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• Tábor Prepares for Cyclocross’ Biggest Show – UPDATED: Photo Gallery

  29 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton Tábor, Czech Republic – While Louisville got the go ahead to plan for ‘cross Worlds in three years, the city of Tábor–about 100 km south of Prague in southern Bohemia–was finalizing preparations for their own World Championships starting tomorrow.  The city, population 37,000, which has hosted a World Cup since 1996 and [...]

• 2010 Masters World Championships – UPDATED: Video, Full Results, Photos

  28 January 10 • 0 comment

  Mol, Belgium – While the world’s top Elite racers were headed to the Netherlands for the Hoogerheide World Cup last weekend, there was another big event going on in the cyclocross hotbed of Belgium: the Masters World Championships. Mol was the host city and the Belgians, always a force in ‘cross, treated the home crowd [...]

• A Pre-Worlds Interview with U23 National Champ Danny Summerhill

  28 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Newly-crowned American U23 national cyclocross champion Danny Summerhill (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin) has been racing straight through after winning his Stars n’ Stripes jersey. “After Nationals, I went home after a long stint on the road,” said Summerhill. “I’d been doing a bunch of racing, then was in Oregon from before the USGPs all [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – January 27, 2010

  27 January 10 • 0 comment

  In the lead up to the World Championships this weekend in Tabor, Czech Republic, there have been some technology changes that the UCI has imposed to make riders’ lives a bit more difficult, Americans head to the World Championships a week early, but still come home with some medals, and some late-season transfer rumors begin [...]

• Meredith Miller Recaps Her First-Ever World Cups: Roubaix and Hoogerheide

  27 January 10 • 0 comment

  Meredith Miller (California Giant Berry Farms) followed up her 2009 National Road Championship in Bend, Oregon, with a silver medal at Cyclocross Nationals in the same town five months later–in only her second year of cyclocross competition. That result gained her a spot on the US Worlds team, and she now finds herself battling against [...]

• Czech Worlds Primer: ‘Cross, Beer and History from Tabor

  26 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Stephanie Chase With the upcoming World Championship races in Tábor, American fans will be sure to have a lot of questions, such as: is it still called Czechoslovakia? How the heck do you pronounce “Zdeněk Štybar?” And most importantly how do you say “beer” in Czech? (the answers are no, the Czech Republic and [...]

• Dombroski Battles to a Top-Ten in Hoogerheide

  26 January 10 • 0 comment

  Amy Dombroski reports after the Hoogerheide World Cup, her much improved acceleration out of the gates and her stellar, top-ten result. She continues her ramp-up to the World Championships in Tabor next weekend and looks to be getting progressively more comfortable in the intense Euro ‘cross ranks. In case you missed it, check out her [...]

• One to Go: Vicki Thomas Readies for Worlds

  25 January 10 • 0 comment

  

  Vicki Thomas checks in with another journal entry about chasing her ‘cross dream on the courses of Europe. Check out her last update about the huge transition from racing Masters Worlds last year to qualifying for the 2010 Canadian national team for Elite Worlds. One more to go. Nothing like the one-to-go sign for a [...]

• A Check-In With Ryan Trebon: Thoughts on the 2010 Worlds

  23 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Jason Elhardt It’s been six weeks since the crowning of a new National Champion in Bend, OR. While that means the end of the season for many, a few select riders have continued on toward the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic next weekend. With the entire US team lining up to test their [...]

• Cody Kaiser Checks in from Roubaix

  21 January 10 • 0 comment

  U.S. Junior national champion Cody Kaiser (Cal Giant) continued his ramp-up for Worlds by lining up for one of the most popular cyclocross event of the year: the Roubaix World Cup. by Cody Kaiser Paris-Roubaix is the craziest race all year. Sure, the Tour de France is a month long race, but nothing can match [...]

• Helen Wyman’s Diary of a ‘Cross Pro: Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud – Roubaix Wrap-Up

  19 January 10 • 0 comment

  2009 British Champion Helen Wyman (Kona-FSA) checks in with an update from Europe as she slides her way through a muddy Roubaix World Cup and prepares for Hoogerheide and Worlds. If you missed it, also take a peek at her adventure in snowy UK and CXM’s  profile of her Kona Major Jake cyclocross bike. by [...]

• Dombroski Takes on Roubaix, Targets Worlds

  18 January 10 • 0 comment

  Amy Dombroski checks in from one of the more iconic events in all of cyclocross: the Roubaix World Cup. Although Dombroski originally planned to wrap her season up after a short European stint, apparently she’s having too much fun (and doing too well) to quit just yet. Dombroski has adjusted her late-season plans and will [...]

• Niels Albert Injury Update – Likely to Defend his Lead in Roubaix

  14 January 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros Niels Albert will most likely start on Sunday at the World Cup in Roubaix, France. The World Champion trained on Wednesday for three hours on the road with a taped chest to protect his broken rib. “The pain is bearable but the tape makes it hard to breath, manager Christoph Roodhooft told [...]

• An Interview with Katie Compton: A Lead Up to Worlds Part II

  13 January 10 • 1 comment

  by Matt Haughey Katie Compton is the six-time US Elite Women’s National Cyclocross Champion and current UCI World Cup Cyclocross points leader. With the two remaining World Cup events and the elusive World Championships taking place over the next three weeks, Compton stands poised to not only take a World Cup series but finally best [...]

• An Interview with Katie Compton: A Lead Up to Worlds Part I

  12 January 10 • 2 comments

  by Matt Haughey Katie Compton is the six-time US Elite Women’s National Cyclocross Champion and current UCI World Cup Cyclocross points leader. With the two remaining World Cup events and the elusive World Championships taking place over the next three weeks, Compton stands poised to not only take a World Cup series but finally best [...]