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Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 14, 2013) -- USA Cycling announced today the 22 riders named to its roster of elite, U23, and juniors athletes that will represent the United States at the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Feb. 2-3 in Louisville, Ky. ELITE WOMEN Always a contender for the win in any major competition, Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Trek Cyclocross Collective) … [Read more...]
Verona, Wis. (January 9, 2013) – USA Cycling on Wednesday awarded the first Stars-and-Stripes jerseys at the 2013 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships at a snowy, muddy and cold Badger Prairie Park in Verona, Wis. Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Giant Factory Off-Road) and Kari Studley (Bothell, Wash./Team Redline) won the men’s and women’s singlespeed races to earn the first national … [Read more...]
This season's USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar (Pro CX) concluded its 2012 side with three recent events: the USGP of Cyclocross – Deschutes Cup in Bend Ore., and the rescheduled Supercross Cup in East Meadow, N.Y., on December 8-9, and the North Carolina Grand Prix in Hendersonville, N.C., on Dec. 15-16. Men Ryan Trebon (Bend, Ore./Cannondale-Clement) won day one of the … [Read more...]
USA Cycling, Louisville Sports Commission and community leaders team up to stage Cyclo-cross World Championships Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 18, 2012) -- USA Cycling, together with the Louisville (Ky.) Sports Commission, have teamed up to stage the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships race, to be held Feb. 2-3 in Louisville, after the event found itself in danger of collapsing due to … [Read more...]
After the on-road training camp in Mallorca with the rest of the OPQS Cycling Team, Zdenek Stybar will return to his first love, cyclo-cross, for a brief period of time. It will be a short but very intense interlude for the Czech champion. Stybar will be racing in Essen on December 22nd. After the Christmas break, his schedule will get intense. On December 26th he will race at World Cup in … [Read more...]
With only eight races remaining on the 2013 USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar (Pro CX), points are at a premium. Since Thanksgiving, the riders of the Pro CX have contested six races from coast to coast. The action began on Nov. 24-25 in Sterling, Mass., where the Baystate Cyclo-cross took centerstage. After that, the NEPCX NBX Gran Prix of Cross in Warwick, R.I. and CXLA Weekend-Cross … [Read more...]
Roubaix, France (December 2, 2012) – Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Trek Cyclocross) grabbed her third UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup victory of the season on Sunday with a last minute victory over Sanne Van Paassen (NED). After riding in second for the entire contest, the American strongwoman overtook the number one spot from Van Paassen in the final lap and completed the course in 42:24 … [Read more...]
CXLA Hosts a Repeat Battle for Overall Men’s Title The nationwide Cross After Dark cyclocross series winds up in downtown Los Angeles next Saturday after a season long battle between the top racers in the U.S. Racers will be competing “under the lights” in the heart of Los Angeles at Los Angeles State Historic Park just north of downtown. Racers from across the country will be … [Read more...]
Since the previous USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar (Pro CX) standings update on Oct. 22, the riders have contested many races in all corners of the country. The action began in Boulder, Colo., with the Colorado Cross and Boulder Cups on Oct. 27-28. Also on Oct. 28, the HPCX took place in Jamesburg, N.J. The action shifted to southern Ohio and northern Kentucky for the Cincy3 … [Read more...]
Louisville, Ky. (October 31, 2012) — Online registration for the 2013 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships powered by Exergy, scheduled for Jan. 29 – Feb. 1, 2013 in Louisville, Ky., will open on Nov. 1 on USACycling.org. Participants can register for the following age groups: M / W 30-34; M / W 35-39; M / W 40-44; M / W 45-49; M / W 50-54; M /W 55-59; M / W 60-64; Women 65+; Men … [Read more...]