Cyclocross

• 1. Davide Frattini (ITA), 59:42
• 2. Valentin Scherz (UCI), at 0:34
• 3. Anthony Grand (SUI), at 0:34
• 4. Bryan Fawley (USA), at 0:53
• 5. Travis Livermon (USA), at 0:53

• 1. Sven NYS, (BEL) in 59:59
• 2. Bart AERNOUTS, (BEL), at s.t.
• 3. Kevin PAUWELS, (BEL) in 1:00:16
• 4. Dieter VANTHOURENHOUT, (BEL) in 1:00:32
• 5. Tom MEEUSEN, (BEL) in 1:00:38

In a partnership with VeloNews.com and Cyclingdirt.com, the elite races at all 2010 USGP races will be broadcast live on VeloNews.com

The MAC series round 2 gets rolling in Baltimore with wins by Laura Van Gilder and Davide Frattini

Sally Annis and Tim Johnson open up New England's UCI cyclocross season with wins in Vermont

Men:

• 1. Francis MOUREY (FRA), in 1:00:15
• 2. Ryan TREBON (USA), in 1:00:17
• 3. Christian HEULE (SUI), in 1:00:58

• 1. Katerina NASH (CZE), in 41:24
• 2. Wendy SIMMS (CAN), in 41:43
• 3. Susan BUTLER (USA), in 42:02

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• 1. Timothy Johnson , Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com, in1:01:24
• 2. Luca Damiani , Colavita Sutter Home P/b Cookinglight, in1:02:50
• 3. Justin Lindine , Bikereg.com / Cannondale, in1:03:24
• 1. Sally Annis , Crossresults.com P/b Jra Cycles, in0:44:53
• 2. Crystal Anthony , Ladiesfirst Racing, in0:45:30
• 3. Maureen Bruno Roy , Bob's Red Mill P/b Seven Cycles, in0:45:30

VeloNews.com and CyclingDirt will offer live streaming video from both men's and women's races during the Greenware U.S. Grand Prix of Cyclocross.

Katie Compton hopes her leg cramps are behind her, Georgia Gould targets the USGP, and Meredith Miller wants to go one better at nationals

Tim Johnson talks about coming back from a broken ankle, rival Ryan Trebon eyes a nationals win in his hometown and Todd Wells hopes to find allies to combat the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com juggernaut.

Zdenek Stybar is staying close to home as he prepares for a cyclocross season in the world champion's stripes.

The new course is half a kilometer longer and features a fly-over bridge.

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.

• 1. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), 57:58
• 2. Niels Albert (B), 58:04
• 3. Radomir Simunek (Cze), 58:07
• 4. Sven Nys (B), 58:07
• 5. Dieter Vanthourenhout (B), 58:57

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.