World Cup races

Check out live World Cup cyclocross racing on cycling.tv. The next race shown will be on Saturday, November 25 from Koksidje, Belgium. The Mens Elite race starts at 6am Pacific Standard Time. Grab a cup of java, get on-line and watch some of the best in the world.

Idaho State 'Cross Champs

Last weekend saw the Crosstoberfest race festival in Sun Valley, Idaho. The weekend featured two days of racing including hosting the Idaho State Championships. Here are the results for the first day of racing.

Sunday was the State Championships and congrats to Cody Peterson and Kelli Emmett on their state titles. Results are here.

on tap this weekend

Weekend Preview

Most of the big boys (and girls) are in Colorado this weekend racing in Longmont today and Boulder tomorrow as the USGP makes its penultimate stop before hitting the NW in 2 weeks.

That doesn’t mean the racing in the northwest has cooled at all. On tap this weekend:

Saturday

Spokane – Inland Empire race #7

Boise – Eagle Island race #3

Eugene – Fox Hollow race #2

Southern Oregon – Outlaw race #3

Sunday

Washington State Champs - Spokane

Cross Crusade – Barton Park

Viking Cross – Western Washington U. Campus

Questions? Click on the particular race in the calendar to the right.

outta control

this video says it all; looks like a bunch of people having a great party and then somehow a 'cross race broke out:

Il Gato podiums at Beacon

Beacon Cyclocross -UCI C2
Mid Atlantic Championship Series #3 & ECCC Series #1
Presented by Cape Atlantic Racing, LLC
Bridgeton, NJ
Sunday, October 29, 2006

Verge MAC got a pre-Halloween trick-or-treat surprise at the Beacon Cyclocross in Bridgeton New Jersey on Sunday, October 29. The race was originally scheduled for the previous day, but less than a month before the race, a scheduling conflict with another event elsewhere in the park was discovered that forced organizers to bump back the race date by a day. What seemed like a cruel trick, however, turned out to be a treat as the sunny weather was in contrast to the cold and sometimes rainy weather of the original date.

Though sunny, the weather was also windy -- very windy. Racers, organizers and sponsors scrambled to keep gear in place and, in the process, learned some important lessons. Among the lessons learned was that tying a canopy to a stationary trainer is not an adequate tie-down on a windy day. Another lesson learned was that a canopy is an excellent trainer-flinging device on a blustery day. But even that couldn’t compare to being blown away by a man in fishnet stockings…

The featured UCI C2 Men’s race saw riders from four countries and ten states toe the line. Italy’s Luca Damiani (Team FIDIBC VC ARBEDO) took the early lead, but eventually faded. Another Italian, Davide Frattini (Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wine) took a commanding lead and looked to have the race sewn up, but the lead group reformed with Wisconsin’s Tristan Schouten (Trek/VW/Michen) and Seattle Washington’s favorite “cat”, Jonathan Sundt joining Frattini, with Adam Hodges Myerson and Roger Aspholm not far behind. With about four laps to go, Schouten was able to get away. Frattini gave him a run for his money on the last obstacle, the course’s signature “Amphitheater of Pain”, but Schouten was too strong.

The Verge MAC Series powered by Hammer Nutrition returns to action in two weeks with another UCI double-header weekend: the Lower Allen Classic near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 11 and the HPCX Cyclocross in Central New Jersey on November 12. Information on both races, as well as the rest of the 2006 Verge MAC races can be found on BikeReg.com .

Elite Men
1 57'43 Schouten Tristan -- Trek/VW/Michen
2 57'55 FRATTINI Davide -- Team Colavita/Sutter
3 58'48 Sundt Jonathan -- Hagens Berman LLP
4 58'57 MYERSON Adam -- Nerac-OutdoorLights.com
5 58’57 ASPHOLM Roger -- Westwood Velo
6 59'34 WYANDT David -- HRS-Rocklobster
7 59'49 Kraus Matt -- n/a
8 1'00'17 JONES Christopher -- TARGETRAINING
9 1'00'30 DAMIANI Luca -- Team FIDIBC VC ARBEDO (U23)
10 1'00'44 SCHEMPF Weston -- FORT Factory Team

Inland NW CX Series - Coeur d'Alene

Inland Northwest Cyclocross Series
Sunday, October 29th
North Idaho College; Coeur d'Alene, ID
Organized by Emde Sports LLC, Vertical Earth and Allegro Cycling

KBP (Kevin Bradford-Parish) (REDLINE) and Shannon Holden (VELO BELLA) swept both days of racing in the Inland Empire. Sunday’s race at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene was the 6th race in the 9-race series and gave the two victors a chance to solidify their dominance on the series. All results for all the categories can be found here. Per the comments section, kudos and a big shout-out go to Michael Gaertner (VERTICAL EARTH) for the awesome course design. He not only has the skills to race fast, he can put together a course that flows with style.

