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• Knapp and Dallaire Take Tour de Louisville

  5 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Ken Getchell Louisville, KY – Beautiful weather and a revised courses greeted cyclocross racers and spectators as the Zipp OVCX Tour presented by Papa John’s made it’s first of several trips to Louisville this year for the Tour de Louisville on Sunday. The race which is held annually at Fisherman’s Park rather than the more-frequented [...]

• UCI3 Festival an Important Part of Compton’s Season Plans

  5 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  Katie Compton doesn’t mince words in her praise of the UCI3 Festival.  “This will be our fourth year attending the Cincinnati three day cyclocross festival, there’s nothing like it in the world,” says Compton of the Festival which this year takes place October 8-10. “A mix of fun courses, great race organization and that final [...]

• Woras and Berg Are Tops at Seattle’s Starbucks GP

  4 October 10 • 0 comment

  by Kenton Berg Cool fall-like temperatures and fresh coffee greeted racers at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance/Starbucks GP as the third race of the MFG Cyclocross series got underway at Five Mile Lake Park in Federal Way, WA. While racing was a big part of the day for most attendees, it couldn’t completely overshadow the [...]

• Super-Competitive Fields at UCI3 International Cyclocross Fest

  4 October 10 • 1 comment

  

  The UCI3 festival is less than a week away, and event promoters have passed along the following info about the star-studded lineup via press release. With on-line registration for Cincinnati’s UCI3 Cyclocross Festival closing at midnight on Tuesday, festival organizers are gearing up for the biggest day of registration for the year. As of lunch [...]

• Summerhill Snags His First UCI C2 Win, Repeat Performance for Stetson-Lee – UPDATED: More Photos, Full Results

  4 October 10 • Comments Off

  by Dave Sheek Southern California UCI Weekend – Kross-toberfest Presented by Focus Bicycles, Day Two It turned out to be a stirring weekend of competition in California. It was more than just racing this weekend and Bonelli park, San Dimas, California, turned out to be a great venue for the UCI weekend of racing, bike [...]

• Alpenrose Cross Crusade Sets Attendance Record; Butler and Sheppard Crush – UPDATED: Photo Gallery

  3 October 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles Portland, Oregon – Alpenrose Dairy once again played host to Oregon’s Cross Crusade series kickoff, now in its 20th season, and the attendance records just keep getting broken. In 2008 1,267 came to party in the rain, last year 1,463 turned out to outnumber the cows, and this year 1,506 raced the [...]

• Stybar, Van Paassen Take GvA Trofee Opener in Namur – UPDATED: Video Highlights, Full Report

  3 October 10 • 2 comments

  Zdenek Stybar followed up his two wins in his Czech Republic homeland with a win in Namur, Belgium to open up the GvA Trofee series. Sanne van Passen continued her winning ways in the Elite women’s field in a convincing win, while Arnaud Jouffroy put in a convincing performance to take the U23 win. by [...]

• Parbo and Stetson-Lee Win First Day At Kross-toberfest Presented by Focus

  3 October 10 • 2 comments

  by Dave Sheek Humid temperatures and morning rains brought some mud to Southern California (SoCal) for the first UCI double-header weekend the area has seen in two years. The mud was literally a giant pit and, along with a mixture of heavy grass, required a lot of power from racers. Day One was fantastic, bringing [...]

• Johnson Fends off Powers, Miller Solos for Win, Gloucester Day 2 – Race Report and Full Results

  3 October 10 • 3 comments

  by Marion Hambrick Gloucester, MA – The Elite Women and Men returned for Day Two of the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester. Meredith Miller (California Giant-Specialized) soloed to her first win after a close second-place finish on Day One. On the men’s side, the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com train steamed through the Gloucester station, with teammates Tim [...]

• Van Gilder Sprints for the Win, Powers Strikes Again in Gloucester Day 1 – UPDATED: Photo Gallery, Race Report, Full Results

  2 October 10 • 3 comments

  by Marion Hambrick Gloucester, MA – Tropical Storm Nicole welcomed racers to Gloucester with torrential rains and winds but proved no match for Laura van Gilder (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com), who battled to victories in the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester Elite Women’s and Men’s races. Van Gilder currently leads both [...]

