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Viroqua's Frosty Cross rescheduled to February 9 Due to severely cold temps and expected 20-30 below wind chills Frosty Cross has been rescheduled from January 19 to Saturday, February 9. The Parks and Recreation Department did not feel that it would be prudent to hold the race under these weather conditions. Mark your calendars and kick off your biking season in February instead! FLYER Ben Turner to speak at WCA Cyclocross Banquet on January 12Ben Turner will be the featured speaker at this year's WCA Cyclocross Banquet. Turner is the Team Director for the successful Clif Bar Development Cyclocross team as well as a Cycle-Smart Coach and former World Cyclocross team member. Ben will speak briefly about his role in cyclocross as a team manager, coach and instructor and will also take questions from the crowd.
As a reminder, the annual WCA Cyclocross Banquet will be held Saturday, January
12 just outside Madison at the
Fitchburg Community Center located at 5510 Lacy Road. The
banquet will being at 6pm after the
conclusion of the always popular
Madison Bike Swap. Please mark your calendar now so you don't
miss out on the fun of reliving the highlights of this year's
cross season! The evening will include a taco buffet,
drinks, dessert and season awards. RSVP is required so do
it now!!!
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Elite Men’s Nominations for Cross World’sJanuary 15, 2008 - USA Cycling announced today the four men nominated to represent the United States in the elite men's division of the 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Jan. 26-27 in Treviso, Italy.Three men earned automatic nominations to the squad - Jonathan Page (Northfield, H.H.), Ryan Trebon (Corvallis, Ore.) and Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass.). Page qualified as a silver medalist from the 2007 world championships while Johnson and Trebon earned their spots as the next two Americans in the UCI Cyclo-cross Rankings. Currently, Page is the top-ranked American in the world in 18th, followed by Johnson (19th) and Trebon (29th). Ranked 34th in the world, Jeremy Powers (Hadley, Mass.) was the lone discretionary nomination. 2008 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships Treviso, Italy January 26-27 U.S. Team: Elite Men 1. Jonathan Page (Northfield, N.H.) 2. Ryan Trebon (Corvallis, Ore.) 3. Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass.) 4. Jeremy Powers (Hadley, Mass.) CrossVegas 2008January 11, 2008 - After a tremendous first year in 2007 that saw 5,000 spectators and arguably the highest caliber field ever assembled in the U.S. converge on the evening of Interbike’s opening day, CrossVegas is back on the schedule for 2008. Boulder-based organizers, CrossVegas LLC, announced the event will be Wednesday September 24, once again capping off the show’s opening day.Dubbed as “the international cyclocross season starts American-style in Las Vegas,” CrossVegas featured a field of elite men and women racing under the lights at Desert Breeze Soccer Complex, a short distance from the Strip and Interbike. Canadian Lyne Bessette won the women’s event while then-U.S. national champion, Ryan Trebon, took the men’s title. Providing a peek into 2008 plans, CrossVegas co-promoter Brook Watts announced that a race for tradeshow attendees is one of the new additions for year two. “There’s obviously a lot of folks in the industry who race cyclocross and we’ve heard many pleas for a “Wheelers and Dealers” race to start the evening. We’re ironing out details but expect full information by late spring.” MORE Schouten finishes 24th at GP de Ster Sint-Niklaas in Belgium Tristan Schouten (Planet Bike) finished a very well placed 24th in St. Niklass Belgium on January 2 as he continues his European racing campaign. Full results and photos from Sint-Niklass are online at CyclingNews. Schouten takes 28th at GP Montferland in Zeddam Netherlands Tristan Schouten (Planet Bike) rode a strong race in the Netherlands on December 23 to take 28th. Schouten is taking part in the annual Euro Cross Camp and will be racing a number of prestigious European cross races as part of this campaign. Follow Tristan's progress on his blog and on the Euro Camp blog. 2008 Wisconsin Cyclocross Calendar Available MadCross is pleased to announce that the 2008 Wisconsin Cyclocross Calendar is now available. It can be purchased by going to the MadCross Cafe Press site. The calendar features photos from all of this last year's great races. All proceeds from this calendar will go to support local cross. This year most funds will go towards costs associated with the applied for 2008 Madison UCI races. Season compilation DVDs will also be available in early January. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Schouten going to Euro Cross Camp The list of riders going to this year's Euro Cross Camp has been announced and Tristan Schouten (Planet Bike) is one of two elite riders headed to Europe. The list of riders is online at the Euro Camp blog. Read more in the Velo News article. Follow the adventure on Tristan's Blog. January 19 Cross Race in Viroqua In Viroqua they are trying to keep the season going to unnatural lengths. Cross is the most fun, why not have a race in January when the weather is at it's worst? It is also a great opportunity to check out the sport of Cyclocross at it's best (or worst) in January, like a Euro... This race is a part of Viroqua's winter festival, and includes a 5k and a fitness walk the same morning, so there should be some spectators coming out to watch the icy run-up! Maybe we will have some snow/rain? FLYER Initial Nominations to 2008 Cyclo-cross
World Championship team named
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