UCI Cyclocross World Championships

Moving elite races up a day is more hassle for organizers than athletes, racers say

Critical points on the course for the 2013 UCI Elite Cyclocross World Championships

Catch all four weekend races from Louisville, Kentucky, on VeloNews.com

British Cycling has built its empire on 'marginal gains' and come early February, Louisville will give U.S. riders a boost

Washington-based 17-year-old knows he's capable of competing for the rainbow jersey in February

Top riders and officials say the Louisville worlds venue is very difficult, but some say it could better suit Americans with some changes

Lyne Lamoureux shoots the Louisville 2013 worlds course before the USGP takes it over for the Derby City Cup

This weekend's USGP round, the Derby City Cup, will be a live preview for riders set to race the 2013 UCI Cyclocross World Championships

Richard Fries waxes about New England Holy Week, the growth of cyclocross, advocacy and the world championships

USA Cycling, Louisville officials contradict rumors that 2013 cyclocross championships may move to Belgium

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

Peeters: 'For me, the silver medal: it's gold.'

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

Belgians take the seven top places

1. Niels ALBERT , (BEL), in 1:06:07 2. Rob PEETERS , (BEL), in 1:06:31 3. Kevin PAUWELS , (BEL), in 1:06:37

Compton powered from near 20th up to 5th

1. Marianne VOS, (NED), in 41:04 2. Daphny VAN DEN BRAND, (NED), in 41:41 3. Sanne CANT, (BEL), in 41:42

Hands the Netherlands a second gold medal

Dutch Junior Mathieu van der Poel takes his first world championship victory

1. Mathieu VAN DER POEL , (NED) , at 43:36 2. Wout VAN AERT , (BEL) , at 43:44 3. Quentin JAUREGUI , (FRA) , at 43:57

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

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

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.

Graham Watson captures the action during the elite men's race at the 2011 cyclocross worlds in St. Wendel, Germany.

• 1. Zdenek Stybar (CZE), at 1:06:37
• 2. Sven Nys (BEL), at 0:18
• 3. Kevin Pauwels (BEL), at 1:15
• 4. Francis Mourey (FRA), at 1:16
• 5. Philipp Walsleben (GER), at 1:18

Zdenek Stybar overcomes a battalion of Belgians to defend his world cyclocross crown.

• 1. Marianne Vos (Ned), 40:31
• 2. Katherine Compton (USA), 40:48
• 3. Katerina Nash (Cze), 40:51
• 4. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger), 41:13
• 5. Jasmin Achermann (Sui), 41:41

• 1. Haar Lars Van Der, (NETHERLANDS), at 0:52:01
• 2. Mike Teunissen, (NETHERLANDS), at 00:01
• 3. Karel Hnik, (CZECH REPUBLIC), at 00:01
• 4. Matthieu Boulo, (FRANCE), at 00:03
• 5. Tijmen Eising, (NETHERLANDS), at 00:04

• 1. Clément Venturini, (FRANCE), in 0:44:31
• 2. Fabien Doubey, (FRANCE), at 00:15
• 3. Loic Doubey, (FRANCE), at 00:15
• 4. Jakub Skala, (CZECH REPUBLIC), at 00:36
• 5. Laurens Sweeck, (BELGIUM), at 00:37

The Netherlands' Lars Van der Haar took the worlds Under-23 men's title, charging to the line as teammate Mike Teunissen outsprinted the Czech Republic's Karel Hnik to take second on a muddy and slippery course in St. Wendel, Germany on Saturday.

France's Clément Venturini led a three-up French sweep of the juniors' men's event at the 2011 world cyclocross championships in St. Wendel, Germany, on Saturday.

Ask anyone about the way this weekend's racing will unfold at the cyclocross world championships in Saint Wendel, Germany, talk invariably turns to the thermometer. Above freezing? Below freezing?

BRUSSELS, Belgium (VN) — Less than a week before the cyclocross world championships prospects for America’s elite women and men look perhaps as bright as they have ever been.

Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) has withdrawn his name from the U.S. elite men’s team for the cyclocross world championships. Trebon fell ill during a recent trip to California for training and informed USAC cyclocross program manager Marc Gullickson on Thursday that he would not join the team in St. Wendel, Germany, next week. Trebon’s absence means that just four Americans will line up for the elite men’s race January 30.

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USA Cycling is set late Friday morning to announce the members of the 2011 cyclocross world championship team. Communications director Andrea Smith confirmed to VeloNews that the team should be named before 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) are expected to lead the automatic selections, while a number of discretionary picks should build out the team’s roster, which may total as many as five riders in each category.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (VN) — The week between Christmas and New Year's is prime time for cyclocross in Belgium and the Netherlands, and in recent years the races have brought an influx of international competitors, including a large number of Americans and Canadians.

Madison, Wisconsin, will host U.S. cyclocross nationals in January 2012 and 2013. Is the later date a good idea?

Mongolia sends its first cyclocross team to the world championships in Tabor.

World Cup champion Zdenek Stybar delights the home-country crowd with a commanding victory in the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic.

Her old enemy, searing leg pain, forces Katie Compton to abandon in lap 2 of the world cyclocross championships.

Marianne Vos leads wire to wire to add a third world cyclocross crown to her already bulging palmares.

Graham Watson Gallery: World Cyclocross Championships - U23

It was brotherly love, or at least appeared to be, on the podium Saturday as Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak went one-two in the U-23 cyclocross world championships in Tabor.

Graham Watson Gallery: World Cyclocross Championships - Juniors

Czech rider Tomaš Paprstka held off Julian Alaphilippe of France to win the world junior cyclocross title in Tabor, the Czech Republic, on Saturday. Dutchman Emiel Dolfs rounded out the top three.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Tábor hosts the world championships of cyclocross in 2010.