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Missing the Point: It’s About Fun – A Column by Ben Popper

OK, so enough with the pressure. All you super-nice people always asking me whether I’ve gotten my point yet makes this all so awesome that …

A Little Bit of the Emo at USGP’s Mercer Cup – A Column by Ben Popper

It’s mid-November. I’ve done 14 races in the last 7 weeks, I’ve been driving till 3am, on flights 5 hours delayed, and across borders. My …

Close Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades – A Column by Ben Popper

Columnist Ben Popper took his quest for one UCI point north of the border. This is his report from the Toronto International Cyclocross race, Day …

UCI Point Hunting Up North, Day 1 – A Column by Ben Popper

Columnist Ben Popper took his quest for one UCI point north of the border. This is his report from the Toronto International Cyclocross race, Day …

Small Time Crash, Big Time Chasing: Louisville Day 2 – A Column by Ben Popper

When you ride like I do, you’re going to crash eventually. All season I’ve dreaded the day I go down. I’m recklessly fast through the …

Big Time Racing: Louisville Day 1 – A Column by Ben Popper

USGP. This is big time. No more blowing up 40 minutes in, no more mechanicals or flats, no more hot weather dragging me down. It’s …

Ohio Day 3…Finally a C1 – A Column by Ben Popper

by Ben Popper So this is it. A UCI C1 Race. We newbies tend to think that giving points 15 deep makes it easier to …

Crashing and Popping in Ohio – A Column by Ben Popper

by Ben Popper So, in my last update after Day 1 of the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival, I talked about how important the lineup is …

My Chase for One UCI Point – Part II – A Column by Ben Popper

While many of us may idolize the pros, it’s often the working man that is doing the sport out of love that we can relate …

My Chase for One UCI Point – A Column by Ben Popper

While many of us may idolize the pros, it’s often the working man that is doing the sport out of love that we can relate …

It’s Waterpark Time – The Season’s Final Column by Ben Popper

Look.  It’s been a long season.  Lots of miles driven, lots of airports napped in, lots of mud.  When I called off my points race …

Being the Really Dark Horse at Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede – A Column Ben Popper

CXM Columnist Ben Popper is on a mission to achieve one goal – earning just one UCI point.. Follow Ben on this journey this season …

Rebecca Much Dominates, McLaughlin Beats Popper in Chicago

McLaughlin and Much kick up the sand to victory in Chicago By Imelda March Temperatures finally hit the “crispy side” of things in Chicago and …

Training With Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #2

Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has …

Spectacular Bold Takes Elite Men’s Competition at Mud-Filled Spectacross

by Jake Sisson The weather gods have smiled at Ken Getchell’s experimental summer cyclocross event and granted an afternoon rain to provide plenty of mud …

Making the Leap to Coaching: Kenton Berg’s Training Diary

Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has …

Spectacross Adds Beginner’s Cyclocross Clinic

Conshohocken, PA, USA – The New Jersey State Fair SpectaCross has added a novice and new-rider skills clinic prior to the season-opening Cyclocross Magazine Cyclocross …

Tim Johnson Cruises to a Mudfest Win at USGP Mercer Cup Day 1

Where the Women had a tough time on the course at the Mercer Cup on Saturday, the men were even more worse off. First, the …

Elliot Doubles Up, Johnson Trades up at Toronto Day 2

Photos by Mike Clark Natasha Elliot (Emd Serono / Stevens) gave the home team something to cheer about Sunday, taking home her second victory of …

Johnson and Powers Head North for the Toronto International Cyclocross

CXM columnist Ben Popper’s quest for just one UCI point may have just gotten a bit harder. He is heading to Canada this weekend, a race that …

Jeremy Powers and Katie Compton Win Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede in Kentucky

The three-day UCI Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival began this afternoon with the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede in Burlington, Kentucky. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale – CyclocrossWorld.com / Leer) took …

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