• Johnson, Mourey Tied Atop ’Cross National Calendar Rankings; Van Gilder Stands Alone

  1 October 10 • 1 comment

  A week of world-class racing ended with two men tied for the number one spot in the 2010/11 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar rankings. Laura van Gilder (Cresco, Penn./C3 — Athletes Serving Athletes), meanwhile, maintains her lead in the women’s standings for the third consecutive week. The first UCI category 1 race of the season [...]

• Interbike First Impression: Racing Gates Carbon Drive at CrossVegas

  1 October 10 • 1 comment

  by Kenton Berg A QUIET STORM: Amidst all the carbon bling, lightweight parts and new gadgets showing up at Interbike this year, a small company is making big impressions in the drive train market. Gates Carbon Drive Systems, an offshoot of Gates Corporation, released its first lightweight carbon belt drive system in 2008 on four [...]

• Thijs Al All Healed Up and Ready to Go…Almost

  1 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros While Netherlander Thijs Al (AA Drink) may have the form of two years ago, when he won Scheldecross and immediately afterward the Zolder World Cup, a nasty cold has kept his legs from showing what they can do. He competed last weekend in his first two races of the season – at [...]

• Elliot and Lindine Let Loose At Ellison Park

  30 September 10 • 1 comment

  Sunday’s Rohrbach’s Ellison Park Cyclocross race in Rochester, NY – the inaugural UCI event produced by Full Moon Vista – saw an Elite women’s grid with a mix of stars and regional riders anxious to tackle what was described by riders as “one of the toughest cyclocross courses on the calendar.”  Natasha Elliott of Garneau-Club [...]

• Chip Timing and Junior Development Benefit Added to Tour de Louisville

  30 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  Organizers of the Tour de Louisville, Round 2 of the 2010 Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour presented by Papa John’s, have announced two last-minute upgrades to this Sunday’s race.  Chip timing has been added and  the Red Zone Junior Development Cycling Team will operate the official food concession at the race on October 3. Awarded as [...]

• Scherz and Van Gilder Charging Through The MAC

  30 September 10 • 1 comment

  Valentin Scherz and Laura Van Gilder continue to maintain their points leads in the Champion System MAC Series.  But behind them, there have been some shake-ups following this past weekend’s race in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. In the Elite Men’s division, Valentin Scherz took his first win of the year to solidify his position at the [...]

• Historical UK Event: 48th Three Peaks Cyclocross Race Report

  30 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  The Three Peaks event has been long enough to be called a classic and, not surprisingly, it’s evolved quite a bit over its 48-year history. Throughout, however, although it’s a long way from a one-hour, full-throttle effort, cyclocross has been at the heart of the super-challenging long distance event. For more info on the event, [...]

• Cincinnati Cross Clinics to be hosted by Compton, Cameron

  30 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  In or near Cincinnati, Ohio? Looking to brush up on those handling skills with some of the best in the business? Then check out these two clinics, offered on the eve of the UCI3 Festival happening October 8th – 10th. Though technically a three-day festival of cyclocross, Cincinnati’s UCI3 Festival actually stretches to a fourth day [...]

• Packed and Stacked: This Weekend’s Socal UCI Kross-toberfest #1 2010

  29 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  UCI Racing is back in California this weekend after a one year hiatus, thanks to Focus Bicycles and promoter Dorothy Wong. If you don’t want to make the trip to Gloucester to win some UCI points, visit sunny and warm Southern California for a weekend packed with activities and a stacked field. No less than [...]

• NACT Season Continues with Weekend of Racing in Gloucester

  29 September 10 • 0 comment

  North American Cyclocross Trophy Series Rolls into the Northeast After a great start in the Northwest, the North American Cyclocross Trophy (NACT) series rolls into the Northeast this weekend for two days of racing in Gloucester, Mass., at the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester. What’s the best description of the Gran Prix of Gloucester? [...]