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Kristina Donehew is in her first year of racing cyclocross and races for Hup United. In her earlier years, she played some college and professional tennis. After four surgeries she discovered cycling and has ridden road, mountain and track with limited racing experience. She is just getting back on the bike after a five year [...]
Here’s Belgian pro Ben Berden at Gloucester, where he finished fourth on Saturday and third on Sunday. Berden hails from the eastern Limburg region of Belgian flanders, and has been racing at the highest level of Belgian cyclocross for 20 years. For the 2011, Berden is in the US for the full cyclocross season and [...]
Mitch Graham is the director of the Zipp Ohio Valley Cyclocross Series, as well as the race director of the Harbin Park UCI C1 event, part of the Cincy3 weekend of racing and one of only eight UCI Category 1 races in the United States. In addition to promoting races, he also runs BioWheels, a [...]
Boulder, Colorado — As the 2011 cyclocross season gathers steam on both sides of the Atlantic, expect to see a new face at the head of American cyclocross races as Belgian veteran, Ben Berden, has announced that he will tackle the full US calendar. Bringing a decade and a half of experience in a career highlighted [...]
We are proud to announce the newly formed “Cycle U – PopCap Cyclocross Team” for the 2011 cyclocross season. The new team is comprised of Category 1 & 2 racers from Washington State who will be focused on the Seattle Cyclo-cross Series, the M.F.G. Series, Washington State Championships, and other Northwest races, including the National [...]
by Paul Warloski Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Local pros Brian Matter (Gear Grinder) and Samantha Schneider (TIBCO) won the elite fields Saturday at the Braeger Mitsubishi Cross the Domes race. Both Matter, who won the inaugural race last year, and Schneider broke away from the field and won solo. Matt Schriver (3D Racing) and Isaac Neff [...]
by Molly Hurford Night Weasels in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, is one of the key races in the “New England Holy Week of Cyclocross,” and happens yearly between the Gloucester and Providence races. The fields are stacked, and the course is typically muddy, more so this year than usual. The result? A rollicking good time on the [...]
Chicago Cross is a burgeoning scene, and just in time, since Nationals will be held in the state next door, Wisconsin, this year. Aaron Johnson shot some photos of the latest race in the series at Hopkins Park in Dekalb. Can’t get enough Chicago Cross? Read the interview with Jason Knauff, the Director of the [...]
The 2011 Clydesdale Cyclocross Champion of the Universe Will Be Chosen in Bend, Oregon on October 29, 2011 Portland, Oregon – The Knights of the Cross Crusade have spoken, therefore let it be known that on the fifth Saturday of the tenth month of the year 2011, a Clydesdale Cyclocross Champion of the Universe will [...]
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Providence, Rhode Island — After last weekend’s resounding success of the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester, New England’s Cyclocross Holy Week wraps up this weekend with the Providence Cyclocross Festival presented by Interbike. The event is part of both of the prestigious series in New England. For the professionals, Providence is rounds three and [...]
This year will, technically speaking, be without a US National Championships, as for the first time the event has been moved from December to early January. While both excitement and concern over Wisconsin’s January weather have been brewing, there have been few details available to those interested in making the trip. We pinned down race [...]
Canadian racer Craig Richey is starting his season in the US this year, though like last year in Belgium, he’s finding himself up against some of the top Euro pros . He checks in with an update on the season so far, coming straight out of New England, the place some might consider to be [...]
by Molly Hurford “We’re making bonds and relationships that will last a lifetime, not just 60 minutes.” When it’s one in the morning, there’s a race the next day, you’re still three hours from the hotel, which is two hours from the venue, and your entire caravan decides to stop and get ice cream, you [...]
by Barron Gira We recently caught up with Jason Knauff, series director of the Chicago Cross Cup (CCC) since 2009, at a ’cross practice he was leading in a Chicago park. Cyclocross Magazine: Tell us a bit about yourself and how you started in cyclocross? Jason Knauff: I’m originally from Baltimore and lived in Boston [...]
Pitting can be tricky business: there’s always the chance that your racer will have a grievous mechanical issue, there are hand-offs, you may have a bike hurtling at you at ridiculous speeds, you’ll get muddy, wet or cold, or all three, and when the course is muddy, you’re going to be in high demand. Just [...]
Date: Saturday, October 8th Location: Moscow, Idaho Venue: Sky Ranch Hosted by: Louie and JT Fountain. Here are two brothers who know their cyclocross: JT is a “pro” singlespeeder riding for Raleigh, and his brother Louie races single speed for Cyclocrossracing.com. Last year at Single Speed Nationals, JT finished second and Louie seventh.
Highlights from the Men’s Race: Interview with two day winner, Helen Wyman: Interview with Jeremy Powers and Tim Johnson, first and second place, respectively:
by Pat Malach Cross Crusade #1, Alpenrose Dairy Portland, Oregon – Nearly 1,500 cross-crazed racers, from novices to pros, toed the line Sunday for the opening round of the 2011 Cross Crusade series at Alpenrose Dairy in Southwest Portland. Sean Babcock (Kona) outlasted his rivals for the Elite men’s win while Sue Butler (River City [...]
While yesterday’s race may have seen Tim Johnson flat and an unexpected victory from Christian Heule, today’s race had a few more surprises in store. Early on in the race, Johnson attacked, sending the chase group, including Heule, Powers, Driscoll and Berden into a frenzy. For the first 40 minutes, Johnson only increased his gap [...]
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