Cyclocross

2009 UCI Cyclocross Rankings, updated Jan. 19.

The fate of the much-talked-about Louisville, Kentucky, cyclocross world championships bid will be decided Friday by a vote when the UCI management board comes together in Tabor, Czech Republic. And while UCI ’cross coordinator Peter Van Den Abelee has made it clear he supports bringing worlds across the Atlantic in 2013, he says nothing is assured.

Jason Sumner's photos from the final round of the cyclocross UCI World Cup in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands.

Jason Sumner's photos from the final round of the cyclocross UCI World Cup in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands.

Results from Sunday's World Cup cyclocross race

Louisville, Kentucky, could host the cyclocross world championships in 2013. The team behind the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross events hosted in that city confirmed to VeloNews that a bid was submitted to the UCI.

Katie Compton’s run at the cyclocross World Cup overall title is officially over, as yet another bout of leg cramps will keep her off the start line at Sunday’s series finale in Hoogerheide, Holland.

In part 2 of Jason Sumner's interview with world cyclocross champion Niels Albert, the Belgian superstar talks about the burden of wearing the rainbow jersey and his future — on the road and the dirt.

During six full-time European cyclocross racing seasons, spent primarily in Belgium where he and his wife Cori own a small home, Page has endured a litany of pitfalls and heartbreaks. Among the lengthy laundry list are multiple broken bones, a major falling out with his now former team manager, and charges of an anti-doping violation, which he was subsequently cleared of.

For the rest of the world, Monday’s cyclocross headlines focused on Zdenek Stybar’s Roubaix World Cup win and subsequent ascension to the top of the World Cup standings. But in Belgium, motherland and epicenter of elite level ’cross, Niels Albert grabbed front page attention.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Katerina Nash (Luna) take the eighth round of the cyclocross World Cup.

The U.S. elite men's team for ’cross worlds includes Page, Johnson, Trebon, Powers and Driscoll.

A cyclocross race in Fort Collins, Colorado, on January 17, will raise money to help send junior Skyler Trujillo to the world championships in the Czech Republic.

Francis Mourey wins the French cyclocross championship.

Lukas Flückiger wins the Swiss cyclocross championships.

Lars Boom and Daphny Van Den Brand win the Dutch cyclocross championships.

Sven Nys repeats as Belgian national cyclocross champion.

U.S.-based cyclocross and mountain bike star is making a rare racing appearance in her native Czech Republic this month at the world cyclocross championships.

A look at what the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia meant to cyclist Katerina Nash.

Zdenek Stybar and Katerina Nash win the Czech Republic cyclocross championships.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet Fidea) wins the Fidea Cyclocross Tervuren in Belgium.

World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) wins the sixth round of the Superprestige cyclocross series in Diegem, Belgium.

Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) deposes Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) as the Superprestige series leader after winning round six in Diegem.

2009 Zolder, Belgium, World Cup results

Jeff Bahnson's podium finish at USAC Cyclocross Nationals gift wrapped a discretionary spot on the junior world cyclocross team for the Thule-Van Dessel rider.

Brandon Dwight reports from the U.S. Cyclocross Nationals and raises questions about the need for a better rider ranking system at the elite level.

Sven Nys and Daphny Van de Brand win the Kalmthout round of the UCI cyclocross World Cup.

Danny Summerhill wins the U23 race at the Lichtervelde cyclocross.

USA Cycling has named the elite women, U23 men and Junior men who will represent the U.S. at the UCI cyclocross world Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic next month. The organization will announce the men's elite team on January 13.

Final 2009 USGP rankings, Released Dec. 17, 2009

A selection of videos from this year's races.

One of the highlights of the U.S. cyclocross nationals in Bend, Oregon, last week was the Art+Bike Love evening: part performance, part gallery, part bike show. Robbie Stout took a look, and he brought along his video camera and a friend to hold it.

A gallery of Ben Ross photos from the fourth day of the 2009 USAC Cyclocross Nationals in Bend, Oregon.

2009 U.S. Cyclocross Nationals Day 3 results

There was plenty of history leading up to Saturday’s re-match of an old race between Don Myrah and Pete Webber.

On Sunday, December 13th, Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) will defend his cyclocross national championship on his home turf in Bend, Oregon. Defending women’s champ and leader of the world cyclocross UCI points, Katie Compton, will having a go at her sixth national championship in a row.

