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• Dancing on (and off) the Pedals – a Column by Lee Waldman

  31 October 09 • 1 comment

  

  Colorado’s Lee Waldman aims to bring more content for our masters readers through a regular column this season as he builds towards his goal of a national championship. It’s been a while since installment #2, but we’ve got a double dose below to get you caught up. by Lee Waldman Cross and Tango have much [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – October 29, 2009

  29 October 09 • 1 comment

  Today, here a Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings Headquarters, we’re rolling out a new feature in the column, a mini-interview with some of cyclocross’ emerging stars and little known protagonists. First up on the agenda is RGM Watches – Richard Sachs – Radix’s own Dan Timmerman who’s made quite an impression in New England so [...]

• Koppenbergcross – Racing Is Only Half the Fun! – A Column by Christine Vardaros

  28 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Christine Vardaros If I were allowed to put only one race on my “to-do list”, Koppenbergcross would be the one!  It has all the elements of my theoretically perfect cross event. The course contains a climb on the world’s most famous cobbles, plows down a technical switchback descent, and comes lined with 20,000 screaming, [...]

• Van Dessel Bicycles and Triumph Brewing Team Up With HPCX, Costumes Coming to Beacon Cyclocross

  28 October 09 • 0 comment

  October 28, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA: Cyclocross racers at MAC’s two days of UCI and amateur racing in New Jersey this weekend will need to pay closer-than-normal attention to what they’re wearing. Beacon Cyclocross in Bridgeton New Jersey will see racers trying to avoid the Jersey Devil while rushing through the woods on Halloween, while [...]

• Barnholdt and Snead Escape NorCal’s Un-Retired Stars to Win at Coyote Point – Video Highlights

  27 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Geoff Gunderson October 26, 2009 – San Mateo, CA. Coyote Point Park in San Mateo has hosted cyclocross races for years, including some of California’s earliest UCI events, and this year the BASP visits the park on the Bay twice. With the closure of Candlestick Point, and East Bay Park and Rec. Department not [...]

• Night Racing in Holland – a Report by Christine Vardaros

  22 October 09 • 0 comment

  by Christine Vardaros If I could describe racing at night in one word, it would be WOOO-HOOO! OK, well maybe that is technically two words but it just can’t be summed up in one. I suppose unreal or surreal can cover it too. According to the TomTom GPS, which almost every single Belgian uses to [...]

• Training With (a Lack of) Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #4 – Injured

  22 October 09 • 0 comment

  Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has been stuck in this situation and decided to seek professional help. This is his fourth entry. Read his previous entry here. Issues, issues, issues! Sorry for the gap between columns. [...]

• The Ben Popper Diary: The Obsurdities of Cyclocross

  17 October 09 • 1 comment

  The Ben Popper Diary is back, and this week Ben skips the typical race report to instead take us behind-the-scenes of his three days at the Ohio UCI3 Cyclocross Festival. Ben’s previous entry is here. Rather than give you another race report of the funny madness I experienced at the UCI3 weekend in Cincinnati last [...]

• Two Races Down, Five Months to Go – Christine Vardaros Checks in from Belgium

  16 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Christine Vardaros My racing season here in Belgium is now fully underway. I have so far competed in the first round of the World Cup circuit in Treviso and the GVA Trofee Series opener in Namen.  Both races could not have been any more different in every way. Treviso was a staggering fourteen hour [...]

• Live Chat with Tim Johnson, Jeremy Powers, and Jamey Driscoll this Saturday

  10 October 09 • 2 comments

  

  Ever want to be two places at once? We sure do, as this weekend the competing Ohio UCI3 Cyclocross Festival and Providence Festival of Cyclocross will split the nation’s cyclocross fans and top riders. Even the CyclocrossWorld/Cannondale team was torn, and thus decided to split its team between the two events. But on Saturday evening, [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 3

  8 October 09 • 1 comment

  

  Well, it’s been a while in coming, and we’re three weeks in, and I do apologize for taking so long, but at long last, the first three weeks’ results have been calculated! Not playing yet? We may be close to securing an awesome grand prize, and last year’s winner missed the first few weeks of [...]

• Water Is $2, but the Beer Is Free – A Race Report by Jamie Mack

  8 October 09 • 2 comments

  by Jamie Mack Race reports here usually involve top riders, UCI points and epic battles. This isn’t one of those. I followed a few of my teammates (Christiana Care Physical Therapy Plus/First State Velo Sport) and Delaware training partners to the Hillbilly Hustle in Elmer, NJ last weekend. I’m not an A racer – far [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings – October 8, 2009

  8 October 09 • 1 comment

  With the cyclocross season fully underway, there’s been a few key story lines that we’ve been following. First up is the issue of heat and feeds in elite cyclocross competitions. Then we’ll catch up with Bart Wellens and his debilitating cytomegalovirus and look forward to the unveiling of Mongolian Cyclocross! Don’t forget to tune in [...]

• Chris Sheppard to Miss National Championships Due to Fracture

  7 October 09 • 0 comment

  

  Canadian Chris Sheppard will have to miss this weekend’s national championships as well the upcoming USGP and NACT series races.  The Santa Cruz/Shimano/WTB rider was putting the final touches to his form when he crashed descending a single track. X-rays confirmed the fracture

• The Ben Popper Diary is Back: Losing a Bar Fight and Getting Run Over

  3 October 09 • 1 comment

  by Ben Popper Have you ever had to explain to your boss why you’re coming back from Vegas with a black eye?  Because thank the Belgian gods, it’s fall again, and there’s nothing that gets me bruised in style like a good old cyclocross race. Year two of my quest for UCI points has started [...]