Boulder Cup

Compton and Powers lock down day two of Colorado cyclocross racing, winning at Valmont Bike Park, where they claimed their national titles

The Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com rider went down hard on his back in a tuneup race last weekend

Behind the Barriers recaps the cyclocross racing in Colorado

Eight-time cyclocross junior national champion Logan Owen made his elite debut over the weekend and came roaring out of the back of the field

Results from the 2013 Victory Circle Graphix Boulder Cup

Caley Fretz documents the action during the weekend of cyclocross racing in Colorado

Compton starts fast, Powers starts slow, but they both wind up in the same place — on top of the podium

The Behind the Barriers team looks ahead to a weekend of racing at altitude in Boulder, Colorado

Defending champion not certain a wild ride at the Langkawi stage race and a cyclocross weekend will be enough to defend title

Brad Kaminski captures the action at the 2012 Boulder Cup as Ryan Trebon and Georgia Gould take the cup

Summerhill fires up the race but Trebon saves his matches for the finale

The Luna rider laid down one solid attack and that was all she wrote

UCI cyclocross racing heads to Colorado for the weekend and without the dominant favorites on-hand, the racing should be wide open

Men

• 1. Ben Berden, Ops-Ale Clement, in :59:25
• 2. Ryan Trebon, LTS-Felt, at 0:00:01
• 3. Timothy Johnson, Cannondale Cyclocrossworld.com, at 0:00:01
• 4. Geoff Kabush,Rocky Mountain-Maxxis , at 0:00:01
• 5. Tristan Schouten, Cyclocross Racing.com, at 0:00:13

• 1. Katherine Compton, Rabobank-Giant, in 42:33
• 2. Georgia Gould, Luna Pro Team, at 0:00:38
• 3. Caroline Mani, , at 0:00:48
• 4. Meredith Miller, Uci: Wpt Tibco To The Top, at 0:01:14
• 5. Julie Krasniak, Rapha Focus, at 0:01:14

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Following an abnormally slow start this year, former national cyclocross champion Tim Johnson said he could leave Colorado content with a third-place finish at Sunday’s C1 Victory Circle Graphix Boulder Cup.

Boulder Cup winner Ben Berden

Belgian Ben Berden and U.S. national champion Katie Compton emerged as winners Sunday at the C1 Boulder Cup cyclocross race in Colorado, the inaugural UCI race held at Boulder's new Valmont Bike Park.