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• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of May 27th, 2011

  27 May 11 • 0 comment

  As the Giro d’Italia wraps up this weekend and the Tour of California wrapped up on Sunday you would think that the Pro Cyclocross news would be slowing down, but think again. Lars Boom has re-upped with Rabobank. The Tour of Belgium, a cross racer’s off-season paradise? Kevin Eeckhout of Sunweb-Revor retires at the ripe old age of 21. Amy Dombroski and Katie Compton head overseas for a little pre-season European dirt. Georgia Gould, Ms. Consistency? Todd Wells, best American on the dirt. In this week’s Working Man’s Edition we look back to Spencer Paxson, Jake Wells and head to a master’s working man Peter Webber.

• Amgen Tour of California: Stage 7, Cyclocross Style

  22 May 11 • 0 comment

  

  Only today’s stage is left in the Amgen Tour of California. With our dwindling group of cyclocrossers down to only six, who will be the winner in our unofficial cyclocross-style Tour of California? The 75.8 mile Stage 7 was won by Levi Leipheimer, with Chris Horner directly behind.  Horner still sits in first place in [...]

• Amgen Tour of California: Stage 6, Cyclocross Style

  21 May 11 • 0 comment

  

  As the Amgen Tour of California begins to wind down, with only a weekend of racing to go, riders are beginning to make their moves and prepare for the last stage on Sunday. Even the racer’s tweets about the Tour are getting scarce, a sure sign that the race is getting serious. Yesterday, riders had [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings Week of May 20th, 2011

  20 May 11 • 0 comment

  It’s time to really start thinking about ’cross season, maybe even starting to glue up some tires if you haven’t already. Now that it’s that time of the year again, heading out and pinning, or zip-tying, numbers up is probably a good idea. The Pro racers have that in mind too as they’re out getting the race miles in to prepare for a strong ’cross season.

  This week, the Tour of California is being absolutely dominated by ’cross riders, with Jamey Driscoll, Jesse Anthony, Jeremy Powers, Lars Boom and Ben Jacques-Maynes all making appearances at the front of the race. [See some of our race coverage of Stage 2, Stage 3 and Stage 4.] Sven Nys is on his way to his second Olympic games after a second place finish to Julien Absalon. John Gadret came oh-so-close last week to a stage win at the Giro, but clearly that wasn’t good enough for the Frenchmen, as he sealed the deal this week with a Stage 11 win. Is Kaitlin Antonneau making a switch to the mountain bike? Rumors are brewing that the USGP may make a stop in Bend, OR. This week’s Working Man’s Edition takes another look at Justin Lindine as he heads to Canada for the Coupe de Quebeque and Spencer Paxson as he crosses the pond for the Dalby Forest World Cup.

• Amgen Tour of California: Stage 5, Cyclocross Style

  20 May 11 • 0 comment

  

  In Stage 5 of the Amgen Tour of California, racers covered 135 miles and climbed nearly 10,000 ft. After the long haul, Jeremy Powers tweeted that, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!”  Lars Boom echoed the sentiment on his Twitter as well, saying, “Really hard stage today!” Three-time world champ Oscar Freire (Rabobank) came [...]

• Amgen Tour of California: Stage 4, Cyclocross Style (and a Bit of Giro)

  19 May 11 • 1 comment

  

  Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California saw some of the first King of the Mountain climbs, and cyclocross racer Lars Boom (Rabobank) emerged as the first King of the Mountain. (Read about how Lars Boom made a cyclocross comeback in January in Lars Boom Makes a Boom in Heusden-Zolder.) Later, Jesse Anthony captured [...]

• Amgen Tour of California: Stage 3, Cyclocross Style

  18 May 11 • 0 comment

  

  With rain and a strong headwind, Stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California had perfect conditions for our cyclocross contingent to shine. Stage 4, which riders will face later today, will feature some of the Tour’s major climbs, and unfortunately for our cyclocross racers, these aren’t the kind of hills they can shoulder bikes [...]

• Amgen Tour of California: Stage 2, Cyclocross Style

  17 May 11 • 1 comment

  As Stage 2 in the Amgen Tour of California came to an end yesterday, there was a herd of cyclocross racers, including Andy Jacques-Maynes, Chris Jones, Jeremy Powers, Jesse Anthony and Lars Boom within 21 to 25 seconds of race leader Ben Swift.

• A Ride and a Chat with Jeremy Powers at the Rapha Gentlemen’s Ride in San Francisco

  15 May 11 • 3 comments

  

  This past Thursday, Rapha Focus cyclocross teammates and Tour of California racers Jeremy Powers and Chris Jones led a “Gentlemen’s Ride” to celebrate the new Rapha Cycle Club in San Francisco and the 2011 edition of the Amgen tour. Cyclocross Magazine’s Andrew Yee, on a muddy cyclocross bike, attempted to keep up with the two [...]

• Pro Cyclocross Rumors and Rumblings Week of May 13th, 2011

  13 May 11 • 1 comment

  by Kat Statman As the weather slowly turns warmer, putting on more miles becomes less of a chore. Preparing for the hard months of cold and wet racing ahead in the fall becomes easier, and many of us are falling back in love with bikes and bike racing. It also means that now is the [...]