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• ZIPP OVCX’s Traditional Triple Championship Trail

  10 November 09 • 0 comment

  November 9, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA: The Zipp OVCX Tour is preparing for its traditional trio of state championship races. Following this weekend’s Zipp OVCX Cap City Cross in Columbus Ohio, the first of the state championship races will be held next weekend in Indiana, followed by Ohio and then Kentucky. All three championship races [...]

• BC Cyclocross Championships Date and Venue Announced

  10 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  by Kevin Calhoun It is official, the date has been finalized for the 2009 BC Cyclocross Championships! Sunday November 29th, Mahon Park, North Vancouver… A brand new course located in the heart of North Vancouver. Course highlights include 400m gravel track, a covered stadium for all your family and friends, fast paved paths, a natural [...]

• Ellsworth Bikes Sponsors Velo Bella Elite Cyclocross Team

  9 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  You’ve probably seen the Velo Bellas ripping it up on their Ellsworth bikes at national races, a departure from the team’s Kona rigs from previous years. Official press release below: Ellsworth Handcrafted Bikes, a market leader in technology innovation and sustainable business practices, has partnered with the Velo Bella women’s cyclocross team for the 2009-2010 [...]

• Middle Cross Fall Bike Fest Brings Cyclocross to Boulder Middle Schools

  9 November 09 • 0 comment

  Middle School Cycling Program Concludes With Festival The Middle Cross Fall Bike Fest is scheduled Wednesday, November 11, at Manhattan Middle School in Boulder. The mid-day festival takes advantage of the Veteran’s Day Holiday when Boulder Valley Schools are not in session and serves as the final event of the fall Middle Cross (MCX) program. [...]

• Race Promoter Double-Crosses Howard County

  6 November 09 • 1 comment

  November 6, 2009 – Matt Brancheau’s debut as a cyclocross promoter in 2007 was an unqualified success. Working in tandem with the Howard County Recreation and Parks Department as “co-promoters,” his Rockburn Cross in Elkridge, Maryland got tongues wagging

• ZIPP OVCX’s “Second Season” Underway – Points Battles Come Into Focus

  6 November 09 • 0 comment

  November 5, 2009: The Zipp OVCX Tour’s ‘Second Season’ is underway. Heading into this weekend’s Promotion Cross in Lexington, Kentucky, many riders have already scored

• C3 Aiming for Quad-Double in MABRAcross’ Tacchino Ciclocross

  6 November 09 • 0 comment

  November 4, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA: Team C3-Athletes Serving Athletes shoots for a Quadruple-Double this weekend. Wes Schempf, who won both the BikeReg.com MABRAcross and MAC championships last year, is counting on the weekend to propel him toward repeats in both series and to repeat as winner of Tacchino Ciclocross. Schempf currently has the BikeReg.com [...]

• Top Racers Descend on Northhampton for Cycle-Smart International

  6 November 09 • 0 comment

  With the flurry of last-minute registration done, the fields for this weekend’s Cycle-Smart International will showcase some of the best cyclocross racers from the United States and beyond. At the close, over 1150 racers will be coming out to Northampton, MA, for rounds nine and ten of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series. In [...]

• SSCXWC 2009 Eliminates Qualifier, Adds (Nearly Sold Out) Field Limit

  5 November 09 • 0 comment

  

  The SSCXWC is about to take over Portland for one last time this weekend, and you can be sure we’ll have lots of coverage of the unique event. New this year is the removal of the prologue qualifier, but a field limit of 250 riders. At last check there were just five spots left! Press [...]

• Weekend Preview: Tacchino Ciclocross Readies Suitcase of Sausage for MABRA Racers

  3 November 09 • 1 comment

  November 2, 2009: The Tacchino Ciclocross (“Turkey Cyclocross”), the 5th round of the BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series, will be held atypically early this year on November 8.  The event also moves to a new venue this year:  Rosaryville State Park in Upper Marlboro Maryland, near Andrews Air Force Base.  The event will attract racers with a [...]

• Weekend Preview: Wayne Scott Memorial Xross Offers MAC Points without UCI Distractions

  3 November 09 • 0 comment

  November 2, 2009: Cyclocross racers head to Fair Hill Maryland, just outside Newark Delaware, on November 7 for what many believe could be the most pivotal day in MAC’s 2009 Championship Chase.  The Wayne Scott Memorial Xross @ Fair Hill will be the first MAC race of the year where the Elite races will be [...]

• Weekend Preview: Cycle-Smart Returns to Northampton

  3 November 09 • 0 comment

  The Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series returns to action this weekend with the 19th edition of the Cycle-Smart International. Held once again at Look Park in Northampton, Massachusetts, this year’s installment will feature all the hallmarks that have given this race a reputation as a mid-season classic but with some new twists.

• Kersting and Dallaire Shoot to Kill at Gun Club Cross

  2 November 09 • 0 comment

  

  November 2, 2009 – Miamiville, OH, USA:  Bob’s Red Mill racers Mitch Kersting and Anna Jean Dallaire won the Elite Men’s and Women’s Races at the increasingly popular Gun Club Cross on Sunday.  The ninth race of the 2009 Zipp OVCX Tour saw a 50% increase of entries over last year. This year, riders found [...]

• Weekend Preview: NACT Storms Colorado

  29 October 09 • 1 comment

  by Stephanie Chase There are tricks, there are treats, and for the fourth round of the NACT series in Colorado this weekend, the weather is planning to play the biggest trick off all (or a treat, depending on who you talk to). With the eight inches of wet snow that has already arrived

• Seattle’s MFG Series Finds New Home After 11th Hour Permit Cancellation

  29 October 09 • 0 comment

  After a last-minute panic due to their park permit being revoked, the MFG Series promoters have found a home for their race this Saturday. Announcement below. We are pleased to announce that the previously cancelled Lincoln Park CX race for this Saturday, October 31st, has found a new home and King County CX will take [...]