time to register for Natz

Cyclocross Nationals Registration Open Monday
Colorado Springs, Colo. (October 20, 2006)

The USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships will return to Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island, December 15-17, 2006.

Registration for the event will open Monday, Oct. 23, at 12 noon EDT on bikereg.com. The official event website, cyclocrossnationals.com will also go live at the same time. Information about sponsorship, lodging, and expo space will also be available on line."We will be making some exciting announcements in the coming days regarding sponsorship," said Richard Fries, communications director. "We have a good committee, some great sponsors to announce, and we expect to build upon last year's event."

"The city is thrilled to have us back," said Lyle Fulkerson, operations director. "We believe this to be one of the greatest cyclo-cross venues in the world. The 2006 'cross nationals is an important stepping stone in our plans for that venue."

'Cowboy Cross' on Vancouver Island

Race #3 in the Vancouver Island Cross Cup Announces Race Venue

The 3rd stop in the 2006 Vancouver Island Cross Cup will be held at the Luxton Fairgrounds, Metchosin in greater Victoria. This event will be called “Cowboy Cross” so dress accordingly!

As with all of the Cross on the Rock’s races they are open to club level licensed riders as well as Cycling BC Licensed rider. Mountain bikes are welcome in all categories.

This event would not have been possible without the help of the Metchosin Farmers Institute that manage the fairgrounds.

As will all events of this nature we are still in need of about 10 volunteers for set up on Saturday the 28th as well as another 10 on Sunday the 29th, race day. You can easily race and help out. Lend a hand!

For information on this event or to help out please contact Matt Powsey at Oak Bay Bikes Victoria 250-598-4441.

Our series sponsors are:
Presenting: The Nanaimo Daily News.
Gold Sponsors: Oak Bay Bikes, Frontrunners and the Howard Johnson
Silver: Specialized, Devnici and Norco
Bronze: Arrowsmith Bikes, Orange Sport Supply
Community: Rehab in Motion, Trail Bikes, Malaspina University College,

The Cross on the Rock Series Schedule for 2006.
CROSS ON THE ROCK:

September 17th in Nanaimo at Diver Lake Park
October 15th in Courtney at the Courtenay Hostel
October 29th in Victoria at Luxton Fairgrounds
November 12th in Parksville at Fletchers Farms *series final* – double points

National Championships
Also on Vancouver Island is the Canadian National Championships to be held on November 11th in Nanaimo, BC at Beban Park. Please Note that the National Championships is not part of the series and racers will require full cycling license to participate.

For all race details, check the calendar on the right. Take advantage of this great series and head up to Vancouver Island for a great weekend of racing.

CycloCrazed Series begins November 5th!

from the inbox:

Attention NW ‘Crossers,

Bellingham has a bit of a reputation for epic riding of all types, a high-caliber cycling community, and wetness. We are home of one of the major sponsors of elite cyclocross in the U.S., Kona Bicycles. We even used to host a quality race of our own, called the Belly Cross.
So maybe you’ve been asking yourself the past few years, with all the right ingredients, where’s our race? Well, the answer is here: it’s back, and it’s big!

Sunday, November 5th – Viking ‘Cross. The WWU Cycling team will be co-hosting a cyclocross event in the Northwest Collegiate Cycling Conference for the first time. As collegiate cyclocross grows out of its infancy, you can enjoy a super fast course with unique features abound (such as tunnels and sculptures). Come to the Western Washington University campus for a taste of where cyclocross is going in our neck of the woods – huge!

Saturday, November 25th – Huffy ‘Cross If you ever wanted to rock the 35 lb. department store bike in a ‘cross race, this is your chance! However, you must meet the weight minimum or face random weldments to your frame. Of course, the standard categories will be there, too. And the course is another good one – Lake Padden Park – voted the 2006 “Best Place to Walk Your Pet” in the Cascadia Weekly. If dogs love it, won’t ‘crossers too? If the prospect of a third full day of just eating makes even your chamois bark at you, come on up! We guarantee at least 50 calories burned per lap, or your money back.

