This past Saturday on a brand new Ridley mountain bike and through an increasing rain, Jonathan Page tuned up his cyclocross fitness by winning the 2008 Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival 40 mile mountain bike race. The Festival is one of the midwest’s biggest mountain bike races. Just like Ryan Trebon and Katie Compton did at [...]
While most ‘cross racers are just starting to dust off their ‘cross bikes after several months of neglect, some racers are dusting off their ‘cross bikes after completing some recent, long, epic ‘cross rides and races. In part 1 of our enduro-cross series, Lelan Dains of team HighGear tells Cyclocross Magazine about his race experience [...]
Larry G tried something new this year…a spring ‘cross series in Colorado. The races proved to be the ideal fix for the ‘cross diehards, as well as a great chance for newbies to try out the sport without getting swarmed by huge packs and amped up racers releasing months of cyclocross-less angst. Is he on [...]
Last weekend, cyclocross made its spring debut in Eagle, Colorado. A Friday storm brought fresh snow and a challenging drive to the race, but racers were greeted with perfect ‘cross conditions, with snow, mud and frozen tundra waiting to put a fresh coat of ‘cross dressing on their dried-out bikes. The races even made the [...]
The final event of the 2008 Cyclocross World Championships here in Treviso, Italy is about to begin. We’re here again to bring you the action live, a first for CXM. The front line of the race is a wall of Belgian Jerseys. Hit refresh on your browser for the latest update. We’ve only got three [...]
Live Coverage of the women’s race: Thirty Eight Women are lined up to start the race, from 12 nations on a sunny day here in Treviso, Italy for the 2008 Cyclocross World Championships. Hanka Kupfernagel of German, 3-time worlds winner, has to be the favorite based on her recent performance. Looks like Katie Compton (USA), [...]
CXM Shutterbug and Correspondent Joe Sales has been doing double duty as a writer and photographer in Italy, providing us with great summaries and awesome photos. He sent in this Day 1 summary below. Like what he’s doing? Drop a kind word in the comments below. View his Day 1 Photos here. 2008 World Cyclocross [...]
Sunny skies and relatively warm and dry conditions greeted today’s racers, with little mud on the Le Bandie Lake course in Treviso, Italy. To the casual observer, it might not seem like ‘cross. No mud, snow, ice, or barriers, and many riders in short sleeves. But true to ‘cross, the course still forced several dismounts, [...]
The US had over two dozen riders head over to Mol, Belgium to contest the 2008 UCI Masters World Cyclocross Championships this past Saturday, and at the end of the day, the US riders took home a worlds title. Kathy Sarvary of Lunenberg, MA, who rides for GearWorks / (Tom) Stevens Bikes, beat out fellow [...]
On Day 4, our sport’s future stars and our sport’s founders raced on frozen, rutted Kansas tundra in the day’s early races. Singlespeeders, Collegiate, and the Masters 60+, 65+ and 70+ all tackled the course before the Elite Men and Women. Singlespeed: At 8am, with a starting temperature at 15 degrees, one of the sport’s [...]
Kansas City, KS – 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Day 4: Elite Women and Elite Men Best in the US, Best in the World? Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) returned to normal winning ways with her fourth national championship today in muddy and icy conditions at the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. She had [...]
Kansas City, KS – Cold, windy, snowy conditions greeted the fast old guys in the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, but it didn’t slow them down a bit. Being around for a while, these guys have seen all types of ‘cross conditions, and mostly were unphased by icy course or falling snow. In perhaps [...]
Kansas City, KS – In the morning’s early races of the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, we saw Amy Dombroski of Velo Bella/Kona dominate her women’s espoir race, overcoming a spill and banged up knee in the icy, snowy conditions to beat Kacey Manderfield of Verducci/Breakaway by over a minute. In her second cross [...]
We’re on our way to Kansas, but have already seen lots of content from readers and riders. Since our magazine isn’t just about the top categories, we thought we’d highlight some of early content from the community during our nats cx coverage: Larry Rosa has some awesome photos of Day 2 Racing here. Flickr users [...]
Trebon and Gould Win Races and 2007 US Gran Prix of Cyclocross Series Titles at the – USGP Toyota Portland Cup by Ed Donovan December 2, 2007 (Portland, OR) – On a day with freezing rain and wind gusts of 50 mph, Ryan Trebon (Kona-YourKey) and Georgia Gould (Luna) each won their respective races and [...]
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