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• End of Season Celebration with an A.P. Cake – A Column by Psychlo Mom

  4 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  As the domestic season starts to wind down, Psychlo Mom bids adieu (auf wiedersehen?) to her Swiss charge and commemorates the occasion with – of course – food. Aunt Phyllis’ cake, to be more precise. In case you missed her last post about Getting Your Ducks in a Row (and Brisket on a Roll), go [...]

• Masters Dopers? – A Column by Lee Waldman

  3 December 10 • 8 comments

  How prevalent is doping in the Masters’ ranks? Recent events have have gotten CXM columnist Lee Waldman a-wonderin’. Missed Lee’s last column, where he looks at how to beef up cornering skills? Catch up here. by Lee Waldman Now things have truly gotten crazy! Come on, Masters racers busted for EPO? What’s gotten into us? [...]

• We’re Not In Canada Anymore: Craig Richey Takes on Koksijde

  3 December 10 • 1 comment

  by Craig Richey Canadian ’crosser Craig Richey is spending this winter in Belgium, working on taking his racing to a new level. His series of race diaries continues with last week’s World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium. If you missed it, go back and read his report from the Gavere and Hamme-Zogge races. Last Saturday I [...]

• A Personal Cyclocross Battle at Kruger’s Crossing, Oregon – Laura Winberry’s Rider Diary

  2 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  CXM contributor and Elite racer Laura Winberry reflects on racing Oregon’s Kruger’s Crossing event. Dismal weather and a long season, including the State Championship the day before, meant that fields were uncharacteristically small. In fact, Winberry would be the only Elite woman to take the start, and she’d line up behind the Elite men. But, [...]

• We’re not in Canada Any More: Craig Richey’s Belgium Journal

  1 December 10 • 2 comments

  by Craig Richey Canadian ’crosser Craig Richey is spending this winter in Belgium, working on taking his racing to a new level. He’ll be checking in on his progress throughout the next few months. My name is Craig Richey. I am 26 years old, and I was born and raised in the small northern Canadian [...]

• Rider Diary: Vardaros Takes on Superprestige Asper-Gavere

  25 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  While Sanne van Paassen and Helen Wyman were sprinting it out for the win at the Superprestige Asper-Gavere, racer and CXM contributor Christine Vardaros was having a bit tougher of a go at it. Read on for her story of how this famous course played out. by Christine Vardaros “Here it comes, just around the turn. [...]

• Race Reports and Filming News from Gabby Day

  19 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Gabby Day On the UP… I am feeling much more positive right now after a good race this week at Niel. I have had a tough few weeks of racing, and trying to get back up to where I should be has been hard. It is always hard overcoming tough and disappointing days of [...]

• Corner Faster and Keep Your Speed – A Column by Lee Waldman

  16 November 10 • 3 comments

  Masters racer Lee Waldman is still learning plenty of new tricks. This time it’s one simple tip that may revolutionize his racing – applying force and counter-steering through corners. Missed Lee’s last column, where reality comes crashing down and he takes a minute to reflect on the courses – and course designers – that he [...]

• Wendy Simms Recaps Her Fifth Canadian National Title

  12 November 10 • 1 comment

  

  Wendy Simms tells her tale of victory from the Canadian National Cyclocross Championship last weekend in Toronto – where she was able to hold off stiff competition and go almost wire-to-wire to take her fifth title. And, as her husband Norm Thibault told Cyclocross Magazine, the race came 11 months to the day after the [...]

• Vicki Thomas Reflects on the Early European Season and the Pro RV Experience

  9 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  Canadian Elite ’crosser and Cyclocross Magazine contributor Vicki Thomas reflects on the full Euro race experience, highlighted by the first two World Cups and a chauffeured RV rolling race home. Phew, just sitting here catching my breath after a whirlwind trip to Europe for the first two World Cups of the cyclocross season. What a [...]

• Chris Sheppard Celebrates Canadian National Championship with Hockey and Pints

  6 November 10 • 1 comment

  How does the newly crowned Canadian national cyclocross champion commemorate his new title? By celebrating over pints, watching hockey and reflecting on how he got there. Sheppard checks in from a Toronto bar. See also our race report here. by Chris Sheppard I tried to switch my flight this evening to make the [Cross Crusade] [...]

• From Sand Pitfalls to Extreme Mud – A Weekend of Belgian Racing for Vardaros

  5 November 10 • 0 comment

  Christine Vardaros just wrapped up an impressive back-to-back race stint, with the daunting Zonhoven race on Sunday followed by the legendary Koppenberg Cross the next day. Read all about the rides below. by Christine Vardaros Back in January, when I heard that Superprestige Zonhoven and GVA Trofee Koppenbergcross were to fall on the same weekend, [...]

• Rider Diary: Nikki Harris Takes on Koppenberg

  4 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  Ever wondered what it’s like to race in European ’Cross? Let Pro rider Nikki Harris guide you through two grueling days, including the famous Koppenberg. by Nikki Harris After recovering well from Plzen and at the end of a week’s tough training, I was back on the grid again both Sunday and Monday. The first would [...]

• Gabby Day’s Blog: Zonhoven Superprestige and GVA Koppenberg Cross

  4 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Gabby Day Today is a recovery day as I have had a tough weekend of racing. On Sunday was the Zonhoven Superprestige race, and on Monday was the GVA Koppenberg cross. I prepared myself well leading up to these two races and felt ready to give it my best and produce some better results [...]

• Chasing the Dream – A Rider Journal Entry by Matt Fox

  29 October 10 • 4 comments

  Matt Fox may be a mild-mannered school teacher during the week, but come the weekend he dons his skinsuit and mixes it up with the top Elites in the Northwest. He says he’s “chasing the dream,” but really, he’s already living it. by Matt Fox I am out the door and down the hill from [...]