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Ten Years. That’s how long it’s been since the first Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships. The race has moved from its home in Portland, Oregon, over …

Ted King talks about the Dirty Kanza and Paris Roubaix for Strava. We have excerpts and the link here.

We also caught up with Carl Decker, who won the 2016 men’s Lost & Found gravel race in his first attempt, beating, among others, last year’s winner Tobin Ortenblad.

We spoke with Robin Farina after her win at the 2016 Lost & Found gravel race last weekend. See what the two-time women’s race winner had to say.

Boo Bicycles’ Nick Frey was disqualified from last weekend’s Dirty Kanza 200 for receiving outside assistance in a race that promotes neutral support. From Frey’s perspective, there’s a grey area there to be discussed. Frey wrote about his Dirty Kanza experience and we’re presenting it in full and unedited, below.

For this week’s Throwback Thursday we’re going back to the Bay State Cyclocross and 2012 with Jeremy Durrin and his first UCI win.

Jeremy and Gabby Durrin knew then that they were heading across the pond to live and work in the UK. It was something that was in the cards for some time.

Earlier this month the second annual Bootleggeer 100 gravel race took place in Lenoir, North Carolina. The event was race number 3 of the Appalachian Grinder Series and started at Luna Cycles in downtown Lenoir where the idea for the race was concocted.

Ever since Jingle Cross was awarded a World Cup calendar spot, we’ve been wondering how long that was in the works and what racers and fans can expect. We spoke with race director John Meehan yesterday to find out.

When Jeremy Powers called back he was overly apologetic and heading home from Sea Otter, eager to talk about his offseason and the coming year.

We had a few minute to catch up with U23 National Champion Tobin Ortenblad after his win at the Sea Otter Classic cyclocross race.

After her win at the 2016 Sea Otter Classic cyclocross race, Caroline Mani took a few minutes to talk with us about her offseason as …

Rutledge’s cyclocross history goes way back. Perhaps most notably, Rutledge was the driving force behind what became the Redline Conquest, arguably the first race-oriented American production cyclocross bike.

Part two of our interview with Tod Manning, CEO of North American Cycle Sport, talking about the health of cycling in the US and his organization’s efforts to bring more people to organized, sanctioned riding.

While it was 47 miles shorter than Kolo Promotions’ HTFU Roubaix in New Waverly, Texas, the week prior, the Castell Grind in Central Texas was not for the faint of heart.

This was our first chance to speak with CEO Tod Manning, the person in charge at NACS, and there was a good amount to discuss.

We spoke recently with Ben Berden about retirement, riding the Tour of Flanders and his “Giro/Tour double,” as well as cyclocross now that he’s retired from professional racing.

Why do you race? For those that race, they know. Or they at least have an idea of what it is about racing that keeps them lining up. Adam Myerson walks us through the exercising of answering the question, why race?

At the UCI Cyclocross Commission meeting last Monday there were more great strides made in the name of women’s cyclocross as confirmed by two Commission members Helen Wyman and Sven Nys.

Adam Myerson of Cycle-Smart walks us through working in cycles to get the most of our training in this Training Tuesday piece.

Cyclocross Magazine’s Christine Vardaros talked with Helen Wyman the day after the World Championship race. Wyamn told us about her ride at Worlds, some of the course’s more challenging features, and about a new Baby Limus.

Christine Vardaros spoke with 2016 Cyclocross World Championship bronze medalist Maud Kaptheijns of The Netherlands at last Wednesday’s 2016 Parkcross Maledgem race where she finished fifth in the Elite Women’s race.

Cyclocross Magazine’s Christine Vardaros spoke with Sophie de Boer of The Netherlands after the midweek 2016 Parkcross Maledgem race where she finished second.

Cyclocross Magazine’s Christine Vardaros caught up with American Elle Anderson at the midweek 2016 Parkcross Maledgem race for an exclusive interview.

Cyclocross Magazine’s Christine Vardaros caught up with new 2016 Elite Men’s Cyclocross World Champion Wout van Aert at the midweek 2016 Parkcross Maledgem race for …

Christine Vardaros caught up with Allen Krughoff after his race to 41st place in the Elite Men’s race at 2016 Cyclocross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. …

Christine Vardaros caught up with Jeremy Powers after his race to 34th place at the 2016 Cyclocross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. Despite slipping a pedal …

Christine Vardaros caught up with Stephen Hyde after his race to finish 23rd at the 2016 Cyclocross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. “I really wanted …

After the 2016 Junior Men’s Cyclocross World Championship, Cyclocross Magazine had a chance to talk with Michael Owens about his race.

We spoke with Emma Swartz and Laurel Rathbun after the finish of the first-ever U23 Women’s Cyclocross World Championship race.