Tim Johnson’s Ride On Washington 2013

April 29th, 2013 — 7:14am
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Jeremy Powers and Tim Johnson in the final mile of TJROW.

For the third straight year, pro cyclocrosser Tim Johnson and a group of hard folk rode bikes from Boston to DC to raise awareness and money for People For Bikes. For the first time, the ride was not in conjunction with the Bike Summit, but rather a month later, which made for a bit more pleasant riding conditions than in years past.

I caught up with the group in College Park, Maryland, at Proteus Bikes and rode the final leg into DC. Along the way, I had a chance to catch up with Richard Fries, Jeremy Powers and Pete Webber, along with Tim, to talk about the ride.

In the video I failed to mention that Richmond 2015 was also a sponsor of the event and next year the plan is to add an extra day to TJROW so the group can head to Richmond, Virginia, and preview the World Championship road course. Check it out at Richmond2015.com.

If you care about bikes in everyday life, and not just when you pin a number on, take a moment to donate a couple dollars to the cause. You can get more information at rideonwashington.org.

Special thanks to John Cutler for the original music.

Here’s the video.

Thanks for watching.

Tim Johnson’s Ride on Washington 2013 from In The Crosshairs on Vimeo.

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UCI Postpones Rule 1.2.019 Enforcement One Year

April 11th, 2013 — 10:43am

A one year reprieve by the UCI on its controversial rule 1.2.019 was announced today. The rule prohibits all UCI licensed riders from competing in events not sanctioned by a national federation. The stepped up enforcement of the rule would have an adverse effect on riders, fans and organizers of several popular mountainbike and cyclocross races. For those who have not been following the ordeal, here is a chronological look at the relevant documents.

(1) On March 26, UCI President Pat McQuaid sent the following letter to all national federations:

INTERNATIONAL CYCLING UNION

President
To all National Federations
Sent by email only

Aigle, 26 March 2013
Ref: Presidency

Re: forbidden races

Dear President,

It has recently come to our attention that some National Federations are experiencing difficulties in the interpretation and  application of  the rules relating  to “forbidden races”,  namely  Articles 1.2.019,
1.2.020 and 1.2.021 of the UCI Regulations.

With this in mind, we would like to provide the following clarification which we hope you will find useful. Article 1.2.019 of the UCI Regulations states:

“No licence holder may participate in an event that has not been included on a national, continental or world calendar or that has not been recognised by a national federation, a continental confederation or the UCI.

A national federation may grant special exceptions for races or particular events run in its own country.”

The objective of this regulation is to protect the hard work and resources you pour into the development of your events at national level. It allows for a federative structure,  something which is inherent in organised sport and which is essential to being a part of the Olympic movement.

Of course the regulation also allows the UCI, in line with its mission as an international federation, to guarantee uniform regulation.

Article 1.2.019 applies to all licence holders, without exception. It does not solely concern professional riders or just the members of UCI teams, contrary to certain statements in the press and on some blogs.

The second paragraph of Article 1.2.019 affords each national federation the facility to grant a special exception for specific races or events taking place in its territory.

Special races or events are understood to be cycle events which are not registered on the national calendar of the country’s federation or on the UCI international calendar. This generally concerns events that are occasional and which do not recur, most often organised by persons or entities who do not belong to the world of organised sport. For example, an event may be organised by an association that does not have a link to the National Federation, such as a race specifically for members of the armed forces, fire fighters or students or perhaps as part of a national multisport event.

With the exception of these special cases, the National Federation is not permitted to grant an exemption to a cycle event which is held, deliberately or not, outside the federative movement. For example, in no case should an exception be granted to a cycling event that is organised by a person or entity who regularly organises cycling events.

CH 1860 Aigle I Switzerland
Q)+41 24 468 58 11      fax +41 24 468 58 12
www.uci.ch


The objective of Article 1.2.019 is that exemptions should only be granted in exceptional cases.

