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Tessa is in her second year of cyclocross and rides for Threshold Cycling. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts and works as a guidance counselor in Lexington. When she isn’t racing ’cross she is mountain biking with her fiance and dog, snowboarding, playing basketball, or dancing to 80s music. The only thing she enjoys more than [...]
While it may have been dismal racing conditions in the US this weekend, it was sunny in Belgium at Superprestige Zonhoven. Dutch racer Sanne van Paassen handily won the sandy race, with UK racer Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea) taking second and Sabrine Stultiens (Brainwash) taking third. Nikki was recently profiled in Cyclocross Magazine’s Issue 13. With [...]
by Anne Rock Nikki Thiemann felt so good winning her first UCI race at Saturday’s Beacon Cross, she went out and did it again on Sunday at HPCX. Bizarre weather plagued both races where conditions changed hourly. At Beacon, wind and rain whipped racers, and turned a usually fast, dry course into a sloppy, peanut [...]
Jamesburg, New Jersey — It was a slushy, muddy mess that greeted racers at HPCX today. After getting an unheard of four inches of snow in Central New Jersey,the course completely changed from previous years and the barriers were removed on the grounds that the slush created enough running opportunities for racers. Nikki Thiemann (Team [...]
by Paul Guerra There was a significant break in the action between the masters and elite women’s race allowing for a two lap foot race and course inspection by the ladies. Before her race and as her bike was cleaned, Georgia Gould commented on the sand removal. “I’m disappointed they took out all the sand. That’s special, [...]
by Molly Hurford Beacon cyclocross brought wind, sleet, ice and rain for racers throughout the day, making the typically dry and fast course into a muddy mess for racers, who already struggled with the course features including the ampitheater of pain. In the women’s race, Nikki Thiemann just beat Laura Van Gilder in a sprint [...]
by Molly Hurford When I answer my phone and hear, “Mollyyyyy!” I don’t have to look to see who it is. It’s Tim Johnson, and he’s calling en route to the airport to catch his flight – after getting back from Europe on Wednesday night – to head to Colorado for this weekend’s Boulder Cup [...]
by Molly Hurford This past week, Justin Lindine took the lead in the United State International Cyclocross Calendar’s standings. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, since he’s been the top dog in the New England racing scene since Night Weasels nearly a month ago. After his first win at Night Weasels, a small [...]
Behind THE Barriers is in Fort Collins, Colorado in Episode 6 as Jeremy tackles the first day of the USGP New Belgium Cup! In an uncharacteristic turn of events, the rain and cold rolls in to make conditions in Colorado wet, muddy and unpredictable. Jeremy battles his way through the mud and slop to take [...]
Last week, Canadians may have had all of the Halloween fun at Pumpkin ’Cross, but this weekend, it’s the American’s turn with four major UCI races in the works. And of course, there’s always the SuperPrestige race in Belgium. Who will be at the top of Velogames:CX fantasy league after this weekend? This weekend, we [...]
The Velogames:CX fantasy league has officially completed the first round of racing, with the World Cup in Tabor and Downeast Cyclocross in Maine helping to determine the riders’ standings. If you don’t have a team yet, head over to Velogames:CX and get one started. There are prizes to be won, including subscriptions to Cyclocross Magazine! [...]
Photos by Greg Sailor The 2011 Ohio State Cyclocross Championships were decided during “Two Days in Dublin” last Saturday and Sunday at Coffman Park in Dublin, Ohio. The Men’s Cat. 1 title went to Paul Martin (Panther p/b Competitive Cyclist) in a tight race among the eventual podium winners until the final straight. The Women’s [...]
Canada is leading the way for Halloween hijinx, with costumed racers coming out of the woodwork this past weekend. Cyclocross Magazine contributor Doug Brons (you can see his race photography at StarCrossed and Vanier Park) shared some of his snapshots from the weekend with us, and if the American cyclocrossers are going to come near [...]
Walla Walla, Washington — Walla Walla in southeast Washington is hosting two cyclocross races like no others this weekend. Saturday, the race will be on a private farm, and the course will include some unusual attractions. Two bridges allow the course to loop back on itself. One of those bridges is a three-way. Racers approaching [...]
Sponsorship includes Belt Drive Bike Design contest that will award $8,750 in cash and prizes to builders who design the most innovative custom bikes with Carbon Drive. Denver, Colorado – Gates Corp., maker of the chain-replacing Gates Carbon Drive™ belt drive for bikes, has entered a three-year sponsorship with the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, [...]
The Downeast Cyclocross Day 2 in New Gloucester, Maine, on Sunday, provided ample excitement as the lone race on the United States International Cyclocross Calendar (USICX).
by Craig Richey I feel like finding good ’cross form and putting together a great race is like trying to fill an old leaky bathtub full of water. Training and good rides on the bike represent pouring water into the tub, while sickness, injuries and weaknesses or holes in fitness and skills represent, well, holes [...]
The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur just passed. Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, it is unarguably my favorite. On this one day each year I’m forced to take time and take stock of my life; how I’ve live it and how I’ve impacted the people and the world around me. I don’t [...]
Mark is a recent Texas transplant who was responsible for bringing cyclocross to Rutgers University while living in New Jersey. Last time we heard from him, he had started to find a “family” in the TXCX community, much as he had in New Jersey years before. This was his first season of racing in Texas, [...]
By Keith Hower The Park’s farm sits in ridges of the Laurel Highlands just south of the Mason-Dixon line, and under brilliant blue skies and abundant sunshine, the farm played host to Bruceton Mills CX ABRA #4. It marked the midway point in the ABRA calendar and set the stage on how the second half [...]
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