Next weekend, the Inland Northwest CX Series continues on Saturday at Riverside State Park (Seven Mile area) in Spokane, WA and then Sunday, Emde Sports and the Inland Empire host the Washington State Cyclocross Championships at Valley Mission Park in Spokane Valley. Race details for upcoming races are available here.

Men A
1 Kevin Bradford-Parish -- Redline
2 Mike Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
3 Shawn Howard -- W.A.R.
4 Mark Knokey -- Axley-USA
5 Kris Holden -- Vertical Earth
6 Eric Anderson -- North Division Bicycles
7 Duncan McGovern -- Whitman College
8 Sean Christen -- Two Wheeler
9 Thomas Butler -- Wheatland Wheelers/Lecole 41
10 Chris Kelsey -- North Division Bicycles
11 Dan Rud -- Mtn. View Cyclery
12 Doug Krumpelman -- Vertical Earth
13 Ted Chauvin -- Hagens Berman LLP
14 Paul Nelson -- Baddlands
15 James Barton -- Emde Sports/Fitness Fanatics

Women A
1 Shannon Holden -- Velo Bella
2 Jenni Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
3 Erika Krumplemann -- Velo Bella
4 Allison Beall -- Emde Sports/Fitness Fanatics
5 Jill Wright -- none
6 Shannon Burgess -- none

Cross Crusade – The Flying M results

Vanilla Bicycles take 3 out of the top 4 spots in the Senior Men A category. River City was even more dominant taking 4 out of the top 5 spots in the Women A race. Top honors to go Wendy Williams (RIVER CITY), Shannon Skerritt (VANILLA) and John Bravard (HALF FAST VELO) for capturing the victories in the A categories.

Want to find out who took 36th in the Single Speed category? How ‘bout 78th place in Beginner Men? You can find out all that and more right here.

The Cross Crusade will dial it up again this upcoming Sunday at the Mother of All Rock Gardens, Barton Park.

Women A
1 Williams Wendy -- River City Bicycles (7 Laps)
2 Butler Sue -- River City Bicycles
3 Pennington Alice - Desalvo Custom Cycles Racing
4 Stoick Bridgette -- River City Bicycles
5 Dance Dani -- River City Bicycles
6 Kelsey Kristen -- bicycleattorney.com
7 Berry Alalia -- Sorella Forte
8 Brubaker Tina -- Vanilla Bicycles
9 Gitlen Laurel -- Gentle Lovers
10 Kunz Kori -- Poplollies
11 Faris Megan -- River City Bicycles
12 Paguette Caroline -- none (6 Laps)
13 Hargie Kristina -- River City Bicycles
14 Alvares Marila -- Sorella Forte
15 Playman Erin -- Veloshop

Senior Men A
1 Skerritt Shannon -- Vanilla Bicycles (11 Laps)
2 Cameron Molly -- Vanilla Bicycles
3 Decker Carl -- Giant
4 Hulick Kevin -- Vanilla Bicycles
5 Winter Zach -- Guinness Cycling Team
6 Plews Evan -- Capitol Subaru
7 Brown Ian -- River City Bicycles
8 Slaven Matthew -- Kona
9 Sallashea Michael -- River City Bicycles
10 Miller Carson -- Fred Meyer/Lakeside Cycling Team
11 Nichols Brett -- River City Bicycles
12 Smith Jonathan -- Team S&M
13 Rathe Jacob -- Beaverton Bicycle Club
14 Pilz David -- Gentle Lovers
15 Hunter Steve -- Veloshop

