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• Miracle at the Barry Roubaix: Survival of the Fittest

  2 April 13 • 0 comment

  

  At the Barry Roubaix race, Gary Veldhof died for 25 minutes. A heart attack mid-race, right alongside a cemetery, but in view of several trained medics, who kept up CPR until an ambulance arrived. Miracle? Maybe. Lucky? Absolutely. Here, Geoffrey Bernard recounts the incident, and Veldhof himself talks about what happened. by Geoffrey Bernard Why [...]

• Brit-turned-American Gabby Day Talks Worlds, Weddings and Beyond

  29 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford When Gabby Day first arrived in the US a year and a half ago, she walked through customs at the Philadelphia International Airport lugging a giant bike bag and a huge Scott duffel along with her. She tossed them in the back of my pickup truck; it was the first time we’d [...]

• Brit Fields a Winner: An Interview with Great Britain’s National Champion

  27 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  by John McComisky Cyclocross Magazine always promises the best of ’cross from both sides of the pond, so I think we can do no better than to feature a rider who has really lit up the domestic scene in the United States, as well as flown the flag for Great Britain in UCI World Cups [...]

• Sneak Peek of Issue 20: Justin Lindine’s “On the Road” Interview Video

  19 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  If you’re subscribed to Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 20 is on it’s way to you, and with it, a great interview with everyone’s favorite Honey Badger, Justin Lindine. Here, we have his uncut interview from our drive down to USGP Derby City Cup in Louisville, and links to some of his journals that he’s written for [...]

• Bring on the Cookies and Jenever: A Rider Diary from Christine Vardaros

  3 March 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros While cyclocross season ended almost a month ago for most of the world, here in Belgium “de cross gaat door” (’cross goes on) – through the end of February that is! Eight events (seven for the women) were still up for grabs for those of us based here in the motherland of ’cross. [...]

• Interview with Canadian Masters World Champion Jim Laird on his Race of a Lifetime

  27 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Sarah Kim Bonner Recently, I chatted with Masters (60-64) World Cyclocross Champion Jim Laird to find out how he survived the mud, freezing temperatures and an all-American field to be the only Canadian to bring home the gold from Louisville. Ten years ago Jim Laird hadn’t even heard of cyclocross. In fact, he had just [...]

• Cyclocross and Gravel Racing in Perfect Harmony at Southern Cross: Video Interviews

  26 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  To get ready for Issue 20 of Cyclocross Magazine, which features a large section on the beauty of gravel racing, a couple of the East Coast CXM staffers traveled to Georgia to check out Southern Cross, a race put on by 55nine’s Eddie and Namrita O’Dea and held in Dahlonega, Georgia. The 50 mile gravel [...]

• Checking In with Swiss Racer Simon Zahner on His Season and Worlds

  20 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  by John McComisky It looks like the fury of the 2013 World Cyclocross Championships in Louisville has all about died down, and I thought it would a good opportunity to seek out my own personal favorite racer of the year, Simon Zahner. The 29-year-old Swiss rider really caught my eye earlier in the season, purely [...]

• Catching Up with Helen Wyman: Worlds, Women’s Racing, and Her Season

  19 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Paul Burgoine Helen finished second to Sanne Cant in the final Superprestige race of the season in Middelkerke, and Paul Burgoine was there to ask her about the race and her season as a whole. PAUL BURGOINE: How did the race go? HELEN WYMAN: It was good. I’m a bit tired now – I’ve [...]

• Kaitie Antonneau Reflects on Worlds, Looks to New Year

  17 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Cody Sovis At just 21 years old, Kaitie Antonneau made her third ever World Championships start at Louisville. Already thought of as the future of American cyclocross, Antonneau proved she is also the present with an outstanding tenth place finish in the biggest race of her career. The phenom is already set for an [...]

• Post-Worlds with Jonathan Page on his New Sponsor

  16 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  It seems like all of the Americans who raced Worlds went straight back to the race circuit: Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers headed to Tokyo, while Jonathan Page immediately returned to Belgium for Superprestige Hoogstraten. We were chatting with Page as he cleaned his bikes after the race, and while we were mostly talking about [...]

• A Junior’s View on Worlds: Stephen Bassett’s Rider Diary

  12 February 13 • 3 comments

  

  Stephen Bassett had the chance most kids only could dream about: to represent the US in the World Championships of Cyclocross, held for the first time in the States. He took home 31st place in the 17-18 race, and here, he tells us all about how the race week played out for him. by Stephen [...]

• Three Questions for Zach McDonald: Off-Season, Worlds and His Fans

  11 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  We had a chance to catch up with Zach McDonald now that the dust has settled a bit from Worlds. While we were mainly chatting with him about Nationals for Issue 20, we couldn’t help but ask a few questions unrelated to the topic. Specifically, what’s next for the 22-year-old as he prepares for his [...]

• A Junior’s View on Worlds: David Lombardo’s Rider Diary

  10 February 13 • 2 comments

  

  David Lombardo had the chance most kids only could dream about: to represent the US in the World Championships of Cyclocross, held for the first time in the US. He took home 27th place in the 17-18 race, and here, he tells us all about how the race week played out for him. by David [...]

• Sneak Peek: Issue 19′s Feature, Inside the Gilly Suit

  8 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  In the spirit of holiday giving, we wanted to offer our readers a sneak peek at what’s between the pages of our latest issue of Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 19. This piece focuses on one of the characters that makes cyclocross unique: the man in the gilly suit, hanging out cash at races. Haven’t seen him? [...]