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Nationals aren’t just happening in the US today; in fact, most of the cyclocross-heavy European countries also have their championship races today. In the men’s race at the German National Championships, Philipp Walsleben took the win ahead of Marcel Meisen and Christoph Pfingsten. In the women’s race, Trixi Worrack took the win over Sabrina Schweizer [...]

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BRADFORD, ENGLAND – Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea) continued her breakout season by usurping long-time British National champion Helen Wyman (Kona) to don the 2013 British National jersey. Wyman followed in second, with Annie Last rounding out the podium. Harris tweeted after her race, “Words cannot describe how happy I am. Thanks so much for everyone’s support, I [...]

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STEINMAUR, SWITZERLAND – Julien Taramarcaz made it two in a row today with his win in the Swiss National Cyclocross Championships, escaping on the muddy course in the third round and pushing on to take the win over Simon Zahner. “This title is very different from last year,” said Taramarcaz. ”I felt comfortable right away. I was [...]

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HILVARENBEEK, THE NETHERLANDS – Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Giant), in an expected display of dominance, rode away from her competitors today to take the Dutch national title for the third consecutive year. Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank-Giant) came in a distant second, followed by Sabrina Stultiens. In the men’s field, Lars van der Haar (Rabobank-Giant) made an early escape [...]

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MOL, BELGIUM – In a ride that was both surprising and deserving, Sunweb-Revor rider Klaas Vantornout put an exclamation point on an already outstanding season, attacking on the final few short climbs to escape from a group including Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), Sven Nys (Lanbowkredit), Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) and Rob Peeters (Telenet Fidea) to take the [...]

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Francis Mourey, followed by Arnold Jeannesson and John Gadret. In the women’s race, Lucie Chainel Lefevre took the win, followed by Pauline Ferran Prevot and Christel Ferrier-Bruneau.

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VERONA, WISCONSIN — Logan Owen (Redline) continued his impressive string of consecutive junior cyclocross national championships with a dominant win at Badger Prairie Park. With today’s victory, Owen has eight straight victories, tying Katie Compton for the record (at least for one day). Owen wasted no time in getting to the front of the course, battling [...]

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VERONA, WISCONSIN— “Hello, Cyclocross Fans,” a shivering but grinning Pete Webber (Boulder Cycle Sport) said, after taking yet another National Championship win, wearing his Masters World Champion skinsuit. The highly decorated rider, originally from Maine but now residing in Colorado, has been one of the main staples of cyclocross for years, and his dominant win [...]

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VERONA, WISCONSIN – As temperatures continued to drop, German-cum-American Yannick Eckmann (Cal Giant-Specialized) showed the U23 men that cold weather and goopy conditions are nothing to worry about. Eckmann established an early lead and sailed to a solo win ahead of Andrew Dillman (Bob’s Red Mill) and Tobin Ortenblad (Cal Giant-Specialized) to take the national champion’s jersey. Joshua [...]

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VERONA, WISCONSIN – In the final race of the day, as the temperature dropped and the ground began to turn from the Belgian sop of earlier to a more solid, tacky course, Matt Shriver found himself with a flat tire as the men were lining up. Shriver ran to the pits, changed his wheel, ran back [...]

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VERONA, WISCONSIN — In one of the most hotly contended races we’ve seen so far at Nationals, it was Boulder Cycle Sport’s Russell Stevenson who took the win in the frigid cold in the Masters 35-39 race, just ahead of Cal Giant’s Justin Robinson. Chris Case (Feedback Sports Racing) took the holeshot with last year’s [...]

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VERONA, WISCONSIN—While no one was surprised that Katie Antonneau took the collegiate D1 title, racing for Marion University in Division 1, what did surprise crowds was how close to her the D2 women’s racer Erica Zaveta of Brevard College was by the end of the race. Despite starting a minute behind the D1 racers, Zaveta [...]

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STRIBRO, CZECH REPUBLIC – In a race that surprised no one, two-time World Champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) took his sixth consecutive national title on his hometown course. Martin Bina and Vojtech Nipl rounded out the podium.    

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  by Molly Hurford If you watch Parks and Recreation at all, you may be familiar with this scene, and the three little words that may inspire a hefty chunk of your bike and bike accessory buying: “Treat Yo Self.” You spend most of your spare time on the bike, so why not make it [...]

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by Chris Mayhew The season is over, but before you pack away the bike into the back of the garage until next September, there are a few things you should do to ensure than when you do pull it out, covered in dust and begging to be ridden again come cyclocross season, it’s in race-ready [...]

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by Clifford Lee At Sea Otter a couple weeks ago, we learned of a few developments in the tire department from several companies regarding cyclocross. Thanks to a new licensing agreement, the Challenge Eroica will be renamed the Strada Bianca, both names referring to the race and ride around Siena in the Tuscan region of [...]

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Work time will be decreased with a repair stand. With work time decreased, beer time increases, and that makes for happier cyclocross racers. Happy cyclocross racers make for a better sport. So you see, the future of our sport depends on everyone owning repair stands.

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Now that the dust has died down, we’re going through our massive memory cards full of photos of some of the goodies we spotted at Sea Otter but didn’t have time to post while we were there. Getting the lay of the land from the short track MTB course on Friday. Saturday, the cyclocross race [...]

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PORTLAND, OREGON — Asylum Cycles has announced the crowd funding and product launch of the Meuse, a disc-brake, full-carbon cyclocross bike. With a Belgian river as its namesake, the Meuse pays homage to the early European origins of cyclocross. What’s particularly intriguing is that the Meuse is being launched on Crowd Supply, the first crowd funding site [...]

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When we stopped at the TRP Brakes booth at the Outdoor Demo in Vegas before Interbike 2012, we inquired about the HyWire, the innovative hydraulic disc brake levers with TRP’s own electronic shifters built into the brake lever. The company had figured out how to make shifters compatible with Shimano’s Dura-Ace 7970 10-speed Di2 derailleurs, [...]

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Zipp’s 303 carbon rim wheels have been a mainstay in US cyclocross races and European spring classics since they were redesigned in 2010 to be wider than the average road rim. Although the company tweaked the 45mm deep rim’s profile again two years ago to go from the toroidal shape to the new Firecrest shape [...]

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Fizik shoes, from the priciest to the most inexpensive, are handmade in Italy. They want you to know that, because to them, Italy stands for high quality and craftsmanship, and, as Adam Bookwalter, the North America Area Manager, tells me right away, “That’s really important to us.” Fizik, like companies including Sidi and Gaerne, has [...]

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If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of racing cyclocross with a PowerTap to get some solid wattage readings, then the Stages Power Meter might be a new toy to add to your wish list, especially if your PowerTap is on a clincher wheel and you’ve got a nice pair of tubular race wheels. The [...]

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“The Paru is built with the inner determination to find the limit of grip and pain, but now with braking abilities to match.” While New Zealand-based Grammo revealed their disc brake-equipped carbon cyclocross frame at Sea Otter last year, it wasn’t until this year’s show that they were able to finally say that it was [...]

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What happens when a mountain bike wheel company makes road wheels? They come out with wheels that are more designed for cyclocross than they are for a crit. This week, North Carolina-based Industry Nine is releasing their latest iteration of their i25 aluminum road wheels, and at Sea Otter this weekend, Operations Manager Jacob McGahey [...]

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