Master Men A
1 Bravard John -- Half Fast Velo (10 Laps)
2 Mitchem John -- Casa Bruno
3 McCaffrey John -- bicycleattorney.com
4 Benderly Ken -- bicycleattorney.com
5 Butler Tim -- River City Bicycles
6 Baker Martin -- bicycleattorney.com
7 Talbert Greg -- Art by Opsal
8 Quirk Dan -- Veloce/Felt
9 Juenger Jim -- Sunnyside Sports
10 Benno Michael -- Veloce/Felt
11 Voldengen Eric -- Beaverton Bicycle Club
12 Goritski Bill -- Tireless Velo
13 Wilson John -- EWEB Windpower
14 Grant Dave -- none (9 Laps)
15 Romasco Michael -- Capital/Subaru

Montana State Champs results

7th Annual Herron Park Cyclocross
Montana State Championships
MBRA Race #6 Results
Promoted by Flathead Cycling
Sunday, October 29th
Kalispell, MT

Clint Muhlfeld and Chance Cook are your 2006 Montana State Cyclocross Champions. Clint won easily over the field in the Cat 1/2/3 race and Chance Cook had a bit harder time in the Masters race but still managed to snag the win by over half a minute.

The MBRA Cross Series still has 3 races to go, plus there is the National Champs Prep Series in Helena to wrap up the Montana 'cross season. Check out the rest of the season here.

Cat 1/2/3
1 Clint Muhlfeld -- Unattached 1:02:49
2 Doug Shryock -- U of Montana 1:04:10
3 Tim Noonan -- Flathead Cycling 1:07:38
4 Scott Herzig -- Montana Velo 1:07:48
5 Brendan Halpin -- Five Valley Velo 1:10:34
6 Chance Cooke -- Flathead Cycling 1:11:00
7 Alan Adams -- Broadmark 1:04:10 (-1 lap)

Master
1 Chance Cooke -- Flathead Cycling 49:05
2 Tim Gaertner -- Flathead Cycling 49:38
3 Frank Gonzalez -- Unattached 49:55
4 William Martin -- Unattached 50:37
5 Eric Greenberg -- Flathead Cycling 51:13
6 Steve Muller -- Flathead Cycling 52:48
7 John Weyhrich -- Five Valley Velo 53:03
8 Jay Shaver -- Flathead Cycling 53:55
9 Byron Deford -- Great Divide 50:38 (-1 lap)
10 Ken Campbell -- Flathead Cycling 52:33 (-1 lap)
11 Tom Caughlen -- Unattached 52:46 (-2 laps)
12 Todd Anderson -- Unattached 56:48 (-2 laps)

Lap times

In studying the Seattle Cyclocross Series results, the lap times are a great bonus to the results. The average lap times allow one to compare people of both genders in various categories against each other. Yesterday’s results tell the story of a course that got significantly more difficult as the day went on due to the transformation of smooth grass to thick lumpy mud. The first race of the day, Master Men Cat 4 35+ was won by Jason Dudek (WINES OF WASHINGTON) with an average lap time of 7:58 for 4 laps. Fast forward 5 hours and roughly a dozen races later and the winner of the Men 1/2 race was Ryan Iddings (REDLINE) with an average lap time of 7:51 for 8 laps. At Mr. Dudek’s pace during the 9:30am race, he would have taken 3rd overall in the Men 1/2 race at 2:45pm. An interesting scenario would be to see how fast Mr. Iddings would have gone at the 9:30am race. Any guesses on what his average lap time would have been?

Rad Cup/USGP registration info

Rad Cup CCX USGP #5 at Fort Steilacoom (aka Lakewood) is right around the corner. Here’s a message from Jim Brown, race director, regarding registration:

Please review the info below regarding registration. The key point is seeding procedures. After the initial criteria start grid will be based on order of entry making pre-registration a prudent thing. Any Category in addition to the ones mentioned below that get 30+ riders will be staged by order of registration.

Important Info:

Elite Men, U23 Men, and Elite Women are required to pre-register per USGP rules. There will be no race-day registration.

If you don’t want to register on the internet print out a standard USAC release and mail to:

Rad Cup of CCX
PO Box 11642
Olympia, Wash 98508

Seeding Criteria:

Elite Men/U23 Men
Current UCI Standings
Order of registration

Elite Women
Current UCI Standings
Order of registration

Junior Men
Random draw per UCI regulations

Master Men 35+ Cat 1-3 (USGP)
Current USGP Standings
Top 8 riders in the Seattle Cyclocross Series
Order of Registration

Cat 3 Men
Top 8 riders in the Seattle Cyclocross Series
Order of registration

Cat 4 men
Top 8 riders in the Seattle Cyclocross Series
Order of registration

Master Men 35+ Cat 4
Top 8 riders in the Seattle Cyclocross Series
Order of registration

For easy on-line registration click here.

