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• USA Cycling Names Complete Worlds Squad

  14 January 09 • 3 comments

  Colorado Springs, Colo. – USA Cycling announced today the five athletes that were nominated to represent the United States in the elite men’s category at the 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships on Feb. 1 in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. Ryan Trebon (Bend, Ore.), Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass.) and Jeremy Powers (Hadley, Mass.) all earned automatic nominations to [...]

• Playing Hooky in Belgium: Eric Emsky’s Debut Column

  14 January 09 • 5 comments

  

  We’re thrilled to launch a new series of journal entries by junior racer Eric Emsky of Rad Racing, as he writes about living and racing in Belgium in preparation for the world championships in Hoogerheide. You’ll be able to follow his adventures right here over the next few weeks. Eric is our first junior writer [...]

• European National Championships, Day 2: Boom, Nys Prevail, Cant and Albert Stymied

  11 January 09 • 1 comment

  

  Day 2 of the National Championships in the European powerhouses presented fast, frozen racing, with major favorites prevailing with a few upsets along the way. The Netherlands Day 2: Lars Boom would be ashamed if he was not racing Worlds in his homeland without the national championship jersey already in the bag, but he wasn’t [...]

• A Fun Race at Home – a Column by Christine Vardaros

  6 January 09 • 2 comments

  Yippidy-friggin-doo-dah! I finally found some semi-form at the Vlaamse Witloof Veldrit race in Tervuren. I think this may be true because I finally recognized the names of everyone who beat me. I sometimes wonder if I am the only one who plays the guessing game of figuring out where I would have theoretically finished in [...]

• Ending on a High Note – A Column by CX Pro Jesse Anthony

  5 January 09 • 0 comment

  Jesse Anthony has been racing ‘cross for ten years and has won an impressive seven cyclocross national championships. Jesse wrapped up his ‘cross season with a big fourth place at the national championships in Kansas City. His previous column is here, and his last column of the season is below. Happy new year! It always [...]

• American Women in Tervuren: Race Reports from Sue Butler and Rachel Lloyd

  4 January 09 • 1 comment

  On Sunday, several American women battled the cold and tough course at the UCI C2 Vlaamse Witloof Veldrit race in Tervuren, Belgium and they walked away with a podium. Sue Butler and Rachel Lloyd sent us their reports from the race below. We also have some course photos from Sue. Enjoy! Where’s the Mud? A [...]

• 20 Questions, Smack Talk and Hidden Races – A Column by Christine Vadaros

  31 December 08 • 2 comments

  

  by Christine Vardaros December 30, 2008. Today I awoke in a real panic. I thought it was race day. When the races are so close together it is hard to keep track of what day it is. Memories all string together to form one big timeless blur. Just as I was getting out of bed [...]

• Frozen Whoopdees Are Not For Eating – An Azencross Report by Sue Butler

  31 December 08 • 1 comment

  

  by Sue Butler The Azencross at Loenhout was a completely different race than last year. It was frozen tundra this year, with no long muddy run or muddy corners. This year, the biggest obstacle were icy corners, frozen ruts and in my case, myself and crashed-out girls on the whoopdee’s. The legs were back and [...]

• A Special World Cup – Zolder Report by Christine Vardaros

  30 December 08 • 0 comment

  If I had one Christmas wish it would be that every cyclocross fan could see an event held at the Zolder venue. It is really something special. The event is held on a Formula 1 race track and there are always no less than 30,000 spectators covering the whole venue like a thick blanket, even [...]

• Carpetbagging in Belgium – A Report by Sue Butler

  28 December 08 • 3 comments

  

  Houghton Mifflin’s Dictionary defines a carpetbagger as “An outsider…who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality.” Some think the popular Portland racer Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale.com) fits this definition, as she’s traveled to Europe battling at World Cups. But her husband Tim has taken carpetbagging to a new level. See our report from [...]

• Vos Sprints to Zolder World Cup Win – Full Report and Photo Gallery

  28 December 08 • 1 comment

  by Bart Hazen of The Daily Peloton Multiple World Champion, Dutch Champion and current points race Olympic Champion Marianne Vos is back09 to winning ways in the cyclocross field. The 21-year-old, riding her fourth ‘cross race of the season, won the sixth World Cup of the season in Zolder by beating World Champion Hanka Kupfernagel, [...]

• Treading Water in Zolder – a Molly Cameron Report

  26 December 08 • 5 comments

  

  Vanilla Bicycles rider Molly Cameron is racing in Europe through January 4th. Molly got a last-minute start at the Zolder World Cup and filed the report below. The Zolder World Cup course is awesome. From my vantage point at the rear of the race, I did a lot of things right today. The start was [...]

• Slow Starts, Fast Finishes and Drinking in the Showers – A Column by Christine Vardaros

  26 December 08 • 2 comments

  Race reports from Scheldecross and Nommay World Cup by Christine Vardaros After a much appreciated weekend off from racing, I was back at it last Friday at Scheldecross in Antwerp, Belgium and followed it up two days later with a World Cup in Nommay, France. The actual racing went a little better this time around [...]

• Happy Holidays! Brief Report

  25 December 08 • 0 comment

  Did this guy make it to your house? Did you make his list? If you celebrate Christmas, we hope you’ve been good enough for him to have stopped by and cram lots of silk tubulars, spicy embrocation, fancy skinsuits and blingy carbon wheels into your stockings. If he didn’t? It’s okay, a short winter ‘cross [...]

• It’s Waterpark Time – The Season’s Final Column by Ben Popper

  24 December 08 • 0 comment

  

  Look.  It’s been a long season.  Lots of miles driven, lots of airports napped in, lots of mud.  When I called off my points race and decided this was the icing, I was like that kid who puts 2/3 of the tub of icing on each cupcake.  With sprinkles, of course.  Tasty. I guess I [...]