by Molly Hurford Yesterday afternoon, 20 tired riders completed their 538 mile ride to Washington, DC, from Boston, Massachusetts, surrounded by over 100 other cyclists who joined in for the last 12 mile leg of the trip. Last Friday, riders left from Boston en route to Washington. The ride was the brainchild of six-time National [...]
by Molly Hurford It seems like only yesterday that riders left from Boston en route to Washington, DC. In reality, the riders have been going for three days and covered over 350 miles. Thanks to the group’s leader, ride organizer, poster-boy for the Ride on Washington, and six-time National Champion in cyclocross, Tim Johnson, morale [...]
by Molly Hurford HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT – When Tim Johnson, Jeremy Powers, Jeremy Durrin, Richard Fries, Jed Kornbluh, David Wilcox, Pete Webber, Alec Donahue and myself are all together for the day, one could almost expect the roads to turn into dirt almost magically. After all, six time National Champion Tim Johnson and current National Champion [...]
Kat Statman weighs in with his latest Cyclocross Rumors & Rumblings, an opinionated round-up of the recent week’s happenings in the world of cyclocross. by Kat Statman This week we have some really great off-season news for you: Bart Wellens has been cleared of suspicions of doping on two counts; Katie Compton makes a quick transition [...]
BOULDER, COLORADO – On March 16, more than 25 participants will begin a challenging, 500-mile ride from Boston to Washington, D.C., as part of Tim Johnson’s Ride on Washington, raising funds for the Bikes Belong Foundation. Sponsored by SRAM and Volkswagen, the second annual event hopes to raise $100,000 and build awareness around the health [...]
by Kat Statman The season really is wrapping up and though we’ve been on a slow down on the Rumors and Rumblings front, things are still coming down the pipeline. Not only are the rumors swirling around, but cyclocross racing is still just more and more exciting every week. This week we’re going to take [...]
by Donn Kellogg As the 2011/2012 cyclocross season sadly winds down, the pros from each country are tying off their last races. In Europe, the likes of Sven Nys, Zdenek Stybar and Kevin Pauwels battled for the Superprestige title and the final GPs, while the boys in Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld’s black and green – Tim Johnson, Christian [...]
Participants To Ride from Boston to D.C Raising $100,000 for Bikes Belong Foundation BOULDER, COLORADO – Bikes Belong, the US bicycle industry organization dedicated to getting more people riding bikes more often, today announced that SRAM, a leading bike component manufacturer, is the title sponsor of the Tim Johnson’s Ride on Washington taking place from [...]
In a historic display of dominance, the Belgian team took the top seven spots today at the 2012 Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde, led by an incredible solo victory by Niels Albert. Defending champion Zdenek Stybar – nor any other rider– had no response for a Belgian team, racing on Belgian soil, bearing the weight of a country demanding they regain the crown as the world center of cyclocross. From the first lap, the Belgian Juggernaut completely owned the race, with Czechs Zdenek Stybar and Radomir Simunek quickly strangled out of the front group.
by Kat Statman Folks, it really has been too long since we’ve talked about the wide world of professional ’cross racers. The Christmas week has come and gone, National Championships around the world have come and gone, and now we’re into the part of the season where the wheat is really separated from the chaffe, [...]
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