Day two at the 2012 Rohrbach’s Ellison Park Cyclocross race was sunnier than the first day, but the result was the same — European domination. The course was run backwards, with a steep runup only rideable by an excited Troy Wells, but even the uphill barriers didn’t stop the Euros from snagging indomitable leads in their [...]
ROCHESTER, New York — The first UCI race of the Fall 2012 season was typical for cyclocross: muddy, rainy, with a healthy dose of potential for lightning. While conditions were dramatically different on Day 1 from the 2011 event, the results were the same, with a Brit and Frenchman taking the wins at Rohrbach’s Ellison [...]
British cyclocrosser and Kona Factory Team professional racer Helen Wyman will again start her season in the US, where she will kick off affairs in Rochester, N.Y. on September 8 and 9. Wyman is no stranger to the weekend’s double-header schedule, as she won an event on the same course last season. “Racing in the [...]
by David Evans Anyone who has wandered around the paddock of a top level bike race has, at some point or another, stepped over, around or in a trickle of riders’ urine. A well-timed and discrete expulsion behind a team car is often preferred to skating across poorly tiled bathrooms on cleats (surely a sport [...]
UK National cyclocross Champion has been made a brand ambassador for the Challenge, one of the world’s leading producers of cyclocross tubulars. Having been a Challenge-sponsored rider for several seasons, Helen will now step up her role and will be seen as an ambassador for the brand at events in the USA and Europe. Both [...]
Helen Wyman (Horizon Fitness Racing Team) successfully defended her British national champion’s jersey Sunday in Ipswich with a win over last year’s runner-up Nikki Harris (Young Telenet-Fidea), who finished 56 seconds behind the six-time national champion. Annie Last finished another two seconds in arrears for the bronze. In the men’s race, Ian Field (Ac Lanester [...]
At the sixth round of the UCI World Cup, Marianne Vos once again showed that she is the top racer on European soil. The current World Champion rode a near perfect race, powering away on the last lap to finish thirty seconds ahead of Daphny van den Brand (AA Drink). Sanne van Paassen (Brainwash) rounded [...]
The Downeast Cyclocross Day 2 in New Gloucester, Maine, on Sunday, provided ample excitement as the lone race on the United States International Cyclocross Calendar (USICX).
by Christine Vardaros Nacht van Woerden is one of the few European cyclocross events that many riders have a love-hate relationship with. They love the course but hate that they can’t always see where they are going as the races are held at night. With minimal lighting around the course, it’s always an adventure for [...]
by Chris Bagg TABOR, CZECH REPUBLIC — Katie Compton was not present today at the second round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup. Sanne Van Paassen (Brainwash), second in the WC standings after her runner-up spot last week, hoped to take advantage of the dominant American’s absence. When last we were here in 2010, Marianne [...]
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