Episode 3 of Behind THE Barriers picks up where Episode 2 left off — at the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross’ first weekend — the Planet Bike Cup! Rain and mud were the name of the game, as Jeremy headed to the course in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin to do battle against the best of American cyclocross, [...]
by Grant Berry Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) used every weapon in his arsenal to come back from a mid-race spill, and overcome Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) to win Day 2 in Fort Collins. Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) continued to impress with his consistency, and raced into third. Racers and spectators were greeted with weather and course conditions [...]
Highlights from the Men’s Race: Interview with two day winner, Helen Wyman: Interview with Jeremy Powers and Tim Johnson, first and second place, respectively:
A wet Gran Prix of Gloucester made for exciting racing, with constant lead changes, attacks and regroups. At the end, two mean on rival teams emerged, from Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld and Rapha Focus, leading into the last lap. But it wasn’t the New England Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers throw-down many spectators had hoped for, [...]
by Matt James St. Louis, MO.—On a crisp, fall evening in St. Louis, Missouri, a collection of top domestic and international cyclocross racers took to a twisting and technical course in Heman Park to contest the third round of the newly minted Cross After Dark series. With top class fields in both the men’s and [...]
The Belgians came, they saw, and, oh man, have they conquered. Well, an American did grab one win and that was a UCI race, so I guess it counts for something. The first week of the international season is under way and is there ever a bunch to talk about! First is CrossVegas, so much going on there. We can’t not talk about this weekends upcoming races in Seattle, Vermont and Maryland. Did you catch the velo bowl? Jurgen Mettepenningen is confident in Pauwels, Aernouts and Vantornout. National Champ Todd Wells will not defend his stars and stripes this January; London Olympics and Louisville 2013 are the goals. Finally, in this week’s Working Man’s Edition there were just too many of you, so instead, there’s a list of all the riders that deserve some respect!
We asked you last week who you thought would win CrossVegas011 2and 400 of you voted, choosing Bart Wellens most frequently, followed by Jeremy Powers and then Ryan Trebon. Both Powers and Trebon changed teams in the off-season and came into this season highly motivated, and thus were likely choices. The fact that Jamey Driscoll [...]
by Robbie Carver In what was resoundingly the deepest Elite Men’s field in the history of the event, CrossVegas did not disappoint the plethora of fans lining the course tonight. Joining the pistons of US ’cross were a slew of Europeans coming stateside to see who was ringing all those damn cowbells so loud. Swiss [...]
In the pursuit match done on a mini-velodrome with BMX bikes, cyclocross legends Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers duked it out at high noon in a two-out-of-three match. Pre-race, the two contenders held a press conference (see picture) and weighed in: both racers were 162 pounds.
IN THE COWBELL FORUMS:
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