Just in case you’ve been hiding out in roadie or mountain bike isolation and haven’t noticed, the race promo PR machines are running at full tilt. But these press releases are definitely worth reading. Why? Not only do they have some surprising news for fans on race attendees (Jonathan Page skipping his typical Michigan opening [...]
Sven Nys’ early days of BMX racing developed his mad bunny hopping skills, and his ability to dominate races by hopping the UCI’s 40 cm barriers single-handily changed cyclocross courses and rules forever. Wonder why we see so few high-speed barriers at UCI races? For some reason, close, tight racing is believed to be more [...]
Marianne Vos continues winning ways, Tour of the Battenkill wrap up, Powers wins in Ancaster, Cyclocross at Sea Otter, Jacobs banned for 2 years. The cyclocross world was active over the last week! Marianne Vos Wins Womens Flèche Wallonne, 4th at Ronde van Gelderland World Cyclocross Champion and Dutch Road Champion Marianne Vos kept up [...]
by Ken Getchell The UCI C2 Wissahickon Cyclocross, round four of the MAC Powered by SRAM Series, served up an exhibition of different ways to win a cyclocross race today. Laura Van Gilder (C3-Sollay.com) won the Women’s race in the last minute of the competition, while Jeremy Powers (Cyclocrossworld.com) won his race in the first [...]
Katie Compton (Spike Shooter – Primus Mootry) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale – Cyclocrossworld.com) took their third wins in as many days at the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival. The third day of the festival had the most points at stake as the BioWheels / United Dairy Farmers race at Harbin Park was a UCI C1 race. [...]
The three-day UCI Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival began this afternoon with the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede in Burlington, Kentucky. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale – CyclocrossWorld.com / Leer) took his second UCI win of the season, tackling the bumpy course and beating Jeremiah Bishop (Trek/VW) for the win. The two riders were bunny hopping the barriers after
Despite earlier weather reports of sun and past years of dry racing, it shouldn’t be a surprise when a major ‘cross race comes to the Pacific Northwest and it rains the whole day. Racers awoke to a drizzle that grew increasingly stronger and was a constant rain by the time the first race, the women’s [...]
Sue Butler Wins Star Crossed, Cannondale / Cyclocrossworld.com Men Double Up Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale) took a win in a close finish against Wendy Simms (Kona). On the men’s side, Jeremy Powers took the second win for the Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com team, after Jamie Driscoll won earlier in the day in Pennsylvania. Ryan Trebon collided with a lapped [...]
Both Saturday and Sunday at the USGP stop in Kentucky, the usual dominant Kona/YourKey.com pair of Trebon and Wicks failed to continue their streak of domestic wins. On Saturday, Jeremy Powers notched a big win, while on Sunday Tim Johnson took his turn on the top step of the podium. Katie Compton was dominant on [...]
Fresh from our New England correspondent, Kerry Litka: Women’s Elite: Lynn Bessette warmed up for the race by battling for top 5 in the Cat 2/3 Men’s race before riding away from the women’s field on the first lap to an easy victory. The rest of the field was racing for 2nd and a solid [...]
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