All the other usual details are posted on our website www.CycloCrazed.com. I’m sure you’ve figured out how a cyclocross race works by now. If not, what are you waiting for?

Vanier Park Cyclocross Classic this weekend

2006 Giant Bicycles BC Cross Cup Race #5
Saturday October 21, 2006
Vanier Park - Vancouver BC

Race #5 is coming this Saturday at Vanier Park. Hosted by Krebs Cycle Club, this urban 'cross is in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Check out the race flyer for all the details.

Here's a video of last year’s race just to get you in the spirit of things:

Cross Crusade Hillsboro video

Dan Kaufman is at it again, check out this sweet video of last Sunday’s Cross Crusade race at Hillsboro. Great coverage of the Women A and Men A races. Nice work Dan and keep it up. Here’s the video.

pitching a tent

Sven Nys on his win last weekend at Ruddervoorde :

“After my win from yesterday I was pretty confident. I was able to ride two cogs bigger than everyone else. The effects from a week of training hard before the races from last week definitely had its effect. In the weeks to come the schedule is too busy to train hard. And sleeping in the high altitude tent was very effective as well.”

We can only hope he is making room in his altitude tent for his wife Isabelle.

For more photos of the lovely Isabelle, click here then click on ‘Fotos’, then ‘Coverbeelden’ then ‘Isabelle Nys’ and then click ‘volgende’ for additional pics. Never say we weren’t looking out for you.

Montana Cross Weekend Results

This past weekend, the Montana Bicycle Racing Associaton (MBRA) held races #3 and #4 of their 9 race ‘cross series. On Saturday, the Gallatin Alpine Sports (GAS)/Heritage Homes Cycling Team presented the GAS Cyclocross Classic at Community Park in Big Sky.

On Sunday, the Montana State Cycling Club presented the Bobcat Cyclocross Classic at Lindley Park in Bozeman. Both races made up the Big Sky/Bozeman Cyclocross Weekend.

Cody Peterson is the man to beat as he took top honors at both races. Here are top 10 results of the Men A races:

GAS/Big Sky Cross Classic at Community Park
Saturday, October 14th

Mens A
1 Cody Peterson
2 Douglas Shyrock
3 Alex Hassman
4 Chris Connelly
5 Brendan Halpin
6 Sebastian White
7 Alan Adams
8 Thomas Dumbrovsky
9 Alex Lussier
10 Troy Scherer


Bobcat Cross Classic at Lindley Park
Sunday, October 15th

Mens A
1 Cody Peterson
2 Andy Schultz
3 John Curry
4 Ben Kneller
5 Brendan Halpin
6 Ryan Hamilton
7 Thomas Dumbrovsky
8 Troy Scherer
9 Alan Adams
10 Chris Connelly

Cross Crusade Hillsboro Results

Hillsboro Stadium offered a challenging course made up of barriers, logs, wood chips, tarmac, and lot and lots of mud. Carl Decker (GIANT), Rhonda Mazza (TEAM S&M/VANILLA) and Jeff Bannick (BIKE GALLERY) took top honors in the top categories. All the results can be found here.

Men A
1 Decker Carl -- Giant (9 Laps)
2 Tonkin Erik -- Kona
3 Cameron Molly -- Vanilla Bicycles
4 Skerritt Shannon -- Vanilla Bicycles
5 Winter Zach -- Guinness Cycling Team
6 Hulick Kevin -- Vanilla Bicycles
7 Slaven Matthew -- Kona
8 McGrath Adam -- Team Maxxis
9 McNamee Jeffrey -- bicycleattorney.com
10 Brown Ian -- River City Bicycles

