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• Walsleben Continues Favorites’ Streak with U23 Win – Full Report and Photos

  31 January 09 • 2 comments

  by Dan Seaton. Photos by Joe Sales. Also see our live updates archive here. The Germans took a cue from their Dutch neighbors in the juniors race, finishing 1-2 in the 2009 Espoir World Championships in Hoogerheide today. Although the temperature warmed slightly from this morning’s junior race, the wind and a setting sun kept [...]

• Eising Wins Junior World Championships, Keough 13th – Full Report and Photos

  31 January 09 • 3 comments

  

  by Dan Seaton, Photos by Joe Sales and Masae Otsuka. Also see our live updates archive here. On a frozen and cloudless morning in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, the juniors kicked off the 2009 cyclocross world championships.  Racing on a dry and frozen course, Dutch rider Tijmen Eising was able convert a first lap attack into an [...]

• Live Coverage from Hoogerheide World Championships – Day 1

  30 January 09 • Comments Off

  Updated: Our live coverage of Day 1 is over, but the archive of the exciting racing can be found here.

• Worlds Countdown: Hanka Kupfernagel Interview and Bike Profile

  30 January 09 • 1 comment

  Hanka Kupfernagel is a four-time world champion and always a favorite at any big race. She and her partner Mike Kluge chatted with Christine Vardaros about the upcoming world championship race and women’s prize money. Plus a profile on the world champ’s bike. Your race strategy for Worlds?  Take the lead early like usual? It’s [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Sven Nys Talks Team Tactics, Form, and Fans

  30 January 09 • 0 comment

  Sven Nys continues to dominate the World Cup, the Superprestige series, and most major one-day races. Yet he’s only won one world title as an elite. Christine Vardaros talks with Nys before the big race as he enters Hoogerheide with what he says is his best form of the season. Also, see our pre-Olympics interview [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Photos and Video from the Venue

  29 January 09 • 2 comments

  CXM Star photographer Joe Sales and CXM editor Andrew Yee captured photos from the venue on Thursday in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, in attempt to bring the worlds course to you. We’ve also got some video from CXM CFO (chief fulfillment officer) Masae Otsuka to show you two of the more challenging aspects of the course.

• Jonathan Page Added to US Worlds Team

  29 January 09 • 0 comment

  Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 29, 2009)–USA Cycling announced today the addition of Jonathan Page (Northfield, N.H.) to the U.S. National Team roster for next weekend’s UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. USA Cycling originally denied Page’s initial petition to the world championship team, citing his ineligible status stemming from an open anti-doping investigation at the time of [...]

• 2012 World Championships Awarded to Koksijde, Belgium

  29 January 09 • 0 comment

  The 2009 World Championships haven’t even started but the 2012 World Championships are already decided.  They have been awarded to Koksijde, Belgium.  Here are the next three locations: 2010: Tabor, Czech Republic 2011: St. Wendel, Germany 2012: Koksijde, Belgium

• Worlds Countdown: Marianne Vos Aims for Another

  29 January 09 • 0 comment

  Lars Boom is not the only young, Dutch multi-discipline world champion. Boom’s compatriot Marianne Vos is just 21 years old, but already has four rainbow jerseys to her name: Two from the road, as a junior (2004) and elite (2006), an elite cyclocross title (2006), and the points race title on the track in 2008. [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Lars Boom at Home

  27 January 09 • 0 comment

  As we get ready for our in-depth and live coverage of the world championships this weekend, we’re providing a series of worlds-related articles to get you ready as well. First up is a revisit of a very unique story we received in October on the men’s defending champ and heavy favorite, Lars Boom: Lars Boom [...]

• Nys, Van den Brand Wrap Up World Cup Season With Wins – Updated: Full Photo Gallery

  26 January 09 • 0 comment

  

  Daphny Van den Brand and Sven Nys won the Elite Women’s and Elite Men’s races in Milan in hotly contested races, with each taking close victories over their biggest rivals. Full reports below by Bart Hazen of the Daily Peloton with photos from CXM star shutterbug Joe Sales. Also, for full details on how the [...]

• Northern Friends Need Worlds Help Too

  26 January 09 • 0 comment

  While cyclocross is growing rapidly in the U.S. and Canada, riders in both countries have difficulty finding funding to compete at the highest level. Is the best hope to change this getting the sport in the Olympics? But in the meantime, funding is lacking and our Canuck friends are fund raising for the world championships [...]

• Masters Worlds: Kathy Sarvary Leads Three American Medalists in Mol – Updated: Full Results

  25 January 09 • 2 comments

  New England’s Kathy Sarvary (Mid State Cycling) hates getting rid of old clothing. In December, she wore her rainbow-striped world champion jersey to successfully defend her masters 50-54 national championship in Kansas City and keep her coveted stars and stripes jersey. On Saturday in Mol, Belgium, she wore that stars and stripes jersey to successfully [...]

• Live Updates from World Cup in Milan!

  24 January 09 • 1 comment

  In our lead-up to the World Championships in Hoogerheide, Holland, we warmed up with live coverage of the final UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Milan, Italy. You can view the archived, blow-by-blow coverage below:

• A New Page at Worlds? More on USADA and Page

  24 January 09 • 0 comment

  We got an early word on Page’s no-violation finding by USADA as reported here, and have received more information on the matter along with USADA’s press release below. Cyclocross Magazine managed a quick peak at USADA’s summary decision to be public shortly, and in their unanimous decision, the panel reported that “after careful consideration and [...]

• The Next American Legend? – An Interview with Zach McDonald

  23 January 09 • 3 comments

  

  After winning the US National Title in the elite junior category, Zach McDonald headed overseas to test his mettle against the best that the world had to offer. McDonald seems to be finding his form at exactly the right time, after taking home the biggest achievement of his young career over the weekend at the [...]

• Page Cleared, Added to Worlds Team

  23 January 09 • 1 comment

  Sources have told Cyclocross Magazine that USA Cycling’s National Championships Bronze Medalist and former World Championships Silver Medalist Jonathan Page has been cleared of any wrong doing after missing a post-race doping control and will be able to finish out his season. While the USADA has cleared him, the UCI still will be able to [...]

• The Other Worlds: Henry Kramer Readies for Masters Worlds, Wins in Kasterlee

  23 January 09 • 2 comments

  

  This weekend, some of the top racers are heading to the Milan World Cup, while others are either resting for worlds or racing Kasteelcross in Zonnebeke, Belgium. But the top masters races are gathering in Mol, Belgium for the town’s annual hosting of the Masters World Championships. While much more low-key than the main event [...]

• Issue 5: Check the Label!

  22 January 09 • 0 comment

  

  Issue 5 is starting to arrive already for a lucky few, and over the next few weeks will cross the country. While the wait for all of us is at times unbearable, please take 10 more seconds before ripping into it and devouring the magazine. We want you to check out your label. Your label [...]

• Last Chance: Two California CX Series Wrap-up this Sunday

  22 January 09 • 0 comment

  California ‘cross racing continues this Sunday with season finales in NorCal with the Peak Season finals and infamous relay race, and SoCal’s Last Chance series finale at the Flying B Ranch. See SoCal’s press release below.