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by Robbie Carver, Molly Hurford and Andrew Yee With three races – and three Dutch winners – in the books, with temperatures dropping and crowds swelling, the tension at Eva Bandman park was palpable. The beer line thinned as spectators elbowed their way to the best spots on the course. Costumed spectators took up their [...]
Maxx Chance had the chance most kids only could dream about: to represent the US in the World Championships of Cyclocross, held for the first time in the US. He took home 25th place in the 17-18 race, and here, he tells us all about how the race week played out for him. by Maxx [...]
Amy Dombroski took 11th in the Elite Women’s Cyclocross World Championships this past weekend, just narrowly missing 10th place due to a calculated risk that didn’t pay off. Here, she talks about the weekend and what it mean to her. by Amy Dombroski I have not cried at a race in a long time. When [...]
First, it was a social media joke. A hashtag. Then… The Foam Party took off. With no afterparty planned for the race, the jokers behind the Twitter handle (Spencer Haugh, Brandon Gavic and Tim Hayes) did the unimaginable: they found a venue days before the event, secured it, found sponsors – including Cyclocross Magazine – and basically planned [...]
In this video interview, Mark Legg-Compton talks with Cyclocross Magazine’s Andrew Yee about the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky and his wife Katie Compton’s second place finish. He describes Compton’s early lap bike troubles, and reflects upon the event compared to other World Championships. “I couldn’t find the reason for the problem,” he [...]
Owen gave chase after a mis-start and early crash, and was in contention for a bronze medal. © Cyclocross Magazine Logan Owen had a disastrous first lap after a second position call-up at the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, KY, but battled back to a fourth place finish and was sitting third for part [...]
Watching the women’s race at the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships showcased both the agony of defeat and the surprise joy of an unexpected podium as Lucie Chainel-Lefevre sped to third place and a bronze medal while Katerina Nash struggled with a mechanical in the final meters of the race. While it was a devastating defeat [...]
Even if you were at the World Championships race, or caught it on the livestream, there were moments you may have missed. Thankfully, we had great photographers like Janet Hill on the scene. Missed the race reports? Read them here: Sven Nys Cements His Legacy with Second World Championship Title The Netherlands’ Mike Teunissen [...]
Johs Huesby had many great battles with the top cyclocrossers in the nation in the late 90s in New England, at Nationals, and at the Saturn Super Cup while riding for Independent Fabrication. Huesby will now take those years of experience racing cyclocross and industry experience with Cannondale and Pedros to help the Denver-based Alchemy [...]
On Saturday, the biggest cyclocross race the US has ever seen happened in Louisville, Kentucky. Reports announced that 9700 people in total swarmed on Eva Bandman Park and Cyclocross Venue to witness history in the making: the first ever non-European World Championships of Cyclocross was here. We spent the races running around cheering for our [...]
While a quick search of our Worlds Homepage can show you the Masters race report you’re looking for, we wanted to make sure that you got a chance to see all of the video interviews with the winners and, in some key race, the close seconds, the heartbreaking thirds, and the just-off-the-podium fourths. Cyclocross Magazine [...]
It’s that time again: we’re running our annual Cyclocross Magazine Reader Awards Survey. It’s your chance to vote for your favorite racers, races, what moments were the most controversial, what tires you liked the best, what embrocation you liked using the most and what kind of recovery snack worked best for you (and for those [...]
Even if you were at the World Championships race, or caught it on the livestream, there were moments you may have missed. Thankfully, we had great photographers like Janet Hill on the scene. Missed the race reports? Read them here: Sven Nys Cements His Legacy with Second World Championship Title The Netherlands’ Mike Teunissen [...]
If you were out watching Worlds in person yesterday, you may have missed some of the key moves and race action that happened at different spots on the course. And if you already watched the livestream, maybe you just want to watch it again! The full race footage from yesterday’s UCI livestream is available now, [...]
Even if you were at the World Championships race, or caught it on the livestream, there were moments you may have missed. Thankfully, we had great photographers like Brian Nelson on the scene. Missed the race reports? Read them here: Sven Nys Cements His Legacy with Second World Championship Title The Netherlands’ Mike Teunissen [...]
by David Evans LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – In front of a raucous, cheering international crowd that thundered and roared, 36-year-old Sven Nys (Belgium) cemented his position as a living legend of cyclocross by winning his second World Championship title on a Kentucky flood plain. A second rainbow jersey has long frustrated the Belgian hero, to the [...]
by David Evans LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – You can have a World Champion in any color, so long as it’s orange. At least that’s what it felt like through the first three races of the day at the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, KY, as the Dutch racers made it three for three, winning the [...]
by David Evans LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Marianne Vos (Netherlands) rode a technically perfect race to win her sixth – and fifth consecutive – Cyclocross World Championship. The course, stickier and muddier than for the Juniors, was her only adversary for much of the race, and one that she easily mastered. Katie Compton (USA) recovered from some early [...]
While the new schedule for Elite Worlds might be a point of contention, one thing the Belgians as a whole could agree on is the quality of the course. They’ve been overwhelmingly positive about it, and the most notable of the racers has been Sven Nys, along with Belgian team coach Rudy De Bie. “I [...]
With the Worlds schedule being thrown into disarray due to potential course flooding on Sunday, we wanted to hear what the Belgians (the ones staying home and having parties around watching the races) had to say about the switch. by Christine Vardaros While it is a huge inconvenience for the riders to perform a day [...]
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