Euro-trash poser? Uhhh.. no, he’s the real deal.

There were rumors flying yesterday of a guy at Seattle’s ‘cross race rolling around in a full Cofidis kit. The bright white shorts and jersey contrasted well with all the mud that was everywhere. He probably drew a few snickers and comments as he warmed up on the school grounds prepping for the Mens 1/2 race. What kind of poser buys an entire Pro Euro kit (socks/gloves/cap/everything) and then shows up at a local cross race? Who does this guy think he is, Ben Berden?

Well, turns out it was a true European Pro, straight outta the UCI Pro Tour peloton, Washington native, Tyler Farrar (COFIDIS). Unfortunately for him (and us), he dnf’d. We are not sure whether it was a mechanical that caused him to withdraw mid-race or that he simply came to the realization that he was jeopardizing his pro cycling career by riding around on a greasy sketchy and down-home local cross race. Knowing his adventure for racing, we suspect it was a misfortunate mechanical. Whatever the reason, it was very euro-cool to have Tyler in the local northwest scene, if not for just a few laps. He is following in the footsteps of fellow Euro pro, Chris Horner in taking up the sport of cross on this side of the pond. We hope to see Tyler on the local start grid again soon.

Cross Crusade Flying M report and photos

ouch... credit to Jonathan Maus for this very questionable photo

Kegs and Costumes Make for a Crazy Cross Weekend

Posted by Jonathan Maus on October 30th, 2006

"Yesterday the Cross Crusade Series continued its march toward mayhem with a fantastic race out at Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. It was my first time at this annual party that calls itself a cyclocross race and it more than lived up to its reputation.

The beer flowed and the hilarious costumes showed that Portland’s ‘cross scene is really all about having fun. Brad Ross and the Crusade crew put their courses not just near the spectator area, but directly through them. The result are races that are just as fun to watch as they are to race…especially when there’s a keg in every corner."

To check out the rest of Jonathan’s article and view the totally outrageous photos, simply click here.

Granogue video starring the Tree Farm

Some video of Ryan Trebon (KONA) throwing down at Granogue last weekend.

Seattle Cyclocross - Snohomish

A new venue for the Seattle Cyclocross Series! The races were held at a middle school in the quaint town of Snohomish. A muddy test of handling and power greeted the riders as the day wore on and the rain continued to fall and the course deteriorated. By the afternoon races, most of the rain had ended and in its wake there were several large sections of mud that were better ran than cycled through. Several long off-camber sections and some technical riding in the forest were a boon for the technically adept riders. There were also 2 sets of barriers, a short steep run-up and some sketchy downhills each lap that managed to slow the riders as their mud-caked machines continued to get heavier as the races wore on.

Ryan Iddings (REDLINE) showed his skills on the bike by easily winning over a very competitive field, running away with it by a large margin. Doug Reid (VELOCE CYCLES) demonstrated the same prowess as he won by half a minute over Tom Phillips (RAGNAROK). In the women’s race, The Queen set the tempo and demolished the field as Ann Knapp (KONA) won by over a minute as well.

Congrats also go to the second place riders in the Men and Women’s 1/2 races as Kevin Noiles (MASI-ADOBE) and Kelly Jones (SUGOI) finished 5th and 2nd respectively at Saturday’s BC Provincial Championships at Vancouver, BC’s Jericho Park.

The Seattle Cyclocross juggernaut takes a week off to re-group before descending on arguably the favorite stop on the circuit, Evergreen High School, on November 12th.

Men 1/2
1 Ryan Iddings -- Redline 1:02:47 (8 Laps -- Avg Lap 7:51)
2 Kevin Noiles -- Masi-Adobe 1:03:21
3 Ian Mackie -- BRI 1:04:09
4 Loren Hanson -- BRI 1:04:13
5 Morgan Schmitt -- Hagens Berman 1:04:15
6 Mark Hanson -- BRI 1:04:39
7 Nicholas Weighall -- Alan Factory 1:04:45.
8 Daniel Neyens -- Hagens-Berman 1:05:06
9 Dave Richter -- Redline 1:05:25
10 Sean Worsech -- Rad Racing NW 1:05:44

