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• Bart Aernouts Talks US Racing, Travel Woes and Being Aernouts

  2 February 13 • 0 comment

  LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Belgian Pro Bart Aernouts sat down with us recently to discuss his experiences so far in the United States, how his season has gone, and his hopes for today’s race. The seasoned pro has had a fantastic season, often finishing in the top five and putting on a crowd-favorite display of self-torture each [...]

• Canadian Elite Team Talks Worlds and Their Thoughts on the Schedule Change

  1 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  While wandering the elite course, we ran into the Canadian team as they prepared to hit the course to get ready for the rescheduled elite races. We stopped Craig Ritchey and Geoff Kabush to ask what their thoughts on the schedule change were, and both racers are feeling optimistic. In fact, Kabush smiled and told [...]

• Ellen Van Loy Enjoys Breakout Season

  1 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros As Belgian Ellen van Loy [Melbotech Prorace CT] sits in Louisville, Kentucky, preparing for the big event, she takes a moment to reflect on her season thus far. With four podiums and four top 10’s in World Cups, she’s tickled pink and ever so thankful.  “That the season started off so well [...]

• Luxembourg Elite Racer Christian Helmig Talks About Worlds and the Course

  1 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Huddling around the heater in the WD-40 tent, Cyclocross Magazine’s Molly Hurford caught up with Luxembourg racer-cum-US resident Christian Helmig. “It’s still pretty gnarly from the rain,” Helmig said, about the Elite course. “It would be nice if it was like it was at the USGP earlier this year. He’s no stranger to the US [...]

• Marianne Vos Opens Up About Worlds, Cyclocross in the US, and Course Preferences

  31 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Marianne Vos is arguably the most successful cyclist in the world. With an Olympic gold medal in the books, a World Champion cyclocross title from 2012, and the Dutch 2012 National Championship title, among many other accomplishments. So when we got to interview her after checking out the Louisville 2013 Worlds course, we were pretty [...]

• Bart Wellens Talks Worlds, Vegas and Respect for US Racers

  31 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  Bart Wellens is one of the few riders on the Belgian National Team who knows what racing in the US is really like. He and teammate Rob Peeters have come over two years in a row for CrossVegas, and this season, they stayed for MFG in Seattle and left only after the first of the [...]

• Catching Up With Jade Wilcoxson Before Worlds

  31 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Robbie Carver This Sunday, Optum Pro Cycling’s Jade Wilcoxson will be lining up alongside Katie Compton for the Elite Women’s World Cyclocross Championship – for the first time in her career, in her first season as a cyclocross racer. The 34-year-old professional road racer took an impressive and unexpected second place at the 2013 [...]

• Niels Albert Talks Worlds, America, Heckles and Nikes in Cyclocross Magazine Exclusive

  30 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Fresh off a meet-and-greet in downtown Louisville, a relaxed Niels Albert sat down with Cyclocross Magazine to discuss his American debut and defending the World Champion’s jersey this Sunday. Albert has had an incredibly consistent season, rarely finishing off the podium and taking home the overall World Cup title. “It’s been fun,” Albert said of [...]

• Klaas Vantornout Talks US Racing, Worlds, and His First Belgian National Championship Win

  30 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  Cyclocross Magazine got a chance to sit down with the elite men’s team from Belgium to get their thoughts on Louisville, Worlds in the US, travel and timezones, and their thoughts on the course thus far. Our first interviewee was Klaas Vantornout, the current reigning Belgian National Champion. He’s had one of his best seasons [...]

• Chatting with Jeremy Powers About Worlds, Nationals, Training and DJing

  30 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford As Jeremy Powers sits in the kitchen of the Rapha-Focus team house in Louisville, sipping coffee and laughing, it’s hard to believe that he has the biggest race of the year coming up in just a few short days. But the clock is ticking down to Worlds, and while his race at [...]

• Talking #Louisville2013FoamParty with Co-Creator Spencer Haugh

  29 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  The Internet has been ablaze for the past week with talk of the #Louisville2013FoamParty. And while it started as a joke, the party transformed into something very real, and we called up one of the promoters to figure out how this hashtag turned into an actual party, to be held Sunday night at Prime in [...]

• Video: Nys, Albert, Vos, van der Haar and Pauwels Talk Louisville World Championships

  28 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Sven Nys, Niels Albert, Marianne Vos, Lars van der Haar and Kevin Pauwels all talk about the 2013 Louisville World Championships, coming to the States, and their expectations of the course in this video interview at the bottom of this post. The five Shimano-sponsored racers all have positive things to say about the World Championships [...]

• Talking with Niels Albert, Wietse Bosmans and Radomir Simunek About Worlds and Their US Trip

  27 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford Cyclocross Magazine was lucky enough to get to spend some time in the RV at Kings CX in Cincinnati on Saturday with three of the best racers in Europe: Niels Albert, Wietse Bosmans and Radomir Simunek. We talked with them about their impressions of the US so far and their thoughts on [...]

• Chatting with Jonathan Page Post-Race at Kings CX

  27 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  After storming to a solo win at Nationals earlier this month, Jonathan Page proved that living, training and racing in Belgium might just be the right move for an American racer trying to make his or her way in the sport. And at Kings CX in Cincinnati yesterday, he left is mark on the course [...]

• A Pre-Worlds Catch Up with Canadian Racer Geoff Kabush

  24 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  The last time we saw Geoff Kabush out racing, it was at the USGP in Bend back in early December. And since Canadian Nationals were already over by then (with Kabush taking the win), he didn’t have any races to look forward to, except for the big one: Worlds Championships in Kentucky, two months after his last cyclocross race of the season. Yesterday, we caught up with him to find out what he’s been up to for the past few weeks, and find out a bit about his goals for Worlds and the upcoming MTB season.