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• Long Time Coming: Nys Ends Albert’s Win Streak in Ruddervoorde

  12 October 09 • 0 comment

  

  by Dan Seaton Ruddervoorde, Belgium. To say Sven Nys has suffered in the first month of the season is an understatement, and to say Niels Albert has dominated the world of cyclocross might be an even bigger understatement.  Coming in to the first race of the Superprestige series, Albert hadn’t lost a race, stretching his win streak [...]

• New Day, Same Result – Identical Podiums on Day 2 in Providence

  11 October 09 • 1 comment

  The Providence Festival of Cyclocross offered a second day of racing, but you’d never know it looking at the podium. In the men’s race, Tim Johnson and Jamey Driscoll of CyclocrossWorld-Cannondale took another 1-2 finish, with Chris Jones (Champion Systems) finishing strong to claim another third place. On the women’s side, the top four from [...]

• Compton and Powers Repeat in Ohio – Full Report, Photo Gallery, Results

  11 October 09 • 1 comment

  by Ken Getchell and Jacob Sisson October 10, 2009; Middletown, OH, USA:  While the muck and mud from day one of the UCI3 Cyclocross Festival were absent from day two, the winners from day one were not. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) were once again unstoppable even with the day’s dryer conditions.

• Nash, CyclocrossWorld-Cannondale Dominate in Providence, Johnson and Driscoll Go 1-2

  11 October 09 • 0 comment

  Johnson and Driscoll Go 1-2 in Providence While teammate Jeremy Powers was on his way to a second win at the UCI3 Cyclocross Festival in Ohio, Tim Johnson and Jamey Driscoll (CyclocrossWorld – Cannondale) were not to be outdone, and took a commanding 1-2 finish on Day 1 of the Providence Festival of Cyclocross.

• Powers and Compton Survive Soggy Greens to Win Cyclo-Stampede, UCI3 Cyclocross Festival – Report & Full Photo Gallery

  10 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Ken Getchell October 9, 2009; Covington, KY, USA:  Jeremy Powers (CyclocrossWorld.com/ Cannondale) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike/Stevens) were victorious by wide margins in today’s Cyclo Stampede, the opener of this year’s Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival. But the race was truly dominated by the team of Mother Nature and Gravity.  Mother Nature delivered plenty of [...]

• A Friday Night Race Report: A Great Warm-Up, High Heart Rate and a DNS

  9 October 09 • 4 comments

  Nearly a hundred tweets, dozens of email threads and racing heart rates showed cyclocrossers were active and racing Friday night. One reader sent in this race report of the furious action, while two other readers sent in photos. Enjoy. A Friday night race? No, I wasn’t lucky enough to be in Kentucky at the Cyclo-Stampede [...]

• East Coast Domination? Page and Bruno-Roy Lead USAC Cyclocross Rankings

  8 October 09 • 0 comment

  Page and Bruno-Roy still lead individual standings by USA Cycling The 10th and 11th races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar took place over the weekend with the Gran Prix of Gloucester I and II, October 3rd and 4th in Gloucester, Mass.

• Mud, Sweat and Gears Opening Weekend Breaks Tennessee Attendance Records

  7 October 09 • 3 comments

  2009 Mud Sweat and Gears opened with the City of Kingsport, TN pulling out all the stops to make our first race at  Domtar the biggest ever. Not just a cross race but a cross event! With the largest fields ever for MSG and cyclocross in the state of Tennessee, this years series opener had [...]

• Michigan Tackles Night Racing and Munson Monster

  6 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Matthew Ashley, photos by Andrea Tucker Michigan’s cyclocross scene was treated to a beautiful night of racing in Monroe, MI on Saturday night. Tailwind Enterprises hosted it’s first ever ‘cross race under the stars at Munson park in General Custer’s hometown. This course consists of a massive sledding hill surrounded by soccer fields and [...]

• Studley and McDonald Storm to Starbucks GP Wins

  5 October 09 • 3 comments

  A Changing of the Guard at the Beach in Sammamish, Washington Seattle area cyclocrossers descended upon the southern shores of Lake Sammamish today for MFG series race #3, the Starbucks GP. Racers were met with chilly morning weather and blue skies which slowly turned into a gorgeous Indian summer day. This let the morning dew [...]

• Bishop and Maxwell Win Kelly Acres Cyclocross

  5 October 09 • 0 comment

  October 4, 2009; Middletown Maryland, USA:  Jeremiah Bishop (Mona Via Cannondale) and Jennifer Maxwell (ATAC Sportswear presented by The Bike Rack) picked-up victories for their new sponsors at the BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series at the Kelly Acres Cyclocross in Middletown Maryland.

• Elliott Doubles, Johnson Gets Hometown Redemption at Gloucester Day 2 – Full Results

  4 October 09 • 2 comments

  Sunny skies made sure the second day of the Great Brewer’s Gran Prix of Gloucester was more about the competition and less about the muddy conditions that dominated Saturday’s races. While the men’s race began in a similar fashion, with Tim Johnson, Jamey Driscoll and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) leading

• Double Solos: Compton, Albert Dominate in Treviso

  4 October 09 • 3 comments

  by Dan Seaton October 4, 2009 - Treviso, Italy. The 2009-10 Cyclocross World Cup season kicked off with a show of force by a single rider in both women’s and men’s races. In the first case, American Katie Compton, riding her first European race in her new stars and stripes Planet Bike kit, left the competition [...]

• Live Race Coverage this Weekend to Include Treviso World Cup and Gloucester!

  4 October 09 • 1 comment

  We’ve got lots of high-profile racing this weekend with two days of the Great Brewer’s Gran Prix of Gloucester and the start of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Treviso, Italy. And since we can’t watch the World Cup on TV or online yet here in the States, we’ll bring you the racing action to [...]

• Bishop and Shogren Take Breast Cancer Awareness Cyclocross Race – Brief Report

  3 October 09 • 0 comment

  It was a day for endurance mountain bikers as Jeremiah Bishop and Betsy Shogren both took their first ‘cross wins of the year at the Breast Cancer Awareness Cyclocross in Hagerstown, Maryland.