While the American cyclocross calendar is drawing nearer and nearer to its close, the European calendar is just heating up. The Portland Cup was the final major two race weekend in America, and it provided the fireworks that it had promised. Thousands of miles away, the top end of Europe’s talent was in Igorre, Spain, [...]
Portland, OR – Although it wasn’t expected, the Portland stop of the USGP may have been the perfect warm-up for the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Bend, Oregon next week. With most of the country’s top talent converging on Oregon and cold, fast racing on tap for Day 2, Portland served up an eye, [...]
When people think of late-season cyclocross in Portland, images of mud, crashes and heavy crowds come to mind. But with cold, dry weather forecasted and a fast, tacky course on display during Friday’s previews, racers and fans who traveled to the largest ‘cross scene in America to revel in the mud were ready for disappointment [...]
Portland, OR- Katerina Nash (Luna) came to Portland for the final stop of the USGP of Cyclocross with a commanding lead and a four-race winning streak. The unusually cold weather wouldn’t keep her from heating up the race again this weekend and despite a strong chase from Amy Dombroski
by Josh Liberles The weather report for the upcoming USGP weekend in Portland, Oregon calls for dry and cold days. If that holds, this will mark the first non-soaked-edition since the USGP started coming around in 2004. While the conditions will likely be drastically different this year, the course will likely be similar to past [...]
Sure, USAC and UCI have their own cyclocross rankings. And with the USGP, NACT, MAC and Verge series with UCI points up for grabs and North Americans hitting all of these series, it’s hard to figure out who’s the best of our continent. Enter Cyclocross Magazine’s North American Cyclocross Rankings, the first of its sort, [...]
by Geoff Gunderson Golden Gate Park has to be considered a historical monument to northern California cyclocross, with events dating back to the mid-1970s generating a mystique surrounding the event. Combine that with a longer, flatter course than previous rounds of BASP, as well as a history of somehow pulling beautiful weather out of a [...]
Sure, USAC and UCI have their own cyclocross rankings. And with the USGP, NACT, MAC and Verge series with UCI points up for grabs and North Americans hitting all of these series, it’s hard to figure out who’s the best of our continent. Enter Cyclocross Magazine’s North American Cyclocross Rankings, the first of its sort, [...]
by Chris Worden and Joan Hanscom. West Windsor, NJ – When Tim Johnson wants to send a message, he does it right. After failing to secure the top step on Saturday’s USGP podium, Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com) blazed to victory on a much dryer, stickier course Sunday afternoon, sending a strong message to all that he will [...]
by Jason Elhardt (West Windsor, NJ)- Katerina Nash (Luna Chix) proved to be too much for the competition today in the third stop of the US Grand Prix of Cyclocross series in Mercer County, New Jersey. Like Tropical storm Ida that left mud and slick conditions up and down the Atlantic coast, Nash devastated the [...]
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