2009 USA Cycling Cyclocross Championships

This cyclocross season, filmmaker Andy Frothingham is following two professional racers through their seasons, checking in with them at events around the country and at their homes in Colorado between races. The fourth episode is presented here today.

Each day during the cyclocross national championship week the race course is open at noon for riders of all categories to take a few laps. On Thursday, December 10, VeloNews grabbed a few photographs of one of the trickiest corners of the course.

While Oregon is a hotbed for American cyclocross, the temperatures in Bend, Oregon, during the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships will be far from “hot.”

The USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships are not a part of the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar, and last weekend’s four events were the final calendar races for the season. Jeremy Powers and Maureen Bruno-Roy are the overall winners of the 2009/2010 Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar. The final standings are below.

Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs-RGM Watches-Radix) and Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-Notubes) win day one of the 2009 NBX GP.

Series leader Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) beats world champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago).

The final round of the 2009 US Gran Prix of Cyclocross hits Oregon this weekend at the Stanley Portland Cup and the elite men and women’s fields will be competitive as ever. The competition returns to the Portland International Raceway on a course that includes sections of motocross track.

2009 Jingle Cross Rock Results

The Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock is held in Iowa City, Iowa and includes three UCI C2 events for men and women.

Ali Goulet trades the baggy outerwear of professional snowboarding to the leader’s skinsuit of the masters 35+ USGP series.

Kristi Berg and Toby Swanson wrap up the 2009 SCX series with wins.

Sven Nys beats Kevin Pauwels and world champion Niels Albert.

Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com) scored wins in the eleventh round of the Verge series

Stybar and Vos win in the Koksijde, Belgium, World Cup

2009 NACT Cyclocross Series standings

Our readers pipe up about rescuing track races, the proper pressure for ’cross clinchers and Contador's decision to stick with Astana.

Round four of the 2009 Superprestige series was in Hamme-Zogge, Belgium.

The fourth round of the 2009 Superprestige cyclocross series is November 22 in Hamme-Zogge, Belgium.

Tim Johnson (Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com) leads a team sweep and Amy Dombroski (SRAM-Primus Mootry) takes the women's race.

Johnson and Dombroski double up on Long Island

Johnson, Elliott lead NACT series heading into final weekend.

Whitmore's Landscaping Super Cross Cup in Southampton, New York is the series finale for the North American Cyclocross Trophy. Past winners at the venue include Erwin Vervecken, Tim Johnson and Ryan Trebon.

USA Cycling hosts the national cyclocross championships for amateurs and professionals alike in Bend, Oregon.

The ’cross-crazy town of Portland hosts the closing weekend of the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross.

Hoogerheide is the final round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.

The Roubaix World Cup is the eighth round of the 2009-2010 ’cross series.

Held the day after Christmas, Heusden-Zolder in Belgium is the seventh round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.

Kalmthout, Belgium, is the sixth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.

Igorre, Spain is the fifth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.

UCI Commissaire Harry Lam, injured at a Massachusetts cyclocross race, is recovering at his parents' home in Virginia.

The third round of the 2009 Superprestige cyclocross series is in Gavere, Belgium.

Planet Bike's Katie Compton wins by nearly a minute in Gavere as world champ Niels Albert takes his second Superprestige.

2009 USGP Mercer Cup Day 1 & 2 results

Ryan Trebon says he has the legs to beat the odds at this weekend's New Jersey USGP races.

Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com swept the men’s podium and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) swept the weekend by winning Sunday’s Boulder Cup, the second round of the fourth North American Cyclocross Trophy weekend.

Niels Albert and Katie Compton win round three of the cyclocross World Cup.

Kona-FSA’s Barry Wicks and Serena Bishop (Sunnyside Sports) win OBRA's cyclocross championships on Saturday.

Mary McConneloug Jeremy Powers take top honors at the Cycle-Smart International in Northampton, Massachusetts, on Saturday.

Eighteen inches or more of fresh snow has forced organizers to move this Sunday's Boulder Cup race from a grassy city park in South Boulder to the sandy Boulder Reservoir. The new venue will be familiar to many — it's the same as used last year for the Saturday race of the North American Cyclocross Trophy series weekend in Boulder. This year, the Saturday race is being held at the Xilinx venue in nearby Longmont.

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