Cyclocross

Ben Berden, Caroline Mani and Craig Etheridge will gain two new teammates Tuesday in Utah

Two years ago, Ernest Gagnon weighed 570 pounds. The docs urged surgery, but he chose the bike over the knife

Two-time national champion will join one of America's top squads ahead of 2013 Louisville worlds

Boulder hosts USAC directors to bid for 2014 or 2015 cyclocross nationals

'It was a pilgriamage more than it was a sporting event. This is going to the Mother Land in Belgium'

Van den Brand: 'Hopefully this will make more attention for women's cyclocross'

The women's cyclocross world championship race showed Belgium (and the world) what women's racing was all about

Compton powered from near 20th up to 5th

Hands the Netherlands a second gold medal

It is clear that four-time and defending world champion Marianne Vos will head to Koksijde as the heavy favorite

Top on the list is newly crowned Belgian champion Sven Nys

Worlds are back in Belgium

The picture of the favorites going into worlds is as murky as it has ever been due to new rules

The country seems to be living up to its reputation for rabid cyclocross fandom

Powers looked hard at what he's done wrong to make sure that, this time, he did it right

Six U.S. elite men and five women qualified for the world championships

Louisville prepares to host the first cyclocross world championship outside Europe

Compton was not lacking in graciousness after her win

Kerry Werner started the day with a win

Rapha-Focus rider Zach McDonald rode away from the field in Saturday's U23 Cyclocross National Championship race.

Kaitlin Antonneau cruised to the division one collegiate women’s national title

Will Johnson race even if he’s still sick on Sunday?

A thick layer of permafrost outside Madison, WI will be beaten into the cold muck of glory by America’s best cyclocrossers this week

Mud and grace

Belgium closed out its busiest two weeks more or less the same way it has for more than a decade: with Sven Nys standing atop the podium here in his hometown race, waving to a crowd of thousands who have packed the muddy slopes of the low-slung Balenberg hill to cheer on a Belgian legend.

1. Jan DENUWELAERE, (BEL), in 57:11 2. Zdenek STYBAR, (CZE), in 3. Dieter VANTHOURENHOUT, (BEL), in 57:23 4. Niels ALBERT, (BEL), in 57:36 5. Michael VANTHOURENHOUT, (BEL), in 57:38

VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue.

Men

• 1. Niels Albert, BKCP-Powerplus
• 2. Zdenek Stybar, Quickstep
• 3. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet
• 4. Rob Peeters, Telenet-Fidea
• 5. Bart Wellens, Telenet-Fidea

Women

• 1. Marianne Vos, Nederland Bloeit
• 2. Daphny Van Den Brand, AA Drink-Leontien.nl Pro
• 3. Sanne Cant, Boxx Veldritacademie
• 4. Nikki Harris, VZW Young Telenet-Fidea
• 5. Sophie De Boer, VZW Young Telenet-Fidea

Finally, bringing dumpster diving to the mainstream

VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue.

Dan Seaton shoots an insanely muddy Zolder World Cup

Tom Robertson snaps a smaller Christmas ’cross in Belgium.

Men

• 1. Kevin Pauwels (BEL) Sunweb-Revor, 1:03:44
• 2. Zdenek Stybar (CZE) Quickstep Cycling Team, same time
• 3. Sven Nys (BEL) Landbouwkrediet, at 0:20
• 4. Klaas Vantornout (BEL) Sunweb-Revor, at 0:32
• 5. Tom Meeusen (BEL) Telenet-Fidea, at 0:35

Women

• 1. Marianne Vos (Ned), 39:45
• 2. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), 40:14
• 3. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned), 40:56
• 4. Sanne Cant (Bel), 41:06
• 5. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra), 41:15

U23 men (non-World Cup)

• 1. Wietse Bosmans (Bel), 50:21
• 2. Tim Merlier (Bel), 50:39
• 3. Zach McDonald (USA), 51:10
• 4. Laurens Sweeck (Bel), 51:14
• 5. Jens Adams (Bel), 51:15

Tom Robertson shoots round six of the Superprestige series at Diegem.

