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• Nash, CyclocrossWorld-Cannondale Dominate in Providence, Johnson and Driscoll Go 1-2

  11 October 09 • 0 comment

  Johnson and Driscoll Go 1-2 in Providence While teammate Jeremy Powers was on his way to a second win at the UCI3 Cyclocross Festival in Ohio, Tim Johnson and Jamey Driscoll (CyclocrossWorld – Cannondale) were not to be outdone, and took a commanding 1-2 finish on Day 1 of the Providence Festival of Cyclocross.

• Albert and van den Brand Storm the GVA Citadelle de Namur in a Crashfest – Full Report, Videos

  11 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Bart Hazen Niels Albert (BKCP-PowerPlus) continued his undefeated season with a dominant performance at the the 2009-2010 Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee race in French-speaking Belgium at the Citadelle de Namur. And while the World Champ didn’t particularly love the course, he won on it anyway. Albert won for the fifth time in a row [...]

• Live Chat with Tim Johnson, Jeremy Powers, and Jamey Driscoll this Saturday

  10 October 09 • 2 comments

  

  Ever want to be two places at once? We sure do, as this weekend the competing Ohio UCI3 Cyclocross Festival and Providence Festival of Cyclocross will split the nation’s cyclocross fans and top riders. Even the CyclocrossWorld/Cannondale team was torn, and thus decided to split its team between the two events. But on Saturday evening, [...]

• Live Coverage of Day 2 of the Ohio UCI3 Cyclocross Festival

  10 October 09 • 0 comment

  Who will reign king in the mud? Will Trebon get revenge after his ill-timed flat yesterday? Will Powers repeat? Is Wicks or Parbo ready to contend? Is anyone ready to displace Compton as the ‘cross boss? Tune in today:

• Powers and Compton Survive Soggy Greens to Win Cyclo-Stampede, UCI3 Cyclocross Festival – Report & Full Photo Gallery

  10 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Ken Getchell October 9, 2009; Covington, KY, USA:  Jeremy Powers (CyclocrossWorld.com/ Cannondale) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike/Stevens) were victorious by wide margins in today’s Cyclo Stampede, the opener of this year’s Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival. But the race was truly dominated by the team of Mother Nature and Gravity.  Mother Nature delivered plenty of [...]

• A Friday Night Race Report: A Great Warm-Up, High Heart Rate and a DNS

  9 October 09 • 4 comments

  Nearly a hundred tweets, dozens of email threads and racing heart rates showed cyclocrossers were active and racing Friday night. One reader sent in this race report of the furious action, while two other readers sent in photos. Enjoy. A Friday night race? No, I wasn’t lucky enough to be in Kentucky at the Cyclo-Stampede [...]

• Valmont City Park Bike Fest, Cyclocross Race and Groundbreaking Ceremony

  9 October 09 • 1 comment

  

  Cyclocross Races to Highlight Day of Activities The Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (BMA) and Cross Partners will host Valmont Bike Park Fest on Saturday, October 17 at the future site of the Valmont City Park bike park.  Highlights of the day-long event will include sanctioned cyclocross races (for all categories), food, beverages, family-fun and a groundbreaking [...]

• Updated: Saturday’s GVA’s Citadelle de Namur Set to Make History, Course Preview Photos

  9 October 09 • 1 comment

  by Christine Vardaros 8 October, 2009 – Ready, Set, Allez! For the first time in cyclocross history, a major event is to be held in Belgium’s French-speaking Wallonia. It is the GVA Trofee Series opener and takes place this Saturday in the infamous Citadelle de Namur. While it may not seem so strange that a [...]

• A Video Recap of Cross Crusade Craziness at Alpenrose

  9 October 09 • 3 comments

  Heidi Swift (who has also contributed to Cyclocross Magazine) and our friends at Wend Magazine have put together this recap of last weekend’s record-braking Cross Crusade race.  Featured in the video is also Stephanie Chase, author of our acclaimed cyclocross history series in Issue 6 and 7. Want to see how Portland does cyclocross? Check [...]

• Surprise! National Championships Registration Opens…Tonight!