Licence holders who participate in a “forbidden race” make themselves liable not only to sanctions  by their National Federation, as scheduled by Article 1.2.021 of the UCI regulations,  but also run the risk of not having sufficient insurance cover in the event of an accident.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please accept our kindest regards,

Pat McQuaid
President

CH 1860 Aigle I Switzerland
Q)+41 24 468 58 11      fax +41 24 468 58 12
www.uci.ch

(2) The letter was not well received and on April 5, USA Cycling released this clarification:

To: USA Cycling Members

RE: UCI Rule 1.2.019

There has been a tremendous amount of discussion and misinformation recently in articles and forums regarding UCI rule 1.2.019, which prohibits all UCI licensed riders from competing in events that are not sanctioned by a national federation. USA Cycling received the following letter from the International Cycling Union (UCI) on March 26 to all national federations clarifying its expectations in the enforcement of rule 1.2.019.  It also explains what the few possible exceptions to its rule are.

The UCI confirmed that Rule 1.2.019 and the related sanctions in 1.2.020 and 1.2.021 must apply to every UCI-recognized national federation in the world. Therefore, as a member of the International Federation, USA Cycling will comply with the direction from the UCI.

 

Clarification on affected riders: The letter from the UCI confirms no UCI licensed rider, in any discipline, may participate in an event not sanctioned by a national federation recognized by the UCI (USA Cycling is the sole national federation in the United States). Originally, this was described as only affecting those UCI-licensed riders on UCI teams. The UCI has subsequently clarified that the rule extends to ALLUCI-licensed riders, even those not associated with a UCI team. This rule only pertains to those riders holding an international/UCI license.

USA Cycling Working to Ease the Transition
USA Cycling understands the fact that this rule enforcement has a far-reaching impact on riders and race directors alike, particularly in the mountain bike discipline. To help manage the impact and assist riders and race directors with the transition, USA Cycling will work with non-sanctioned mountain bike events by providing the following for mountain bike events permitted with USA Cycling after April 1, 2013:

  • For any mountain bike event that occurred in 2012, but did not sanction with USA Cycling in 2012, USA Cycling will waive the permit fee (2013 only). USA Cycling will also subsidize $1 of the $3 dollar per rider insurance surcharge. The per-rider insurance surcharge for mountain bike events that occurred in 2012 but were not permitted in 2012 will be $2 per rider (2013 only).

What a USA Cycling Event Permit Provides for Race Promoters:

  • Low permit fees. A mountain bike race of less than 500 riders has a maximum permit fee of $100 a day. The only other fee USA Cycling collects is a per-rider insurance charge of $3 which covers one of the most robust insurance packages in cycling for the race director, the landowners, the sponsors, and excess accident medical coverage for participants. Comparable insurance coverage cost per rider is much more expensive.
  • Racing infrastructure for a safe and level playing field including anti-doping, rules and trained officials. As the only USOC and UCI recognized cycling organization in the U.S., riders in USA Cycling events can be subject to the groundbreaking USA Cycling RaceClean™ anti-doping program to create a level playing field.
  • Access to USA Cycling’s online registration system that allows riders to register for events and sign electronic waivers on the USA Cycling website or by using the USA Cycling smartphone app.
  • A $0.40 rebate to race directors for each registration when you use USA Cycling’s online registration system.

Why you Should Support USA Cycling Sanctioned Events:

  • USA Cycling spends more than $4 million per year supporting American athletes in development and international competition programs. Much of that money is generated from the racing activities of our more than 74,000 members racing more than 600,000 racing days each year in sanctioned events. Every time you race in a sanctioned event, a small amount of revenue is generated to support critical athlete programs.  Most importantly, virtually every dime USA Cycling generates as a result of your racing activities is reinvested in the sport.  However, when you compete in an unsanctioned event, nothing goes to support these important programs that help to maintain our international success and create the heroes and role models that are so important to the sport.
  • In 2012, USA Cycling spent more than $530,000 in support of mountain bike development programs, world championships and pre-Olympic camps to help riders achieve their dreams on the world’s biggest stages.
  • Professionally-licensed riders are the direct beneficiaries of USA Cycling’s significant investment in athlete support. As such, they have a vested interest to support the sanctioned events that fuel that support.
  • Insurance protection at sanctioned events is some of the best available and provides coverage not only for the race directors, but also for the volunteers and officials working the event, as well as the racers themselves. At unsanctioned events, there is no guarantee that the insurance provides adequate coverage to anyone other than the race owner. Most unsanctioned events will claim they have comparable overall insurance coverage for their event when compared to what USA Cycling’s insurance program provides, but our own research and analysis have shown that is just not the case.
  • Sanctioned events provide a safe and level playing field by a consistent standard  for athlete protection such as accident insurance, an enforceable code of conduct and USA Cycling’s RaceClean™ anti-doping controls conducted by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
  • Sanctioned events provide licensed participants with the opportunity to be part of the USA Cycling National Results and Ranking System that allows you to compare your results to everyone else in your age group by city, state, region or even nationally.