Women A
1 Mazza Rhonda -- Team S&M/Vanilla (6 Laps)
2 Williams Wendy -- River City Bicycles
3 Butler Sue -- River City Bicycles
4 Stoick Bridgette -- River City Bicycles
5 Kelsey Kristen -- bicycleattorney.com
6 Pennington Alice -- Desalvo Custom Cycles Racing
7 Brubaker Tina -- Vanilla Bicycles
8 Fournier Sami -- none
9 Dance Dani -- River City Bicycles
10 Faris Megan -- River City Bicycles

Master Men A
1 Bannink Jeffrey -- Bike Gallery (9 Laps)
2 McCaffrey John -- bicycleattorney.com
3 Bravard John -- Half Fast Velo (8 Laps)
4 Baker Martin -- bicycleattorney.com
5 Diviney David -- Half Fast Velo
6 Hendricks Tre -- Disco Velo
7 Mitchem John -- Casa Bruno
8 Doabler Christian -- Midtown Racing
9 Leitheiser Ian -- Half Fast Velo
10 Benderly Ken -- bicycleattorney.com

Cross on the Rock #2: Courtenay Coal Cross

Cross on the Rock #2: Courtenay Coal Cross
Sunday, October 15th
Courtenay, BC
Island Cross Cup Series Race #2

The Comox Valley’s Inaugural Cyclocross Race a Huge Success

In spite of the wet conditions the Comox Valley Cycling Club’s first ever Cyclocross race drew 50 participants including the former Olympian Andreas Hestler (Rocky Mountain) and Kona Team Riders Chris Sneddon and Wendy Simms (Kona). Wendy also led our free ‘Cross’ clinic which took place just prior to the racing and duked it out with the elite men finishing a solid 10th.

The course rolled through the Comox Lake Hostel grounds and along several parts of the historic Bevan Trail. The course was wet and slick and maybe one of the more technical course out there. It featured 4 dismounts per lap with a double run up, one barriers section and a log.

The beginners raced 4 laps completed in just under 40 minutes. Andrew Olive (Dr. Walker) won the men’s category and Chelsea Bilsbarrow (Giant Canada) won the women’s division, both riders were from Victoria. Next up was the Men’s Intermediate event that was won by local rider and owner of Trail Bicycles, Jeff Beeston. Trail Bicycles also supplied some of the prizes for the day. The Women’s elite race was taken by Trish Sinclair (Scott) of Victoria and Robin Dutton, owner of Arrowsmith Bikes in Nanaimo took the Men’s Masters event.

The Elite Men’s race, which was perhaps one of the longest races in Cyclocross history (ed: no kidding!!!), was won by Troy Woodburn (Giga Bike), from Victoria, after the Mat Hewitt (Oak Bay Bikes) and the Kris Sneddon (Kona) place rider crashed into one another during the final lap. Andrew Brown (CVCC) who spent a good part of the race battling with 2005 National Master’s Champ, Normon Thibault (Frontrunners), won himself a free Massage from Rehabilitation in Motion for being the top local elite rider.

A special thanks, goes out to the Island Cross Cup Series presenting sponsor The Nanaimo Daily News as well as Frontrunners Nanaimo and Oak Bay Bikes of Nanaimo, for donating a great selection of prizes.

Another big thank you to all of the local Cycling Club Members who volunteered their time on a rainy Sunday afternoon ensuring this race was a big success.

