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• Tim Johnson Reflects on Worlds, Readies for Road

  5 March 10 • 0 comment

  Tim Johnson (Cannondale – Cyclocrossworld.com) had a dream 2009/2010 ‘cross season, culminating with a National title and a 14th place at the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic. The transition between his ‘cross and the beginning of road season, where he’s the captain of the UnitedHealthcare Pro cycling team presented by Maxxis, was a crazy-short [...]

• Mariusz Gil Tackles World Cup Cyclocross, Belgian Life and Peanut’s Cookies

  27 February 10 • 1 comment

  

  A Foreigner on a Belgian Race Schedule by Christine Vardaros “I must try your cookies first before I give you an interview,” responded Poland National Champion Mariusz Gil when he heard that his Baboco-Revor Team manager Steven Baekelandt scheduled him an interview to take place at my home – juice and cookies on the menu. [...]

• Louisville World Championship Promoter Bruce Fina Talks about 2013

  8 February 10 • 1 comment

  Bruce Fina, who, along with Joan Hanscom, has worked to bring the Elite World Cyclocross Championships to Louisville, Kentucky, in 2013, as well as the Masters World Championships to Louisville for 2012 and 2013, recently gave an interview on the Belgian cyclocross.info website. “We’ve been working on this plan for a few years, and we [...]

• Skyler Trujillo – Ready To Take On The World

  29 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Skyler Trujillo has been riding and racing his bike since the age of four, when he was introduced to the competitive side of cycling. Trujillo took a break for a couple of years, after racing six seasons before the age of 10, but renewed his interest as a teenager and started racing [...]

• A Pre-Worlds Interview with U23 National Champ Danny Summerhill

  28 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Josh Liberles Newly-crowned American U23 national cyclocross champion Danny Summerhill (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin) has been racing straight through after winning his Stars n’ Stripes jersey. “After Nationals, I went home after a long stint on the road,” said Summerhill. “I’d been doing a bunch of racing, then was in Oregon from before the USGPs all [...]

• A Check-In With Ryan Trebon: Thoughts on the 2010 Worlds

  23 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Jason Elhardt It’s been six weeks since the crowning of a new National Champion in Bend, OR. While that means the end of the season for many, a few select riders have continued on toward the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic next weekend. With the entire US team lining up to test their [...]

• Jeremy Powers Ready For Worlds

  23 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Christine Vardaros While most cyclocross racers hung up their bikes directly after Nationals, Jeremy Powers (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com) took his to Belgium to start the second half of his cross season.  After successfully completing two weeks of an intense racing period during Belgium’s infamous holiday block of events, he still didn’t hang the bike up.  Instead [...]

• Compton Working Through the Cramps, Still Looking to Tabor – Updated: Hoogerheide Status

  22 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack [Update: Katie Compton, after pre-riding the course, has decided to skip the race and rest her legs for Worlds] Katie Compton has had the most successful season of her, or any American racer’s, ‘cross career. Compton won her sixth consecutive U.S. Cyclocross National Championship and has a pair of World Cup victories [...]

• An Interview with Katie Compton: A Lead Up to Worlds Part II

  13 January 10 • 1 comment

  by Matt Haughey Katie Compton is the six-time US Elite Women’s National Cyclocross Champion and current UCI World Cup Cyclocross points leader. With the two remaining World Cup events and the elusive World Championships taking place over the next three weeks, Compton stands poised to not only take a World Cup series but finally best [...]

• An Interview with Katie Compton: A Lead Up to Worlds Part I

  12 January 10 • 2 comments

  by Matt Haughey Katie Compton is the six-time US Elite Women’s National Cyclocross Champion and current UCI World Cup Cyclocross points leader. With the two remaining World Cup events and the elusive World Championships taking place over the next three weeks, Compton stands poised to not only take a World Cup series but finally best [...]

• Second Time Around: Lars Boom Talks About His ‘Cross Comeback

  9 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Christine Vardaros Is Lars Boom Making a Comeback in ‘Cross? This Sunday, former World Champion Lars Boom will make his second appearance in a ‘cross race this season. He will attempt to defend his jersey at Holland’s National Championships to be held in Heerlen. When asked about his chances for a repeat, Boom responded, [...]

• The Euro Experience – A Conversation with Zach McDonald

  5 January 10 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Cyclocross Magazine has had the pleasure of talking to a few of the younger racers that attended EuroCrossCamp this year. As the camp winds down, I spoke with one of the camp veteran’s, Zach McDonald, almost a year after we last interviewed him after his break-out performance at the 2009 Roubaix World [...]

• Crossing the Atlantic: Americans Test Their Legs in Belgium

  21 December 09 • 2 comments

  by Dan Seaton Kalmthout, Belgium – Since last weekend’s National Championships marked the end of the racing season in the United States, a host of American riders made the trip to Belgium last week to continue to test their legs against the best in the world. Cyclocross Magazine had a chance to catch up with [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – Nationals Favorites Preview Edition Part II: Chris Jones

  12 December 09 • 1 comment

  Be sure to keep checking our complete coverage of the 2009 Cyclocross National Championships Center as we continue to update the page with more updates, tech pieces photos, and videos. Chris Jones has had one of the strongest and most consistent seasons of any of the favorites heading to Bend this weekend. Jones, riding for [...]

• National Contenders Spotlight: Coryn Rivera

  11 December 09 • 0 comment

  by Dave Sheek After racing for only six years how does one earn 24 national titles? Coryn Rivera has accomplished more at seventeen years of age than most of us dream of in a lifetime. She is a fulltime student in her junior year at Pacific Coast High School and does not get any slack [...]