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• Deja Vu x 4: Wendy Simms and Geoff Kabush Add to the Repeat-Fest – Full Report and Photos

  15 October 08 • 1 comment

  At the UCI Jim Horner Cyclo-Cross Grand-Prix in Alberta, Canada, freshly-crowned national champions Wendy Simms (Kona) and Geoff Kabush (Maxxis) would not be outdone by the weekend’s repeat victors of Nys, Trebon, Dombrowski, Powers, and Compton. The Canadian pros were determined to show they too could dominate a weekend of racing, and pulled off their [...]

• Cross Crusade #2: Hand-made Bikes, CX Roller Racing, and 1,213 Racers

  14 October 08 • 1 comment

  Report and Photos by Brooke Hoyer New England Worlds might have been going on in Gloucester and Cincinnati might have been hosting some big races, but Portland had the cool factor going on this weekend. Oregon Manifest, a hand-built bicycle show featuring Oregon builders (mostly), kicked off Friday, continued through Saturday and wrapped up on [...]

• Sven Nys Repeats Too: Wins Tour of Wallonia and Ruddervoorde Superprestige

  12 October 08 • 0 comment

  Sven Nys (Landboukrediet) has enjoyed his much-needed rest after his 9th place in the Olympic mountain bike race. He’s started his season off fresh, and like Powers, Dombroski, Trebon, and Compton, he enjoyed his own set of repeat wins by taking his seventh Ruddervoorde Superprestige win on Sunday after winning the Gran Prix of Wallonia [...]

• A Weekend of Repeats: Compton and Powers Go Undefeated at Cincinnati Festival – Full Report and Photos

  12 October 08 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton (Spike Shooter – Primus Mootry) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale – Cyclocrossworld.com) took their third wins in as many days at the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival. The third day of the festival had the most points at stake as the BioWheels / United Dairy Farmers race at Harbin Park was a UCI C1 race. [...]

• Trebon and Dombrowski Repeat at Gloucester Day 2 – Photos and Full Report

  12 October 08 • 0 comment

  For the second day in a row, Ryan Trebon (Kona) dueled with Tim Johnson (Cannondale – Cyclcrossworld.com), and just like yesterday, his massive accelerations out of the corners softened Tim Johnson and finally shed him with two laps to go. And just like yesterday, Dombroski won again in New England and remains undefeated in the [...]

• Simms and Kabush Take Canadian National Titles – Full Report and Photos

  11 October 08 • 1 comment

  Wendy Simms (Kona) and Geoff Kabush (Maxxis / Litespeed) took convincing wins under sunny skies at the Canadian National Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. Simms repeats as winner and wins her fourth title, while Kabush took his second career title by beating last year’s champion, Michael Garrigan. Full report below.

• Trebon and Dombroski Win Gloucester Day 1 – Photos and Full Report

  11 October 08 • 2 comments

  Velo Bella’s Amy Dombroski’s time at home in Vermont has paid off, as she’s continued her winning ways by taking perhaps the biggest Elite Women win of her young career by winning Day 1 of the Gran Prix of Gloucester. Dombroski battled a group of four other women to win the first half of New [...]

• Powers and Compton Repeat in Ohio – Photos and Report

  11 October 08 • 0 comment

  On Day 2 of the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival, Katie Compton (Spike Shooter / Primus Mootry) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale / Cyclocrossworld.com / Leer) each took another commanding UCI C2 win as they prepare for their European campaigns later this year. The Java Johnny’s – Lionhearts International Cyclocross was the second day of the three-day [...]

• Jeremy Powers and Katie Compton Win Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede in Kentucky

  10 October 08 • 2 comments

  The three-day UCI Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival began this afternoon with the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede in Burlington, Kentucky. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale – CyclocrossWorld.com / Leer) took his second UCI win of the season, tackling the bumpy course and beating Jeremiah Bishop (Trek/VW) for the win. The two riders were bunny hopping the barriers after 

• Canadian ‘Cross Grows with BC Cup, UCI C1 Weekend

  9 October 08 • 1 comment

  Cyclocross in Canada is enjoying tremendous growth. With an expanding BC Cup series, the Canadian National Championships this weekend, and the UCI C1 Toronto International Cyclocross Weekend on November 8-9th, Canucks don’t have to drive south to get some serious cyclocross action. Riders such as Wendy Simms, Geoff Kabush, and CXM contributor Vicki Thomas will [...]

• Happy Hour Events Grow Socal Cross, Prenzlow and Rivera Win Psycho-Cross

  7 October 08 • 1 comment

  Southern California is one of the areas in the country experiencing tremendous growth in cyclocross participation. Key to this growth is Dorothy “Dot” Wong, director of the SoCal Prestige Series. Prior to the season, Dot hosted “happy hour” events at local shops throughout Southern California in an effort to bring ‘cross to the people and [...]

• 1,267 Party in Rain and Mud in Portland’s Cross Crusade Opener

  6 October 08 • 1 comment

  By Erik Voldengen, Photos by David Roth Alpenrose Dairy, Portland, Oregon. Setting a new attendance record, 1,267 eager racers of all levels attended the Cross Crusade’s season opener at the Alpenrose Dairy in Portland, Oregon. From the first race at 9:00, through the last at 3:00, fields exceeding 100 participants lined up in droves to [...]

• Bishop and Shogren Take Fifth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Cyclocross Challenge

  6 October 08 • 0 comment

  By Joe Jefferson October 4, 2008; Hagerstown, MD, USA: Clear skies and cool temperatures greeted the early participants to the Fifth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Cyclocross Challenge, second race of the 2008 BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series. However the race was hot and heavy as some of the earlier starters were chasing bragging honors and upgrade points.

• Conant & Upshaw Withstand the Heat, Take Chicago Cyclocross Cup #1

  3 October 08 • 0 comment

  By Imelda March Not exactly cross weather for Race #1 of the Chicago Cyclocross Cup; however, that did not stop 288 racers from coming to frolic in the warm, sunny and 73 Fahrenheit temperature day on September 21, 2008. The race course did not disappoint as it kept experienced and amateurs alike on their “pedals” [...]

• Driscoll and Dombroski Double Up in Vermont

  30 September 08 • 0 comment

  WILLISTON, Vermont – A pair of Jericho, Vermont natives struck gold in duplicate this weekend as Jamey Driscoll (Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld.com) and Amy Dombroski (Velo Bella-Kona) won the men and women’s races respectively at this weekend’s Green Mountain Cyclo-Cross Weekend, the first stop of the 2008 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series. Dombroski, now residing in Boulder, [...]