 

(3) This clarification did little to quiet the outcry. And today the UCI backed down, if only for a year:

Update on UCI Rule 1.2.019
Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 11, 2013) – After engaging in dialogue with USA Cycling to address the immediate concerns raised by the enforcement of UCI rule 1.2.019, the UCI issued the following statement today:

The UCI listened to the feedback from the various groups involved and who feel affected by a strict and immediate enforcement of rule 1.2.019 and its associated sanctions. The UCI has decided to postpone strict enforcement of rule 1.2.019 in 2013 with the expectation that all stakeholders (National Federations, race directors, teams and riders) will discuss and do what is necessary to prepare for the rule’s full enforcement in 2014.

“Notwithstanding the fact that rule 1.2.019 has been enforced in Europe for many years, it is clear strict enforcement in the U.S. and other countries will have unintended and undesirable consequences,” said Steve Johnson, USA Cycling President & CEO. “USA Cycling listened to the views expressed by the cycling community in America, and these issues were fully represented in discussions with the UCI. We would like to thank the UCI for its willingness to suspend enforcement of the rule globally to allow time for productive dialogue with all stakeholders to find a workable solution for the future.”

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A Cyclist’s Guide To Non-Cycling Movies

March 30th, 2013 — 10:30am

I went to Twitter the other day (follow me @cxhairs!!) to get some movie recommendations.  And Twitter responded with some great suggestions. You may be asking, “Isn’t this supposed to be a cycling website? What does this have to do with cyclocross?” Easy answer: Nothing. However, the recommendations I received all came from cyclists. So that’s something? And maybe you’ll watch one of these flicks while riding the trainer, or riding in the car on the way to a race. Bottom line: everything has to do with cycling. The sooner you accept that the better off you, and your family, will be.

So here’s the rundown. Rotten Tomatoes links, Trailers, Twitter handles and all. Lots of good stuff out there. Maybe next we do music?

 

Features

Mo Bruno Roy@meaux_marie

 

Jeff Rowe@FocusBikesJRO

 

Colin Ferguson@ccftri

Continue reading »

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USA Cycling Revises Cyclocross Upgrade Criteria

March 20th, 2013 — 12:24pm

Hot off the presses, here is the latest dispatch from USA Cycling on upgrades. Read it, learn it, know it. The entire 2013 rulebook is available here:  2013 USA Cycling Rule Book.

USA Cycling revises cyclo-cross upgrade criteria
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 20, 2013) – USA Cycling on Wednesday announced that it has amended rule 1E6, which outlines upgrades and downgrades for cyclo-cross racers.

Beginning in 2013, all newly-licensed riders will begin as a category 5 racer. Any riders who will be renewing from 2013 forward will maintain the category from the previous year. A category 5 rider will mandatorily be upgraded to a category 4 rider after competing in 10 races. Once a rider becomes a category 4 rider, he or she faces voluntary or mandatory upgrades.

A category 4 rider can voluntarily be upgraded to a category 3 rider after earning 10 points. A category 4 rider faces mandatory upgrade after accruing 15 points or two wins in a field of at least 30 competitors. A category 3 rider can upgrade to a category 2 rider after amassing 15 points. A category 3 rider is mandatorily upgraded to category 2 after collecting 20 points or winning two races with at least 30 competitors. A category 2 rider can elect to be upgraded to category 1 after totaling 20 points. A category 2 rider will face mandatory upgrade after accruing 25 points or two wins in a 40-rider field.

Juniors riders are exempt from the mandatory upgrades beginning at category 4.