Men

• 1. Niels Albert (Bel), 1:00:30
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:00:46
• 3. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:01:06
• 4. Bart Aernouts (Bel), 1:01:11
• 5. Aurelien Duval (Fra), 1:01:15

Women

• 1. Marianne Vos (Ned), 42:20
• 2. Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra), 44:04
• 3. Sanne Cant (Bel), 44:21
• 4. Gabriella Day (Gbr), 44:29
• 5. Sophie De Boer (Ned), 44:31

Dan Seaton captures the muddy magic of the World Cup race at the citadel of Namur.

Men

• 1. Sven Nys (BEL), Landbouwkrediet, 1:03:04
• 2. Niels Albert (BEL), BKCP-Powerplus, at 0:05
• 3. Klaas Vantornout (BEL), Sunweb-Revor, at 0:21
• 4. Kevin Pauwels (BEL), Sunweb-Revor, at 0:26
• 5. Zdenek Stybar (CZE), Quick Step Cycling Team, at 0:32

Women

• 1. Marianne Vos (NED), Nederland Bloeit, at :36:53
• 2. Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (FRA), at 0:54
• 3. Katherine Compton (USA), Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team, at 1:11
• 4. Sanne Cant (BEL), Boxx Veldritacademie, at 1:40
• 5. Helen Wyman (GBR), Kona Factory Racing, at 1:44

Men

• 1. Bart Wellens (Bel), 59:04
• 2. Niels Albert (Bel), 59:29
• 3. Rob Peeters (Bel), 59:43
• 4. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:00:09
• 5. Tom Meeusen (Bel), 1:00:16

Women

• 1. Marianne Vos (Ned), 42:17
• 2. Sophie De Boer (Ned), 43:17
• 3. Nikki Harris (Gbr), 43:39
• 4. Helen Wyman (Gbr), 44:17
• 5. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), 44:50

Wil Matthews snaps the finale to the 2011 Exergy U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross in Bend, Oregon.

Men

• 1. Jeremy Powers (USA), Rapha-Focus, 1:00:41
• 2. James Driscoll (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, s.t.
• 3. Geoff Kabush (CAN), Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, at 0:23
• 4. Christopher Jones (USA), Rapha-Focus, s.t.
• 5. Christian Heule (SUI), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, s.t.

Women

• 1. Katerina Nash, Luna Pro Team, 37:24
• 2. Nicole Duke, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 37:33
• 3. Teal Stetson-Lee, Cal Giant-Specialized, 37:36
• 4. Julie Krasniak, Rapha-Focus, 37:59
• 5. Kaitlin Antonneau, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 38:18

Dan Seaton shoots the first real 'cross of the Belgian season.

Since cutting down at her day job as the community organizer and prevention specialist with a community tobacco prevention group in Durango, Teal Stetson-Lee has experienced an ability to recover more quickly and go deeper in training. She said she feels renewed — in her fitness and in the amount of fun she’s having on the bike.

Men

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), 59:49
• 2. Bart Aernouts (Bel), 0:11
• 3. Klaas Vantornout (Bel), 0:38
• 4. Tom Meeusen (Bel), 0:55
• 5. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:22

Women

• 1. Katie Compton (USA), 37:37
• 2. Nikki Harris (GBr), 0:28
• 3. Sanne Cant (Bel), 1:15
• 4. Sophie de Boer (Ned), 2:03
• 5. Linda van Rijen (Ned), 2:24

Zach McDonald and Yannick Eckmann are locked in a two-up dogfight for the men’s U23 title and will take the quarrel to the Deschutes Brewery Cup Sunday afternoon.

Wil Matthews shoots an unusually dry and dusty Deschutes Brewery Cup kickoff in Bend, Oregon.