Master Men 1/2
1 Doug Reid -- Veloce Cycles 1:06:57 (8 Laps --Avg Lap 8:22)
2 Tom Phillips -- Ragnarok 1:07:27
3 Jeff Cummings -- Ragnarok 1:08:31
4 Alex Andel -- none 1:09:44
5 Andy Dahlstrom -- Ragnarok 1:09:51
6 Randy Iddings -- Redline 1:10:11
7 Randy Daniels -- Jet City 1:02:28 (7 Laps)
8 David Karman -- Hagens-Berman 1:02:36
9 Kenny Williams -- 1st Rate Mortgage 1:03:03
10 Steve Jensen -- none 1:03:23

Women 1/2
1 Ann Knapp -- Kona 54:43 (6 Laps -- Avg Lap 9:07)
2 Kelly Jones -- Sugoi Factory Team 56:03
3 Kristi Berg -- Group Health 57:41
4 Ingrid Spies -- Recycled Cycles 58:33
5 Jadine Riley -- Group Health 58:52
6 Amber Itle -- YBR 59:17
7 Tela Crane -- Sonic U23 50:23 (5 Laps)
8 Jodi Hess -- Avanti Ti Cycles 50:50
9 Jenny Trew -- Team Giant 51:35
10 Lea Stralka -- BYR 52:15

Tonkin/Mazza head to the Rockies

Passing up another Cross Crusade weekend, Portland hard-man and all-around good guy Erik Tonkin (KONA) and the Queen of Portland Cyclocross Rhonda Mazza (TEAM S&M/VANILLA) headed to Boulder for the Boulder UCI Cross Race presented by Boulder Racing. Next week is the USGP stop in Colorado for the 3rd and 4th races in the 6 race series. Erik finished 4th as the reigning National Cyclocross Champion Todd Wells (GT) easily took the victory over a very competitive field. Rhonda ended up taking 5th on the day as National Champion Katie Compton (SPIKE) easily took the victory (after nearly winning the Men’s Cat 3 race immediately prior to the womens race!), Ketchum, Idaho’s Georgia Gould (LUNA CHIX) finished 2nd on the day.

Boulder Cyclocross
Sunday, October 29th
Boulder Reservoid, Boulder, CO
UCI 2

Elite Men
1 Todd Wells -- GT
2 Joachim Parbo – CK Aarhus
3 Jonathan Baker -- Harshman Wealth/Primus Mootry
4 Erik Tonkin -- Kona
5 Matt Shriver --TargeTraining Cycling Team

Elite Women
1 Katie Compton -- Spike Professional/Primus Mootry
2 Georgia Gould -- Luna Chix
3 Ann Trombley -- Excel Sports
4 Kerry Barnholt --Tokyo Joes
5 Rhonda Mazza -- Team S&M/Vanilla Bicycles

Vancouver Island Cowboy ‘Cross

Cross on the Rock #3
Cowboy Cross, Luxton Fairgrounds, Langford, Victoria, BC
Race #3 in the Island Cup Cross Series 2006
Conditions: Sunny, 13c, Twisty, turny, technical, flat, fun racing!

To take co-course designer from Oak Bay Bikes in Victoria, Mat Powsey’s, words the course description for the first ever legal cyclocross race in Victoria was as follows: There's a whirly-wirl, a log , barricades , quick runups including wide stairs , it goes through a rodeo corral into a Nys killing sand-pit back into corral land out around a playground under awnings around a " poultry " barn ( got yer flu shot? ) to the start finish. It's rad. and the pits? the pits have a hose. pro . we've used nearly all the stakes. ribboned everything.it's sweet. lap times around 5mins+ short but featureful and very physical it will take it's toll. I hope it don't rain. Then the next e-mail, “actually pray for rain..” matt

I received that pumped up description after returning to the Island from the Provincial Championships at Jericho. We were excited for the opportunity to finally have a legal race in Victoria. Legal in that there has been cx racing in Victoria for a number of years but only at the Wednesday-night-fun-race-everyone-shows-up-and-has-a-beer-type of racing. Great for the enthusiasts but hard to grow the sport off.

Despite provincials being held the day before we again had a solid turn out of riders spread over the three start times. First lap beer primes from Lighthouse Brewery as well as series points and prizes gave the riders plenty of incentive to race hard from the start. Each race was started with a vintage military police siren donated by my uncle!