For a look at how points are earned, please see the chart below:

Points awarded for Cyclo-cross Races

Number of Starters
Placing 5-10 11-20 21-50 50+
1 3 4 5 7
2 2 3 4 5
3 1 2 3 4
4 1 2 3
5 1 2
6 1

 

 

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USA Cycling Starts RaceClean Program

March 6th, 2013 — 10:56am

Today, USA Cycling announced a new program as part of its “ongoing commitment to clean sport.” The program is called “RaceClean.” It’s worth a read. That name is trademarked, by the way, so if you want to start your own clean racing program (or produce RaceClean merch), come up with your own name, buddy. Snarkiness aside, here are the details straight from USA Cycling:

USA Cycling announces “RaceClean™” Program

 
Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 6, 2013) – As part of USA Cycling’s ongoing commitment to clean sport, the organization announced today the introduction of RaceClean — an innovative anti-doping program designed to increase the frequency and effectiveness of in-competition and out-of-competition testing at all levels of competitive cycling in the United States. The RaceClean program is the most extensive anti-doping effort to be introduced by a U.S. National Governing Body within its own events.The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) will conduct the testing and adjudication elements of the program and, to ensure that RaceClean reflects the highest standards of integrity and effectiveness, USADA will operate with full independence in doing so.“The development of this innovative and collaborative RaceClean program is intended to send a strong statement about anti-doping, further establish the trust in our sport, and ensure a level playing field at all levels of racing,” said USA Cycling President & CEO Steve Johnson. “This important program represents a considerable financial contribution by USA Cycling, and it is gratifying to see that race directors, teams, riders and our Local Associations fully support this initiative. Members and non-members alike can actively participate and show their commitment to clean competition by making a donation to the USA Cycling RaceClean fundHERE.”

The concept of the RaceClean program was given robust support from USA Cycling’s stakeholders during recent meetings with team managers, local association representatives, and race directors.

“Our team sees this effort by USA Cycling as a big step forward in the fight against doping here in the U.S.,” said Jonas Carney, performance director for Optum Pro Cycling Team p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies. “It is everyone’s responsibility to fight for a clean sport and it is great to see our governing body, race organizers, teams, Local Associations, and riders come together on this important issue. Our team welcomes the increased testing and we hope that this will help to ensure a fair and level playing field for competitive cyclists in America.”

New York State Bicycle Racing Association (NYSBRA) President Jeff Poulin echoed those sentiments.

“NYSBRA is proud to be in the lead on this important project to promote fair competition for all of our riders,” Poulin stated. “This is an important step for NYSBRA and USA Cycling to demonstrate our commitment to a clean and fair sport.”

The RaceClean program is comprised of five key components:

  1. Increased Testing at National Calendar Events. – This collaborative effort will be funded by USA Cycling, national calendar race directors, team owners/managers and riders. Testing, which will be conducted by the USADA will begin with road, mountain bike cross-country and cyclo-cross national calendars with the goal of including track and BMX national calendars in the near future.
  2. Increased Out-Of-Competition Testing - USA Cycling will work with USADA to add more riders to the registered testing pool. This requires riders to provide their whereabouts at all times to USADA for testing.
  3. Grassroots Testing - USA Cycling will work with its Local Associations that want to invest in more testing at the local level. USA Cycling will match funds up to $6,000 for each of the 34 Local Associations across the U.S. The Local Associations will opt into the program that USADA will execute.
  4. Donations – USA Cycling will add a check box on its license and club applications for members and clubs that wish to donate to the “RaceClean Fund”. Non-members may also show their support by making an online donation HERE.
  5. Education – USA Cycling will help promote and amplify USADA’s, WADA’s and UCI’s extensive anti-doping education programs and resources through various USA Cycling platforms and programs. This includes the promotion of USADA’s successful “Play Clean Tip Line” http://www.usada.org/playclean.

For more information, visit the RaceClean webpage.

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SVENNESS No. 6

February 19th, 2013 — 3:24am

In #SVENNESS No. 6 we take a look at the 2013 Cyclocross World Championship race that took place in Louisville, Kentucky. Sven Nys won his second world championship and did with patience. Marking the leaders for most of the race, Nys used two spots on the course to make his decisive moves. The planks and the descent before the limestone steps. For this episode we focus on two skills. First, the advantage riding the planks had in this race over dismounting and running. And, second, the skill of patience. The ability to know you are faster on a certain section but not to exploit that knowledge until it is tactically most advantageous. There is nobody better than Nys in doing this and he  turns the race at Eva Bandman Park into a clinic.

Footage is via Sporza: www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/veldrijden

Music by Ride: itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ride/id496692

Thanks for watching.

SVENNESS No. 6 from In The Crosshairs on Vimeo.

