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• Meeusen Takes a Gamble on the Road in the Name of ’Cross

  30 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros For the past few years, Belgian up-and-comer Tom Meeusen has spent his off-season in the dirt, taking his competition level as high as the World Championships. So far this strategy has translated into excellent form for cyclocross – last season he was the highest UCI-ranked Under-23 rider and claimed 13th overall in [...]

• Kupfernagel on Schedule for Fast Start to the Season

  22 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  Last year, Hanka Kupfernagel took second to Marianne Vos at the World Cyclocross Championships in Tabor. Cyclocross Magazine Correspondent Christine Vardaros checks in to see how Hanka has prepared to do one better this season. by Christine Vardaros Race-ready and motivated to start, German Hanka Kupfernagel (Stevens Racing Team) is on target to enjoy a stellar cyclocross [...]

• Cyclocross Magazine Interviews Filmmaker Brian Vernor

  16 September 10 • 2 comments

  

  Cyclocross Magazine’s Editor Andrew Yee caught up with filmmaker Vernor during the Downieville Classic mountain bike festival to briefly escape the fat tire madness and talk some ‘cross. Catch a portion of the interview after the jump.

• Cal Giant Berry Farm’s Crop Preps for New Season

  14 September 10 • 1 comment

  

  The California Giant Berry Farms cycling team has garnered a wardrobe full of national championship jerseys over the years – both on the road and in cyclocross. The team, founded in 2001 by Anthony Gallino, who also happens to be the farm’s VP of Sales, started small, and has steadily grown and improved ever since [...]

• Wendy Simms’ Maternity Leave: Banging Bars in Elite Races

  6 September 10 • 3 comments

  Wendy Simms skipped the 2009 season, but she had a great reason. She and her husband Normon had their first child, Tycho, who is now nine months old. But racing is in Simms’ blood, and she could only stay away for so long. The 38 year-old four-time Elite Canadian national cyclocross champion is coming back [...]

• Devon Haskell Video Interview at Glencoe Gran Prix

  5 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  Former Collegiate Cyclocross national champion Devon Haskell returned to the Glencoe Gran Prix in Glencoe, Illinois, to compete in the criterium that she had won the year before. This was her final road event before diving straight into the cyclocross season. Cyclocross Magazine contributor Amy Dykema was there, video camera in hand, to catch up [...]

• Nor’easter Cross Offers Top-Notch Race, Music Fest and More

  2 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Josh Liberles New Englanders have the opportunity to kick off this cyclocross season in grand style with Nor’easter ’Cross at Loon Mountain, New Hampshire. The UCI-sanctioned race itself sounds like a winner, but that’s a small part of what’s on offer. Try this on for size: 13 badass bands, free camping with admission, pro [...]

• Jonathan Page Looks Ahead to 2010

  28 August 10 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton Jonathan Page, coming off two bumpy seasons, full of ups and downs, is headed into the 2010-11 cyclocross season looking as relaxed and confident as he has been in years. This year Page has lent his expertise and name to a line of ’cross bikes produced by sponsor Blue, is working with [...]

• Mourey, Euro Stars Align for StarCrossed; Exclusive Interview with Promoter

  26 August 10 • 4 comments

  by Josh Liberles What began in 2002 as an exploratory “What if?” conversation between Terry Buchanan, who ran the Broadmark (now Hagens-Berman) road team, and Jonny Sundt, one of his riders at the time, has turned into one of the West Coast’s top cyclocross attractions. September 18th will mark the third year that StarCrossed will [...]

• Dan Timmerman Retires – An Exclusive Interview

  14 June 10 • 6 comments

  

  We at Cyclocross Magazine were initially surprised that Dan Timmerman’s name was missing from the newly-announced 2010 roster of the Richard Sachs cyclocross team, but we figured that Timmerman, who has enjoyed a great deal of success at the top end of the sport the last several seasons and is a regular on the podium [...]

• Promoter Profile: Pirate Race Productions

  4 June 10 • 0 comment

  

  Pirate Race Productions, a relative newcomer to race promotion, is starting to shake things up in the cyclocross community. Cyclocross Magazine recently spoke with Andrew Stackhouse, Managing Director of Pirate Race Productions, to discuss the making of a cyclocross promoter, how to provide value to race sponsors, and the growth of ‘cross in “emerging” markets. [...]

• Rider Interview: JPow Discusses His Tour of California, Upcoming ’Cross Goals

  26 May 10 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Jeremy Powers, who races for Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com during the “real” season, just finished up an impressive eight days of racing with his Jelly Belly road squad. As we at Cyclocross Magazine documented in our Tour of California CX GC very unofficial rankings, Powers was joined by a slew of prominent cyclocrossers in the [...]

• Houffalize MTB World Cup – from a Crosser’s Eye

  13 May 10 • 1 comment

  Christine Vardaros continues to deliver cyclocross reports straight from Europe. Here she tracks the cyclocrossers’ impressive performances in the recent Houffalize MTB World Cup and gets exclusive interviews and updates along the way. If you missed her last article about her stage race win in Cyprus, check it out here. by Christine Vardaros “What the [...]

• Catching Up with Carl Decker – An Interview

  11 May 10 • 3 comments

  

  There was a familiar face toeing the line of a recent, local Oregon road race – Carl Decker (Giant) had made the trip to mix it up in Eugene-Roubaix. I took advantage of the opportunity to catch up with Decker and find out how his mountain bike season has been progressing and what his upcoming [...]

• Catching up with Ryan Trebon – A Quick Q&A

  5 May 10 • 2 comments

  by Josh Liberles It’s been way too long since we’ve had a chance to check in with 2009 USGP overall series winner and former national champ Ryan Trebon. Luckily, I ran into both Trebon and his teammate, Barry Wicks, at the recent Cherry Blossom Classic stage race in The Dalles, Oregon (the two 6′ 5″ [...]