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• Pro Cyclocross Rumors & Rumbling Week of April 22, 2011

  22 April 11 • 2 comments

  by Kat Statman Yes, it’s still the off-season. How do we know that? Well, if you look at many cycling publications the front page headlines are all concerned with the Ardennes Classics, Andy Schleck’s Trek Madone and the fact that Ivan Basso is not racing the Giro d’Italia. Even though road racing has some similarities [...]

• Giro Steps into Footwear with 2011 Shoe Line

  3 September 10 • 0 comment

  If you happened to focus on Levi Leipheimer’s feet during the Tour de France, you may have noticed a logo that seemed, at first, out of place. Leipheimer also raced Giro’s top off-road shoes, the Code, to victory in the recent Leadville 100 race. Giro, well-known for its line of brain buckets, has expanded into [...]

• FixieCross: Equal Parts Ridiculous and Zen

  1 September 10 • 0 comment

  by Sasha Magee As I hit the steep rocky drop-off for the fourth time today, I (for the first time) successfully resist the urge to try to set up my pedals to clear the granite bits embedded in the narrow trail. Instead, I prepare for pedal strike as my back wheel skips from rock to [...]

• 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 [...]

• Nys, Wellens out of Contention for Belgium MTB Title

  21 July 10 • 0 comment

  

  We reported recently on Sven Nys and Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) pounding their mountain bike pedals into podium spots in Belgium’s National Cup series, but are sad to say that neither was able to crown himself the MTB King of Belgium.

• ’Crossers in 2010 Marathon MTB Nationals

  7 July 10 • 0 comment

  

  While married couple Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger (both of Subaru-Trek) were busy putting together repeat wins in the US Marathon MTB National Championships in Breckenridge, CO, this past weekend, there were plenty of cyclocrossers in the mix as well.

• Sanne Cant – Focused on ’Cross

  28 June 10 • 1 comment

  by Jamie Mack Winning a national championship is something many riders dream of and any rider would be proud of. Winning a title in the cycling-crazed nation of Belgium elevates the accomplishment to another level. Sanne Cant accomplished the impressive feat last year not once, but twice. Cant, still a young bike racer at the [...]

• A 50-mile MTB Race Reteaches Old Lessons – A Column by Lee Waldman

  20 May 10 • 1 comment

  Cyclocross Magazine columnist and Masters racer Lee Waldman gets the chance to relearn basic lessons, courtesy of a 50-mile MTB race in Colorado. In case you missed it, go back and check out Lee’s previous column as he stays Motivated through Life’s Twists and Turns. by Lee Waldman You would think that after racing for [...]