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• World Cup Tabor: Pauwels Proves Best as Powers Performs, Sanne van Paassen takes Compton at the Line

  21 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  TABOR, CZECH REPUBLIC – In the opening round of the 2012/13 Cyclocross World Cup series, Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) rode away from Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), Lars van der Haar (Rabobank), and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) to take a commanding solo win. Van der Haar, clearly excited with his podium place, out-sprinted Albert for second. A broken chain in [...]

• Anthony and Lindine Win on Muddy Day One of the Downeast Cyclocross Weekend

  20 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Cindy Brennan NEW GLOUCESTER, MAINE – The second weekend of racing in the 2012 Verge New England Pro Cyclocross Series started today in New Gloucester, Maine, where racers faced an exceptionally challenging course. The rain fell hard the night before the racers took to the course at Pineland Farms, ensuring Downeast Cyclocross would live [...]

• Cross on the Rock Returns to Port Alberni

  19 October 12 • 2 comments

  

  by Dave Shishkoff Farmer Bill in Port Alberni (on Vancouver Island in British Columbia) welcomed cyclists out to his farm for the fourth installment of the Cross on the Rock series. There was a forecast of torrential rain, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the 140 racers who made it out to the cyclocross race [...]

• Gun Club Cross Zipp OVCX Series #4 – Race Report

  18 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  CINCINNATI, OHIO – The same storm that brought tornado warnings to cyclocross races in Wisconsin blew into Cincinnati this past Sunday afternoon for Gun Club Cross Zipp OVCX Series #4 (p/b Kenda, Enzo’s Cycling Products, DeFeet, and Campus Cyclery) making for a course carpeted in fresh leaves and a layer of slickness in both the [...]

• Owen and Studley Grind to Wins at Silver Lake, Seattle Cyclocross Series

  17 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Kenton Berg The third race in the Seattle Cyclocross Series went down on the shores of Silver Lake in Everett, WA on Sunday. What had been a long stretch run of great weather had recently given way to cooler temps and rain which limited the dust and slightly packed down the sand on the [...]

• Uncle Sam GP of Cyclocross Race Report

  17 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  TROY, NEW YORK -  The Uncle Sam GP of Cyclocross was a huge success, attracting some top men and women racers, and record numbers looking to gather NYCROSS.com p/b VOmax Series points.

• True Grit at Pacifica Crossfest

  16 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Phil Beckman/PB Creative Rooster Cogburn would have been proud of the hundreds of participants who saddled up and filled their hands with cyclocross hardware at the Pacifica Crossfest. It was the third stop on the SoCalCross Prestige Series Schedule, held at Casa Pacifica. This is a charming facility near Camarillo, California, dedicated to children [...]

• Powers and Compton Double Up at Fort Collins USGP

  14 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  FORT COLLINS, COLORADO – The elite women saw sunnier skies today in Fort Collins, as well as mild temperatures — a far cry from the chilly, wet conditions of the day before. Andrea Smith (Ladies First) took the holeshot in the start, and it seemed like the ladies from New England were taking control of [...]

• Bpost Bank Trofee, GP Mario De Clercq: Albert Triumphs Over Pauwels, While Nys Struggles Early

  14 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Andrew Davis Neils Albert took the win in the GP Mario De Clercq, at the first round of the bpost bank Trofee series, ahead of a resurgent Kevin Pauwels in a close finish Sunday while Nys struggles early before fighting back for third.

• Powers Triumphs, Compton Triples Up at Fort Collins USGP Day 1

  13 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  FORT COLLINS – The USGP in Fort Collins started out chilly and drizzly, but the fields were still strong and ready to race. As one of the crowd favorites, Mo Bruno Roy of Bob’s Red Mill, said, course conditions were “fast, dusty, loose, bit ‘o’ gnar. And now … raindrops, or as I now prefer [...]

• Canada’s Cross on the Rock Returns in Vancouver

  12 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Dave Shishkoff Cross on the Rock #3 at Bowen Park in Nanaimo will probably mark the end of “Augtober” on Vancouver Island, as Thanksgiving Monday saw 218 cyclocross racers out on another warm and sunny day for the Kona Kup – a new series and provincial record, up from the 208 at our first [...]

• Cummings and Murray take the wins at a Slick Hyattsville CX, Round # 3 of the Bikereg.com Super 8 Series

  12 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Keith Hower Finally, it happened. The Cyclocross Gods graced cool temps, changing leaves and wet weather upon the 500+ racers and spectators this past weekend at the Hyattsville CX. By no means was the event a complete romp in the mud, but was more of a rehearsal for the undoubtedly mud soaked races to [...]

• Adam Farabaugh, Cheryl Sornson Take NoTubes Iron Cross Crowns

  11 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  by Mike Cushionbury Under a large but ultimately unrealized threat of rainy, hypothermic conditions the 10th annual running of Pennsylvania’s legendary NoTubes’ Iron Cross treated riders to 63 miles and 6,500 feet of climbing with crisp, cloudy skies and perfectly tacky trail conditions in and around the scenic Pine Grove State Park in the Michaux [...]

• Old Grey Barn Cyclocross Benefits Wounded Warrior Project

  11 October 12 • 1 comment

  

  by Trish Albert/Southeasterncycling.com Cyclocross temperatures instead of the usual 85 degree first-race-weather greeted riders at the Old Grey Barn Cyclocross in Rocky Face, Georgia. A private farm provided a picturesque backdrop for the day’s course and partying. The course featured two barrier sections in the front cow pasture as well as two big climbs and the infamous Rocky Descent. The third [...]

• Join the Fun: Submit a Local Race Report or Rider Interview!

  10 October 12 • 0 comment

  

  Love all things cyclocross-related? Us too! And here at Cyclocross Magazine, we love promoting local races, but with our small staff, we can’t be 50 places at once! So if you have a race report from a local race, or a great racer you’re just dying to see interviewed, check out our submission guide below [...]