Men

• 1. Jeremy Powers (USA), Rapha-Focus, 1:05:20
• 2. Timothy Johnson (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, s.t.
• 3. Daniel Summerhill (USA), Chipotle Development Team, at 0:35
• 4. James Driscoll (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 0:37
• 5. Ben Berden (BEL), Ops Ale-Stoemper, at 0:45

Women

• 1. Katerina Nash (CZE), Luna Pro Team, 43:36
• 2. Meredith Miller (USA), California Giant Cycling, at 0:19
• 3. Teal Stetson-lee (USA), California Giant Berry Farms/specialized, s.t.
• 4. Julie Krasniak (FRA), Rapha-Focus, at 0:53
• 5. Susan Butler (USA), Hudz Subaru, at 1:05

Katerina Nash (Luna) rode away from Nicole Duke (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) to take day one of the Deschutes Brewery Cup on Saturday in Bend, Oregon.

Men

• 1. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet
• 2. Tom Meeusen, Telenet-Fidea
• 3. Dieter Vanthourenhout, BKCP-Powerplus
• 4. Rob Peeters, Telenet-Fidea
• 5. Kevin Pauwels, Sunweb-Revor

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) and Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) lead the UCI cyclocross rankings following the World Cup in Igorre, Spain.

Corey Keizer captures day two of the CXLA.

Men

• 1. Ben Berden (BEL), Ops Ale-Stoemper, 59:38
• 2. Tim Johnson (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 59:54
• 3. Chris Jones (USA), Rapha-Focus, 59:54
• 4. Chris Sheppard (CAN), Rocky Mountain Bicycles Shimano, 59:54
• 5. Cody Kaiser (USA), California Giant-Specialized, 1:00:13

Women

• 1. Meredith Miller (USA), Cal Giant-Specialized, 35:44
• 2. Sue Butler (USA), River City Bicycles-Ridley, 35:53
• 3. Nicole Duke (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld-Spy, 35:56
• 4. Julie Krasniak (FRA), Rapha-Focus, 36:04
• 5. Devon Gorry (USA), Team Rambuski Law, 37:10

Natalia Boltukhova shoots the finale to the inaugural Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series.

Men

• 1. Christian Heule, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:02:53
• 2. Jamey Driscoll, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:02:54
• 3. Luke Keough, Champion System-Keough Cyclocross, 1:03:18
• 4. Dylan Mcnicholas, Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:03:18
• 5. Mike Garrigan, Lapierre Canada, 1:03:20

Women

• 1. Andrea Smith, LadiesFirst Racing, 37:59
• 2. Sally Annis, Crossresults.com-JRA Cycles, 38:01
• 3. Laura Van Gilder, C3-Mellow Mushroom, 38:01
• 4. Crystal Anthony, LadiesFirst Racing, 38:02
• 5. Maureen Bruno Roy, Team Bob's Red Mill-Seven Cycles, 38:05

Men

• 1. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger), 1:02:08
• 2. Sascha Weber (Ger), 1:02:29
• 3. David Kasek (Cze), 1:02:34
• 4. Jan Nesvadba (Cze), 1:03:03
• 5. Simon Zahner (Sui), 1:03:15

Women

Corey Keizer shoots day one of the CXLA.

Men

• 1. Tim Johnson, (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 59:24.213
• 2. Ben Berden, (BEL), Ops Ale-Stoemper, 59:34.482
• 3. Chris Jones, (USA), Rapha-Focus, 59:40.525
• 4. Chris Sheppard, (CAN), Rocky Mountain Bicycles Shimano, 1:00:03.887
• 5. Allen Krughoff, (USA), Boulder Cycle Sport, 1:00:23.232

Women

• 1. Meredith Miller, (USA), Cal Giant-Specialized, 40:47.325
• 2. Sue Butler, (USA), River City Bicycles-Ridley, 40:52.964
• 3. Julie Krasniak, (FRA), Rapha-Focus, 41:20.874
• 4. Devon Gorry, (USA), Team Rambuski Law, 42:07.401
• 5. Katherine Sherwin, (USA), Stan's NoTubes Elite Cyclocross Team, 42:07.916

World Cup-Igorre

• 1. Kevin Pauwels (BEL), Sunweb-Revor, at 1:02:31
• 2. Sven Nys (BEL), Landbouwkrediet, at 0:45
• 3. Tom Meeusen (BEL), Telenet-Fidea, at 0:59
• 4. Bart Aernouts (BEL), Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team, at 1:06
• 5. Zdenek Stybar (CZE), Quick Step Cycling Team, at 1:26

Natalia Boltukhova shoots day one of the NBX Grand Prix in Rhode Island.