 

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2013 Cyclocross Worlds: Some Words And Photos

February 11th, 2013 — 1:37pm

Cyclocross Worlds comes to America.

The 2013 UCI Cyclocross World Championship took place February 2 in Louisville, Kentucky. Originally planned for February 2 and 3, a quickly rising Ohio River forced organizers to hold all four championship races on Saturday. By Sunday, Eva Bandman Park, site of the championship, was half under water. It turns out flood waters, unlike weather, are much easier to predict and the organizers made the right call.

For anybody who has raced in the U.S., where promoters routinely hold six to eight races a day, having four events in one day didn’t seem that compressed. Granted, getting to the early morning junior race, after a late night in Bourbon-land, was a challenge for a whole bunch of people  and the crowd definitely grew as the day went on.

As for the event? Allow me to dip my toes into a pool of hyperbole and say “It was amazing!” The course, venue, fans and racing were all top-notch. My goal post-race was to ask every person dressed in Belgian colors and smoking a cigarette how we did. Not one had a negative word to say.

As part of the U.S. cyclocross community, this was a proud day for all of us. And hopefully the beginning of a new age in U.S. cyclocross, in which most top European racers routinely come to race on American soil at least once a year. Although it may be a while before we have the World Championship back in the states, a World Cup race in the next five years should not come across as a pipe dream. Continue reading »

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2013-2014 UCI Cyclocross Calendar

February 4th, 2013 — 12:50pm

UCI has announced its 2013-2014 Cyclocross Schedule. Here is the schedule with contact info and websites from the UCI site. Original is here.

 

2013-2014 Calendar – Cyclo-Cross
All Competitions

 