Thanks to Comox Lake Hostel, Trail Bikes, Rehab in Motion


Results of the Men’s Expert race:
1 Troy Woodburn -- Gigabike 1:15:38
2 Andreas Hestler -- Rocky Mountain 1:16:52 time down -1:14
3 Kevin Calhoun -- Rocky Mountain 1:17:37 -1:59
4 Tristen Galbraith -- Drop Machine C 1:19:59 -4:21
5 Normon Thibault -- Frontrunners 1:20:52 -5:14
6 Thomas Skinner -- Sugoi-Giant 1:21:02 -5:24
7 Andrew Brown -- CVCC 1:21:06 -5:28
8 Fred Hodgson -- Island Cycle 1:21:05 -5:27
9 Graeme Bant -- Different Bike 1:22:07 -6:29
10 Wendy Simms -- Kona 1:23:02 -7:24
11 Dan Molgat-Roy -- 1:28:56 -13:18
12 John Lackey -- Gallatin Alpine 1:17:10 -1 Lap
13 Curtis Saunder -- OBB-Wheelers 1:17:22 -1 Lap
14 Menno Jongsma -- Frontrunners 1:22:35 -1 Lap
15 Tyler Trace -- Gigabike 1:24:23 -1 Lap

Presented by Comox Valley Cycling Club and Multi-Sport Promotions, Nanaimo Daily News

Series and National Championships Sponsors:
Oak Bay Bikes, Frontrunners, The Howard Johnston in Naniamo, Specialized, Devinci, Norco, eNVy and Orange Sport Supply.

CROSS ON THE ROCK CYCLOCROSS SERIES:
September 17th in Nanaimo at Diver Lake Park
October 15th in Courtenay at the Comox Lake Hostel
October 29th in Victoria at Luxton Fairgrounds
November 12th in Parksville at Fletchers Farms *series final* – double points

National Championships
Also on Vancouver Island are the National Championships to be held on November 11th in Nanaimo at Beban Park. Please Note that the National Championships are not part of the series and racers will require full cycling license to participate.

Cross Crusade Hillsboro Report

Crusaders Battle the Mud in Hillsboro
By Jonathan Maus

Yesterday I ventured out to Hillsboro Stadium for the 2nd race of the Cross Crusade series. It was my first cross event of the season, and although I didn’t race, I still managed to have fun, get muddy, and after shooting over 600 photos, I was even a bit tired.

Check out the rest of Jonathan's report and his photos of the day here. Next week the Cross Crusade series heads to Horning's Hideout, a new stop on the Oregon 'cross tour.

Seattle Kelly Creek Report & Results

Kevin Bradford-Parish (REDLINE) and Kelly Jones (SUGOI) captured the Men and Women’s 1/2 races yesterday at a muddy and wide-open Kelly Creek course that featured long off-camber straight-aways and twisty rutted serpentine sections. Both winners made quick work of their competition as they won handily over the rest of their respective fields. Kevin doubled up, winning the kick-off to the NW Inland CX series in Spokane on Saturday. Jeff Cummings (RAGNAROK) won a tough battle for the Master Men 1/2 title. Check all the results for all categories here. Next week the series heads to Donida Farms, a classic euro-style course with a bit of everything.

Men 1/2
1 Kevin Bradford-Parish -- Redline 58:20 -7 Laps- (avg lap 8:20)
2 Dale Knapp -- KONA 1:00:00
3 Loren Hanson -- BRI 1:00:44
4 Kevin Noiles -- Masi-Adobe 1:00:44
5 Ryan Iddings -- Redline 1:01:36
6 Ronnie Schmeer -- 1st Rate Mortgage 1:01:50
7 Sean Worsean -- Rad Racing NW 1:01:58
8 Logan Wetzel -- 1st Rate Mortgage 1:02:15
9 Tucker Thomas -- Sonic U-23 1:02:21
10 Mathew Hill -- Redline 1:02:53

Women 1/2
1 Kelly Jones -- Sugoi Factory Team 52:37 -5 Laps- (avg lap 10:31)
2 Ingrid Spies -- Recycled Cycles 55:27
3 Jadine Riley -- Group Health 57:05
4 Lea Stralka -- BYR 58:16
5 Tela Crane -- Sonic U23 58:50
6 Emily Westbrook -- Tamarack 47:44 -4 Laps

