UCI Cyclocross World Championships

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.