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• Weighall and Berg Storm the Beach at Seattle Cyclocross #3

  20 October 09 • 1 comment

  by LeRoi Smith and Kenton Berg October 18, 2009 – Everett, WA – Seattle Cyclocross Series (SCX) moved to a new location on the shores of Silver Lake in Everett, WA. After two days of torrential rains, the clouds parted, providing nearly ideal conditions for this bow-tie shaped course. Each end of the tie was [...]

• Downtown Detroit Finds Rejuvenation through Mad Anthony Cyclocross

  19 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Joe Lekovish After a 25 year absence, cyclocross racing returned to the City of Detroit with the Mad Anthony Cyclocross Race on Saturday, October 17.  Held at historic Fort Wayne in downtown Detroit, the race was named for General Anthony Wayne, whose fiery personality earned him the nickname “Mad Anthony.” The grounds of the [...]

• Kersting and Borem Bloom Brightest at Zipp OVCX Tour’s BloomingCross

  19 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Amanda McKay October 18, 2009; Bloomington, IN, USA: The Zipp OVCX Tour paused in Bloomington, Indiana for a quick dive through an untraditional mix of fast single-track, multiple bridges, a paved climb and some sloppy field sections, all the while fall colors in full bloom. It was time for harvest in the elite men’s [...]

• Elliott Survives Scare by a Junior, CyclocrossWorld-Cannondale Sweeps in Toronto

  18 October 09 • 1 comment

  Sunny skies created another dry and fast day in Toronto, and the racers took advantage, setting a blistering pace on the hilly, grassy course at Day 2 of the UCI C1 Toronto International Cyclocross. Described by some as one of the top candidates for a North American World Cup, many top pros made the trip [...]

• Gould and Kona Double Up at Wissahickon

  18 October 09 • 1 comment

  by Ken Getchell October 18, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA:  Ryan Trebon summed up today’s Wissahickon in his typical straight-to-the-point manner, “It was cold and freakin’ windy.”  As in yesterday’s Granogue Cyclocross, Trebon led a Kona 1-2 and Gould won by a large margin.  But there were eye-opening gaps behind them. The women started-off the second [...]

• Two Down: Albert Takes Second World Cup in Plzen

  18 October 09 • 0 comment

  By Dan Seaton Plzen, Czech Republic – Niels Albert has done it again. Although the conditions were dramatically different from the first World Cup race in Treviso, with temperatures hovering around 5°C (40°F) and intermittent rain making the course slick, the World Champion once again rode clear of the field to take a dominating victory [...]

• Gould and Trebon Slide to Season’s First UCI Wins at Granogue – Full Report, Photos

  18 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Ken Getchell October 17, 2009; Wilmington, DE, USA:  Georgia Gould (Luna) and Ryan Trebon (Kona) both rode away with heavy-duty wins at the UCI C2 Granogue Cyclocross at Granogue Estate, near Wilmington Delaware, today.  “Feel my bike!” said Gould to a friend shortly after crossing the finish line.  With the accumulation of mud, most [...]

• Johnson and Elliott Take Toronto Day 1 – Brief Report, Full Results

  17 October 09 • 0 comment

  Tim Johnson and his CyclocrossWorld-Cannondale teammate Jamey Driscoll took their Providence performances north of the border to take the top two places at Toronto’s UCI Cyclocross Race, Day 1.

• Trebon, Gould Dominate Muddy Granogue – Report, Photos and Results

  17 October 09 • 0 comment

  Domination was the name of the game in Wilmington, Deleware, as Ryan Trebon (Kona) and Georgia Gould (Luna Chix) trounced the competition, each easily beating the rest of the day’s challengers by over a minute en route to dominating victories. Gould’s excellent technical skills easily held off second placed Maureen Bruno Roy (MM Racing p/b [...]

• Albert Solos for Kermiscross Win, Page “Lucky” 13th Again

  15 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has won the Kermiscross in Ardooie. Albert broke clear from his companions over halfway through the race to take his sixth win of the season. Zdenek Stybar and Sven Vanthourenhout

• Wetzel and Berg Shine at Sunny SCX #2 at Beverly Park

  14 October 09 • 0 comment

  October 11, 2009 — Burien, WA  Beverly Park Elementary in Burien, WA hosted the second stop on the 2009 SCX series. The day broke chilly but sunny and with the sun, the temp came up nicely for most races – still no traditional ‘cross weather for SCX. The course was very compact, consisting of an [...]

• Kabush Defends, Sydor Crushes at Canada’s Cyclocross National Championships

  14 October 09 • 1 comment

  Sydor Adds Cyclocross to Her National Title Collection Alison Sydor won the Canadian Road National Championships in 1993 and added the Mountain Bike National Championships in 1994. While the 42-year-old West Vancouver resident would go on to win three UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, she had not yet added a Canadian Cyclocross National Championship to [...]

• Kabush and Sydor Join the Weekend’s Repeat-Fest at Snowy Jim Horner Cyclocross Gran Prix

  14 October 09 • 0 comment

  Just like Compton, Powers, Johnson and Nash, newly-crowned Canadian National Champions Geoff Kabush and Alison Sydor from the Rocky Mountain – Maxxis team raced to their own clean sweeps this weekend, following up their National Championship wins on Saturday with wins at the Jim Horner Cyclocross Gran Prix in Edmonton. American Zach McDonald (Classic Cyles) [...]

• Cross Crusade Storms Rainier, Babcock and Williams Climb to Victory

  13 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Stephanie Chase October 12, 2009, Rainier, Oregon – The Kona flag was flying high at the second race of the Cross Crusade series, as Erik Tonkin (Kona) battled it out with his own shop’s racer, Sean Back (Team S&M) in sunny Rainier, Oregon at the second race of the Cross Crusade series. With Kona [...]

• Seattle’s MFG #4 – Sasquatches vs. Unicorns

  12 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Kenton Berg In the classic spirit of great OR vs WA football games of past the NW border state clash was renewed today when Oregon (unicorns) and Washington (sasquatches) crossers unleashed their fury today in Steilacoom, WA. The first annual MFG Cross Clash was in full swing and at stake was the coveted ‘Grail [...]