 comment

  

  Marilyn Ruseckas led the US charge at Masters Cyclocross Worlds in Mol, Belgium. Americans brought home three medals, with Ruseckas claiming the top step and the World Championship rainbow jersey (Kevin Hines took a silver and his teammate Jonny Bold a bronze). Here’s her recap of the experience and the race.  And in case you [...]

• Pre-Worlds Comments from Some Favorites

  30 January 10 • 0 comment

  World Cup competitor Christine Vardaros checks in with four of the top favorites for tomorrow’s Elite World Championship races. Sven Nys, Marianne Vos, Daphny van den Brand and Sanne van Paassen give their last minute updates and predictions for the races.  Find complete coverage, photos, reports and replay our live coverage from Saturday and Sunday [...]

• 2010 Masters World Championships – UPDATED: Video, Full Results, Photos

  28 January 10 • 0 comment

  Mol, Belgium – While the world’s top Elite racers were headed to the Netherlands for the Hoogerheide World Cup last weekend, there was another big event going on in the cyclocross hotbed of Belgium: the Masters World Championships. Mol was the host city and the Belgians, always a force in ‘cross, treated the home crowd [...]

• A Pre-Worlds Interview with U23 National Champ Danny Summerhill

  28 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Newly-crowned American U23 national cyclocross champion Danny Summerhill (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin) has been racing straight through after winning his Stars n’ Stripes jersey. “After Nationals, I went home after a long stint on the road,” said Summerhill. “I’d been doing a bunch of racing, then was in Oregon from before the USGPs all [...]

• Meredith Miller Recaps Her First-Ever World Cups: Roubaix and Hoogerheide

  27 January 10 • 0 comment

  Meredith Miller (California Giant Berry Farms) followed up her 2009 National Road Championship in Bend, Oregon, with a silver medal at Cyclocross Nationals in the same town five months later–in only her second year of cyclocross competition. That result gained her a spot on the US Worlds team, and she now finds herself battling against [...]

• Czech Worlds Primer: ‘Cross, Beer and History from Tabor

  26 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Stephanie Chase With the upcoming World Championship races in Tábor, American fans will be sure to have a lot of questions, such as: is it still called Czechoslovakia? How the heck do you pronounce “Zdeněk Štybar?” And most importantly how do you say “beer” in Czech? (the answers are no, the Czech Republic and [...]

• Dombroski Battles to a Top-Ten in Hoogerheide

  26 January 10 • 0 comment

  Amy Dombroski reports after the Hoogerheide World Cup, her much improved acceleration out of the gates and her stellar, top-ten result. She continues her ramp-up to the World Championships in Tabor next weekend and looks to be getting progressively more comfortable in the intense Euro ‘cross ranks. In case you missed it, check out her [...]

• One to Go: Vicki Thomas Readies for Worlds

  25 January 10 • 0 comment

  

  Vicki Thomas checks in with another journal entry about chasing her ‘cross dream on the courses of Europe. Check out her last update about the huge transition from racing Masters Worlds last year to qualifying for the 2010 Canadian national team for Elite Worlds. One more to go. Nothing like the one-to-go sign for a [...]

• A Late Season Southeast Cyclocross Tour – Journal Entry by Adam Myerson

  23 January 10 • 0 comment

  Elite cyclocrosser Adam Myerson (Cycle-Smart) has refused to say “die” to his cyclocross season after Nationals in Bend. Instead, he’s packed the car and headed to the southeast for several last hurrahs. This is his first post, about the GG Events ‘Cross Classic weekend in Samsula, Florida. by Adam Myerson I’m in Athens, Georgia finally [...]

• Helen Wyman’s Diary of a ‘Cross Pro: Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud – Roubaix Wrap-Up

  19 January 10 • 0 comment

  2009 British Champion Helen Wyman (Kona-FSA) checks in with an update from Europe as she slides her way through a muddy Roubaix World Cup and prepares for Hoogerheide and Worlds. If you missed it, also take a peek at her adventure in snowy UK and CXM’s  profile of her Kona Major Jake cyclocross bike. by [...]

• Gut Wrenching Mechanical Mondays: The Power Wash, Quick & Dirty

  18 January 10 • 0 comment

  Sometimes it takes faithful pit help to keep a racer in contention. This week’s Gut-Wrenching Mechanical Mondays feature describes how to do a down and dirty wash with a pressure hose to get a muddy bike back and ready for action quickly. This is the eighth installment in our series of from-the-crew-pits tips. Some will [...]

• Dombroski Takes on Roubaix, Targets Worlds

  18 January 10 • 0 comment

  Amy Dombroski checks in from one of the more iconic events in all of cyclocross: the Roubaix World Cup. Although Dombroski originally planned to wrap her season up after a short European stint, apparently she’s having too much fun (and doing too well) to quit just yet. Dombroski has adjusted her late-season plans and will [...]

• Austin’s Lonestar Cross Festival, Texas State Championship Day 2 UPDATED – Race Report, Video, Photo Gallery, Full Results

  18 January 10 • 1 comment

  by Chris Gescheidle You couldn’t have asked for better conditions: fresh mud–just the right texture–from recent rains. It blanketed sections of ground of a county park in east Travis County outside Austin, Texas this past weekend. As one observer on a Texas bicycle forum post put it: “Andrew (Pirate Race Productions) must have an ‘in’ [...]

• Day 1 of Austin’s Lonestar Cross Festival – Photo Gallery

  17 January 10 • 1 comment

  Day one of the Lonestar Cyclocross Festival kicked off in Austin, Texas on Saturday. Here’s a photo gallery of day one’s action to whet your appetite. Check out our race coverage, compilation video, and full results here.

• Vardaros Looks Ahead to Tour of Cyprus

  16 January 10 • 0 comment

  Here’s what regular Cyclocross Magazine contributor and World Cup cyclocross competitor Christine Vardaros will be doing once her season wraps up. She encourages any ‘crossers with a hankering for competition in warm weather to come out and join in on the fun. Read the Press Release for the Tour of Cyprus below: The 6th edition [...]

• Helen Wyman’s Diary of a ‘Cross Pro: It’s Snow Joke

  16 January 10 • 1 comment

  2009 British Champion Helen Wyman (Kona-FSA) checks in with an update from Europe as she prepares for Roubaix and the pathway to Worlds. If you missed it, also take a peek at our profile of her Kona Major Jake cyclocross bike. by Helen Wyman Last weekend we returned to the North Pole (otherwise known as [...]

• Fundraiser Raffle to Send Bruno Roy to Worlds

  14 January 10 • 1 comment

  It’s not enough to be one of the best cyclocrossers in the country to make the dream of an appearance at Cyclocross Worlds a reality; many of the selected athletes need to pool their resources just to afford the trip. Luckily, their families and the supportive cyclocross community is quick to lend a hand. The [...]

• Niels Albert Injury Update – Likely to Defend his Lead in Roubaix

  14 January 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros Niels Albert will most likely start on Sunday at the World Cup in Roubaix, France. The World Champion trained on Wednesday for three hours on the road with a taped chest to protect his broken rib. “The pain is bearable but the tape makes it hard to breath, manager Christoph Roodhooft told [...]

• USA Cycling Announces Elite Men’s Squad for Worlds

  13 January 10 • 0 comment

  USA Cycling has completed the last round of nominations to the United States National Team for the 2010 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic. Five athletes were named to the elite men’s squad, rounding out the 20-rider U.S. contingent.