Race Expert Men (14 Laps)
Victoria’s Geoff Kabush (Maxxis) (fresh off a win at the Provincial Championships yesterday in Vancouver) received the first ever honorary dignitary 1st call up spot on the front line of the 15 person Expert field. 60 minutes. 14 Laps of the technical Luxton course. For some riders this meant up to 56 dismounts. For the more skilled riders they could get it as low as 28 with expert bunny hopping skills.

Troy Woodburn (Gigabike) took off like a rocket and led out Kabush and Canadian Masters Champ, Normon Thibault (Frontrunners) for the first lap Lighthouse Brewery Beer Prime. Woodburn and Kabush quickly left Thibault behind on lap 2 and from the 4th line Mat Hewitt (Oak Bay Bikes) rode through to join the leading two riders. Next to make their way through traffic was Kris Sneddon (Kona) using his MTB “skilz” to bunny hop his way past a fading Thibault. The first DNF of the day was to be Diver Lake race winner, Rob Britton (Gigabike) who retired with a broken seat.

The 14 laps were taking their toll with gaps opening up all over the course and only small groups of 2 riders or solos after half of the race. Up front Woodburn (4th) faded a bit with Hewwit (2nd) making up time on Kabush (1st). Later it was learned that Kabush was being “a gentleman” and not passing Wendy Simms (Kona) so she could be the last rider to complete all of the 14 laps…..not exactly a privilege!

A battle was developing for 5th place and last step on the Expert podium between Thomas Skinner (Sugoi-Giant) and Thibault with back and forth action for the last 4 laps. On the last lap Thibault tapped Skinner’s rear wheel at the center of the Whirly Whirl section and went down leaving 5th place wide open for Skinner. We should mention that Sneddon made his way from the very last person called up to 3rd!

Race: Master Men (12 Laps)
The largest of the fields today with 16 riders taking the course. Series #1; Robin Dutton (Arrowsmith) took off from the front line at the siren. Everyone thought it would be a repeat of the Coal Cross where Dutton lead from the gun to the wire. Dutton took the Lighthouse Brewery beer prime and was looking very strong. But from the back line two non-ranked riders were making up time. The first to make contact with Dutton was Duncan’s Peter Stevenson (Cowichan). He jockeyed with Dutton for a few laps before leaving him. Next was back row starter, Dave Holden (Aviawest) from Victoria with a never changing expression on his face he passed a fading Dutton and focused in on Stevenson. 50 meters. Then 30. Starting the last lap it was down to 25 meters but Stevenson was able to hold off Holden for a 4 second win. Dutton held onto 3rd with Courtenay; Coal Cross organizer, Dave Nowak (Frontrunners) almost catching Dutton and taking 4th place.

Race: Women (12 Laps)
Lisa Ludwig (Oak Bay Bikes) from Victoria showed great opening speed by taking the Lighthouse Brewery Beer Prime. With the opening lap out of the way she got into a back and forth battle with Trish Sinclair (Scott) over the next few laps. Ludwig showed great form and technique by powering out of each of the many Luxton Fairgrounds corners. Eventually this technique opened up a gap on Sinclair. Ludwig was the sole women to make it through for 12 Laps of the course today with Sinclair (2nd) getting caught just before the line by the Master’s men’s leader. Rounding out the podium was Jamie McGowan (Oak Bay Bikes) also of Victoria.

Awesome racing. A lot of fun! Hope to see more people out for next year.

Next race on Vancouver Island (and 2nd to last race in British Columbia for 2006) is the National Championships on November 11th. If you are racing for fun or with a lack of fitness or a beginner you can race the 8:30am challenge categories on the Nationals Course. Sign up on our web site.

Last race in the Cross on the Rock Island Cup Series is double points at Fletcher’s Farm on November 12th. A great way to finish up your cross season.

-Norm Thibault, Series Director

Results:

Expert (14 Laps)
1 Geoff Kabush -- Maxxis 55:28
2 Mat Hewitt -- Oak Bay Bikes 55:37 (:09)
3 Kris Sneddon -- Kona 55:39 (:11)
4 Troy Woodburn -- Gigabike 55:52 (:24)
5 Thomas Skinner -- Sugoi 57:24 (1:56)
6 Normon Thibault -- Frontrunners 58:18 (2:50)
7 Wendy Simms -- Kona 58:50 (3:22)
8 Menno Jongsma -- Frontrunners 55:46 -1 Lap
9 John Lackey -- Gallatin Alpine 56:35 -1 Lap
10 Andrew Brown -- Dalvay 56:37 -1 Lap
11 Dan Molgat-Roy -- none 57:33 -1 Lap
1st Lap Lighthouse Brewery Prime: Troy Woodburn