Date Event Venue Ctry Class ME MU MJ WE
7.9.13 Nittany Lion Cross Breiningsville PA USA C2 ME WE
8.9.13 Nittany Lion Cross Breiningsville PA USA C2 ME
14.9.13 StarCrossed Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA USA C2 ME WE
14.9.13 Catamount Grand Prix 1 Williston, Vermont USA C2 ME WE
15.9.13 Süpercross Baden Baden SUI C1 ME WE
15.9.13 Catamount Grand Prix 2 Williston, Vermont USA C2 ME WE
15.9.13 Steenbergcross Erpe-Mere BEL C2 ME MJ
15.9.13 international Cyclo-cross Beijing Guihe,Yanqing District, Beijing CHN C2 ME
18.9.13 CrossVegas Las Vegas, Nevada USA C1 ME WE
21.9.13 USGP of Cyclocross Sun Prairie Cup Sun Prairie, WI USA C1 ME WE
21.9.13 Charm City Cross Baltimore USA C2 ME WE
22.9.13 USGP of Cyclocross Sun Prairie Cup Sun Prairie, WI USA C2 ME
22.9.13 Charm City Cross Baltimore USA C2 ME WE
28.9.13 NEPCX – Gran Prix of Gloucester 1 Gloucester, MA USA C2 ME WE
28.9.13 SOUDAL GP Neerpelt Neerpelt BEL C2 ME WE
28.9.13 Toi Toi Cup Unicov CZE C2 ME
29.9.13 NEPCX – Gran Prix of Gloucester 2 Gloucester, MA USA C2 ME
29.9.13 int. STEVENS Cyclocross Cup Hamburg Hamburg GER C2 ME MJ
5.10.13 Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival Providence, RI USA C1 ME MJ WE
5.10.13 Toi Toi Cup Kutna Hora CZE C2 ME
5.10.13 International Cyclocross Financne centrum ,a.s. Udica-Prostne SVK C2 ME WE
6.10.13 Hansgrohe Superprestige Ruddervoorde Oostkamp / Ruddervoorde BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
6.10.13 International Cyclocross Marikovská Dolina, Udica-Prostne SVK C2 ME WE
6.10.13 Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival Providence, RI USA C2 ME MJ WE
12.10.13 USGP of Cyclocross SmartWool Cup Fort Collins, CO USA C1 ME WE
12.10.13 Grand Prix de la Région Wallonne Dottignies Mouscron BEL C2 ME
12.10.13 Toi Toi Cup Milovice CZE C2 ME
12.10.13 Grote Prijs van Brabant s-Hertogenbosch NED C2 ME MJ WE
13.10.13 Bpost bank trofee – Ronse Ronse-Kluisbergen BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
13.10.13 GP-5-Sterne-Region Beromünster SUI C2 ME WE
13.10.13 Challenge National 1ère Epreuve Saint-Etienne-lès-Remiremont FRA C2 ME MU MJ WE
13.10.13 National Trophy Series Round 1 Abergavenny GBR C2 ME
13.10.13 USGP of Cyclocross SmartWool Cup Fort Collins, CO USA C2 ME
17.10.13 Kermiscross Ardooie BEL C2 ME
19.10.13 Colorado Cross Classic Boulder Colorado USA USA C2 ME WE
19.10.13 Ellison Park Cyclocross Rochester, NY USA C2 ME WE
19.10.13 Spooky Cross Weekend – Day 1 Fairplex Park, Pomona, CA USA C2 ME MJ WE
20.10.13 Ellison Park Cyclocross Rochester, NY USA C2 ME WE
20.10.13 Boulder Cup Boulder Colorado USA USA C2 ME WE
20.10.13 Spooky Cross Weekend – Day 2 Fairplex Park, Pomona, CA USA C2 ME MJ WE
20.10.13 Coupe du Monde UCI / UCI World Cup Valkenburg NED CDM ME MU MJ WE
22.10.13 Kiremko Nacht van Woerden Woerden NED C2 ME WE
26.10.13 Gateway Cross Cup Saint Louis Missouri USA C2 ME WE
26.10.13 Coupe du Monde UCI / UCI World Cup Tabor CZE CDM ME MU MJ WE
27.10.13 52. Internationales Radquer Steinmaur Steinmaur SUI C2 ME
27.10.13 Gateway Cross Cup Saint Louis Missouri USA C2 ME WE
27.10.13 Grand-Prix de la Commune de Contern Contern LUX C2 ME MU MJ
27.10.13 HPCX Jamesburg, New Jersey USA USA C2 ME
27.10.13 XXI Cyclo-cross de Karrantza karrantza ESP C2 ME MJ
1.11.13 Bpost bank trofee – Koppenbergcross Melden – Oudenaarde BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
1.11.13 Cyclo-cross International de Marle Marle FRA C2 ME
1.11.13 Cincy3 Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede Covington, KY USA C2 ME WE
2.11.13 Cincy3 Lionhearts International – Cross After Dark Mason, Ohio USA C1 ME MJ WE
2.11.13 NEPCX – The Cycle-Smart International 1 Northampton, Massachusetts USA C2 ME
3.11.13 Superprestige Zonhoven Zonhoven BEL C1 ME MU MJ
3.11.13 National Trophy Series Round 2 Southampton GBR C2 ME
3.11.13 Int.Radquerfeldein GP Lambach/Stadl-Paura Stadl-Paura AUT C2 ME WE
3.11.13 NEPCX – The Cycle-Smart International 2 Northampton, Massachusetts USA C2 ME
3.11.13 Cincy3 Harbin Park Cincinnati, Ohio, United States USA C2 ME MJ WE
3.11.13 Championnats d’Europe Cyclo-Cross Mlada Boleslav CZE CC MU MJ WE
9.11.13 USGP of Cyclocross Derby City Cup Louisville, KY USA C1 ME MJ WE
9.11.13 Toi Toi Cup Hlinsko CZE C2 ME
9.11.13 Internationales Cross Wochenende Wiesbaden Wiesbaden GER C2 ME MU WE
10.11.13 Superprestige Hamme-Zogge Hamme-Zogge BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
10.11.13 GGEW City Cross Cup Lorsch GER C1 ME MJ WE
10.11.13 USGP of Cyclocross Derby City Cup Louisville, KY USA C2 ME MJ
11.11.13 SOUDAL Jaarmarktcross Niel Niel BEL C2 ME WE
15.11.13 The Jingle Cross Rock – Rock 1 Iowa City, Iowa USA C2 ME WE
16.11.13 bpost bank trofee – GP Hasselt Hasselt BEL C1 ME MU WE
16.11.13 The Jingle Cross Rock – Rock 2 Iowa City, Iowa USA C2 ME WE
