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by Pat Malach PORTLAND, OREGON – Aaron Tuckerman (Corsa Concepts) and Serena Bishop Gordon (Silverado Gallery/Sunnyside) capped their 2011 Cross Crusade series overall wins by adding another individual victory during the finalè Sunday on the Infield Paddock course at Portland International Raceway.
by Pat Malach Barton, Oregon – French mountain bike pro Julie Krasniak (Rapha/Focus) got a rough introduction to the Cross Crusades Sunday at Barton Park but recovered quickly and left the Elite women’s field behind to take race #7 of the eight-race series. In the Elite men’s event, series leader Aaron Tuckerman (Corsa Concepts), who [...]
A full schedule of racing around the continent will keep ’crossers busy this weekend as UCI races hit the Midwest and Northeast calendars Many of the top names in US cyclocross, including USGP leader Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) and Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus), will head to the Midwest for the Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival, which starts Friday with [...]
by Pat Malach Bend, Oregon – Not even her Cowardly Lion costume could slow Serena Bishop Gordon (Silverado Gallery/Sunnyside) Sunday as she followed up her Saturday Cross Crusade win with another during the Halloween doubleheader weekend in Bend. In the men’s race, local mountain bike pro Carl Decker (Giant) took the win in front of [...]
by Pat Malach Hillsboro, Oregon – Controversy hovered over the Elite men’s race for the second week in a row Sunday at Cross Crusade #4 in Hillsboro after Canadian national champion Chris Sheppard (Rocky Mountain Bicycles/Shimano) crossed the line a minute ahead of Aaron Tuckerman (Corsa Concepts) and Molly Cameron (MetaFiler/Portland Bicycle Studio) but was [...]
by Joey Mullan (one of the FPDX singlespeed crew and, yes, he’s OK) Portland and Seattle. They both claim to have the finest in cyclocross around the Pacific Northwest. Let’s be honest, they do. At Cross Crusade #3 this last Sunday, a statement was made about cyclocross. For the last three months, a dubious plan [...]
by Pat Malach PORTLAND, Oregon – Aaron Tuckerman (Corsa Concepts) took his second consecutive Crusade Sunday at race #3 under a shadow of controversy after tangling with Molly Cameron (MetaFilter/Portland Bicycle Studio) at the front of the men’s A slugfest and then soloing in for the win. Alice Pennington (Upper Echelon Fitness) returned from the [...]
by Pat Malach RAINIER, Oregon – Aaron Tuckerman (Corsa Concepts) and Serena Bishop Gordon (Silverado GalleryeSunnyside Sports) both took their first-ever Cross Crusade Elite wins Sunday as the eight-race Oregon series headed north to Rainier. With the likes of Trebon, Sheppard, Babcock, Butler and Pennington battling at the USGP New Belgium Cup in Fort Collins, [...]
by Pat Malach Cross Crusade #1, Alpenrose Dairy Portland, Oregon – Nearly 1,500 cross-crazed racers, from novices to pros, toed the line Sunday for the opening round of the 2011 Cross Crusade series at Alpenrose Dairy in Southwest Portland. Sean Babcock (Kona) outlasted his rivals for the Elite men’s win while Sue Butler (River City [...]
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