Tag archive for ‘april fools’

  • Geoff Kabush Changes Script and Takes On New Role

    It's uncanny.

    by David Evans Canadian ’crosser Geoff Kabush announced today that he has taken the position of understudy in the new Broadway production, ‘Wolverine: Lone Wolf.’ When called for comment, Kabush expressed his joy at being able to supplement his race season with “emergency” appearances on Broadway. “It’s a great gig. I’ll be spending a lot [...]

  • UCI Rescinds Ruling on Disc Brakes for 2014

    Kettle Cycles SFL SiCCC disc rotors. © Clifford Lee

    Two years ago, this statement from USA Cycling was met with mixed reactions from the cyclocross community: “Following the recommendation of the Cyclo-cross Commission, the UCI Management Committee has approved modifications to its cyclo-cross rules which will take effect at the beginning of the 2010-2011 cyclo-cross season. A summary of the changes is as follows: [...]

  • CrossVegas Announces Move to New City: Pawnee, Indiana Named as Host of the Largest Cross Race in the US

    Christian Helmig grabs the money at CrossVegas 2012. ©Thomas van Bracht / Cyclocross Magazine

    PAWNEE, INDIANA — In a move that surprised many cyclocross fans, the season-opening CrossVegas cyclocross race announced it would relocate the popular race to Pawnee, Indiana beginning with the 2013 edition, scheduled Wednesday, September 18th. At a press conference held April 1st in Pawnee City Council Chambers, Ron Swanson, Director of Pawnee Parks and Recreation [...]

  • Marianne Vos Makes Surprise Announcement, Looks to Next Phase of Career

    Marianne Vos won her sixth Cyclocross World Championship with a dominant ride in Louisville, KY. © Nathan Hofferber

    2013 Cyclocross World Champion Marianne Vos, after adding one of the last remaining titles that has eluded her by sprinting to the win at the 2013 Tour of Flanders on Sunday, has already set her sights on the next phase of her career. “Don’t be alarmed!,” Vos told told Het Nieuwsblad.be. “I’m still first and [...]

  • Cyclocross Magazine Declares April Fools’ Day “Over”

    Klaas Vantornout reads Cyclocross Magazine. Do you? © Cyclocross Magazine

    For the past few years, Cyclocross Magazine has had the tradition of having several prank posts appear on our website on April 1: some goofy, some downright scary, and most, just a little silly. Many were reader favorites, and a few that captured readers by surprise. For example: UCI to Mandate Disc Brakes, Regulate Gloves [...]

  • Cyclocross Cup Planned in the North American Road Calendar?

    Many cyclocrossers and fans have attempted to recognize the results of cyclocrossers as they attempt to battle pavement specialists. We did so during last year’s Amgen Tour of California.  Now it appears that the UCI will finally officially do so. The UCI announced today that it has plans to incorporate a Cyclocross Cup in the [...]

  • Niels Albert to Skip Worlds in 2012

    Current Belgian National champion Niels Albert has said that he will skip competing in the 2012  World Championships at Koksidje if he wins the Belgian title for a second time. “For me, it is most important that I wear the Belgian jersey,” said the former World Champion. Indeed, Albert has gone on record saying that [...]

  • UCI to Mandate Disc Brakes, Regulate Gloves and Shoes in 2012

    Expect to see lots of homebrew brake solutions like this as racers try to comply with new UCI regulations for the 2012 cyclocross season. © Paul Guerra

    by Paul Guerra Due to slower-than-expected adoption of disc brakes at the top level of the sport after their legalization a year ago, the UCI has made the surprising off-season decision to mandate the use of them at all UCI-sanctioned cyclocross races, effective January 1, 2012. Meanwhile, the governing body has also decided to further [...]

  • Major Publisher Invests in Cyclocross Magazine

    Cyclocross Magazine, Issue 12, April 1, 2011

    The cyclocross space has been hot recently with investor activity, after the recent buyout of CrossResults.com and now a large, Pennsylvania-based publisher investing in Cyclocross Magazine. After featuring cyclocross in a photoshoot in Men’s Health magazine, and showcasing the sport in several issues of Bicycling, the publisher has seen the value and growth in cyclocross. [...]

  • Sven Nys Commits to Race 2011-12 Cyclocross Season in U.S.

    Sven Nys at the Roubaix Cyclocross World Cup in 2009. © Joe Sales

    by Benjamin Kirsch Sven Nys, who, with seven Belgian national titles, a World Championship, and almost uncountable Superprestige, World Cup, and GVA Trofee wins, might be the most successful European cyclocross racer of his generation, has announced he will spend next season racing exclusively in the United States.



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