Men

• 1. Luke Keough, Champion System-Keough Cyclocross, 1:01:49
• 2. Christian Heule, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld, 1:01:50
• 3. Jamey Driscoll, Cannondale Cyclocrossworld, 1:01:51
• 4. Dylan Mcnicholas, Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:01:52
• 5. Jerome Townsend, Smartstop-Mockorangebikes, 1:01:58

Women

• 1. Andrea Smith, LadiesFirst Racing, 37:05
• 2. Laura Van Gilder, C3-Mellow Mushroom, 37:06
• 3. Sally Annis, Crossresults.com-JRA Cycles, 37:06
• 4. Crystal Anthony, LadiesFirst Racing, 37:11
• 5. Elle Anderson, LadiesFirst Racing, 37:29

Men

• 1. Dylan McNicholas, Cyclocrossworld.com, at 1:00:30
• 2. Raphael Gagné, Rocky Mountain Factory, at 0:06
• 3. Jeremy Durrin, J.a.m. Fund-Ncc, at 0:09
• 4. Adam Myerson, Team Mountain Khakis-Smartstop, at 0:47
• 5. Justin Lindine, Bikereg.com-Joe's Garage, at 0:50

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder, C3-Mellow Mushroom, at 0:37:26
• 2. Sally Annis, Crossresults.com-Jra Cycles, at 0:05
• 3. Crystal Anthony, LadiesFirst Racing, at 0:05
• 4. Andrea Smith, LadiesFirst Racing, at 0:10
• 5. Elle Anderson, LadiesFirst Racing, at 0:14

Jeff Corcoran shoots the finale to the three-race Jingle Cross Rock weekend in Iowa.

Men

• 1. Timothy Johnson (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 1:01:19
• 2. James Driscoll (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 0:46
• 3. Todd Wells (USA), Specialized, at 1:03
• 4. Ben Berden (BEL), Ops-Ale Clement, at 1:30
• 5. Christopher Jones (USA), Rapha-Focus, at 1:33

Women

• 1. Meredith Miller (USA), California Giant-Specialized, at 42:45
• 2. Maureen Bruno-Roy (USA), Bob's Red Mill-Seven Cycles, at 0:09
• 3. Julie Krasniak (FRA), Rapha-Focus, at 0:23
• 4. Amanda Carey (USA), Kenda-Felt, at 0:51
• 5. Teal Stetson-lee (USA), California Giant-Specialized, at 1:17

Men

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:01:12
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel),
• 3. Rob Peeters (Bel), 1:01:18
• 4. Klaas Vantornout (Bel), 1:01:28
• 5. Tom Meeusen (Bel), 1:01:30

Women

• 1. Marianne Vos (Ned), 38:36
• 2. Daphny van den Brand (Ned), at 0:35
• 3. Helen Wyman (GBr), at 1:09
• 4. Sanne van Paassen (Ned), at 1:55
• 5. Sanne Cant (Bel), s.t.

Jeff Corcoran goes mudslinging in Iowa for day two of the Jingle Cross Rock.

