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• Gallery: Katie Compton’s Arctic ’Cross Clinic

  16 August 10 • 0 comment

  Mark Legg-Compton shot us some pictures of day two of Katie Compton’s Arctic ’Cross Clinic, taking place in Anchorage, Alaska. For the first two days, 25 lucky ’cross crazy cyclists learned skills and technique from one of the best cyclocrossers in the world. Day 3? Participants raced, with both Katie and Mark shadowing the course. [...]

• Sneak Peak at the Colors of the 2011 Stevens Cyclocross Line

  8 August 10 • 1 comment

  

  Stevens Bikes, sponsor of such Elite athletes as US National Champion Katie Compton, current World Champion Marianne Vos, former World Champions Niels Albert and Hanka Kupfernagel, and Canadian National Team rider Vicki Thomas, has released a preview of their 2011 Carbon Team and Prestige cyclocross bikes.

• Compton Leads ’Crossers’ Charge at MTB World Cup #5 in Italy

  2 August 10 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton didn’t let a wasp sting on the third lap of the cross country race at the World Cup in Val di Sole, Italy, slow her down as the newly-crowned US national short track champion and reigning cyclocross champ rode to an impressive fourth place in the event. Compton finished just 20 seconds off [...]

• MTB World Cup #4 ’Crosser Roundup

  30 July 10 • 0 comment

  

  Champery, Switzerland, was the site of the fourth round of the MTB World Cup series this past weekend, playing host to some of our favorite ’crossers. The spoils of the XC race went to the pure mountain bikers, with American Todd Wells taking top cyclocross honors with his twelfth place finish, an impressive four places [...]

• Gallery: Katie Compton’s 2010 Short Track National Win

  24 July 10 • 0 comment

  Katie Compton stole the show at this year’s MTB Short Track Nationals. “Katie crushed the short track today, winning from defending champion Georgia Gould. Katie lapped all but the first four riders” said husband Mark Legg-Compton via Twitter. Katie herself was a little more grounded: “Yep, still coughing up a lung from Sunday’s effort. Pretty [...]

• Arctic Cross – Alaskan Cyclocross Clinic with Katie Compton

  23 July 10 • 0 comment

  

  Alaskan ’crossers may not be accustomed to seeing the sport’s top talent make the trek north for events or for sharing their skills with the locals – but that’s about to change. Katie Compton just announced that she’ll be providing clinics at Arctic Cross in mid-August. The four-day program culminates with races on Sunday, August [...]

• ’Crossers Continue to Dominate MTB Nats – UPDATED: New Photos

  20 July 10 • 2 comments

  ’Crossers continue to give us something to report on at the US Mountain Bike National Championships in Granby, CO. Katie Compton, who took fifth in Saturday’s XC race behind Mary McConneloug and winner Georgia Gould, left everyone behind to power into her second short track national title. Gould finished a fantastic weekend by finishing second, [...]

• MTB Nationals XC Photo Gallery

  20 July 10 • 0 comment

  Wrapping up our coverage (XC here and Short Track here)  of the MTB Nationals, in which ’crossers played a dominating role, are a few more pictures to add some color to our reports. Special thanks to Amy Dykema for being there to snap those shots!

• ’Cross Stars Shine at Teva Mountain Games

  9 June 10 • 1 comment

  

  America’s top ’crossers were chasing mountain and road glory at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado. While ’cross events were not on the agenda, some of the top male and female ’crossers used the unique event, which features paddling, climbing, fly fishing and canine competitions in addition to the road and MTB races, to [...]

• Nys, Compton, Gould Among ’Crossers At MTB World Cup #3

  25 May 10 • 1 comment

  by Robbie Carver Getting some quality time on their mountain bikes last weekend were a host of big-name ’cross riders testing their legs at the third MTB World Cup cross country race, held in Offenburg, Germany. While the spoils of victory went to Elite MTBer’s Julien Absalon (Orbea) and Catharine Pendrel (Luna), our favorite barrier-hoppers [...]