Granted, most of us in the US don’t have Sporza or Telenet on our cable box, or even on our Internet. But that doesn’t mean we don’t watch the races, right? So here’s the schedule for all of the 2015-2016 televised Euro-cross races, including the BPost Trophy Series, Superprestige Series, Soudal Classics, World Cup, Belgian National Championship and World Championship. Find a good VPN service, mark your calendars and I’ll see you on Twitter at @cxhairs. Continue reading “TV Guide: European Cyclocross Calendar 2015-2016”
Wout van Aert is new UCI points leader for men. Sanne Cant remains leader for women. With the first World Cup and a handful of UCI C1 and C2 events in the books, the new UCI rankings have gone through some changes. On the men’s side, Wout van Aert (Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace) takes over the lead from last year’s points leader, Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games). Continue reading “Morning Round Up (September 23)”
Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus/Aspire Racing) entered the first World Cup race held in North America with the realistic goal of a top five finish. If all went right and the stars aligned, his team thought a CrossVegas podium spot was possible, but top 5? That was something well within his reach. Continue reading “Jeremy Powers Interview: Post-Race CrossVegas”
The night before the big show. We spent some time at the CrossVegas World Cup media event at the Monte Carlo Resort on the Las Vegas strip. Outside the event restaurant, we had the opportunity to catch up with Sven Nys, Jeremy Powers, Stephen Hyde and Zach McDonald. Continue reading “CrossVegas Pre-Race Interviews”
Over the past several weeks, following a score of impressive results, Cameron Dodge (Cam Dodge Racing) has been asked the … Continue reading Cam Dodge: Two Questions
In 1992 a friend of mine brought over a VHS copy of the band Ministry’s “In Case You Didn’t Feel … Continue reading The Big Picture: Nittany CX
Wietse Bosmans and Amanda Miller took the wins at Nittany Cyclocross, Day One. Conditions deteriorated throughout the day and the elite races took place under rainy skies. Miller earned the top step over her Boulder Cycle Sport teammate, Crystal Anthony. Rebecca Fahringer (Amy D. Racing) took third. Bosmans, suffering from jet lag, took a couple laps to get his legs under him while Dan Timmerman (Stans No Tubes Cyclocross) took the early lead. Bosmans (BKCP-Corendon) eventually hitched on to Timmerman’s wheel and the duo separated themselves from the rest of the field. Bosmans took the win with Timmerman second. Cam Dodge (Cam Dodge Racing) came in third. Continue reading “Nittany Cyclocross Day 1”
Provisional start lists for the first World Cup cyclocross race held on North American soil, and the first World Cup race of the 2015-2016 season have been released. Final confirmed start lists will not be published until completion of the riders’ confirmation on Tuesday evening, September 15. The race takes place the evening of Wednesday, September 16. Continue reading “Provisional Start Lists for CrossVegas World Cup Race Released”
In July of this year the UCI’s revised Rule 5.1.038 which governs equipment changes during races. Before July a paragraph existed in that rule allowing for feeding during races if the officials allowed it. That paragraph has since been removed with the intention that feeding is no longer allowed in UCI cyclocross races. The interpretation of that rule caused confusion and some controversy this past weekend at the first U.S. UCI C1 race at Ellison Park. On day one, not only was feeding not allowed but riders were also not allowed to have bottles on their pit bikes. For day 2, officials allowed a “hydration zone” to be set up so that riders could receive bottles and be doused, something that is not covered anywhere in UCI regulations. Continue reading “UPDATE: UCI Clarifies Feeding Rules for Cyclocross”
