by Elisabeth Reinkordt IOWA CITY, IOWA – While temperatures were chilly overnight, no precipitation fell on the Jingle Cross Rock course, and though early racers dealt with mud and grass, course conditions were prime for Saturday’s elite races. Sunny, breezy, and unseasonably warm temperatures were on tap as 22 women took the start in the [...]
IOWA CITY, IOWA — The long wait is over at last, as Tim Johnson (Cannondale-CyclocrossWorld) took his first win of the season today on the last day of Jingle Cross Rock, the three-day, three-UCI-race festival in Iowa City. He was followed on the podium by Day One winner Jamey Driscoll, then Todd Wells (Day Two’s [...]
by Jim Lentfer and Cyclocross Magazine Blues skies and a light breeze greeted the morning racers, who soon found that everything from puddles to the bike wash hoses remained frozen after overnight temperatures had again dipped into the mid 20s. Day two of the Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock offered different lighting, temperatures and course [...]
We’ve got people on the ground at JingleCross, but then we’ve also got the cyclocross community on the ground at JingleCross. Thanks to many of them, enjoy our crowd-sourced live coverage of Jingle Cross throughout the weekend here:
by Jim Lentfer and Cyclocross Magazine Early arrivals were greeted by cloudy skies and green grass. A festive crowd of hardy hecklers lined the upper parts of the course, braving the cold temperatures as eastern Iowa experienced its first taste of winter weather, with temps slowly climbing back up into the mid 30’s by race time. Course [...]
A growing Thanksgiving tradition for Midwest cyclocrossers and pro racers across the nation has been to flock like turkeys to Jingle Cross in Iowa City, Iowa for a three-day festival of cyclocross, UCI points, mud, cold and holiday festivities, all for a good cause. The event, held since 2004, raises money for the University of [...]
by Brian Morrissey IOWA CITY, IA – Clouds and wind arrived as the Elite women staged in the starting grid, chasing away the spring-like sunshine enjoyed by the racers on Saturday. The final iteration of the Jingle Cross course was much dryer, however, and many riders even in the lower categories were riding up what [...]
by Jared Roy IOWA CITY, IA – Even on a beautiful sunny day, the record rains from earlier in the week kept the grounds at Jingle Cross Rock muddy like peanut butter. Riders’ brakes filled with so much mud that the wheels wouldn’t spin and derailleurs were being shred everywhere. Mt. Krumpet was relentless today [...]
by Jared Roy (IOWA CITY, IA) – The email from the race organizer I received on Tuesday said Iowa had received record rains, and judging by Friday night’s course conditions on Day 1 of the 2009 UCI Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock, he wasn’t lying. Mt Krumpet is the toughest part of the course, and [...]
UCI cyclocross racing comes to Iowa starting today with three days of racing action. We’ll have some live updates (live coverage “light”) of the racing action on Friday and Saturday via Twitter from our CXMLIVE account. Tune in as Jared Roy brings us the latest conditions, racing drama and results: http://twitter.com/cxmlive While we
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