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2013 Cyclocross World Championships

• A Pre-Worlds Catch Up with Canadian Racer Geoff Kabush

  24 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  The last time we saw Geoff Kabush out racing, it was at the USGP in Bend back in early December. And since Canadian Nationals were already over by then (with Kabush taking the win), he didn’t have any races to look forward to, except for the big one: Worlds Championships in Kentucky, two months after his last cyclocross race of the season. Yesterday, we caught up with him to find out what he’s been up to for the past few weeks, and find out a bit about his goals for Worlds and the upcoming MTB season.

• NorCal Cycling News and Cyclocross Magazine Team Up for Worlds Podcast

  24 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Yesterday, frequent Cyclocross Magazine contributor Ted Burns teamed up with Managing Editor Molly Hurford to host a podcast for NorCal Cycling News and Cyclocross Magazine with some of the members of the US team for World Championships, which are just nine days away. This podcast, part one of two, talked with Danny Summerhill, Georgia Gould [...]

• USA Cycling Talks UCI Cyclocross Worlds and How They Kept it in the US

  23 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford Since USA Cycling took over control of the UCI Cyclocross World Championships coming to Louisville, USA, in just a matter of days, a lot of questions have been swirling around. How and why did the takeover happen? How much will it cost? What kind of spectacle can we expect in Derby City? [...]

• Checking in with Meredith Miller Pre-Worlds

  23 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Cody Sovis After an early injury put her out of competition, Meredith Miller has stormed her way to a Worlds appearance in Louisville. Nothing was keeping one of America’s top contenders out of the biggest race in US Cyclocross history.

• Nikki Harris’ Worlds Hopes Dashed Due to Knee Injury

  22 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Fans of British sensation Nikki Harris may have noticed that the Telenet-Fidea rider was off her game this past weekend at World Cup Hoogerheide, finishing well off the pace of the women she is usually in hot contention with. “I couldn’t push on, I couldn’t get everything out of myself,” she said via her blog. [...]

• Niels Albert, Radomir Simunek and More Confirmed for Kings Cross in Cincinnati – Updated with More Riders

  22 January 13 • 5 comments

  

  CINCINNATI, OHIO – At first glance, the bikereg.com registered riders list seems more like a promoter’s wishlist than a reality, but it’s really happening. Next weekend, Niels Albert, Radomir Simunek, Joachim Parbo, Ryan Trebon, Tim Johnson, Jonathan Page and Wietse Bosmans will be racing in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, at Cincinnati Kings International Cyclocross. With only [...]

• Support Women’s Cycling: Sign the Petition to Change UCI Rules

  17 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Currently the UCI has a rule making national federations send their top three male cyclists to World Championships if they are ranked in the top 50 internationally. The rule does not exist on the women’s side. Thus, this year in 2013, fewer of the world’s top 50 ranked female cyclists are traveling to Louisville for [...]

• Cincinnati Kings International Serving Up Final Event on USAC Pro CX Calendar

  17 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  With the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships coming to the United States for the first time, many of the top stars of the sport have one final stop on their road to Louisville – The Cincinnati Kings International (C2) race on Saturday, January 26th 90 minutes up the road. US riders Jeremy Powers, Ryan Trebon, and [...]

• Elite Nationals Recap: Video Interviews with the Pros

  16 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  In case you missed some of our online coverage of Nationals, we wanted to put together this compilation of some of our favorite interviews with Sunday’s elite racers, including Jonathan Page, Katie Compton, Nicole Duke, Danny Summerhill, Zach McDonald and many others. Stay tuned in coming days for even more coverage as we shift into [...]

• 2013 USA Cyclocross World Championships Team Announced – Updated

  14 January 13 • 5 comments

  

  On the heels of Nationals, there was perhaps an even more exciting behind-the-scenes contest happening: the decision as to who would fill the discretionary spots on the US Worlds team. We already covered the qualification process and looked at who already had slots: Jonathan Page, Jeremy Powers, Katie Compton, Kaitie Antonneau, Zach McDonald and Logan [...]

• Belgian Worlds Team Announced – Meeusen Out, Wellens In

  14 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Unless Kevin Pauwels wrests the World Cup title from Niels Albert, thus opening up an additional slot, there were six spots up for grabs on the Belgian Worlds team, along with Albert’s automatic inclusion as the reigning World Champion. With far more than six of the world’s top cyclocrossers residing in Belgium, there may have [...]