Cyclocross Magazine’s Cowbell member Taylor Kruse caught up with three of the top American cyclocrossers before and after the 2011 Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival Day 2 to hear the predictions and reflections on the Java Johnny’s UCI race in Middleton, Ohio.
They call it “riding the brown stripe.” It’s the dirty mark of a dialed course, the kind of course you usually only see on Belgian TV, and Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival had it on Sunday at Harbin Park in Fairfield, Ohio. With plenty of muddy patches after a record rainfall on Thursday, every racer of the day took home a little piece of the park. Katie Compton (Rabobank) and Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) took home the trophy, prize money and (most importantly) the big UCI C1 points.
After Katie Compton’s second-straight win at the Cincy3 UCI three-day cyclocross race and festival, Ohio racer Taylor Kruse caught up with the American national champion after her race, along with the French national champion, Caroline Mani, who finished in second place, for a quick interview. Mani is racing her last weekend in the States as [...]
Is your name Gunnar, Boom or Cannon? For the second consecutive year, John Gatch, half of the Two-John’s Podcast and promoter of the Gun Club Cyclocross, will give a free complimentary entry to his race to anybody with a name that can be connected to guns. The Gun Club Cyclocross takes place on November 7th [...]
The UCI3 festival is less than a week away, and event promoters have passed along the following info about the star-studded lineup via press release. With on-line registration for Cincinnati’s UCI3 Cyclocross Festival closing at midnight on Tuesday, festival organizers are gearing up for the biggest day of registration for the year. As of lunch [...]
The city of Covington, Kentucky, just outside of Cincinnati, became the state’s second city to commit to year ‘round cyclocross bicycle racing when the city commissioners, in a meeting shown on live television, approved plans for a permanent cyclocross park in Devou Park. Covington now joins Louisville Kentucky as a permanent home to the fast-growing [...]
The Zipp Ohio Valley Cyclocross Tour has released a 2010 race schedule that is long on tradition, but with a heightened sense of significance. “I think this schedule will establish the Ohio Valley as a bonafide, red-hotbed of ‘cross,” said Zipp OVCX Director Mitch Graham. “There are only eight UCI C1 races in the U.S. [...]
The Ben Popper Diary is back, and this week Ben skips the typical race report to instead take us behind-the-scenes of his three days at the Ohio UCI3 Cyclocross Festival. Ben’s previous entry is here. Rather than give you another race report of the funny madness I experienced at the UCI3 weekend in Cincinnati last [...]
Will the twin towers stop Powers from a three-peat? Can anyone stop Compton from taking the biggest women’s paycheck today? Follow live:
by Ken Getchell and Jacob Sisson October 10, 2009; Middletown, OH, USA: While the muck and mud from day one of the UCI3 Cyclocross Festival were absent from day two, the winners from day one were not. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) were once again unstoppable even with the day’s dryer conditions.
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