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• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of March 25th, 2011

  25 March 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman So is anything happening in the world of Pro Cyclocross? You better believe it. This week, let’s get a little Euro and see what’s going on for those across the pond. Zdenek Stybar is on his new Merckx road bike and has a BMX park named after him; Did anybody else see [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of March 18th, 2011

  18 March 11 • 5 comments

  by Kat Statman This week has been the biggest news week we’ve had yet during the off-season, especially with team transfers and strong rides from ’crossers that mix it up in the other disciplines. Kathy Sherwin’s mountain bike exploits continue as she and Jenny Smith nearly took a stage win at the Andalucia Bike Race; [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings for Week of March 11th, 2011

  13 March 11 • 1 comment

  by Kat Statman MTB Season Kickoff Many of the top ’crossers spend their “off-seasons” racing mountain bikes, while many others spend it on the road. This weekend is the kick off weekend of pro mountain bike racing in the US, and many of the top field drivers in North America will be toeing the line. [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of March 3rd, 2011

  4 March 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman It’s already March, which means that base training for us ’crossers should be starting up soon for any of those not already underway preparing for a summer season. Most of the American ’crossers have been out putting in the winter miles in early season races or season training camps. Some of the [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of February 25th, 2011

  25 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman The 2010–2011 cyclocross season is over. The general classifications have been decided and many of the rider–team agreements have been made for the 2011-2012 season. So what is there to talk about in the realm of pro cyclcoross? Well, we still have pro cyclocross to talk about. Just because the season is [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of February 18th, 2011

  18 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman With one big weekend left in the season, things have noticeably slowed down on the rumors and rumblings side of pro ’cross racing. Most riders already have their contracts worked out. There are only a few riders really looking to grab wins or strong rides over the final weekend (I’m looking at [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings: Week of February 11, 2011

  12 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman It may seem like the season is over, as many of us in the US are starting to log our long base miles or are taking advantage of all the snow in the mountains for a good physical and mental refresher, but fear not – there are still many pro cyclocross rumors and [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings: Week of February 4th, 2011

  5 February 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman Yes, February 4th has come and gone, but there is always something exciting going on in the world of pro cyclocross. Zdenek Stybar shows us how to party and still finish on the podium; Nys hits the deck in the GvA Trophy at Lille this morning; Kevin Pauwels closes the gap in [...]

• Tales from Day 1 of the 2011 World Championships in Saint Wendel

  29 January 11 • 1 comment

  by Christine Vardaros Today was the first of two days of racing where we saw the Juniors go off at 11am and the U23s at 2pm. Between the races, the Elite men and women gave the course one last look. All took place in front of many thousands of crazed fans, mainly Belgian, lining the [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings: World Championships Week

  28 January 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman Everybody knows that this is the World Championships week. It is such a big deal that our site crashed due to the extreme amounts of content we’ve been posting to amp up the masses and get excited! In keeping with that theme, I want to remind everyone out there that reads this [...]

• German Champions Look to be Hometown Heroes at Worlds

  27 January 11 • 0 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles The two German Elite national champions, Hanka Kupfernagel (Stevens) and Phillipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) could very well prove to be decisive factors in Sundays races. Kupfernagel, 36, is on most pundits’ short list of favorites in the Eilte women’s race. Although Katie Compton (Planet Bike-Stevens) had the edge over the field in the [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings: Week of January 21st, 2011

  21 January 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman We are past the “thick” of the European ’cross season with Holy Week over. But, even though there are not seven races over a period of nine days for us to sit and scrounge the internet for live feeds, there is still a lot of exciting racing left in the season. The [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings: Week of January 14th, 2011

  14 January 11 • 20 comments

  by Kat Statman The Northeast is frozen over, the Southeast is experiencing ice storms and the biggest ’cross race of the year is on the horizon. On top of everything, there is team transfer news, new sponsor news and just general good times with this week’s edition of Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings. Lars Boom [...]

• Nationals Ruminations – A Column by Lee Waldman

  13 January 11 • 21 comments

  Masters racer and regular contributor Lee Waldman has some thoughts to air out about the 2010 Cyclocross National Championships. The opinions expressed belong to Lee and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Cyclocross Magazine. But we at CXM do hope that they’ll fuel a constructive debate…drop your own comments below. If you missed Lee’s [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings: Week of January 7th, 2011

  7 January 11 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman Another week and another round of Rumors about pro ’crossers around the world. With this week being the National Championship week for most of the major cyclocross hotbed countries, many are looking towards the big days in Belgium and the Netherlands. But there is some non-National Championship news also. The win leaderboard [...]