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• USAC Allows Wider Tires in Some National Championship Races

  16 November 10 • 19 comments

  by Jamie Mack Masters Given Exemption to New Tire Width Rule With less than a month before the Nationals competitions begin in Bend, Oregon, USA Cycling has announced that some racers will be given an exemption to the controversial ruling that started the season. The tire width rule, widely debated and questioned since the beginning of [...]

• UCI Cyclocross LA Weekend Live at the Greek: New Photo Gallery!

  10 November 10 • 0 comment

  

  The Southern California Prestige Series brought cyclocross to the Griffith Park/Greek Theater area of Los Angeles for the first time over the weekend. Adam Craig (Giant Bicycles) used his technical skills to conquer the course in the Elite Men’s race, and Sue Butler (Hudz-Subaru) attacked late after leading most of the Elite Women’s race and [...]

• Time Again For Halloween Hijinks in NJ with Beacon Cyclocross and HPCX

  26 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  The signature run-up of the Champion System MAC Series is back, and it only seems bigger than last year. The Amphitheater of Pain at Beacon Cyclocross has been a staple of the Champion System MAC Series for nearly a decade, and it will again be the centerpiece of the first day of a UCI and [...]

• Stybar and Van Paassen Escape to Win Plzen Cyclocross World Cup – UPDATED: Video, Full Results, Report

  25 October 10 • 0 comment

  

  Plzen, Czech Republic – Czech World Champ Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Dutch star Sanne van Paassen (Brainwash) continued their strong seasons with victories at the second UCI Cyclocross World Cup stop in Plzen, the Czech Republic. Van Paassen battled Daphy van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) for the win, escaping with her compatriot and then beating her [...]

• Behind the Scenes at the Louisville USGP – an Interview with Joan Hanscom and Bruce Fina

  21 October 10 • 1 comment

  The two-race Derby City Cup USGP in Louisville, Kentucky, is just days away, and we managed to track down USGP series director Joan Hanscom and executive director Bruce Fina to see what’s happening with the races, how things are shaping up for Masters Worlds in 2012 and Elite Worlds in 2013, and how all of [...]

• UCI Rankings: North America the Next Cyclocross Epicenter?

  20 October 10 • 0 comment

  by Kat Statman Americans hold three of the top 10 places in the UCI Cyclocross World Rankings. In first there is the obvious Zdenek Stybar, a rider who has dominated every early season European race he has entered, but second place goes to America’s own Jeremy Powers, followed by Tim Johnson in third and Ryan [...]

• Stybar On Top Again at Aigle World Cup – Updated: Video Highlight, Report and Full Results

  17 October 10 • 0 comment

  Aigle, Switzerland – Czech cyclocross star Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) has started the 2010/2011 cyclocross season exactly where he finished last season – out in front and on top. The world champion proudly displayed his rainbow stripes at the front of the race, taking an early lead on the first lap and pushing the pace through [...]

• Live Coverage of This Weekend’s Cyclocross World Cup in Aigle, Switzerland – Updated Times

  15 October 10 • 1 comment

  This Sunday’s first UCI Cyclocross World Cup of the season gets underway in Aigle, Switzerland with a slew of Americans on the start list including Johnson, Powers, Driscoll, Craig, Compton, Butler, Dombroski and Page along with the world’s top cyclocross racers. See our Aigle Cyclocross World Cup Preview for course and race details. Join us [...]

• Two Millimeters Measures More than Its Width in Frustration and Confusion

  21 September 10 • 0 comment

  

  By now you’ve heard about the UCI’s scaling back of the accepted tire width from 35mm to 33mm for Elite races. You have your opinions, and so do the pros. Elite racer Christine Vardaros gives her thoughts, as well as those of a few other pros and tire manufacturers, on the new restriction. Pick up [...]

• Adam Myerson Reflects on the New UCI Rule Changes

  1 July 10 • 7 comments

  Adam Myerson is a longtime racer who has worked his way up to the pro ranks of road and cyclocross racing. As both a competitor and the owner of Cycle-Smart coaching, Myerson knows what goes into maximizing performance on a cyclocross course, but it’s his additional experience as the promoter of the oldest running UCI [...]