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• Rider Diary: Gabby Day preps for British Nationals

  6 January 11 • 0 comment

  

  Racer Gabby Day (The Chainstay – RENNER) returns to CXM with her report on her Christmas racing as she gears up for the British National Championships. by Gabby Day Two top-tens in two days! I have just completed a busy Christmas racing period and I am now in the build up to the British National [...]

• We’re Not In Canada Anymore: Holy Week in Belgium

  6 January 11 • 0 comment

  

  Canadian Craig Richey (CyclocrossRacing.com p/b Blue) has been in Belgium for “Holy Week” – six UCI races in just over a week. Read on for his words about the experience. by Craig Richey There are six UCI races in Belgium between December 26 and January 2. This is commonly known as the “Holy Week” of cyclocross. [...]

• Battling in the Top 10 in Petange and Tervuren – A Column by Amy Dombroski

  4 January 11 • 0 comment

  

  Amy Dombroski took a few weeks off after Nationals to rest and re-focus for a big 2011 cyclocross campaign, complete with a new sponsor, new bikes, and a new journal. Join her in her adventures right here. Her first race was the GP 5 Sterne Region in Beromunster, Switzerland, last week. by Amy Dombroski Petange [...]

• Swept off My Feet in Zolder and Azencross – A Column by Christine Vardaros

  4 January 11 • 1 comment

  Zolder World Cup, GVA Trofee Azencross and Hotel Threeland Petange, Luxembourg Christine Vardaros races for the Baboco cyclocross team, based in Belgium, and regularly contributes her accounts of Euro racing to Cyclocross Magazine. by Christine Vardaros As I write this, there is a party going on without me. This has to be one of the [...]

• Getting Euro with Amy Dombroski: Slipping and Sliding in Switzerland

  2 January 11 • 2 comments

  

  Amy Dombroski took a few weeks off after Nationals to rest and re-focus for a big 2011 cyclocross campaign, complete with a new sponsor, new bikes, and a new journal. Join her in her adventures right here. Her first race was the GP 5 Sterne Region in Beromunster, Switzerland, on Thursday. by Amy Dombroski As [...]

• The View From the Inside – A Column by Lee Waldman

  30 December 10 • 7 comments

  Masters racer checks in with a report on his Nationals experience and a look back at the entire, glorious season. Missed Lee’s last column? Catch up on his opinion on 2010 Cyclocross rule changes. by Lee Waldman Most ’cross races are reported on from outside, and after covering the Ft. Collins USGP races for Cyclocross [...]

• We’re Not In Canada Anymore: Craig Richey Battles in Belgium for World Cup and Christmas Week

  30 December 10 • 2 comments

  The Belgium Report – World Cups and Christmas Racing Canadian ’crosser Craig Richey is spending this winter in Belgium, taking his racing to a new level. His series of race diaries continues with his experiences during Belgium’s intense Christmas week. If you missed it, go back and read his report from the Koksijde World Cup. [...]

• Rider Report: Sue Butler Recalls Zolder World Cup

  27 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  Portland, OR, pro racer Sue Butler was at the Zolder World Cup this past weekend, where Katie Compton took the win for the women, and Lars Boom took the men’s. Read on for her experience of this icy race. by Sue Butler Zolder World Cup: No Words to Describe. As I sit here to recall the [...]

• Scheldecross and Kalmthout World Cup: Waiting for the Click to Come – a Column by Christine Vardaros

  23 December 10 • 3 comments

  by Christine Vardaros It’s been exactly one year since I last raced on snow and ice. Funny how much I can forget in a year. I found this out the hard way last weekend at back-to-back races: Fidea’s Scheldecross and the Kalmthout World Cup. With that said, last weekend was all about waiting for the [...]

• Kalmthout World Cup: Rocking It Pro Style – A Column by Sue Butler

  21 December 10 • 5 comments

  

  by Sue Butler It’s good to be back in Belgium. Last year I had to forgo my Euro racing campaign due to asthma, so I’m happy to be here, snow and all. I’m in my familiar stomping grounds, courtesy of Kris Schamp’s (local Portland race promoter) parents, joined by Ryan Trebon. Kalmthout is usually a [...]

• We’re Not in Canada Anymore: Winter Comes to Belgium

  15 December 10 • 1 comment

  by Craig Richey The Koksijde World Cup was my fifth consecutive weekend of racing, and between races I hadn’t done much training. I decided to pass on the World Cup round in Spain and instead do an endurance block of training. Logistically, racing the Spanish round would have been tough, plus flying with bikes, car [...]

• Clydesdale Championship of the Universe 2010

  15 December 10 • 2 comments

  by Dave Queen For full Cyclocross National Championships coverage and information, visit our 2010 USA Cycling National Championships Page. BEND, ORE. – For the second year in a row the Clydesdales and Athenas met in Bend to decide the Cyclocross Champions of the Universe. Brad Ross throws a great party, and I was lucky enough to qualify for [...]

• The Cyclocross Scene – A Column by Adam McGrath

  14 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  Adam McGrath has been penning online columns all season long for CXM, and he checked in with his latest right before the big domestic finale – Elite National Championships in Bend, Oregon. Adam was right in the thick of the action for the first half of the race, holding a top-15 place before things started [...]

• Rider Diary: Frank Spiteri’s Leap from Beginner to Elite

  11 December 10 • 0 comment

  

  For full Cyclocross National Championships coverage and information, visit our 2010 USA Cycling National Championships Page. by Frank Spiteri It is amazing how fast things can change. It was in 2007 that I realized my life wasn’t headed in the direction I wanted it to. I was an inactive out-of-shape college student tipping the scales at a whopping 240 [...]

• Koksijde World Cup and Paris Vegan Day – All in a Weekend

  8 December 10 • 1 comment

  CXM columnist Christine Vardaros recently had a busy weekend, chasing after the best cyclocrossers in the world in Koksijde, Belgium, followed by a speaking engagement in Paris. Read along as Christine continues to bring us a glimpse of the life of the ’crosser in Europe. by Christine Vardaros Two Jobs Rolled into One Weekend Koksijde [...]