It's always great to see the traveling 'cross community again at the first USGP's, this year to Kentucky for some solid bike racing both days. And that's really what it is--bike racing. Driving your bike as fast as you can in whatever conditions avail themselves.
I'm always especially motivated to see the younger riders and how they're going. It was cool to see a quarter of the elite men's field comprised of espoirs (23 out of 88) and to know that over half of those 23 have raced cross in Europe, either at the camp or worlds. What's more, two of the top five elite men and all of the the top five...
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U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross No. 2
Louisville, KY. Oct. 28
Check out Velo News and Cyclocrossworld.com for the most recent news. Cycling News has updates now. Check them out, too.
Cyclocross magazine has some nice photos. Looks like they'll have a printed edition for us all soon. Can't wait!
Elite Women (revised)
1 Katie Compton (USA) Spike Shooter 39.51
2 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna 0.26
3 Alison Sydor (Can) Rocky Mountain-Haywood 0.43
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Race number one of the USGP 2007 Series went down today in Louiville, Kentucky. Results are below. Read more about it from our friends at Velonews or Cyclocrossworld.com. Cycling News has new updates and some good photos. Keep an eye on the Director's Journal for a more inside perspective from USA Cycling Cyclocross Coach and USGP Technical Director Geoff Proctor.
Men
1. Jeremy Powers, Cyclocrossworld.Com, 1:04:07
2. Tim Johnson, Cannondale/Leer/Cyclocrossworld.Com, 1:04:12
3. Barry Wicks, Kona-Yourkey.Com, 1:05:20
4. Ryan Trebon, Kona-Yourkey.Com, 1:05:55
5. Adam Craig, Giant, 1:06:27
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Sven Nys (Rabobank) won the second round of the Cyclo-Cross World Cup Saturday in Tabor, Czech Republic. Jonathan Page (Sun Web) was the highest placed American coming in 2:14 behind Nys for 23rd place. Tabor will host the World Championship Cyclocross race in 2010. Read more from our firends at Cycling News.
1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 1.05.22
2 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.13
3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 0.18
4 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.33
5 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling...
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Seven Americans competed in the first of this season’s nine UCI Cyclo-cross World Cups on October 21 in Belgium. Jonathan Page (Northfield, N.H./Sunweb-Projob) was the top American finisher in the elite men’s race with an 11th-place finish behind winner Zdenek Stybar (CZE). Ryan Trebon (Ventura, Calif./Kona-Yourkey) was the next-best American in 42nd, followed by Jonathan Baker (Boulder, Colo./Vitamin Cottage) in 51st. Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Spike Shooter) continued her streak of impressive international showings with a second-place effort in the women’s contest. Compton was beat...
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