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• Cyclocross in the Olympics – Will the Community’s Voice be Heard?

  20 February 10 • 2 comments

  We’ve had news about cyclocross possibly being in the winter Olympics before, and gotten many people’s hopes up with our April Fools post last year on the subject. Sven Nys is optimistic it will happen, and Dugast has a tire ready if it’s on snow and ice. But the people aren’t content to sit and [...]

• From Bike to Podium – A Column by Christine Vardaros – UPDATED: Photos

  14 February 10 • 0 comment

  

  by Christine Vardaros From bike to podum – that is, from the Krawatencross race in Lille, Belgium last weekend to the podium at the ECOPOP fair for a speaking engagement the following day. Krawatencross is one of the few races I look forward to every year – or at least for the past three years [...]

• Fantasy Cyclocross Update – Week 21

  9 February 10 • 0 comment

  

  The buzz of the World Championships is finally settling down, and as a result of the requisite post-Worlds parties, Fantasy Cyclocross has two weeks worth of racing to Update. Undoubtedly you are all familiar with the big winners of the World Championships weekend, with Elite crowns awarded to the Czech Republic’s Zdenek Stybar and the [...]

• Nys Rides With the Diavolo – Dugast’s Banned Treads

  9 February 10 • 0 comment

  by Jamie Mack Cyclocross tires are expected to perform under extreme conditions, but a tire that’s tested on an ice rink is going to the next level. Dugast recently tested a limited edition prototype under the wheels of Sven Nys on an ice rink in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. According to Matt Pachoca of BikeRadar.com, Nys [...]

• Nys Sprints Ahead Again in Superprestige Zonhoven – UPDATED: Photo Galleries, Full Results, Report

  7 February 10 • 1 comment

  by Dan Seaton Zonhoven, Belgium – The Superprestige series, on hiatus since a muddy meeting in Diegem just after Christmas, resumed today on sandy, windblown hills in eastern Belgium. On a course dominated by a gigantic—and for several riders, dangerous— 15 meter deep sand pit, Sven Nys took his second victory of the weekend with [...]

• Narrow Wins for Vos, Nys at GVA Trofee Krawatencross – UPDATED: Video Highlight, Photo Galleries, Full Results

  6 February 10 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton Lille, Belgium – Though the World Champions’ jerseys may have been handed out last week, cyclocross keeps rolling for another month, with prizes in two big series—the GVA Trofee and Superprestige—still up for grabs. Today it was the GVA Trofee, which last met in Baal on New Years Day, that picked back [...]

• Nys and Štybar Ready for U.S. Racing, Nys Hints at CrossVegas Apperance

  3 February 10 • 0 comment

  by Dan Seaton Tábor, Czech Republic – Though talk of an American World Championships had been circulating for almost two weeks, rumors became fact on Friday, when the UCI’s Management Commission voted to accept a bid by the city of Louisville to host the 2013 World Cyclocross Championships.  While in Tábor for the 2010 Worlds, [...]

• What Pressure? Zdenek Stybar Dominates Worlds in Tabor – UPDATED: Photo Galleries, Rider Reactions, Full Results

  31 January 10 • 1 comment

  

  Tábor, Czech Republic – With thousands of fans and several years to anticipate racing the Cyclocross World Championships in his home country, Zdeněk Štybar had plenty of time to feel the pressure of chasing his first Elite world title in Tabor. “We tried not to talk about the race because there was a lot of [...]

• Pre-Worlds Comments from Some Favorites

  30 January 10 • 0 comment

  World Cup competitor Christine Vardaros checks in with four of the top favorites for tomorrow’s Elite World Championship races. Sven Nys, Marianne Vos, Daphny van den Brand and Sanne van Paassen give their last minute updates and predictions for the races.  Find complete coverage, photos, reports and replay our live coverage from Saturday and Sunday [...]

• Breaking Story: UCI Confirms Louisville World Champs in 2013, Masters Worlds in 2012 & 2013

  29 January 10 • 1 comment

  

  by Dan Seaton Tábor, Czech Republic – The UCI Management Committee confirmed this afternoon that the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships and 2012/13 Cyclocross Masters World Championships would be held in Louisville, Kentucky in the United States.  As Cyclocross Magazine previously reported, the possibility has been brewing for a while, and received the support of ‘cross [...]