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• 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.

• NorCal Cycling News and Cyclocross Magazine Team Up for Worlds Podcast

  24 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  Yesterday, frequent Cyclocross Magazine contributor Ted Burns teamed up with Managing Editor Molly Hurford to host a podcast for NorCal Cycling News and Cyclocross Magazine with some of the members of the US team for World Championships, which are just nine days away. This podcast, part one of two, talked with Danny Summerhill, Georgia Gould [...]

• USA Cycling Talks UCI Cyclocross Worlds and How They Kept it in the US

  23 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford Since USA Cycling took over control of the UCI Cyclocross World Championships coming to Louisville, USA, in just a matter of days, a lot of questions have been swirling around. How and why did the takeover happen? How much will it cost? What kind of spectacle can we expect in Derby City? [...]

• Checking in with Meredith Miller Pre-Worlds

  23 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Cody Sovis After an early injury put her out of competition, Meredith Miller has stormed her way to a Worlds appearance in Louisville. Nothing was keeping one of America’s top contenders out of the biggest race in US Cyclocross history.

• Sneak Peek: Issue 19′s Feature on Cyclocross Courses Over the Past Century

  15 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  With Nationals over and Worlds looming, cyclocross courses are on everyone’s minds. We wanted to offer our readers a sneak peek at what’s between the pages of our latest issue of Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 19, and in this piece, Dan Werle does an in-depth look at the evolution of cyclocross courses. Check this one out, [...]

• Danny Summerhill Opens Up About his New Team and his Future in Cyclocross

  8 January 13 • 1 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford Danny Summerhill is a little young to be considered a cyclocross legend, but as one of the few Americans to ever make a World Championship podium, he does have that legendary air about him, especially since it seemed like he was hanging up his cyclocross bike forever, trading it in for a [...]

• US Nationals Racer Profiles: Is Olympian Georgia Gould Current Champion Katie Compton’s Main Threat?

  7 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Cody Sovis With Nationals just around the corner, riders are making final preparations heading into one of the big targets for US racers. While many top riders made the trip to Europe for the final World Cup starts, the ever-dangerous Georgia Gould stayed stateside to gear up on home turf. After an especially long [...]

• Sneak Peek: Issue 19′s Feature on Canadian Cyclocrosser Geoff Kabush

  7 January 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 looks at Canadian mountain biker and cyclocrosser Geoff Kabush. While he hasn’t been spotted at too many races, since he spent the summer focused [...]

• Catching Up With Jonathan Page on his Euro Successes; A Look at Nationals and Worlds

  2 January 13 • 0 comment

  

  by Molly Hurford Catching up with Jonathan Page is always tough. For one thing, the American spends most of his time with his family in Belgium, so time zones alone are enough to make interviewing difficult. Secondly, Page is known for being soft-spoken when it comes to interviews. However, when he opens up, it’s well [...]

• Ghost in the Halls, Part 2: a EuroCrossCamp Transmission from Justin Lindine

  2 January 13 • 0 comment

  On Monday, EuroCrossCamp racer Justin Lindine talked a bit about the good, the bad, the ugly and the rediscovered fun of racing in Europe. Today, he finishes that story. by Justin Lindine Being one of the last people on course is a lonely experience. There is the satisfaction of crossing the line with one to [...]

• UPDATING REGULARLY: Missives from the Motherland – EuroCrossCamp Through the Rider’s Eyes

  31 December 12 • 1 comment

  

  Once again, a select group of juniors and U23 racers have headed over to Europe to take part in Belgium’s Christmas Week. We asked the attendees of EuroCrossCamp 2012 to share some of their experiences via photos, text, video, whatever medium they wanted to. Here, we present the amalgamation of their efforts, and we’ll be [...]