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• Todd Wells and Gould Take Muddy USGP Wins at Day 2 of Mercer Cup

  17 November 08 • 0 comment

  At Day 2 of the USGP Mercer Cup in New Jersey, the typical men’s team tactics of Kona and Cannondale-CyclocrossWorld was replaced by the one-two punch of the Todd Wells and Troy Wells duo. Although riding on separate teams, Todd (GT) and Troy (Clif Bar) defeated the two usually-dominant ‘cross teams with some brotherly love. [...]

• Compton and Nys Win Asper-Gavere Superprestige

  16 November 08 • 1 comment

  This weekend’s Superprestige series saw familiar faces atop the podium after a muddy Asper-Gavere Superprestige race. For the fifth straight year, Sven Nys reigned supreme, while American Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) took her second career Asper-Gavere race and first European win of the season. Jonathan Page, after a fifth place earlier in the week, finished [...]

• Gould Takes Come-From-Behind Win at Mercer Cup Day 1

  16 November 08 • 1 comment

  Somewhere underneath the carpet of mud that was the USGP’s stop at the Mercer Cup in West Windsor, New Jersey, a bicycle race broke out. Well it would be somewhat presumptuous to call it a bike race, a foot race would be a bit more descriptive. While the rain held off on the day of [...]

• Tim Johnson Cruises to a Mudfest Win at USGP Mercer Cup Day 1

  15 November 08 • 0 comment

  Where the Women had a tough time on the course at the Mercer Cup on Saturday, the men were even more worse off. First, the men had to deal with sticky, relentless mud for a full 20 minutes more and second, they had one more race before them to tear up their lines. Needless to [...]

• Gould Storms Back to Win USGP Mercer Cup Day 1 – Brief Report

  15 November 08 • 0 comment

  Georgia Gould (Luna) and teammate Katerina Nash returned to the USGP and continued their dominance. In muddy, slippery conditions, just one lap into the race, the two had dropped the rest of the field and it looked like the two might time trial together to the finish. But the two had very different riding styles,

• Katie Compton’s Roller Coaster Season and Pijnacker Report

  14 November 08 • 0 comment

  Spike Shooter’s Katie Compton has already had a season of ups and downs, having started the season undefeated in the U.S. but then pulling out in her first World Cup in Kalmthout and later skipping the Boulder Cup Weekend. We caught up with her husband Mark Legg-Compton for an update on Katie’s racing and her [...]

• Trebon and Butler Double Up at Cross Crusade

  12 November 08 • 0 comment

  by Stephanie Chase, photos by Janet Hil Every little kid loves the chance to get muddy, and many adults find that as they’ve gotten older they enjoy getting dirty less and less. These adults are not cyclo-cross racers. If you don’t like mud, get a road bike. If you like mud, check out the video [...]

• Chicago Spotlight: Sherer and Much Win, Collegiate Race Approaching

  12 November 08 • 0 comment

  by Imelda March The 7th stop of the Chicago Cyclocross Cup traveled to the Village of Northbrook, a suburb north of the City of Chicago. The race brought out the dedicated to mix it up in the treacherous cross conditions. The village has many charms, including that of Hollywood fame with several scenes of the [...]

• Landon-Griffith, MacDonald Take Seattle Cyclocross #6

  12 November 08 • 0 comment

  by LeRoi Smith Bremerton, WA – Seattle Cyclocross racers were treated to a great test of all-around skills at the fairgrounds in Bremerton. With several inches of rain in the week leading up to the race and many local rivers on flood watches, the venue

• Jones and Lloyd Take Socal Dam Cross

  12 November 08 • 1 comment

  by Dave Sheek, photos by Eric Colton It was another damn bumpy cross race this past weekend for stops 6 and 7 of the Southern California Prestige Series (SCPS) as Southern California hosted its second UCI Cyclocross race. The events were held at the Hansen Dam recreation area which offered an impressive backdrop for UCI-level [...]

• Boom and Kupfernagel Win Pijnacker World Cup, Compton Gets Second – Full Report, Results, Photos

  11 November 08 • 1 comment

  World Champs Lars Boom and Hanka Kupfernagel proudly displayed their rainbow jerseys today, taking big wins at the World Cup in Pijnacker, Netherlands today. America Katie Compton showed the value in skipping the Boulder Cup to rest for her European campaign, and showed great form in her return to Europe. Full results and photo gallery [...]

• Lars Boom Wins GVA Trophy #2 in Niel

  11 November 08 • 0 comment

  by Bart Hazen of Daily Peloton The Cyclocross of Niel is the second race for the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy (GVA). The first race was on the famous Koppenberg (November 1) and was won by Sven Nys ahead of Lars Boom and Niels Albert. At today’s race, which was very tough due to the overnight [...]

• SSCXWC – Bubbles, Windmills, and a Bit of Racing

  10 November 08 • 6 comments

  In our Issue 2, we called the SSCXWC event our top choice for a race to travel to “as a participant and spectator looking for a weekend packed full of ‘cross fun.” But promoter Dani Dance and the Portland Single Speed Collective crew didn’t rest on their laurels, and stepped it up for the ’08 [...]

• Pijnacker World Cup: Walsleben and Eising Dominate Espoir and Junior Races

  10 November 08 • 0 comment

  The U23 and Junior Cyclocross scene gathered together in Pijnacker (November 9) for the second round of their 2008-2009 World Cup. Americans Danny Summerhill, Bjorn Selander and Luke Keough were there in attendance, with Keough continuing his impressive European campaign with a strong fifth. Full reports below.

• McGrath and Van Gilder Take HPCX, Yozell Upsets Aspholm’s Streak

  10 November 08 • 0 comment

  by Ken Getchell Jamesburg, NJ, USA: The UCI C2 HPCX served as the seventh round of the MAC Powered by SRAM Cyclocross Series on Sunday. Unlike the previous day’s sandfest at the Beacon Cyclocross in southern New Jersey, Sunday’s race meandered through a large grassy park next to Jamesburg’s business district. At 2.7 km, the [...]