Cincinnati, Ohio — Niki Dallaire is on track for a second consecutive perfect season on the Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour presented by Papa John’s. With the Tour taking its first rest weekend since the season-opening race in mid-September, Dallaire’s quest for perfection is the highlight of several unfolding storylines. Recently profiled in the pages of [...]
Zipp Speed Weaponry, the Indianapolis-based manufacturer of world-class wheels and other racing bike components, will once again be the title sponsor of the Midwest-based Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour in 2011. According to Mitch Graham, Director of the regional series that encompasses Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, “Zipp is an exciting international company – we’re excited to have them as both a regional neighbor and the OVCX title sponsor. We’re extremely happy that Zipp is expanding their support like this, and that their support will celebrate and benefit the working-class OVCX-racers this season.”
Cincinnati, OH, USA: Organizers of the Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour have announced their 2011 race dates. For the first time, all races will be scored by timing chips across all classes and the series will be comprised entirely of non-UCI events. The start of the season will be a shock to the system of unprepared [...]
Bob’s Red Mill sponsors cyclocross events and racers from coast to coast – and it’s a company from outside the industry. No matter where you race, you’ve likely seen the name and eaten a (free!) cup of Bob’s steel cut oatmeal. Attracting businesses like Bob’s to the sport – and showing that there’s a strong [...]
“The Tour de Louisville is uniquely Kentucky,” says Race Director Steven Webster of the second round of the Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour presented by Papa John’s on October 3rd. “Kentucky’s a pretty place, and it doesn’t take a bad picture. But the state is more hills and hollers than anything else, and our course at [...]
Papa John’s Pizza Joins Zipp Speed Weaponry as OVCX Sponsor. Mitch Graham, director of the OVCX cyclocross series, announced today that long-time title sponsor Zipp Speed Weaponry has renewed its title sponsorship of the Midwestern series and has been joined by Papa John’s Pizza. The series will now be known as the Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour presented by Papa [...]
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 Zipp OVCX Tour visited Louisville’s iconic River Road Country Club for the final time on Sunday as “Storm the Greens” celebrated the final cyclocross event at the venue before redevelopment construction starts on the city’s new Champions Park. And if the cross racers felt they got a cold reception, it was probably from the [...]
Kentucky State Championship Cross Race Announces Time and Registration Changes In order to better accommodate the season-end Zipp OVCX Awards Ceremony and post-race party, promoters of the December 6 Storm the Greens have announced that the race-day schedule has been pushed forward (earlier) and that same-day registration will not be accepted. The revised schedule does [...]
November 9, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA: The Zipp OVCX Tour is preparing for its traditional trio of state championship races. Following this weekend’s Zipp OVCX Cap City Cross in Columbus Ohio, the first of the state championship races will be held next weekend in Indiana, followed by Ohio and then Kentucky. All three championship races [...]
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