Masters Men (12 Laps)
1 Pete Stevenson -- Cowichan 52:19
2 Dave Holden -- Aviawest 52:23 (:04)
3 Robin Dutton -- Arrowsmith 53:20 (1:01)
4 Dave Nowak -- CVCC 53:23 (1:04)
5 David Perrin -- none 53:36 (1:17)
6 Bryn Shappard -- Arrowsmith 53:49 (1:30)
Curtis Saunders -- Oak Bay Bikes 54:24 (2:05)
7 Jason Sandquist -- Frontrunners 55:10 (2:51)
8 Gary Croome -- Frontrunners 55:31 (3:12)
9 James White -- WORKA 56:11 (3:52)
10 Chris Birch -- Arrowsmith 56:24 (4:05)
1st Lap Lighthouse Brewery Prime: Robin Dutton

Women (12 Laps)
1 Lisa Ludwig -- Oak Bay Bikes 56:43
2 Trish Sinclair -- Scott Bikes 51:40 -1 Lap
3 Jaymie McGowan -- Oak Bay Bikes 54:20 -1 Lap
4 Brandi Svenson -- none 55:44 -1 Lap
5 Steph Roorda -- Synergy 54:06 -2 Lap
6 Joele Guynep -- USA Cycling 55:33 -2 Lap
1st Lap Lighthouse Brewery Prime: Lisa Ludwig

Euro Cross Vids

Need some Dutch and Belgian treats to keep you warm on a cold autumn night? Here are a few races from last year and this year. Check them out courtesy of Nathan Spear here.

BC Provincial Championships

*no photo credit available


Kabush & Simms Take Provincial Titles - and set the tone for Nationals

Saturday October 28, 2006 at Jericho Park, Vancouver, BC
Presented by Wedgewood Cycling Club

Course Description: The course is a 2.6km loop in one of Vancouver’s nicest parks, Jericho Park, on the waterfront in Kitsilano. The course includes pavement, bark mulch and hard packed gravel trail. It includes 2 short steep climbs and one double set of barriers. It promises to be a true Belgian style event.

Against all odds the weather in Vancouver held for yet another weekend of Cyclocross. The former National Championship course in Jericho Park was tweaked a little to provide some spectacular racing and no one left wanting for more.

This event was acting as the BC Provincial Championship race for Open Men and Open Women as well as the BC Cross Cup presented by Giant series finale with double points being awarded in the Men A, B and Women A categories.

The first race of the day was also the biggest as the B Men got underway. Early on a large group of 6 riders separated themselves from the pack and drove the pace. In the mix were a couple of riders haggling for series points and the coveted title. Graham Tutti, Menno Jangsma, Brad Collins, Jay Murray, Steve Murray and Jason Thompson rode together for a while and then one by one dropped off the pace leaving Tutti and Jangsma to fight it out for the win with Tutti pulling it off for maximum points.

Next up were the Women and the C Men. Hot off some great USGP results, Wendy Simms (Kona) was the class of the field, riding away early and holding a good gap to the line to take the BC Championship. Second went to Kelly Jones (SUGOI) the easy winner of the BC Cross Cup title with her consistent wins. Sarah Stewart rode strongly for third place.
The B Women had a tighter race just behind the A's with youngster Chelsea Bilsbarrow taking the win over Sherri Iwaschuk and Lesley Trivett. The C men were sent off after the ladies and had a tough time catching any of them. They had a great battle with Graham Falkowsky taking the win ahead of Dave Markham and Raymond Tse.

The big guns came out for the final race of the day. Geoff Kabush (MAXXIS) came to town to challenge the BC Cup series regulars Andrew Pinfold, Andreas Hestler, Andrew Kyle and Dan MacDonald. Right from the gun the racing was hard and very fast, with a lead group of 6 to 8 riders off the front. Kabush seemed happy to get a feel for the course early on and let the others play at the front. It didn't take long for Kabush to take over and mid race he and Andrew Pinfold started to separate themselves from the field. Dangling just behind them on his own was BC Cup leader Andrew Kyle having another strong race. Pinner and Kabush rode together heading into the last lap and shortly after Kabush put the power down to drop Pinfold and solo in for the win and the BC Championship. Pinfold rolled in for second and not long after Andrew Kyle came through for third and a clear win in the BC Cross Series.

