2012 CrossVegas Race Preview by Robbie Carver Can you hear it, cyclocross? The clanging of cowbells, the pumping of tires, the soft stampede of feet thumping over the barriers – the 2012/13 season is here. Already racers across the States have begun putting their early season fitness to the test in local and UCI C2 [...]
Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere. -Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Deam by Andrew Yee If you were to propose hosting a winter sporting event in the middle of summer in near-90 degree weather, at over 7000 feet of altitude, in a [...]
Raleigh Bicycles and Clement unveiled their new cyclocross team at the Raleigh dealer gathering today, with Belgium’s Ben Berden, France’s Caroline Mani, and Washington’s Craig Etheridge up on stage to educate and excite Raleigh dealers about the company’s support of top-level cyclocross racers.
This time last year, Raleigh was handing over big prize money to Russell Stevenson and Kathy Sherwin for their wins at Midsummer Night Cyclocross, along with contracts for Stevenson and Jenni Gaertner for the 2011 season. This year, the field is a bit more stacked, and entries without contracts include both the Elite Men’s and [...]
Gravel Metric is a ride that often turns competitive (at least in the lead group), and this year was no different, especially with legendary cyclocrosser Ben Berden taking to the starting line. Amy Dykema was there capturing some great images and caught up with a few of the riders to hear their thoughts on the [...]
Belgian cyclocross veteran Ben Berden will get a taste of American gravel this May 27 at the Gravel Metric, a popular 62-mile ride on farm roads around DeKalb, Illinois. Berden brings more than 20 years of experience in a career highlighted by victories at major European cyclocross races, including three wins on the infamous sand [...]
From a huge surge of disc-brake-equipped cyclocross bikes, to new tires, to the inaugural cyclocross race that saw Ben Berden and Georgia Gould emerge with some early season victories, cyclocross was the name of the game at this year’s Sea Otter! Today, we’ve got a new gallery from Sandi Burgar highlighting the race, including the amazing [...]
by Tim Westmore April cyclocross? In 80 degree weather? On a race car track? While many of us haven’t yet fully cleaned our bikes from the 2011 season and are just starting to think about some real off-season riding, some hard-core cyclocrossers and about a dozen pros came out to sample the first-ever cyclocross race [...]
It was only a month ago that we saw Ben Berden (along with Tim Johnson, Jamey Driscoll and several other top names in cyclocross) make their way to Japan for Tokyo Cross. There, Berden took the win in one of the last races of the season, narrowly defeating Tim Johnson. He also gained notoriety over [...]
by Kat Statman The season really is wrapping up and though we’ve been on a slow down on the Rumors and Rumblings front, things are still coming down the pipeline. Not only are the rumors swirling around, but cyclocross racing is still just more and more exciting every week. This week we’re going to take [...]
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