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2013 Cyclocross World Championships

• Louisville Foam Party: Best Dressed Gallery

  6 February 13 • 1 comment

  

  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 [...]

• Video: The 2013 World Championships in 327 Seconds, by Keith Walberg

  6 February 13 • 5 comments

  

  Due to strict UCI rules on filming the World Championships, we won’t see a ton of (legal) full length video recaps of the racing at the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships, but Keith Walberg put together a stunning short highlight film from the four races on Saturday. Check out his artsy look at the day’s racing [...]

• Number Crunching: Analyzing Lap Times from the World Championships

  6 February 13 • 3 comments

  

  by Robbie Carver As with the 2013 National Championships, we here at Cyclocross Magazine can’t help but geek out on the lap times from the World Championship races this past Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky. With the benefit of electronic timing, we can pick apart each race to see where the moves were made or the races [...]

• Video: Mark Legg-Compton Reflects Upon Katie Compton’s Second Place Finish, Worlds in the US: “This was by far the best”

  5 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  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 [...]

• Video: Logan Owen Reflects on His Fourth Place Finish at Worlds: “The Coolest Experience I’ve Had at a Cyclocross Race.”

  5 February 13 • 1 comment

  

  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 [...]

• Lucie Chainel-Lefevre’s Surprise Podium at 2013 World Championships: Video

  5 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  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 [...]

• Worlds in Pictures: A Gallery by Meg McMahon

  5 February 13 • 0 comment

  

    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 [...]

• Worlds in Videos: Interviews with the Racers at the Elite Races of the 2013 World Championships of Cyclocross

  4 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  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 [...]

• Pro Bike Profile: 2013 Sven Nys’ World Championship-Winning Colnago Cross Prestige

  3 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Just as mechanics were packing the team’s bikes in the Belgian team hotel, Cyclocross Magazine’s Clifford Lee was able to spend a few minutes with Sven Nys’ 2013 Cyclocross World Championship-winning Colnago Cross Prestige cyclocross bike and snapped a few quick photos of the machine. Nys, a career-long Colnago-sponsored rider rode a black Colnago Cross Prestige [...]

• Worlds in Pictures: A Gallery by Janet Hill

  3 February 13 • 0 comment

  

    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 [...]

• Relive the Fun of Worlds: Watch the Full Race Footage Here

  3 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  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, [...]

• Worlds in Pictures: A Gallery by Cathy Fegan-Kim

  3 February 13 • 1 comment

  

  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 Cathy Fegan-Kim on the scene. Missed the race reports? Read them here: Sven Nys Cements His Legacy with Second World Championship Title The Netherlands’ Mike Teunissen Takes [...]

• Worlds in Pictures: A Gallery by Brian Nelson

  3 February 13 • 0 comment

  

    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 [...]

• Sven Nys Cements His Legacy with Second World Championship Title – Updated: Full Results, Photo Galleries, Video Interviews

  2 February 13 • 1 comment

  

  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 [...]

• The Netherlands’ Mike Teunissen Takes U23 World Championship Title, Belgians Round Out Podium – Updated: Photo Gallery, Full Results, Video Interviews

  2 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  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 [...]