Men A
1 Geoff Kabush -- Maxxis
2 Andrew Pinfold -- Symmetrics Cycling
3 Andrew Kyle -- Sugoi Giant
4 Rob Britton -- Giga Bike / La-Z-Boy
5 Kevin Noiles -- Masi - Adobe
6 Kris Sneddon -- Kona - les Gets
7 Dan McDonald -- Bike Barn
8 Craig Richey-- Kona Bikes
9 Andreas Hestler -- Rocky Mountain - Business Objects
10 Kevin Calhoun -- Rocky Mountain

Women A
1 Wendy Simms -- Kona
2 Kelly Jones-- Sugoi Factory Team
3 Sarah Stewart -- Wedgewood Cycling Team
4 Sandra Walter -- XO Felt
5 Jenny Trew -- Giant Canada
6 Christy Love -- Sugoi Factory Team
7 Melanie Vaughan
8 Jaymie McGowan -- Oak Bay Bikes
9 Danika Schroeter -- Cove Bikes
10 Barb Zimich -- Team Coastal

week-old Montana results (MBRA #5)

Montana MBRA Race #5 Results
Copper Mountain ‘Cross
Presented by Highlands Cycling Club
Sunday, October 22nd
Butte Copper Mountain Sports Complex

These results are a week old, but still Clint is the man, he not only can ride a mountain bike for obscene amounts of time, it seems he's pretty handy with a 'cross bike too. He leads the series with 3 races remaining.

1 Clint Muhlfeld 55:19
2 Scott Herzig 56:40
3 Frank Gonzalez 58:02
4 John Curry 58:32
5 Tim Noonan 1:00:20
6 Ben Kneller 58:30 -1 lap
7 Tomas Dumbrovsky 58:58 -1 lap
8 Jeff Handlin 1:00:18 -1 lap
9 Alexander Lussier 56:41 -2 laps

Sunday's Montana State Cyclocross Championship race results and report will be posted ASAP!

Saturday's Spokane Cross Results

KBP (Kevin Bradford-Parish) seems to win no matter which side of the mountains he decides to race.

Inland Northwest Cyclocross Series
Saturday, October 28th
Highbridge Park; Spokane, WA
Organized by Emde Sports LLC, Vertical Earth and Allegro Cycling

Senior Men
1 Kevin Bradford-Parish -- Redline
2 Mike Gaertner -- Vertical Earth
3 Kris Holden -- Vertical Earth
4 Eric Anderson -- North Division Bicycles
5 Mark Knokey -- Axley-USA
6 Cameron York -- Wheelsport
7 Duncan McGovern -- Whitman College
8 Doug Krumpelman -- Vertical Earth
9 Thomas Butler -- Wheatland Wheelers/Lecole 41
10 Jake McBurns -- none

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

Sunday's Coeur d'Alene race results will be posted shortly!

Outlaw Cross Results for Races 1 and 2

Nathan, Bear and Reny seem to have a lock on the top 3, the only question is in what order will they finish.

Outlaw Cross Race #2
Saturday, October 28
Tom Pearce Park
Grants Pass, OR

Men A
1 Riddle Nathan -- Wilderness Trail Bikes
2 Townsend Reny -- Etna Brewing Company/Desalvo Custom Cycles
3 Perrin Bear -- Etna Brewing Company/Desalvo Custom Cycles

Women A
1 Green Kristi -- Etna Brewing Company/Desalvo Custom Cycles
2 Margulies Becca
3 Klakulak Amy

Outlaw Cross Race #1
Saturday, October 21
Emigrant Lake
Ashland, OR

Men A
1 Nathan Riddle -- Wilderness Trail Bikes
2 Bear Perrin -- Etna Brewing Company/Desalvo Custom Cycles
3 Reny Townsend -- Etna Brewing Company/Desalvo Custom Cycles

Women A
1 Amy Klakulak -- Cycle Analysis
2 Becca Margulies

videos videos videos

With the Cross Crusade's Halloween Bash currently going on at Flying M Ranch today, here's some video of last year's epic battle.



The next two videos are highlights (or lowlights if you are Chris Brandt) of last week's Cross Crusade stop at Horning's Hideout.

Enjoy.



You know this one’s gonna hurt for a few days: