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• Eddy van IJzendoorn Turns Pro With AA Drink Cycling Team

  30 March 09 • 1 comment

  Jamey Driscoll isn’t the only young rider to be signing a new professional contract. Semi-professional Eddy van Ijzendoorn is a “semi” no longer, as the Dutch cyclocross rider has signed a professional contract with the AA Drink Cycling Team of Thijs Al and retired racer-turn-director Richard Groenendaal, according to Dutch paper de Gelderlander. The young [...]

• Meet David Smith – Member #1,000 of Cyclocross Magazine’s Online Community

  28 March 09 • 0 comment

  In just a short time, thanks to many of you, we’ve grown our Cowbell online community site to over 1,000 members. Every day, ‘crossers are meeting, messaging, sharing photos and videos, buying and selling, and helping each other out (here’s a small sample of recent activity). While we often do interviews and profiles on the [...]

• Alison Dunlap Plans Return to Cyclocross Racing

  1 March 09 • 0 comment

  Cyclocross Magazine sat next to the retired Alison Dunlap next to the Cross Vegas course as riders warmed up for the first-ever Vegas race in 2007. Seizing the opportunity to chat with the former ‘cross star, we asked the five-time national champion if she missed racing at all. Alison smiled, shook her head and then [...]

• A Last Race, Party and Many Goodbyes – An Oostmalle Report by Christine Vardaros – Updated: Photo Gallery

  26 February 09 • 5 comments

  

  by Christine Vardaros “Is this your first after-season party? Do you want a drink?” While I watched his lips move, I was thinking, “Who is this guy? Am I supposed to know him? He does look familiar and he is standing next to Stybar whom thankfully I do recognize, so maybe he is a bike [...]

• Counting Them Down, Ready to Party – A GP Heerlen Report by Christine Vardaros

  17 February 09 • 2 comments

  by Christine Vardaros With only two races left to the season, my sole mission for the GP Heerlen in the Netherlands was to have fun. I expected no miracles in fitness but hoped for luck on my side. This race contained neither. Twenty seconds into the race, we hit a sand section and I was [...]

• The Double Meaning of “Run Faster” – A Krawatencross Report by Christine Vardaros

  9 February 09 • 1 comment

  by Christine Vardaros I did it again! On Saturday, at the Krawatencross GVA Trophy race in Lille, Belgium, I managed to go from a front row call-up to the last three riders in a matter of ten seconds.  By the time we turned off the starting straightaway and onto the dirt, my race was over.  [...]

• Leaving it on the Line – A Final Report from Sue Butler

  6 February 09 • 1 comment

  Cyclocross World Championships: It is what you work all year for! Five days have passed, so only 360 more until the 2010 CX world championships. I am already excited, even though the fog of jet lag has definitely taken its toll. I’ve been ushered in to reality and catching up on life from being gone [...]

• Relive Our Live Chat with Tim Johnson

  4 February 09 • 1 comment

  On Sunday during the men’s world championship race in Hoogerheide, CyclocrossWorld-Cannondale rider Tim Johnson joined CXM’s Jake and Myles for live race coverage of the race, sponsored by CyclocrossWorld. Following the race, we hosted a 80+ minute interactive chat with Tim to discuss the race and pick his brain for his thoughts on our beloved [...]

• 129 Brave Ice and Mud at Sunday’s Cross My Heart and Superbowl of Singlespeed Race

  4 February 09 • 1 comment

  

  While racers from across the world were racing for the rainbow jersey in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, Maryland offered a fine alternative for east coast ‘cross diehards. Race report below: College Park, MD. The crew from Proteus Bicycles couldn’t anticipate the weather when they planned for the event. A lot of people anticipated freezing temps and [...]

• A Quick Chat with the Brits

  1 February 09 • 0 comment

  Christine Vardaros caught up with the British women before worlds and got their thoughts on today’s big race.

• Worlds Countdown: Hanka Kupfernagel Interview and Bike Profile

  30 January 09 • 1 comment

  Hanka Kupfernagel is a four-time world champion and always a favorite at any big race. She and her partner Mike Kluge chatted with Christine Vardaros about the upcoming world championship race and women’s prize money. Plus a profile on the world champ’s bike. Your race strategy for Worlds?  Take the lead early like usual? It’s [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Sven Nys Talks Team Tactics, Form, and Fans

  30 January 09 • 0 comment

  Sven Nys continues to dominate the World Cup, the Superprestige series, and most major one-day races. Yet he’s only won one world title as an elite. Christine Vardaros talks with Nys before the big race as he enters Hoogerheide with what he says is his best form of the season. Also, see our pre-Olympics interview [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Marianne Vos Aims for Another

  29 January 09 • 0 comment

  Lars Boom is not the only young, Dutch multi-discipline world champion. Boom’s compatriot Marianne Vos is just 21 years old, but already has four rainbow jerseys to her name: Two from the road, as a junior (2004) and elite (2006), an elite cyclocross title (2006), and the points race title on the track in 2008. [...]

• Worlds Countdown: Katie Compton Talks Pressure, Prize Money, and Secret Tires

  28 January 09 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) represents the best chance for an elite American medal at the world championships this weekend in Hoogerheide. Since her silver medal at the 2007 world championships, Compton has remained one of the favorites to win any international race she lines up at when she can avoid her chronic leg cramps (last [...]

• It’s a Wrap – Henry Kramer’s Masters Worlds Report

  27 January 09 • 1 comment

  Cal Giant’s Henry Kramer gave Ned Overend a run for his money at the national championships in December Kansas City, and in January flew to Belgium  for his annual battle against the world’s best. He wrote a pre-worlds report here, and sent in this post-race report recalling this year’s big race. by Henry Kramer, photos [...]