16.11.13 Toi Toi Cup Holé Vrchy CZE C2 ME
16.11.13 Shinshu Cyclocross Nobeyama Kogen Round 1 Nobeyama, Nagano JPN C2 ME MU WE
17.11.13 Superprestige Gavere Gavere BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
17.11.13 The Jingle Cross Rock – Rock 3 Iowa City, Iowa USA C1 ME WE
17.11.13 Challenge National 2ème Epreuve Quelneuc FRA C2 ME MU MJ WE
17.11.13 National Trophy Series Round 3 South Shields GBR C2 ME
17.11.13 Shinshu Cyclocross Nobeyama Kogen Round 2 Nobeyama, Nagano JPN C2 ME MU WE
17.11.13 Flückiger Cross Madiswil Madiswil SUI C2 ME WE
23.11.13 Super Cross Cup 1 East Meadow NY USA C2 ME
23.11.13 Coupe du Monde UCI / UCI World Cup Koksijde BEL CDM ME MU MJ WE
24.11.13 Internationale Hamsgrohe Super Prestige Gieten Gieten NED C1 ME MU MJ WE
24.11.13 Int. Radquer Hittnau Hittnau SUI C1 ME WE
24.11.13 Super Cross Cup 2 East Meadow NY USA C2 ME
24.11.13 Kansai Cyclo Cross Yasu Round Yasu City, Shiga prefecture JPN C2 ME MU WE
30.11.13 CXLA Weekend: Day 1 – Cross After Dark Los Angeles, CA USA C2 ME MJ WE
30.11.13 Baystate Cyclo-cross Sterling, MA USA C2 ME WE
1.12.13 National Trophy Series Round 4 Milton Keynes GBR C2 ME
1.12.13 Tage des Querfeldeinsports (Day of Cyclocross), Ternitz Ternitz AUT C2 ME
1.12.13 Baystate Cyclo-cross – NECX Sterling, MA USA C2 ME WE
1.12.13 CXLA Weekend – Day 2 Los Angeles, CA USA C2 ME MJ WE
7.12.13 USGP of Cyclocross – Deschutes Brewery Cup Bend, OR USA C1 ME MJ WE
7.12.13 SOUDAL Scheldecross Antwerpen Antwerpen BEL C1 ME WE
7.12.13 Toi Toi Cup Kolin CZE C2 ME
7.12.13 NEPCX – NBX Gran Prix of Cross – Day 1 Warwick, RI USA C2 ME WE
8.12.13 Vlaamse Druivencross Overijse BEL C1 ME WE
8.12.13 NEPCX – NBX Gran Prix of Cross – Day 2 Warwick, RI USA C2 ME WE
8.12.13 XXXVII Ziklo Kross Igorre Igorre ESP C2 ME MJ
8.12.13 39. Frankfurter Rad-Cross Frankfurt am Main GER C2 ME MJ WE
8.12.13 USGP of Cyclocross – Deschutes Brewery Cup Bend, OR USA C2 ME MJ
8.12.13 Ciclocross del Ponte Faè di Oderzo (TV) ITA C2 ME MJ WE
14.12.13 Toi Toi Cup Praha CZE C2 ME
14.12.13 North Carolina Grand Prix – Race 1 Hendersonville, NC USA C2 ME WE
15.12.13 Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin Kalmthout BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
15.12.13 North Carolina Grand Prix – Race 2 Hendersonville, NC USA C2 ME WE
15.12.13 Cyclo-cross International Ciudad de Valencia Valencia (Espagne) ESP C2 ME
15.12.13 National Trophy Series Round 5 Bradford GBR C2 ME
18.12.13 GP De Ster Sint-Niklaas BEL C2 ME
21.12.13 Bpost bank trofee – GP Rouwmoer Essen BEL C1 ME MU WE
22.12.13 Coupe du Monde UCI / UCI World Cup Namur BEL CDM ME MU MJ WE
26.12.13 Grand-Prix GEBA Differdange LUX C2 ME MU MJ WE
26.12.13 Internationales Radquer Dagmersellen Dagmersellen SUI C2 ME WE
26.12.13 Coupe du Monde UCI / UCI World Cup Heusden-Zolder BEL CDM ME MU MJ WE
27.12.13 Bpost bank trofee – Azencross Loenhout / Wuustwezel BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
28.12.13 Versluys cyclocross Bredene Bredene BEL C2 ME
29.12.13 Superprestige Diegem Diegem BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
29.12.13 Challenge National 3ème Epreuve Flamanville FRA C2 ME MU MJ WE
1.1.14 Bpost Bank Trofee – G.P. Sven Nys Baal (Tremelo) BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
1.1.14 Grand Prix Hotel Threeland Pétange LUX C2 ME
3.1.14 Internationale Centrumcross van Surhuisterveen Surhuisterveen NED C2 ME WE
4 – 5.1.14 Coupe du Monde UCI / UCI World Cup Roma ITA CDM ME MU MJ WE
5.1.14 National Trophy Series Round 6 Shrewsbury GBR C2 ME
5.1.14 Kingsport Cyclo-cross Cup Kingsport, TN USA C2 ME MJ WE
12.1.14 BC Grand Prix of Cyclo-cross Surrey CAN C2 ME WE
13.1.14 Cyclocross Otegem Otegem BEL C2 ME WE
18.1.14 Kasteelcross Zonnebeke Zonnebeke BEL C2 ME
19.1.14 SOUDAL Cyclocross Leuven Leuven BEL C1 ME WE
19.1.14 Cyclo-cross International de Mingant Lanarvilly Lanarvilly FRA C2 ME
19.1.14 Grand Prix Möbel Alvisse Leudelange LUX C2 ME MJ
25.1.14 Internationale Cyclo-Cross Rucphen Rucphen NED C2 ME MU MJ WE
26.1.14 XXV. Ispasterko Udala Sari Nagusia Ispaster ESP C2 ME
26.1.14 Coupe du Monde UCI / UCI World Cup Nommay FRA CDM ME MU MJ WE
1 – 2.2.14 Championnats du Monde / World Championships Hoogerheide NED CM ME MU MJ WE
5.2.14 Parkcross Maldegem Maldegem BEL C2 ME
8.2.14 Bpost bank trofee – Krawatencross Lille BEL C1 ME MU WE
9.2.14 Superprestige Hoogstraten Hoogstraten BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
15.2.14 Superprestige Noordzeecross Middelkerke Middelkerke BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE
16.2.14 Internationale Cyclo-cross Heerlen GP Heuts Heerlen NED C1 ME WE
16.2.14 G.P. Stad Eeklo Eeklo BEL C2 ME MU MJ
23.2.14 Bpost bank trofee – Internationale Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle Oostmalle BEL C1 ME MU MJ WE

