Stanley is returning is a national sponsor of the 2010 Greenware US Gran Prix of Cyclocross and the title sponsor of the series final weekend, in Portland, Oregon, December 4 and 5.
The race will feature a long list of national champions and other stars from the U.S. and abroad.
Organizers of October’s Cincinnati UCI3 Cyclocross Festival say the race will offer the largest women's prize list of any cyclocross race in the world
In the first question and answer column in VeloNews.com's new Training Center feature, a reader asks whether he should buy a cyclocross bike that is smaller than his road bike.
The Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series is hoping to nurture the growth of women's racing by adding a women's category 3/4 series this season.
Organizers of the cyclocross series have released its 2010 schedule and announced they will offer equal mens and womens prize lists this year.
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An overview of the fast-growing discipline
What you should expect
On your shoulder or like a briefcase, you need a plan and you need to practice
Getting over the barriers with bike in-hand.
How to get back on the bike quickly and smoothly
How to get off the bike at speed
The prestigious four-event series replaces its New Jersey stop with one in Colorado.
The UCI updates its cyclocross rules to allow disc brakes, man-made sand pits, bottle hand-ups on hot days. But the organization is now drawing the line on tire width.
Milram is making the Mares cyclocross platform available to those riders that choose to use it for Roubaix.
The impressive one-two finishes by Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak in the U23 race at the cyclocross world championships in January may turn out to be less impressive than originally thought.
Zdenek Stybar is the champion of the 2009-10 Superprestige cyclocross series.
Sven Nys wins round seven of the Superprestige cyclocross series
Mongolia sends its first cyclocross team to the world championships in Tabor.
Her old enemy, searing leg pain, forces Katie Compton to abandon in lap 2 of the world cyclocross championships.
Graham Watson Gallery: World Cyclocross Championships - U23
Results - World Cyclocross Championships, 2010
Graham Watson Gallery: World Cyclocross Championships - Juniors
An audio slideshow from the 2009 U.S. Cyclocross National Championships. Produced by Jason Albert with photos by Ben Ross.
The cyclocross world championships will be held in the United States for the first time in 2013, when Louisville, Kentucky, hosts the January event. As a trial run of sorts, the UCI will run the masters ’cross worlds in Louisville in 2012 and then again in 2013 in the days before the elite event.
If the current weather pattern holds — and the UCI doesn’t break out its snow shovels — this weekend’s world cyclocross championships in Tabor, Czech Republic, will favor riders with the ability to stay upright in the slickest of conditions.
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.