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• Rider Diary – Vicki Thomas Reflects on Nationals, Form & Disappointment

  7 November 11 • 4 comments

  

  I had some high expectations for Saturday’s race at Pine Point Park… yes, you can likely guess where this is going.

• Mical Dyck Rider Diary: From CX to Xterra to CX

  4 October 11 • 0 comment

  

  Mical Dyck in her element – on the ’cross course. ©Doug Brons Mical Dyck loudly announced her cyclocross season’s intentions in Seattle, rifling off the front of the Elite women’s pack at both StarCrossed and the Rapha-Focus GP. She claimed fourth and second places in those races, respectively, and was the last hanger-on when World [...]

• Off-Season Reflections – A Column by Lee Waldman

  19 March 11 • 2 comments

  

  This week, Masters racer Lee Waldman brings us his reflections on the offseason, and some critical inspection of his own weaknesses on the bike. If you missed it, be sure to check out Lee’s last column on Masters Worlds. OK it’s time. (By the time you read this, it’s probably been time for a while [...]

• Rider Diary – Vicki Thomas Catches Up After Bumpy Year

  3 February 11 • 1 comment

  Canadian Elite ’crosser and Cyclocross Magazine contributor Vicki Thomas reflects on a year that didn’t work out quite the way she had hoped, and reveals how those experiences have fueled her ambition for the next season. It’s been a while since I’ve written a rider diary for Cyclocross Magazine. In fact I think my last [...]

• Nationals Ruminations – A Column by Lee Waldman

  13 January 11 • 21 comments

  Masters racer and regular contributor Lee Waldman has some thoughts to air out about the 2010 Cyclocross National Championships. The opinions expressed belong to Lee and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Cyclocross Magazine. But we at CXM do hope that they’ll fuel a constructive debate…drop your own comments below. If you missed Lee’s [...]

• Making the Worlds Team Cut – A Column by Amy Dombroski

  8 January 11 • 0 comment

  Amy Dombroski can breathe a sigh of relief – she’s made the selection for the American Worlds team and will have a chance to go toe-to-toe against the world’s best in search of the coveted rainbow stripes. Read on as Dombroski reflects on “making the cut.” by Amy Dombroski I’ve been on all sides – [...]

• Battling in the Top 10 in Petange and Tervuren – A Column by Amy Dombroski

  4 January 11 • 0 comment

  

  Amy Dombroski took a few weeks off after Nationals to rest and re-focus for a big 2011 cyclocross campaign, complete with a new sponsor, new bikes, and a new journal. Join her in her adventures right here. Her first race was the GP 5 Sterne Region in Beromunster, Switzerland, last week. by Amy Dombroski Petange [...]

• Swept off My Feet in Zolder and Azencross – A Column by Christine Vardaros

  4 January 11 • 1 comment

  Zolder World Cup, GVA Trofee Azencross and Hotel Threeland Petange, Luxembourg Christine Vardaros races for the Baboco cyclocross team, based in Belgium, and regularly contributes her accounts of Euro racing to Cyclocross Magazine. by Christine Vardaros As I write this, there is a party going on without me. This has to be one of the [...]

• The View From the Inside – A Column by Lee Waldman

  30 December 10 • 7 comments

  Masters racer checks in with a report on his Nationals experience and a look back at the entire, glorious season. Missed Lee’s last column? Catch up on his opinion on 2010 Cyclocross rule changes. by Lee Waldman Most ’cross races are reported on from outside, and after covering the Ft. Collins USGP races for Cyclocross [...]

• Scheldecross and Kalmthout World Cup: Waiting for the Click to Come – a Column by Christine Vardaros

  23 December 10 • 3 comments

  by Christine Vardaros It’s been exactly one year since I last raced on snow and ice. Funny how much I can forget in a year. I found this out the hard way last weekend at back-to-back races: Fidea’s Scheldecross and the Kalmthout World Cup. With that said, last weekend was all about waiting for the [...]