VERONA, WISCONSIN – As temperatures continued to drop, German-cum-American Yannick Eckmann (Cal Giant-Specialized) showed the U23 men that cold weather and goopy conditions are nothing to worry about. Eckmann established an early lead and sailed to a solo win ahead of Andrew Dillman (Bob’s Red Mill) and Tobin Ortenblad (Cal Giant-Specialized) to take the national champion’s jersey. Joshua [...]
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – On a cold, snowy Chicago day, National Champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) made a late-race escape from Yannick Eckmann (Cal Giant-Specialized) and Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld teammates Timothy Johnson and Jamey Driscoll to take the first round of the New Year’s Resolution weekend. Though Johnson slid off the pace in the final lap, Driscoll managed to hold Eckmann [...]
The last weekend of the USGP saw some amazing racing: Gould and Nash duking it out for the win on day one, Johnson flying off the front of the men’s field early on in day two, Summerhill’s appallingly bad luck both days that cost him a potential podium, 17-18 winner Logan Owen’s two minute lead [...]
Jesse Pisel sent in this video of the 2011 Colorado Cyclocross Championships on December 17 and 18, 2011. This video compilation was his entry into the the KHS Contributor Contest for his chance to win a KHS CX300 Cyclocross Bike. The race was at Castle Rock, CO, and featured some just over 500 entrants over the [...]
Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) and Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens) both defended their respective titles in the German National Championships. Christoph Pfingsten (Van Vliet EBH Elshof) and Hannes Genze rounded out the men’s podium. The 23 year-old Walsleben is one to watch as he continues to improve in GvA, Superprestige and World Cup competitions. As expected, Sabine Spitz [...]
Tom Robertson continues to bring us words and images covering the Euro Cross Campers experience, this time from the Diegem Superprestige in Belgium. In case you missed them, you can go back and check out our coverage of the Elite and U23 races. by Tom Robertson With a couple of World Cup and local races [...]
by Tom Robertson A contingent of US racers were at the start line for the World Cup in Zolder, and though the Americans generally can handle their bikes as well as anyone in the world, today everyone was on the ground. Andrew Dillman, the top American in the Juniors race, crashed multiple times warming up. [...]
by Bart Hazen Telenet-Fidea’s Vincent Baestaens has won the U23 World Cup in Kalmthout, Belgium, with a slight margin over home rider Wietse Bosmans and European Champion Lars van der Haar. Elia Silvestri, Mathieu Boulo, Joeri Adams, Tijmen Eising, Mike Teunissen, Gianni Vermeersch and Arnaud Grand completed the international top ten. For Baestaens it’s his [...]
by Jamie Mack Looking back a few years and the mention of electronic shifting usually merited a remark about Mavic’s before-their-time components, if there was anyone there that even remembered them. Fast forward to 2010 and, while still not commonplace given the price tag, the Shimano Di2 electronic Dura Ace component group has demonstrated that [...]
by Mark Vanderbacon To celebrate the 10th edition of what has been called the toughest ’cross race in North America, the Delaware Cyclocross Coalition of Delaware (DCCoD) changed this year’s Granogue Cyclocross, part of the Champion System MAC Series, to a two-day format. Close to 1,250 racers signed on to partake in the celebration that [...]
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