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• Catching Up with World Champion Marianne Vos on Worlds, MTB and Women in Cycling

  21 May 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford When Marianne Vos’s name popped up on the start list at Sea Otter, you could see the ripple of excitement that went through the crowd. Vos has claimed almost every title available, from Gold medalist to multiple-time-and-discipline World Champion, and now she’s taking on mountain biking. No one was surprised when she [...]

• Katie Compton Chats About Tour of California and the Off-Season

  15 May 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford Last week, we checked in with the King of Scottish cyclocross, Rab Wardell. So it only seemed fitting that today we see what the Queen of American cyclocross has been up to so far in the off-season. With the Tour of California happening right now, and Compton taking part in the women’s [...]

• A Very Jortz Interview: Getting to Know the Ladies Behind the Jean Shorts

  10 May 13 • 0 comment

  

  When we caught wind of a team of women known for racing in jean shorts and having a blast doing it, we had to find out more. The teammates sat down and answered a few of our questions, including, “how the heck do you wear jean shorts and race?!” Cyclocross Magazine: Tell me about the [...]

• An Interview with the King of Scottish ’Cross, Rab Wardell

  8 May 13 • 0 comment

  

  Our overseas corespondent John McComisky chats with the Scottish cyclocross champion about his season, what’s next, and if we’ll see him stateside anytime soon. We just wish we had a video too – talking cyclocross in a Scottish accent is something we haven’t heard yet! by John McComisky The cyclocross season may be well and [...]

• Follow Up Interview with the Toughest Cyclocrosser, Charles Scott McDonald

  5 May 13 • 0 comment

  

  by JD Kimple In the short time since our last interview with Charles Scott McDonald, we’ve learned that Charles has now secured funding for a prosthetic arm. We think this is fantastic news and got a few moments to find out more about this. Cyclocross Magazine:  Since the last time we talked, you now have [...]

• Trading Dark, Wet Belgium for Sunny Tour of Cyprus: A Rider Diary from Christine Vardaros

  1 May 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros A few weeks before the start of the Tour of Cyprus, a three-day road stage event, I prayed to the travel gods that my experience would be better than I ever could have imagined in my wildest dreams. And you know what I got?  My wish come true. It was everything a [...]

• Canadian Mical Dyck on Racing Cyclocross in the Spring

  28 April 13 • 0 comment

  

    Canadian National Champion Mical Dyck chatted with us after the cyclocross race at Sea Otter, where she took second place behind Caroline Mani. Like many of the other racers, Sea Otter was her first major race of the season, after a well-deserved break post-cyclocross Worlds. “It was hard! It was fun though. It was [...]

• Sea Otter, Whiskey 50, MTB, Cyclocross and Hockey: A Chat with Geoff Kabush

  27 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  “Can you do an interview now?” “Getting ready for hockey match at SCOTT tent. Swing by.” Somehow, whether it involves renting an ice hockey rink and challenging … well, everyone … to hockey as Canada versus the World at the cyclocross World Championships, or just starting an impromptu hockey game at Sea Otter, Geoff Kabush [...]

• Nicole Duke Talks Early Season Cyclocross and Her Search for the Perfect Program

  25 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  When Nicole Duke rolled up to the start line at the warm April cyclocross race at Sea Otter, she was feeling great, and super confident. And while she, Mical Dyck and Caroline Mani started out together, a crash at the barriers that at best bruised her rib, and at worst, broke it, took her out [...]

• Ben Berden on Short Track, Cyclocross and Tandem MTB Racing at Sea Otter

  24 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  When Ben Berden started racing full-time in the US two seasons ago, interviewing him was difficult with the slight language barrier. Now that he’s been adopted into the US cyclocross community, he’s a lot easier to understand when we talk. He’s also a lot happier now that he and fellow racer Nicole Duke are together, [...]

• Ryan Trebon on Cyclocross in the Off-Season at Sea Otter 2013

  23 April 13 • 0 comment

  

    Tim Johnson may not have raced cyclocross at Sea Otter, but he was more than happy to jump on the microphone to help out with announcing and heckling duties, and when Ryan Trebon was setting up to sprint Troy Wells for second place in the race, Johnson’s booming voice could be heard all over [...]

• Caroline Mani on her Sea Otter Weekend and Racing Cyclocross in April

  21 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  When I spoke with Caroline Mani of Raleigh-Clement an hour before the start of her cyclocross race last night, she was feeling less than thrilled. Complaining of stomach problems (“During the short track, I threw up,” she confided), she wasn’t a happy camper, but ever the professional, she was kitting up and getting ready to [...]

• The Badass of the Ohio Valley Cyclocross: An Interview with Charles Scott McDonald

  12 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  by JD Kimple If you’ve raced or spectated in the OVCX (Ohio Valley Cyclocross) series, or if you were at cyclocross Nationals this year, you might have seen Charles McDonald. Of course, there are lots of folks emailing his photos around the internet stating what a badass he is. Why is that? It’s because Charles [...]

• Znedek Stybar On Spring Classics, Paris-Roubaix and Cyclocross

  10 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Paul Burgoine In Paris-Roubaix, Stybar was robbed of his biggest result of his career by a fan or photographer stepping out of the crowd and almost forcing a crash. Here is his take on the events on Sunday: “I was in a perfect position following Cancellara, and I was feeling good that I was [...]

• Checking in with Jeremy Powers: Worlds, Off-Season and Beyond

  3 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford The first thing that Jeremy Powers wants you to know is that he’s still only 29 years old. Seriously. He’s not old yet. “Make sure you write that I’m only 29,” he re-emphasizes, laughing. When we sat down last week in his kitchen, his yellow lab (aptly named Moose) trying to engage [...]