  9 October 09 • 2 comments

  It caught us off-guard as well, but for Masters (racing age 30 or over), registration for the USAC Cyclocross National Championships in Bend, Oregon opens this weekend.

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 3

  8 October 09 • 1 comment

  

  Well, it’s been a while in coming, and we’re three weeks in, and I do apologize for taking so long, but at long last, the first three weeks’ results have been calculated! Not playing yet? We may be close to securing an awesome grand prize, and last year’s winner missed the first few weeks of [...]

• East Coast Domination? Page and Bruno-Roy Lead USAC Cyclocross Rankings

  8 October 09 • 0 comment

  Page and Bruno-Roy still lead individual standings by USA Cycling The 10th and 11th races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar took place over the weekend with the Gran Prix of Gloucester I and II, October 3rd and 4th in Gloucester, Mass.

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – October 8, 2009

  8 October 09 • 1 comment

  With the cyclocross season fully underway, there’s been a few key story lines that we’ve been following. First up is the issue of heat and feeds in elite cyclocross competitions. Then we’ll catch up with Bart Wellens and his debilitating cytomegalovirus and look forward to the unveiling of Mongolian Cyclocross! Don’t forget to tune in [...]

• Live Coverage of UCI3 Cyclocross Festival on Saturday and Sunday

  8 October 09 • 1 comment

  We’ve heard your requests, and we’ll continue our popular live race coverage this weekend in Ohio with live blow-by-blow racing action of Saturday and Sunday’s men’s and women’s races at UCI3 Cyclocross Festival. We’ll get things started at 2:15 p.m Eastern Time. Tune-in to follow Compton, Butler, Van Gilder, Winfield and the rest of the [...]

• Relay Races, Saturday Dinner, Free Clinics: SoCal Cyclocross Gets Creative

  7 October 09 • 0 comment

  For anyone who hasn’t paid attention to the SoCal cyclocross scene, it deserves recognition for its tremendous growth and creative events. With races combined with running and mountain bike races, free clinics, relays and social events, series director Dorothy Wong and her supporters have grown cyclocross in an area that might have the most untypical [...]

• Chris Sheppard to Miss National Championships Due to Fracture

  7 October 09 • 0 comment

  

  Canadian Chris Sheppard will have to miss this weekend’s national championships as well the upcoming USGP and NACT series races.  The Santa Cruz/Shimano/WTB rider was putting the final touches to his form when he crashed descending a single track. X-rays confirmed the fracture

• Mud, Sweat and Gears Opening Weekend Breaks Tennessee Attendance Records

  7 October 09 • 3 comments

  2009 Mud Sweat and Gears opened with the City of Kingsport, TN pulling out all the stops to make our first race at  Domtar the biggest ever. Not just a cross race but a cross event! With the largest fields ever for MSG and cyclocross in the state of Tennessee, this years series opener had [...]

• Michigan Tackles Night Racing and Munson Monster

  6 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Matthew Ashley, photos by Andrea Tucker Michigan’s cyclocross scene was treated to a beautiful night of racing in Monroe, MI on Saturday night. Tailwind Enterprises hosted it’s first ever ‘cross race under the stars at Munson park in General Custer’s hometown. This course consists of a massive sledding hill surrounded by soccer fields and [...]

• Kansas City Racing to Benefit Women’s Shelter

  6 October 09 • 0 comment

  October 6, 2009 – KANSAS CITY, MO – Kansas City Cyclists will come together for the second race of the De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series presented by Paceline Products on October 11, 2009, 10am to 2pm, at University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Cyclists from all over the Midwest will come together to [...]

• Is Cincinnati the Next Portland? UCI3 Cyclocross Festival Approaches 1,000 Entries

  6 October 09 • 1 comment

  October 6, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA:  Cincinnati’s UCI3 Cyclocross Festival is closing in on 1,000 entries as the pre-registration deadline of midnight tonight approaches.  As of 4:00 pm EDT (eight hours before the close of on-line registration), 947 entries had been received.  It’s a far cry from the first Harbin Park International just five years [...]