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• Top Women Drawn to Ohio with Equal Pay

  8 October 08 • 0 comment

  by Ken Getchell Cincinnati has a proud baseball tradition, the Red Stockings team of 1869 are widely regarded as the first openly professional baseball team, three years before the FA Cup, soccer’s oldest competition, was even founded. Their successors, the Cincinnati Reds, have won the World Series five times. But when people say Mitch Graham [...]

• USGP Named Junior and U23 Worlds Qualifying Races

  8 October 08 • 0 comment

  Kids and Parents, buy your tickets now to the USGP Races if you want to go to worlds. Saratoga Springs, NY Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross presented by Crankbrothers, (USGP) have announced and the establishment of the CyclocrossWorld / USGP Junior Race Series. As part of this series, the USGP can also [...]

• 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.

• Virginia Cyclocross Series Ready to Kick Off

  6 October 08 • 0 comment

  The Virginia Cyclocross Series kicks off this weekend with the Richmond Festival of Cross hosted by the Altius Cycling Team.  Saturday,  October 11th  will be held at Chimborazo Park and Sunday October 12th will be held at Bryan Park.  These venues have hosted cross races for years and are completely different with Chimborazo having significant [...]

• Maureen Bruno Roy, MM Racing Team Up with Seven Cycles

  3 October 08 • 0 comment

  Arlington, MA:  The New England duo of Maureen Bruno Roy and Matt Roy will announce their new team, MM Racing, with a launch party at Wheelworks in Belmont, MA Friday October 3rd from 7-10pm.  The MM Racing roster features the duo of Maureen Bruno Roy, two-time podium finisher in the Elite Cyclocross National Championships, winner [...]

• 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, [...]

• Winfield and Schempf Win Ed Sander Memorial

  29 September 08 • 0 comment

  Buckeystown, MD, USA:  The Ed Sander Memorial saw over 350 entries at the Lilypons Water Gardens for what has turned into “the” early season objective for many riders.  Run by the National Capital Velo Club in memory of one of their own who died in a training accident, the race is made even more meaningful [...]

• Page and Elliott Double Up at Jonathan Page Planet Bike Cup

  29 September 08 • 0 comment

  Jonathan Page Natasha Elliott score wins on both days of the Jonathan Page Planet Bike Cup by Renee Callaway Saturday and Sunday’s Jonathan Page Planet Bike Cup elite men’s race had a stacked field with Jonathan Page (Planet Bike), Todd Wells (GT), Bjorn Selander (Ridley), Troy Wells (Clif Bar) and on Sunday Tim Johnson (Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale) [...]

• Page and Elliott Take Day 1 of Jonathan Page Planet Bike Cup

  28 September 08 • 1 comment

  Page, Elliott take opening day in Wisconsin UCI Cyclocross Weekend by Renee Callaway On Saturday at Jonathan Page’s Planet Bike Cup the elite men’s race turned into a one-man show after Todd Wells (GT) had to make two stops in the pit and chase back from deep in the field after a rolled tire. Jonathan [...]

• Northern California Cup Series Expands to New Venus and Adds Prizes

  26 September 08 • 1 comment

  by John Funke 3 Santa Cruz Stigmata Frames and Timbuk2 bags up for grabs SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Santa Cruz Bicycles has signed on as the title sponsor for the 2008-2009 NCNCA Cup and will be offering up 3 Santa Cruz Stigmata frames to lucky winners at the series finale on Jan. 4th. Timbuk2 Designs [...]

• Thomas Frischknecht Retires, Talks with Cyclocross Magazine

  26 September 08 • 0 comment

  Thomas Frischknecht, “Frischi” to friends and fans alike, has had a long and illustrious career in cycling – and he’s got three world championship titles to show for it. At 38 years old he’s been competing at the highest levels of the sport for two decades. And according to him, his career will soon end. [...]

• Trebon Defends, Compton Wins, Armstrong Races

  25 September 08 • 13 comments

  Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) and Ryan Trebon (Kona) beat the heat, their toughest competition of the year, and the hype and distraction of Lance Armstrong’s attendance to win the second annual Cross Vegas UCI C1 race. Compton, after a successful mountain bike season this summer which included the short track National Championship, started her first [...]

• HRS Rock Lobster 2008-2009 Cyclocross Team Annnounced

  24 September 08 • 0 comment

  Although Sarah Kerlin was already seen ripping the Elite Women’s race in Seattle last wekend in the HRS / Rocklobster colors, they team has just annonced their final, official roster for this season: by Brent Chapman HRS/Rock Lobster 2008-2009 Cyclocross Team Announced Team HRS/Rock Lobster enters its fifth season with the goals of continuing to [...]

• Lance Armstrong to Race Cross Vegas

  23 September 08 • 2 comments

  Lance Armstrong’s spokesperson, Mark Higgins, told Cyclocross Magazine on Tuesday that Lance is trying race Cross Vegas, and is planning on “getting in just in time for the race barring any flight delays.” With a press conference schedule in New York that morning, it sounds like he’ll have quite a busy day. Armstrong is also [...]

• Charm City Cyclocross: MAC Dominated by Black

  22 September 08 • 0 comment

  “You don’t know the power of the Dark Side.” Baltimore, MD, USA: The Charm City Cyclocross cast a dark complexion on the MAC Series, on Sunday, September 21. Not only did the C3-Sollay.com team and their distinctive black skinsuits dominate the Elite powered by SRAM events, they also organized and promoted the event with such [...]

• Jonathan Page’s Planet Bike Cup Boasts Star-Studded Field

  22 September 08 • 1 comment

  An impressive field of racers will take to the field at Jonathan Page’s Planet Bike Cup on September 27 and 28 at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc. Top racers from throughout the Midwest will contest the amateur events and will be joined by elite riders from throughout the Midwest as well as from [...]

• Jonathan Page Dominates KTR Double Cross UCI Weekend in Michigan

  22 September 08 • 0 comment

  Jonathan Page (Planet Bike) has found a third home in the midwest, after New England and Belgium. After winning the Chequamegon 40 mountain bike race two weeks ago in Wisconsin, Page stuck around to lead a ‘cross clinic and then school his competition at this past weekend’s KTR Double Cross UCI C2 weekend. While most [...]