Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclo-cross News, Race Reports, Bike Reviews, Forums and More

race reports

• Miller Captures Inaugural Crossaflixtion Cup in Bend

  17 November 09 • 2 comments

  The first ever Crossaflixion Cup cyclocross race took place on Nov 14 at the 7th Mountain Resort in Bend OR. The race featured a wicked-fast, icy and snow-packed course with a

• Nash Untouchable, Johnson Resurgent at Mercer Cup Day 2 – Updated: Full Results, Quotes, Photos

  17 November 09 • 1 comment

  by Chris Worden and Joan Hanscom. West Windsor, NJ – When Tim Johnson wants to send a message, he does it right. After failing to secure the top step on Saturday’s USGP podium, Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com) blazed to victory on a much dryer, stickier course Sunday afternoon, sending a strong message to all that he will [...]

• Berg and Iddings Win MFG Series Finale

  16 November 09 • 2 comments

  by Kenton Berg The MFG Cyclocross Series sponsored by Raleigh concluded its season Sunday at Woodland Park in Seattle. We’ve been waiting for a good muddy day and the week’s wet weather and continuing rain on race day finally gave it to us.   The ups and downs of the park made for a slick [...]

• Superprestige Asper-Gavere: Great Legs, Broken Bike , A Column by Christine Vardaros

  16 November 09 • 3 comments

  by Christine Vardaros GAVERE, BELGIUM – Passing through the start/finish pavement going into the second lap of five, I was on the wheel of Pavla Havlikova and Belgian National Champ Joyce Vanderbeken (who eventually finished 7th and 10th, respectively).  My first thought was, “Holy Toledo. I’m racing my bike!”  The next thought, as I held [...]

• Babcock & Van Meter Take Cross Crusade Finale, UPDATED: Photos

  16 November 09 • 0 comment

  by Stephanie Chase and Josh Liberles ESTACADA, OR – The Cross Crusade series all came down to the last race for the men, and it was a throwdown right down to the finish line. Sean Babcock vs. Molly Cameron, winner take all! Cameron (Portland Bicycle Studio) led Babcock (Team S&M) going into the finale by [...]

• Albert wins, Nys flats in Gavere – UPDATED: Full Report, Photo Gallery, Video

  15 November 09 • 3 comments

  by Dan Seaton Gavere, Belgium – In conditions that can only be described as truly Belgian — heavy, slick and deeply rutted mud — Niels Albert claimed another impressive solo victory on the site of the heavy fall that seriously disrupted his 2008 season. Sven Nys, who overcame a substantial gap to reach the World [...]

• Compton Wins Asper-Gavere – Updated: Full Results, Photo Gallery

  15 November 09 • 3 comments

  by Dan Seaton On a day that dawned wet and windswept, leaving an already challenging course in Gavere muddy and slick, Katie Compton again powered herself to a solo victory over World Champion Marianne Vos. Compton’s win on a course famous for both its difficult hills and messy conditions was an exclamation point on her [...]

• Albert Takes Tenth Win of the Season in Dottignies

  14 November 09 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen (Dottingnies, BEL)- World Champion Niels Albert took his tenth season win in Dottignies today. The Belgian tops a complete international podium of champions with French Champion Francis Mourey in second and Italian Champion Enrico Franzoi claiming third. Albert’s teammates Dieter Vanthourenhout and Radomir Simunek completed the top five. American Jonathan Page finished [...]

• Trebon Claims Victory, Series Lead at Mercer Cup USGP – Updated: Full Results

  14 November 09 • 5 comments

  

  by Jason Elhardt (West Windsor, NJ)- National Champion Ryan Trebon (Kona – FSA Factory Team) is back to his winning ways, taking an easy victory and regaining the overall series lead in the third stop of the USGP of Cyclocross in Mercer County, NJ. Trebon is coming off a heavy crash which ended his race [...]

• Nash Dominates Mercer Cup, Extends Lead in USGP – Updated: Full Results

  14 November 09 • 0 comment

  

  by Jason Elhardt (West Windsor, NJ)- Katerina Nash (Luna Chix) proved to be too much for the competition today in the third stop of the US Grand Prix of Cyclocross series in Mercer County, New Jersey.  Like Tropical storm Ida that left mud and slick conditions up and down the Atlantic coast, Nash devastated the [...]

• Crash and Vos Halt Compton’s Win Streak, Nys Back on Top at Jaarmarktcross in Niel – Updated: Full Report, Video Highlights

  11 November 09 • 6 comments

  by Dan Seaton November 11, 2009 – If ‘cross racers needed a reminder that small things can make a big difference, today’s Jaarmarktcross in Niel, Belgium, where one tricky corner and a steep blip of a hill proved decisive, was a good one.  In both the men’s and women’s races, a fall by a top [...]

• Winfield and Dombroski Spank Both the Elite Fields and the Turkey at Tacchino Ciclocross – Updated: Photo Gallery

  11 November 09 • 1 comment

  by Peter Nicoll November 8, 2009; Rosaryville State Park, Upper Marlboro, MD, USA: More often than not, defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory in the closing minutes of a cyclocross race. A bobbled line, a failed remount, or a spectacular crash can ruin a perfectly executed race that had all the elements of [...]

• Berg and McDonald Claim Victory in Seattle at Sprinker Park

  11 November 09 • 0 comment

  by LeRoi Smith Kristi Berg (Redline Bicycles) and Zack McDonald (Stevens Bikes) took very different routes to win today. Berg pounced on a mistake early on and never looked back; McDonald waited until the final lap to spring from a strong group of four and claim his prize. Sprinker Park in Spanaway, WA is a [...]

• SSCXWC Rocks Through Thunderdome, Moves to Seattle

  9 November 09 • 5 comments

  by Josh Liberles Portland may be ready to pass off the SSCXWC (SingleSpeed Cyclocross World Championships, that is) after playing host for the past three years, but the city sure as hell gave the race a royal send-off. The day’s prelude was round seven of the Cross Crusade series, a full day of races from [...]

• McConneloug Repeats, Driscoll Escapes at Cycle-Smart International Day 2 – Updated: Full Report, Photos, Results

  8 November 09 • 0 comment

  The 19th annual Cycle-Smart International wrapped up a weekend of top-level UCI racing in Northampton this weekend. Blue skies and a fast, hard packed course greeted racers for the tenth round of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series. As has become tradition on the course in Northampton, much of the course was reversed today [...]