 

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Have You Seen Him?

January 25th, 2013 — 7:06am

@AnonCX was at CXNats. Did you see him?

Have You Seen Him? from In The Crosshairs on Vimeo.

 

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Cat 5 In Cross. It’s here.

January 23rd, 2013 — 6:44am

New for 2013 USA Cycling rule change:

1E6: Category 5 established for men in cyclo-cross and upgrade system changed to resemble the road more. There will be voluntary upgrades and mandatory upgrades based on points. Cat 5 to Cat 4 upgrade by experience only.

Full upgrade section with new rule changes:

 1E6. Cyclo-cross Upgrades and Downgrades

Cyclo-cross categories are upgraded similarly to road category upgrades using the system below:

(a)  Requirements for upgrading:

5-4:      Experience in 10 races is a mandatory upgrade.

4-3:      Voluntary upgrade with 10 points. Fifteen points or two wins if the field had at least 30 competitors is amandatory upgrade.* 

3-2:      Voluntary upgrade with 15 points. Twenty points or two wins if the field had at least 30 competitors is a mandatory upgrade.*

2-1:      Voluntary upgrade with 20 points. Twenty-five points or two wins if the field had at least 40 competitors is a mandatory upgrade.

*Juniors are exempt from this mandatory upgrade

(b)  Points awarded for Cyclo-cross Races

  Number of Starters
Placing 5-10 11-20 21-50 50+

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(c) USA Cycling may add additional requirements for upgrading at their discretion. Any such changes shall be made available on the website.

(d) Cyclo-cross Conversion

Cyclo-cross (CX) categories may also be upgraded by conversion from a rider’s earned road or mountain bike (MTB) cross country (XC) category. If during the season, a rider upgrades his or her road or XC category, the cyclo-cross category can be upgraded to match the road or XC category shown below by request of the rider or by request of the administrator.

 

Complete USA Cycling Rulebook can be found here: http://www.usacycling.org/forms/rules/2013-USAC-Rulebook.pdf

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