Men

• 1. Todd Wells (USA), Specialized, 1:02:56
• 2. Christopher Jones (USA), Rapha-Focus, at 0:23
• 3. Tristan Schouten (USA), Cyclocrossracing.com-Blue, at 0:31
• 4. Troy Wells (USA), Team Clif Bar, at 0:54
• 5. Ben Berden (BEL), Ops Ale-Clement-Stoemper, at 2:22

Women

• 1. Teal Stetson-Lee (USA), California Giant-Specialized, at 36:20
• 2. Meredith Miller (USA), California Giant-Specialized, at 0:38
• 3. Susan Butler (USA), Hudz Subaru, at 0:52
• 4. Maureen Bruno Roy (USA), Bob's Red Mill-Seven Cycles, at 0:59
• 5. Amanda Carey (USA), Kenda-Felt, at 1:15

Dan Seaton shoots the third World Cup stop at Koksijde,

Men

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:03:18
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:03:19
• 3. Bart Aernouts (Bel), 1:03:24
• 4. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), 1:04:03
• 5. Tom Meeusen (Bel), 1:04:09

Women

• 1. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), 43:13
• 2. Marianne Vos (Ned), 43:26
• 3. Katherine Compton (USA), 43:44
• 4. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned), 44:20
• 5. Sanne Cant (Bel), 44:47

Pix from day one of the three-day Jingle Cross Rock weekend in Iowa.

Men

• 1. James Driscoll, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 57:43
• 2. Christopher Jones, Team Rapha Focus, 58:02
• 3. Timothy Johnson, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 58:40
• 4. Todd Wells, Specialized, 59:33
• 5. Brian Matter, Gear Grinder, 59:37

Women

• 1. Meredith Miller, California Giant-Specialized, 41:25
• 2. Teal Stetson-lee, California Giant-Specialized, 41:26
• 3. Susan Butler, Hudz Subaru, 41:43
• 4. Maureen Bruno Roy, Bob's Red Mill-Seven Cycles, 41:55
• 5. Pepper Harlton, Juventus Cycling Club, 42:02

Myles Romanow performs his one-man show "Cyclocross Tango" at Saturday's Super Cross Cup in East Meadow, New York.

Karl Ockert captures the action at the 2011 Super Cross Cup November 19-20 in East Meadow, New York.

Wil Matthews dares to chronicle the 2011 Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, and brings 'em back alive.

Men

• 1. Eric Brungger, PCS, 54:46
• 2. Dan Chabanov, RGM Watches-Richard Sachs, at 0:04
• 3. Josh Dillon, RGM Watches-Richard Sachs, at 0:04
• 4. Christian Favata, RGM Watches-Richard Sachs, at 0:07
• 5. Ryan Leech, Hilton Head Cycling, at 0:12

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder, C3-Mellow Mushroom, at 0:37:40
• 2. Arley Kemmerer, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, at 0:09
• 3. Kristin Gavin, Team Cystic Fibrosis, at 0:55
• 4. Katrina Dowidchuk, Team TBB-Deep Blue, at 1:30
• 5. Brittlee Bowman, Crossresults.com-Jra Cycles, at 1:30

Dan Seaton snaps the action at the 2011 Superprestige Gavere.

Men

• 1. Kevin Pauwels, 1:02:05
• 2. Tom Meeusen 0:32
• 3. Zdenek Stybar (Tsj)
• 4. Bart Aernouts
• 5. Sven Nys 0:36

Women

• 1. Sanne van Paassen (Ned) 40:17
• 2. Sophie de Boer (Ned)
• 3. Nikki Harris (GBr) 0:04
• 4. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) 0:17
• 5. Pavla Havlikova (Tsj) 0:28

GVA Trofee Hasselt

• 1. Kevin Pauwels, Sunweb-Revor
• 2. Zdenek Stybar, Quickstep Cycling Team
• 3. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet
• 4. Tom Meeusen, Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team
• 5. Dieter Vanthourenhout, BKCP-Powerplus

The 2013 elite cyclocross world championships appear to be safe for Louisville, Kentucky, as organizers tell VeloNews they have signed five major sponsors and are nearing a television distribution deal.

Behind the barriers with Jeremy Powers

I just wanted to finish the race and do well,” said Ryan Trebon. “Yeah, I wanted to try and salvage the series and not lose so many points. That was the main determining factor for today.”