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May 28th, 2008 Filed Under cyclocross photos, editorial
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Okay, so there’s not much racing going on, and with less than four months to cyclocross for most of the nation, the wait still seems like forever. We at CXM try to provide your off-season ‘cross fix, but sometimes we’re jonesing for a little ‘cross hit too. Without the racing, our reader submissions of photos for our Cross Eyed Gallery have been just a trickle of peak-season flow. So how about sharing some eye candy? We want to see your favorite photo from your collection. We know you’ve got a bunch. Choose one or two (max), and send it our way, and we’ll share with the community to help with the withdrawal. [More…]
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Women’s Race Photos from Treviso Worlds by Mark Legg
February 2nd, 2008 Filed Under cyclocross photos, photography, racing
Mark Legg was sadly relieved of pit duty when Katie Compton dropped out of the Treviso worlds on the first lap due to her muscle problem. But he’s still a big ‘cross fan, and captured some great photos of the race, with some great perspectives from the pit and start line. [More…]
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Worlds Day 2 Photos by Joe Sales
January 27th, 2008 Filed Under cyclocross photos, editorial, photography, racing
CXM Shutterbug Joe Sales ran more than any athlete today to bring the Treviso worlds into your home. Check out his great eye, and see why you too should [More…]
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Day 1 Wrap-Up from Treviso
January 26th, 2008 Filed Under 'cross race results, cyclocross news, cyclocross photos, racing
CXM Shutterbug and Correspondent Joe Sales has been doing double duty as a writer and photographer in Italy, providing us with great summaries and awesome photos. He sent in this Day 1 summary below. Like what he’s doing? Drop a kind word in the comments below. View his Day 1 Photos here.
2008 World Cyclocross Championships: Day One
Day one of the 2008 Cyclocross World Championships in Treviso Italy was conducted on a bright, sunny and unseasonably warm day that few American cyclocross fans would consider typical “cross weather.” Although bad weather and cyclocross often seem like two inseparable lovers and it’s difficult to imagine one without the other; today’s racing on a dry and fast course remained quite challenging for the racers and produced two worthy champions.
The Junior men raced in the morning and US National Champion Luke Keough had an impressive start making the initial split that lead the charge up the brutal and challenging 28 percent steep pitch that greets riders early in each lap. Although he was never able to quite reach the front of the race, Keough was able to maintain his early advantage over the majority of a very scrappy and determined group of young racers and produced a respectable 10th overall. Keough, like all of the US Junior team except Steve Fisher, is a first year Junior and his impressive ride today [More…]
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Photos from Hoogerheide World Cup Women’s Race
January 23rd, 2008 Filed Under 'cross race results, cyclocross photos, photography, racing
Thanks to Mark Legg, we’ve got some great photos of the women’s race at the Hoogerheide UCI World Cup in the Netherlands on January 20th.
Normally at UCI World Cup Races, Mark Legg, partner of Katie Compton, is running around like crazy to support Katie. At any given moment, he’s wrenching, washing bikes, delivering warm-up or cool-down clothes, and maybe trying to snap a picture or two, if not all [More…]
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Photo Gallery from Nationals
December 19th, 2007 Filed Under cyclocross photos, photography, racing
CXM Staff Photographer Larry Rosa captured some amazing images from the races in Kansas City last weekend. [More…]
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More Day 4: Collegiate and Singlespeed Reports
December 18th, 2007 Filed Under 'cross race results, cyclocross news, cyclocross photos, photography, racing
On Day 4, our sport’s future stars and our sport’s founders raced on frozen, rutted Kansas tundra in the day’s early races. Singlespeeders, Collegiate, and the Masters 60+, 65+ and 70+ all tackled the course before the Elite Men and Women.
Singlespeed:
At 8am, with a starting temperature at 15 degrees, one of the sport’s fastest growing divisions, single speeders, took the start line. Some top endurance mountain bikers including Cameron Chambers and Marko Lalonde (Bob Brown Cycles) were vying for [More…]
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Nats Champs Crowned: Compton 4-peats, Johnson Survives
December 16th, 2007 Filed Under 'cross race results, cyclocross news, cyclocross photos, racing
Nationals Day 4:
| Best in the US, Best in the World? Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) returned to normal winning ways with her fourth national championship today in muddy and icy conditions. She had strong competition from a determined Rachel Lloyd (ProMan/Paradigm), who closed within 15 seconds on the last lap after Compton has a slight bobble with less than a half lap to go. Lloyd, from relatively warm NorCal, surprisingly loves the snow and ice, and the conditions allowed her technical mountain biking skills to propel her past all the favorites except Compton.From the gun, in quickly became apparent that Georgia Gould (Luna) was not having the type of day she had in her back-to-back wins at Portland’s USGP, and it soon became a two-woman race between Lloyd and Compton. Compton appeared to open the gaps on the smoother sections and pavement, while Lloyd drifted through corners and seemed to float over terrain that caused many women to dab or run their bikes. Kerry Barnholt (Tokyo Joe’s) and Maureen Bruno-Roy (Independent Fabrication / WheelWorks), both from states with similar weather conditions, excelled and finished fourth and fifth to round out the podium. |
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Tim Johnson (Cannondale/cyclocrossworld/Leer) survived the elite men’s race the best, making the least number of mistakes and avoiding some bad luck that plagued others. Ryan Trebon (Kona/YourKey Mortgage) took the early lead off the pavement, leading Jonathan Page (SunWeb/ProJob) and Jeremy Powers (cyclocrossworld) into the first off-road section. Page soon took over the lead, followed by Powers and a chasing Todd Wells (GT). The three riders bumped and battled on lap two, switching the lead four times within one lap. Powers later fell off the pace with a flat, and Johnson surged to join Page and Wells to form the final leading trio. |
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Meanwhile, Trebon, on lap two, was closing back in on the leading group but another rider a half lap down lost control on a parallel section of the course, crashed through the course tape into Trebon’s path, and the Kona rider flew over bars, hitting the deck hard and laying motionless for a few minutes. He would later get up under his own power, holding his arm gingerly against his body, causing fear it was either a rib or collarbone injury but Trebon appeared to be fine a few hours later.Up front, Johnson and Page took turns attacking each other, until a lap and a half to go, Page veered into the course tap, tangled his bars and going down, dropping his chain in the process. Not far from the pits, he ran his bike and got a change, but Johnson was gone for good. With a ten second lead in hand, Johnson remained mistake free for the next 12 minutes, and Page closed within 7 seconds, but couldn’t bring back Johnson. Following Page was Wells, Barry Wicks (Kona/YourKey Mortgage) and hard-chasing Troy Wells (Clif Bar). |
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A Slideshow of Day 3 of Cyclocross Nats
December 16th, 2007 Filed Under cyclocross photos, photography, racing
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Nats Day 2 - Selander and Jacque-Maynes Take Sprint Finishes, Dombrokski Dominates
December 15th, 2007 Filed Under 'cross race results, cyclocross news, cyclocross photos, photography, racing
 In the morning’s early races, we saw Amy Dombroski of Velo Bella/Kona dominate her women’s espoir race, overcoming a spill and banged up knee in the icy, snowy conditions to beat Kacey Manderfield of Verducci/Breakaway by over a minute. In her second cross season, she’s two for two at nationals. Kate Scheider of Fts/North Atlantic Velo took a strong third, just over a minute behind Manderfield. |
 The Espoirs race was a nail-biter, with Bjorn Selander [More…]
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