Posts tagged laura van gilder

by Marc Bertucco LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK – From the girl with training wheels and a pink backpack, to the Elites with their Typhoons and …

by Cindy Brennan An epic day of racing completed this year’s edition of the NBX Gran Prix of Cyclocross today. Not only drawing to a …

Enormous snowflakes floated to the ground under frigid skies in Warwick, Rhode Island as the first day of the NBX Gran Prix of Cyclocross kicked off the last weekend of racing in the 2012 Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series presented by Verge.

Fending off Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom), Andrea Smith (Ladies First Racing) took her second win in two days at the final race in the Shimano …

by Jeff Bramhall STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS — Laura Van Gilder (C3 p/b Mellow Mushroom) and Dylan McNicholas (cyclocrossworld.com) picked up big UCI victories today in Sterling, …

STERLING, MASSACHUSSETTS — On an unseasonably warm day, New England’s best cyclocross racers invaded the Chocksett Middle School in Sterling, Massachusetts for the first day …

Eric Brunnger (Philadelphia Cyclocross School) took the win in the MAC (Mid-Atlantic) Series SuperCrossCup on Day One. Positions two through four were dominated by the …

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS – The race report for today will read almost exactly the same as Saturday’s, but rest assured, the races were indeed different, though …

Jamesburg, New Jersey — It was a slushy, muddy mess that greeted racers at HPCX today. After getting an unheard of four inches of snow …

By Keith Hower Round #4 of the MABRAcross Super 8 Series marked the midpoint in the schedule of the high profile racing series.  Noted as …

by Molly Hurford GRANOGUE, DELAWARE—Day two of racing at Granogue was just as furious as the first, since the double UCI weekend provided the women …

by Keith Hower Mary McConneloug took Laura Van Gilder in a sprint for the line, after the duo jockeyed with Sally Annis for the better …

by Keith Hower and Molly Hurford Laura Van Gilder proved today that technical skills and a powerful engine ultimately dominate races. The top three finishers …

With most of the top pros toeing the line at USGP Sun Prairie, it came as a surprise when the fields at Nor’Easter Cross were …

As the fields in the US become steadily more international, we’re seeing Euro after Euro at the top of the field, though there’s no doubt that some of the American racers are mixing it up right along with them. Today, Helen Wyman (Kona) again took the win in the Women’s Elite race, and Tom van den Bosch beat out Ian Field for the win in the Men’s field.

We wanted to bring you some of the latest news from the cyclocross front, as road season for ‘crossers has kicked into high gear lately. With Luke Keough dominating the USA Crits series, Team Mountain Khakis, managed by Adam Myerson, is ramping up their season. However, the Keoughs aren’t the only cross racers in the series. Kathy Sherwin wins the Utah State Championship race. Bart Wellens had a super-long solo escape in the Belgian road championship that lotsa folks were talking about. Arnaud Jouffroy just won a mountain bike race, what will this mean for his ‘cross season? Nature Valley is over, how did the many crossers fare? And of course, the Tour De France starts tomorrow, which crossers will be lining up? NBC Tour de France All Access Discount Code?

Today marks the start of our new bi-weekly column, Women’s Wednesdays, where the focus shifts to matters specific to women in the sport. This column will be dedicated to all aspects of women’s racing, from coverage of pro women to women-specific bikes to talking frankly about how to get more women involved in cyclocross. We begin this week by hearing from a few of our favorite ladies of ‘cross, finding out what they’ve been up to in the off-season and seeing what they’re looking forward to in the Fall.

January in Philadelphia means the Mummers and their world-famous New Year’s parade.  It also means the Champion System MAC Series’ traditional “MACquet” Party is at …

The final round of the 2010 Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series dawned to seasonably cold temperatures but surprisingly dry conditions. Once again, the series …

by Peter Sullivan STERLING, MASS. – Another exciting day of racing at the NACT finals at Sterling, Massachusetts as Powers sealed his overall lead in the series …

by Peter Sullivan and Jeff Bramhall STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS – For the first time this season, cold and wind greeted racers for the seventh round of …

Newly-crowned repeat champions Valentin Scherz of Switzerland and Laura Van Gilder of Pennsylvania wrapped up the 2010 Champion System MAC Series with Elite wins at Day 2 …

Nick Keough upset Valentin Scherz at the first day of the Whitmore’s Super Cross Cup in Long Island today. Scherz’s third place finish behind Keough …

Northampton, Massachusetts – The 20th annual Cycle-Smart International concluded this afternoon with sweeps by yesterday’s victors. Laura Van Gilder (C3/Athletes Serving Athletes) and Luke Keough …

Northampton, Massachusetts – What began as a cold and wet morning blossomed into another beautiful fall day in New England as the Cycle-Smart International came …

This Saturday’s non-UCI First State Velo Sport Xross at Fair Hill, Maryland, looms large in the Champion System MAC Series as the Elite Men’s and …

This weekend, Look Park in Northampton, Massachusetts, will host the 20th annual Cycle-Smart International, rounds 5 and 6 of the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross …

by Dr. Craig Callan and Champion System MAC staff The Champion System MAC Series moved up the New Jersey Turnpike to the town of Jamesburg …

The Champion System MAC invaded southern New Jersey this weekend, and it brought out the Storm Troopers. After bouncing around the schedule for the first …

Laura van Gilder (Cresco, Penn./C3 — Athletes Serving Athletes) and Tim Johnson (Beverly, Mass./ Cannondale/ Cyclocrossworld.com) used strong performances at the USGP Derby City Cup …