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Gould chased hard, but had to settle for third

Compton stayed in control

All cleaned up and ready to celebrate.

The elite men's field takes off.

Pacocha chops Myerson through a tight corner

Jonathan Page earned silver

Powers and Page fight it out.

No gears... and no sleeves.

Wells attacks the run-up

Johnson gets the win

The elite men's podium.

Compton moves off

Compton maintains her lead...

... and wins again.

Georgia Gould

on the run-up

College events were run on Sunday, too.

The collegiate men's event at the start.

Cold enough for ya?

When the Government gets into bike design...

Winning solo breakaway, John Holmes 1979 Eastern Collegiate champs

1982 National cross champs podium, Nutley NJ

Disco over Balcom Canyon KOM

Got to get the miles

Gone Fishing

Bjorn Selander (Ridley Factory Team) came from behind to outkick Jamey Driscoll (FiordiFrutta) for the title in the under-23 men’s race Saturday at the windblown, snowswept USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Kansas City, Kansas.

Selander and Driscoll battle for the line . . .

Dombroski makes it back-to-back U23 victories

Jacques-Maynes is back on top after a hideous Memorial Day crash

. . . and Selander gets it

Overend slices through the snow

"Yankee Go Home" Oaxaca, MX

USGP #5 - Portland

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The sands in the 2007 cyclocross season's hourglass are rapidly sliding to the bottom chamber. With the USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals Championships in Kansas City on deck there is nothing left to do but wait until start time. All the preparation, training and racing has been completed and there is nothing that can be done over the next few days that will make you any faster. But there are plenty of things that can be done to make you slower, and with the holiday season upon us, it’s very easy to get sucked into the ever-tempting vortex of sweets, treats and libations. Luckily for me,

Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans was named Australian cyclist of the year at an awards ceremony on Friday in Adelaide. Evans won his second-straight Sir Hubert Opperman Medal, which is awarded to the national cyclist of the year. He also was named the men's road cyclist of the year and collected the inaugural people's choice award. Evans had a year of unparalleled success in Australian cycling. He finished second in the Tour de France, the best overall finish by an Australian in cycling's most famous race. Evans was also fourth in the Vuelta a España, fifth at the world

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The 2009 Tour de France will begin July 4 in the principality of Monaco, organizers announced on Friday. This will be the first time the Tour has set out from the principality, though stages have finished there in five editions, including the famous finish between Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor when the Tour last visited Monaco, in 1964. In 2009, the Grand Départ will be a 15km individual time trial that includes a section of the famous Monaco Grand Prix circuit. Stage two will also begin in Monaco.

USA Cycling announced its annual Club of the Year awards on Friday, recognizing nine clubs — one in two different categories — for what the national governing body called “outstanding programs throughout the 2007 season.” The 10 clubs will receive complimentary registration fees for the 2008 racing season. Clubs were judged on several key areas, including race promotion, membership composition, instructional clinics and seminars, club activities and charitable contributions and racing performance. Three primary clubs were recognized based on membership size: Division I, 76 or more members;

Steve Tilford collected his fifth cyclocross national championship on Friday at wind-whipped, mud-spattered Wyandotte County Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The KCCX-Verge-Eriksen Cycles rider won the masters 45-49 race in 43:03, nearly two minutes ahead of Kevin Hines, with another veteran ’crosser — two-time masters national champion Gunnar Shogren (Fort Factory Team) — taking third at 4:03 back.

The intrepid Casey Gibson hadn't planned on filing any pix from Friday's installment of the 2007 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships, but since he happened to be on hand in Kansas City, and since the eternal Steve Tilford just happened to be racing, he stuck around and clicked the shutter a few times, just for the heck of it.* [nid:41600]* Plus, we pay him. Not as much as he's worth, it's true, but we do pay him.

Tilford wins in commanding fashion

They had a little ice problem today in KC

Mud, too

Neither bothered Tilly, who took off toward a fifth national title . . .

. . . to say nothing of a refreshing mud-pack facial

The other guys chased . . .

. . . but oh, it was lonely out there

Less lonely was Julie Lockhart (NEBC-Cycle Loft), who shared a podium moment with the crowd after winning the women's 60-plus race

Bruno Roy also takes her victory by a comfortable margin

Luke Keough (CL Noonan Coast to Coast) and team mate Austin Vincent sporting their new threads

New England Cross December 8, 2007

Go, man go! Le Grand Depart, London 2007

Dave Collins Trek SIS

Tour of Missouri Winner Is Ready for the Last Stage

Can it get any more muddy? Portland USGP Woman B