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• Heule Jumps to Star Crossed Victory

  19 September 09 • 0 comment

  by Jacob Sisson and Andrew Yee The weather forecast promised late sun but predictions aren’t always right in Seattle. Case in point? The University of Washington football team pulled off a huge upset of #3 ranked USC earlier in the day, and the skies erupted with rain instead of the promised sun just as women [...]

• Wyman Takes Her U.S. Debut – Star Crossed Women’s Report

  19 September 09 • 0 comment

  by Jake Sisson Helen Wyman (Kona) made a good impression for her new Kona team employers by winning the opening race on the American UCI Calendar, the 2009 edition of Star Crossed in Redmond, Washington. Wyman took a wire-to-wire victory ahead of defending champion Sue Butler (Monaviecannondale.com) and the newly unretired Alison Dunlap (Luna Chix). [...]

• The Future of CX: Stage Racing? Eugene Gives It a Try

  11 September 09 • 4 comments

  

  Does cyclocross stage racing have a future? Some remember that the very first mountain bike races were stage races, typically including a hill climb, downhill, cross-country race, and sometimes, observed trials. More than 20 years later, we’re seeing fat tires return to the stage race format, although now in multi-day marathon “epics.”  But cyclocross, with [...]

• Mud and Kiwis – Report from New Zealand’s Cyclocross National Championships

  4 September 09 • 0 comment

  There’s some high-profile racing going on in the Southern Hemisphere. Sure, the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are going on in Australia, but that’s not the only event. Last weekend featured New Zealand’s second-ever National Championships in cyclocross. While New Zealand has sent riders to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in the last decade, notably [...]

• Kabush Wins Bromont MTB World Cup, Compton Sixth, Wants Worlds

  3 August 09 • 1 comment

  Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis – Rocky Mountain) took a convincing first career World Cup win in Bromont, Canada yesterday, solidifying his position as North America’s top mountain biker. With his pledge to dedicate himself to a longer ‘cross season, are the back-to-back World Cup podiums a sign of his potential at cyclocross World Cups?

• An Artistic Success: Spectacross Wins Fans, Racers – Full Report

  2 August 09 • 4 comments

  Cowbells are something that have become synonymous with cyclocross. The inaugural Spectacross, was held at the perfect venue: the New Jersey State Fair, where there were cowbells a plenty. However, most of these cowbells were attached to, well, cows. Regardless, Spectacross provided excellent racing and a plethora of interesting post-race and pre-race activities.

• Spectators and Racers Tackle Mud, Heat and Sun at Spectacross

  2 August 09 • 1 comment

  Friday’s rain left some token mud for Saturday’s hot and sunny cyclocross racing at Spectacross, held at the New Jersey State Fair. Summer cyclocross racing held in conjunction with a fair promised a unique experience for both fair attendees and racers, and the inaugural event did not disappoint. 

• Spectacular Bold Takes Elite Men’s Competition at Mud-Filled Spectacross

  1 August 09 • 3 comments

  by Jake Sisson The weather gods have smiled at Ken Getchell’s experimental summer cyclocross event and granted an afternoon rain to provide plenty of mud for the Cyclocross Magazine Friday Night Sprints at Spectacross, held in conjunction with the New Jersey State Fair. The slippery course conditions, held partially on a tractor-pull course, were not [...]

• Robb Jebb Continues Three Peaks Race Domination

  29 April 09 • 1 comment

  

  Robb Jebb, seven-time winner of the Three Peaks Cyclocross race, can’t get enough of the hills of UK’s Yorshire Dales National Park. Jebb won the Three Peaks running version of the race this past Saturday, completing the 55th running of the hilly 24-mile race in a time of 2 hours, 54 minutes and 53 seconds. [...]

• 200 Laps of Dismounts, Mounts, Crashes, and Beer? The Little 500 Returns

  26 April 09 • 0 comment

  by Andrew Yee Mom: He was very sickly until he started riding around on that bicycle. Dad: Yeah… well… now his body’s fine, but his mind is gone. -Breaking Away, 1979 Academy Award Winner, Best Screenplay Many long-time cyclists have lost count of the # of times they’ve seen the classic movie Breaking Away, including [...]

• Cult Cross 2009 Wrap-up: Team Tactics and Spring Blue Skies

  26 March 09 • 0 comment

  Spring cyclocross is growing in Colorado, and last Sunday represented the final race of the two-race Cult Cross series. Will spring ‘cross make its way to you? Judging by this little series, there just might be a future for it. by Larry Grossman While the crowd watched team tactics only a roadie could love during [...]

• Nys and Vos Take Season Finale at Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle – Updated: Photo Gallery

  26 February 09 • 0 comment

  In a fitting end to the season, the season’s top two strongest riders battled for a victory in Oostmalle, Belgium in the final race of the GVA Trophy series. World Champ Niels Albert had promised before the race to do his best to extend his winning streak at the race to three-in-a-row, and quickly moved [...]

• Sven Nys Wins in Oostmalle, Takes Home GvA Trophy – Brief Report

  22 February 09 • 0 comment

  A last lap crash by World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) worked to the advantage of Belgian Champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and allowed Nys to cruise home to victory in the final race of the season. Nys and Albert were locked in a two up battled that looked to come down to a sprint finish before [...]

• Nys Wins Vorselaar, Captures Ninth Superprestige Title

  15 February 09 • 2 comments

  Sven Nys took an amazing ninth Superprestige title today with his win in Vorselaar. The Belgian national  champion only needed to finish seventh on the race, but “the canninbal” raced to win. He took the win with a five second lead on world champ Niels Albert, with Erwin Vervecken in third. Bart Wellens had a [...]

• Al and Van Paassen Take Heerlen – Updated: Full Report and Photos

  15 February 09 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton Thijs Al (AA Drink Cycling Team) has won the international cyclocross of Heerlen (February 14). Thijs Al animated the race from the beginning and won with a lead of almost 30 seconds over his closest competitors. The Belgian Elite without contract Champion Ben Berden (Revor) won the sprint [...]