Master Men 1/2
1 Jeff Cummings -- Ragnarok 1:02:52 -7 Laps- (avg lap 8:59)
2 Randy Iddings -- Redline 1:03:01
3 Kenny Williams -- 1st Rate Mortgage 1:05:01
4 Tom Phillips -- Ragnarok 1:05:24
5 Randy Daniels -- Jet City 1:05:25
6 Doug Reid -- Veloce Cycles 1:06:20
7 Andy Dahlstrom -- Ragnarok 1:06:45
8 Justin Harman -- Ti Cycles 1:07:21
9 Steve Jensen -- none 57:36 -6 Laps
10 David Karman -- Hagens-Berman Cycling 57:57

Northwest throws down at UCI U-23 race in New England

Dan Neyens (HAGENS BERMAN) and Morgan Schmitt (HAGENS BERMAN) took 1-2 in the UCI U-23 category at yesterday’s Verge New England Cyclocross Series ‘Downeast Cyclocross’ race held in New Gloucester, Maine. Jonny Sundt (HAGENS BERMAN) and Ian Mackie (BRI) were also there to represent the NW in the heart of New England ‘cross country. Here are the overall results for the Elite/U23 Men's race:

1 Tim Johnson -- Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com
2 Mark McCormack-- Clif Bar
3 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly
4 Matt White -- FiordiFrutta Elite Cycling Team
5 Christopher Jones -- Targettraining
6 Adam Myerson -- NERAC/ Outdoorlights.com pro cycling
7 Dan Neyens -- Hagens-Berman LLP Cycling (U23)
8 Matthew O’Keefe -- CCB/Volkswagon
9 Morgan Schmitt -- Hagens-Berman LLP Cycling (U23)
10 Matt Kraus -- Alan Factory Team
11 Jesse Anthony -- Cif Bar (U23)
12 Justin Spinelli -- RGM Watches - Richard Sachs
13 Jonny Sundt -- Hagens-Berman LLP Cycling
14 Charles Marzot -- CL Noonan/ Coast to Coast/ KAM (U23)
15 William Dugan -- BCA/VOmax (U23)
16 Ian Mackie --BRI Cycling

Inland Northwest Cyclocross Series Weekend #1

The 2006 Inland Northwest Cyclocross Series started this weekend, with the first race in Spokane Valley, WA, and Sunday’s race in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Next weekend, Walla Walla will host races #3 and #4 in the series. Check out full results and series placings here.

Inland Northwest Cyclocross Series Race #1
Saturday, October 14th
Spokane Valley, WA
Valley Mission Park

Men 1/2
1 Kevin Bradford-Parish -- Redline
2 Kris Holden -- Vertical Earth
3 Mike Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
4 Eric Anderson -- North Division Bicycles
5 Mark Knokey -- Axley-USA

Women 1/2
1 Shannon Holden -- Velo Bella
2 Kari Bolton -- Ti-Cycles
3 Allison Beall -- Emde Sports/Fitness Fanatics
4 Jenni Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
5 Erika Krumplemann -- Vertical Earth

Inland Northwest Cyclocross Series Race #2
Sunday, October 15th
Coeur d’Alene, ID
North Idaho College

Men 1/2
1 Mike Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
2 Kris Holden -- Vertical Earth
3 Shawn Howard -- W.A.R.
4 Eric Anderson -- North Division Bicycles
5 Mark Knokey -- Axley-USA

Women 1/2
1 Shannon Holden -- Velo Bella
2 Jenni Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
3 Allison Beall -- Emde Sports/Fitness Fanatics
4 Erika Krumplemann -- Vertical Earth
5 Connie Kubu -- North Division Bicycles

BC Cross Championships

Team Wedgewood is hosting the 2006 British Columbia Provincial Cyclocross Championships this year. The race is slated for Saturday, October 28th in one of Vancouver’s nicest parks, Jericho Park, on the waterfront in Kitsilano. Check out all the details including a course map here.

Check out the 6:00 video of last year's race at Jericho including a nice crash just :20 into it. Great coverage of the Mens A race.