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• Fantasy Update: World Cup Scores Puts Canadian In Lead

  27 October 08 • 0 comment

  After Albert’s and Kupfernagel’s win at the second World Cup in Tabor this weekend, Canadian Scott Bell’s team of Refunds Now/Cycledelia rockets to the lead with 843 points, with Spin2Win Racing and Team Lukas close behind.

• World Cup Preview and Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – October 24

  24 October 08 • 2 comments

  That ought to teach you to trust my picks eh? I did pretty well last week at the top end of the lineup, but the bottom half left something to be desired. Jonathan Page ran into some unfortunate stumbling blocks and abandoned, and Linda Van Rijen finished outside the points. Oops. Either way, another week [...]

• Win a Custom Richard Sachs Team Bike at Whitmore’s Super Cross Cup

  23 October 08 • 1 comment

  Myles Romanow, promoter of the Whitmore’s Landscaping Super Cross Cup, rounds 8 and 9 of the MAC Powered by SRAM Cyclocross series, is proud to announce that one lucky entrant to his races in the Hamptons of Long Island will receive an otherwise unobtainable, made-to-measure Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team bike completely outfitted with SRAM Parts [...]

• Two More Days for ‘Cross Poem Entries!

  23 October 08 • 0 comment

  Looks like we found winning contest idea that’s accessible for many of you. Judging will be tough but fun. Haven’t entered yet? You’ve got just two more days… Full details here.

• Fantasy Cyclocross Minute – October 18/19

  17 October 08 • 2 comments

  It’s international season in the world of cyclocross. Gone are the trade teams, replaced by national colors and loose affiliations take the place of team tactics (Bart…? Sven…?). That’s right, this weekend sets the stage for the year’s first World Cup, taking place in Kalmthout, Belgium. Always with an eye towards fantasy, that means that [...]

• Get Your Poems In! Just 8 More Days

  16 October 08 • 0 comment

  There’s just about a week left to get your entries in for our first Cyclocross Poetry Contest! Deadline is 10/24, 11:59 pm PST. For a few well-crafted words, you can win awesome swag from Challenge, TRP, Vittoria, Schwalbe, Wabi Woolens, Vanderkitten, 1×9 Designs, Twofish, and BBG, so get writing!  Full details are here.

• This Weekend’s Racing and ‘Cross Fantasy Outlook: October 10-12, 2008

  10 October 08 • 0 comment

  It’s officially the important season in Fantasy Cyclocross. This weekend marks the opening of the Superprestige season across the pond. That means that we’ve finally got more than one UCI C1 event to earmark and watch with bated breath to see just how our fantasy teams held up. I know you’re not really able to [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Analysis – Week of October 5th

  9 October 08 • 0 comment

  The week ended slowly for the C1 competition as the Badiquer Schmerikon was the only counted event and it was somewhat poorly attended by cyclocross’ elite. Jonathan Page continued his fine early season form, coming in 4th place behind winner Bart Aernouts, Simon Zahner and Florian Vogel. Page continues to be a workhorse for many [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross League – Updated Results

  8 October 08 • 0 comment

  We’ve found a home for our Fantasy League standings: You can find them here: http://cxmagazine.com/fantasy It’s also now part of our top navigation bar. At the bottom of the table you’ll see a tab so you can see the previous week’s results. Last weekend we had the Badiquer Schmerikon C1 race in Switzerland, won by [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross – Post Cross Vegas Results

  2 October 08 • 1 comment

  Our little fantasy ‘cross league has been a big hit. While we’re looking for a permanent place on our site for it, we’ve got some early results post Cross Vegas. Dave Sheek from SoCal takes an early lead with his US-heavy team. Stay tuned – we’ll have more reporting options and will add the ability [...]

• Last Change to Get Your Fantasy Team in for Cross Vegas Points!

  24 September 08 • 0 comment

  The UCI C1 Season starts tonight at Cross Vegas, and it’s your last chance to get your fantasy team entered before the point scoring begins. You can still enter later, but why give up free points and the chance to win big?  Get them in before 4 p.m. PST in order to score Cross Vegas! [...]

• “Formal” Issue 3 Feedback Wanted

  5 September 08 • Comments Off

  We get a ton of feedback through the various channels ( commenting on our website, our cowbell forums and social network, instant messaging, Facebook, Flickr, and occasionally Twitter. That’s a lot of different, informal ways to talk to us at Cyclocross Magazine, which is awesome – no big corporate filtering or process to jump through [...]

• Readers Want More Barriers, Tell Us Why CX Rules

  24 August 08 • 1 comment

  Our last poll was decisive – the vast majority of you don’t think the UCI and USA Cycling rules are for the better of the sport, and over half of you would first reject the limitations on the # of barriers that are allowed on a course. Power to the promoters, and ultimately, the racer [...]

• New Poll – Express Your Feelings on CX Rules

  17 August 08 • 0 comment

  We finally added a new poll. Check it out on the top right of our site, and let us know how you feel about the modern cyclocross rules. Our last poll was pretty interesting – seems like there was no clear favorite to our Issue 2 content – there was pretty even distribution among the [...]

• Design the NACT’s Trophy

  4 August 08 • 0 comment

  Don’t think you’ll ever be able to beat the nation’s best riders and stand atop the podium? Well, here’s your chance to have a presence on the very top step – design the North American Cyclocross Trophy series’ trophy! In spirit of Boston Cross Trophy Parties, the race series will provide the person with the [...]