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• Trebon and Nash Solo to USGP Final Wins, Nash and Johnson Take Titles – Photos & Brief Report

  7 December 08 • 1 comment

  by Stephanie Chase In contrast to Saturday’s races (report, live updates archive), team tactics were absent from Sunday’s muddy finale of the six-race USGP series. Katerina Nash (Luna) built a comfortable lead on the first lap and with only her teammate Georgia Gould behind her, and kept her lead throughout the race. Gould took

• Live Coverage of USGP Portland Day 2

  7 December 08 • 0 comment

  We’ll get it going again today around 1:30 p.m. PST for live updates from day 2 of the USGP Portland Cup. It’s the final day of the series, and mathematically, both series titles are by no means certain. Follow our live updates here and spread the word! While you’re at it, pray for the rain [...]

• Tag Team Rules at USGP Portland Day 1 – Photos, Full Results

  6 December 08 • 1 comment

  While Michael Wissink (Specialized) and Zach McDonald (Classic Cycles) ran away to easy solo wins in the masters and juniors races, the women’s and men’s races were a battle of teamwork, with both races facing two-on-one battles for much of the race. In the women’s race, Rachel Lloyd (Cal Giant / Specialized) got the holeshot

• Live Coverage of USGP Portland Cup

  6 December 08 • 2 comments

  Note, our live Coverage of Day 1 is over, but the archive is below: Our blinged-out live coverage of Whitmore’s Landscaping Supercross Cup was a big success (Day 1′s archive here and Day 2′s archive is here).

• Seattle CX Debuts at Sprinker Park – Full Report and One Rider’s Perspective

  4 December 08 • 0 comment

  Stevenson and Berg Lay the Smack-down in Seattle by LeRoi Smith, photos by Janet Hill Spanaway, WA – In this little bit of everything season, fog and comfortable temps greeted Seattle ‘crossers for the final race of the series. The unfamiliar continued onto the course. Due to a snafu with a long-time venue,

• Wulfkuhle and Popovic Crowned Pennsylvania State Champs

  4 December 08 • 0 comment

  by Ken Getchell Domination was the name of the game at the VisitPA.com Pennsylvania State Cyclocross Championships this year, as all of the open categories were dominated by either a single team or a single person.

• 34 Down, 6 to Go: Trebon and Gould Lead NRC Rankings

  3 December 08 • 0 comment

  With 34 races down and just 6 more to go, Ryan Trebon holds a slim 13-point margin over Jeremy Powers in USA Cycling’s NRC rankings. On the women’s side, Georgia Gould holds a 38 point lead over Mo Bruno Roy. With 60 points up for grabs with a win and only 40 points for second [...]

• Jones and Kerlin Take Classic Golden Gate Park ‘Cross

  1 December 08 • 0 comment

  by Geoff Gunderson, Photos by Andrew Yee Golden Gate Park’s history reaches back to the 1870′s, and people have been riding bicycles there nearly its whole existence. Cyclocross racing in Golden Gate Park reaches back to at least the 1970′s. There was a race here just one week before the very first Cyclocross National Championships [...]

• Bruno-Roy and Driscoll Win in Sterling

  1 December 08 • 2 comments

  Sterling, Massachusetts – Round 7 of the 2008 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series was contested in varying conditions on a typical clean, crisp fall day in New England. While morning conditions were muddy and slick as the morning’s frost gave way to the sun of the day, the afternoon gave the elite riders a [...]

• Wells Brothers Run Away from the Field at Jingle Cross Rock Day 1

  1 December 08 • 0 comment

  

  by Marc Hollander Troy Wells (Clif Bar) and Todd Wells (GT) kicked off the 2008 UCI Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock in Iowa City in fine style. The brothers took the top two places at Day 1, with Andy Jacques-Maynes (California Giant Strawberries) finishing third in Saturday’s race. The elite riders shot around the the [...]

• 15-Year Old Bahnson Nipped by Bishop at MABRA Championships

  1 December 08 • 0 comment

  If you’ve been following MABRA results this year, you likely have noticed National Champ Jeff Bahnson winning the 2/3 races most of this season. He’s recently upgraded to battle the Elite Men, and hasn’t missed a beat, nearly winning Sunday’s MABRA Championships. He’s quickly becoming a future star and looks ready to try his hand [...]

• Vantornout Wins Gieten Superprestige #5

  30 November 08 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton The fifth round of the Superprestige in Gieten was threatened by cold weather and lots of rain the entire day. The win went to Sunweb-Projob rider Klaas Vantornout as he defeated Bart Wellens in a close finish. Belgian Champion Sven Nys was best of the rest completing the [...]

• Vervecken Takes Fidea-Dominated Koksijde World Cup – Photos and Video

  30 November 08 • 1 comment

  photos by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton Erwin Vervecken feels quite at home in Koksijde, Belgium. For the fifth time in his long career, the Belgian won on the sand dunes of Belgium, taking the victory in a Fidea-dominated race, with four Fidea riders in the top five. Vervecken is clearly coming back to [...]

• Compton Wins Sandy Koksijde World Cup – Photos and Video

  30 November 08 • 1 comment

  Photos by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton American Katie Compton overcame a slow start at the sand dunes of Koksijde, Belgium to catch race and World Cup leader Hanka Kupfernagel and beat her in the sprint to take the victory. Compton doubted that she was the strongest on the day, but thought she raced [...]

• Overend, Sawicki, Collegiate Racing and Running Highlight UC Irvine Race Weekend

  29 November 08 • 0 comment

  By Dave Sheek and Dot Wong The West Coast Collegiate Championship (WCCC) hosted by University of California, Irvine Cycling Team, and the SCNCA CX District Championships hosted by Team Velocity: Fall weather finally showed for an historic two days of racing in Southern California “cooling” off the memories of two weeks ago and the “heated” [...]