This year will, technically speaking, be without a US National Championships, as for the first time the event has been moved from December to early January. While both excitement and concern over Wisconsin’s January weather have been brewing, there have been few details available to those interested in making the trip. We pinned down race [...]
Cool and slick cyclocross conditions greeted Sun Prairie, Wisconsin for the first day of the UCI C1 Planet Bike Cup, the opening weekend of the 2011 Exergy USGP Cyclocross series (see Troy Wells’ course preview video here). While some key racers on the women’s side were missing (Katie Compton, Amy Dombroski and Helen Wyman), the [...]
Just 15 miles from Madison, Wisconsin is the town of Sun Prairie, the home of this weekend’s Planet Bike Cup opener of the Exergy US Gran Prix of Cyclocross. The course features a mostly-grass, twisty, turny course with a few signature features including a rideable (for some) stair and run-up section, and several horseshoe off-camber [...]
Not only does the USGP come to Sun Prairie in September and nationals to Madison in January, but with 15 events on the schedule, the Wisconsin Cycling Association will be one of the largest series’ in the US.
It’s St Patrick’s day, and somehow we’re focusing on a famous Frenchman – but we’ll keep rolling with it. Amy Dykema shot this in-depth interview for Cyclocross Magazine immediately after Mourey’s final race on US soil, the Sun Prairie USGP weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. Really good, interesting stuff. Mourey’s impressed with American racing and courses, [...]
The 2010 National Championships were barely a week ago, and we’re already looking ahead to 2011 – or, in the case of cyclocross, January, 2012! Below is the press release from USA Cycling announcing all of the events. And although cyclocross has moved on from Bend, Oregon, to hit up Madison, Wisconsin, for the next [...]
That’s right folks – we’ve been warning you it was coming and now it’s official. There’s no 2011 official USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships as the event moves to January in 2012 and will be hosted by Madison, Wisconsin. (Come join us in the fall of 2011 as we transform our Wednesday Night Worlds into [...]
On the heels of CrossVegas, The Planet Bike Cup presented by Greenware USGP of Cyclocross took place in Sun Prairie, just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. Many of the Elite women and men riders from Wednesday’s CrossVegas joined Saturday’s field for the first race of the 2010 USGP series under sunny and mild conditions. Katie Compton [...]
Katie Compton’s injuries sustained while riding the Mountain Bike World Championships course in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec will force the six-time National Champion to miss the chance to defend her title at both CrossVegas and the Planet Bike Cup. While training on the Worlds course, the Planet Bike rider took a hard fall on a [...]
Three-Time World Champion Headlines All-Star Fields as Series Kicks Off in Wisconsin September 9, 2009 (Louisville, KY) — Organizers of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, (USGP) announced today that three-time World Champion Erwin Vervecken will compete at the 2009 USGP Planet Bike Cup on September 26th and 27th at Angell Park Speedway in Sun [...]
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