Cyclocross Magazine’s Cowbell member Taylor Kruse caught up with three of the top American cyclocrossers before and after the 2011 Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival Day 2 to hear the predictions and reflections on the Java Johnny’s UCI race in Middleton, Ohio.
They call it “riding the brown stripe.” It’s the dirty mark of a dialed course, the kind of course you usually only see on Belgian TV, and Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival had it on Sunday at Harbin Park in Fairfield, Ohio. With plenty of muddy patches after a record rainfall on Thursday, every racer of the day took home a little piece of the park. Katie Compton (Rabobank) and Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) took home the trophy, prize money and (most importantly) the big UCI C1 points.
After Katie Compton’s second-straight win at the Cincy3 UCI three-day cyclocross race and festival, Ohio racer Taylor Kruse caught up with the American national champion after her race, along with the French national champion, Caroline Mani, who finished in second place, for a quick interview. Mani is racing her last weekend in the States as [...]
by Joe Bellante, Videos by Taylor Kruse Middletown, Ohio – “I’ll never understand bike racing. Yesterday felt awesome on warm-up and raced like s***. Today was crap during warm-up and felt awesome during,” Ryan Trebon Tweeted after his Cincy3 Cyclocross Day 2 win in the picturesque quaint neighborhood Sunset Park in Middletown, Ohio. Under bright [...]
DEVOU PARK, KENTUCKY—In the women’s race, after UCI officials checked every rider’s tire width, the French national champion Caroline Mani (CC Etupes Le Doubs Pays De Montbeliard) snagged the soft holeshot from pavement to grassy downhill with Sue Butler (River City Bicycles-Ridley), Georgia Gould (LUNA), Kaitlin Antonneau (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com), Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) and Meredith Miller (Cal [...]
A full schedule of racing around the continent will keep ’crossers busy this weekend as UCI races hit the Midwest and Northeast calendars Many of the top names in US cyclocross, including USGP leader Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) and Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus), will head to the Midwest for the Cincy3 Cyclocross Festival, which starts Friday with [...]
Katie Compton is, as usual this time of year, tearing through fields across the US in preparation for her first World Cup this season in Aigle, Switzerland. Compton is hoping to have finally gotten the better of the leg cramps that have caused her issues in key races over the last couple of seasons, and [...]
by Marion Hambrick & Ken Getchell Covington, KY — The UCI3 Cyclocross Festival weekend began Friday with the Cyclo-Stampede presented by Darkhorse Racing at Devou Park. The calendar said autumn, but the weather read summer as the Elite Women and Men were treated to sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. The fair weather was [...]
Katie Compton doesn’t mince words in her praise of the UCI3 Festival. “This will be our fourth year attending the Cincinnati three day cyclocross festival, there’s nothing like it in the world,” says Compton of the Festival which this year takes place October 8-10. “A mix of fun courses, great race organization and that final [...]
The UCI3 festival is less than a week away, and event promoters have passed along the following info about the star-studded lineup via press release. With on-line registration for Cincinnati’s UCI3 Cyclocross Festival closing at midnight on Tuesday, festival organizers are gearing up for the biggest day of registration for the year. As of lunch [...]
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