Tag archive for ‘Rapha-Focus’

  • Chatting with Jeremy Powers About Worlds, Nationals, Training and DJing

    Jeremy Powers had a rough start but chased back on the the lead group, eventually coming through with the win. ©Todd Prekaski

    by Molly Hurford As Jeremy Powers sits in the kitchen of the Rapha-Focus team house in Louisville, sipping coffee and laughing, it’s hard to believe that he has the biggest race of the year coming up in just a few short days. But the clock is ticking down to Worlds, and while his race at [...]

  • Pro Bike Profile: Jeremy Powers’ Focus Mares – Rapha-Focus Team Bike

    Jeremy Powers' prototype Focus Mares Disc cyclocross bike, with Avid BB7 SL brakes. ©Cyclocross Magazine

    As the reigning National Champion and now winner of CrossVegas 2012, Jeremy Powers of Rapha-Focus is having a strong 2012. Before he won his first CrossVegas title and headed for Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, for the first of the now-Trek-sponsored USGP series, we snagged his bikes for a quick photo shoot. The Focus Mares Powers rode [...]

  • Team Rapha-FOCUS Releases 2012-2013 Cyclocross Race Team Roster

    Team Rapha-FOCUS announced their 2012-2013 professional cyclocross racing team roster. The expanded team now has six racers, and the team will race both international and domestic races. The new team roster adds two women racers, Gabriella “Gabby” Day and Sabrina Schweizer. The returning team riders are reigning United States Cyclocross Champion Jeremy Powers (Massachusetts, USA), [...]

  • In the Saddle with Julie Krasniak, Rapha-Focus’s Frenchwoman

    French racer Julie Krasniak up a run-up. Bart Hazen

    Cyclocross Magazine’s Bart Hazen caught up with Julie Krasniak, the 23-year-old racer for the Rapha-Focus Cyclocross Team. by Bart Hazen Cyclocross Magazine: Can you introduce yourself (to the people who might not know you)? Julie Krasniak: I have been a cyclist for the last 7 years — on the road, MTB, Time Trial and now [...]

  • Powers Shows Off New US National Champion Rapha-Focus Kit

    Powers in his new US National Champion Rapha-Focus kit.

    BELGIUM – Just-in from Belgium, here’s a look at Jeremy’s new US National Champion Rapha-Focus kit. He and U23 Champion, Zach McDonald, will wear them for the remainder of the season. The kit will be debuted in competition this weekend as the Rapha-Focus team lines up at the World Cup in Liéven, France. Rapha-Focus said, [...]

  • SSCXWC 2011 Day 2: Costumes, Cespools, and Championship Racing: Rapha-Focus’ Jones and Krasniak Sweep – Updated: Full Results

    The Pool of Filth proved to be a suprisingly refershing obstacle for some. SSCXWC 2011. © Tim Westmore

    It’s been five years since Dani Dance and Rich Maile first conceived the idea of the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships, and cyclocross in general and singlespeed specifically has grown quite a bit in the following years. After three years in Portland, and another in Seattle, a San Francisco crew, led by promoter Murphy Mack and [...]

  • MFG Cyclocross #5: McDonald and Cutler take narrow wins at Magnuson Park

    The devil personified...

    by Kenton Berg On a beautiful fall Saturday in the Northwest, racers descended upon Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington outside Seattle for race number five in the MFG Cyclocross series. A fast course with a little bit of everything thrown in hosted some of the tightest racing of the year as lead [...]

  • Rapha-Focus Cyclocross Team Adds Julie Krasniak for 2011-2012 Season

    September 23, 2011 — The Rapha-Focus professional cyclocross team announces the addition of Julie Krasniak for the 2011-12 season. Ms. Krasniak will be the first woman on the Rapha-FOCUS cyclocross team, joining Jeremy Powers, Chris Jones and Zach McDonald.

  • Vengeance In Vegas: Powers Versus Johnson

    Vengeance In Vegas: Powers Versus Johnson

    Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers: teammates no more. Watch these two champions clash for the first time at Cross Vegas wearing opposing colors. Before they meet on the field, they will do battle at the Interbike/PDW Circulus for an exhibition race and press conference.

  • Low Pressure Promotions Announces Rapha-Focus Gran Prix

    Seattle, WA – Low Pressure Promotions, LLC of Seattle, WA released the details to the newly formed Rapha-Focus Gran Prix today, with an event date confirmed for Sunday, September 18th, 2011 at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah, WA.   Registration is now open on BikeReg.com. “The newly formed Rapha-Focus Gran Prix takes the place of [...]



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