CrossVegas

Laurens Sweeck (ERA-Circus) and Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) took victories on Wednesday at the 2017 Cross Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jeremy Powers talks about CrossVegas, his struggles with ADD, and the 2016 cyclocross season.

Ryan Trebon rides from the back of the CrossVegas World Cup field to earn a top-15 finish after overcoming a 2014 back injury.

With two riders in the lead group, the Luna team sets up Katerina Nash to win the opening World Cup of the cyclocross season.

Wout Van Aert attacks early and rides a brilliant solo move all the way to victory in the first cyclocross World Cup of the season.

Results from the season-opening race on the cyclocross World Cup, won by Wout Van Aert and Katerina Nash.

Wout Van Aert opens his World Cup cyclocross account in Las Vegas, earning a convincing solo victory Wednesday night.

Katerina Nash takes a flyer on the second-to-last lap, and her bold move pays off with a big win at the first CX World Cup in the U.S.

Due to a knee injury suffered at the Tour de l'Avenir, reigning 'cross world champion Mathieu van der Poel will miss CrossVegas.

USA Cycling announces the elite men and women invited to race the first-ever North American cyclocross World Cup in Las Vegas.

Meredith Miller writes about what she calls the "crowning achievement" of her career

Nys overcomes controversy over early feed, repeats as CrossVegas champ

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

CrossVegas promoter Brook Watts says talk of a cyclocross World Cup in Las Vegas is premature

If 'cross is to grow (the Belgian variety, at any rate) it must break out of the tiny corner of Europe in which it enjoys its widest appeal

Bob Roll joins the crew as BTBtv recaps the action under the lights at CrossVegas

The 37-year-old Belgian cruises to victory at CrossVegas

World Champion Sven Nys and three-time CrossVegas winner Katerina Nash hit the jackpot in Vegas

Full results for the 2013 Clif Bar CrossVegas

Powers rides to second behind the world champion after Trebon follows early attack on the grass in Las Vegas

CrossVegas promoter Brook Watts talks about the humble beginnings in the desert and the significance of attracting Sven Nys

After losing his edge late in the 2012-13 season, former U.S. champion is easing into ’cross after a quiet road campaign

Richard Fries waxes about New England Holy Week, the growth of cyclocross, advocacy and the world championships

Jeremy Powers, Sam Smith and company head to Las Vegas for the first episode of season three of "Behind The Barriers"

The former U.S. champ rode the new disc-equiped SuperX to second in Las Vegas

Jeremy Powers and Sanne Van Passen are the class of CrossVegas and Wil Matthews captures the action under the lights

Jeremy Powers and Sanne Van Passen win Clif Bar CrossVegas

1. Jeremy POWERS, in 1:00:21 2. Timothy JOHNSON, in 1:00:40 3. Ben BERDEN, in 1:00:48 4. Lars VAN DER HAAR, in 1:00:51 5. Geoff KABUSH, in 1:00:53

U.S. champion fights back from slow start to take it to the field in Las Vegas

Dutch favorite cashes in with last-lap attack in Las Vegas

Men's and women's startlists for the elite races at the 2012 CrossVegas

Dave Towle, Brian Holcombe and Simon Burney will provide the live race call for the season's first C1 race

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (VN) – A young Dutchman rode an impressive surge up the finishing straight Wednesday night to earn props from Elvis in a tactical and most dynamic Cross Vegas.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (VN) – Todd Wells is on the ground in Las Vegas, fresh off his seventh-place ride at cross-country worlds and credited his powerful Specialized squad for his best-ever worlds result.

Check out Brian Holcombe's author page.

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — CrossVegas is set to open the international cyclocross season in 2011 and the Las Vegas event will be the launch pad for a new series of four night races. The fifth edition of the UCI C1 race will take place September 14 during the Interbike tradeshow.

Brook Watts retraces his racing and promotions career

Team Rapha-Focus' Chris Jones' first cyclocross journal for VeloNews.com

Mary McConneloug, Georgia Gould, Jamie Driscoll, Ryan Trebon and Tim Johnson talk about the race.

The French champion won aboard a carbon bike with Shimano Di2 electronic shifting, clinchers, an integrated seatpost and disk brake mounts (but no disks, yet).

Photos of Mourey's LaPierre, with Shimano Di2 shifting, disc brake mounts, and clinchers

Luna dominates in Vegas, as Katerina Nash breaks the silver-medal curse under a Harvest Moon

Heartbreak ride for Jamie Driscoll as his bid for a CrossVegas repeat ends on the final straightaway.

Ben Delaney puts Cannondale's new carbon ’cross bike to the test under the lights.

(Click headline for full results) Women:

• 1. Katerina Nash, (CZE) Luna Pro Team, in 0:46:10
• 2. Amy Dombroski, (USA) Luna Pro Team, in 0:46:27
• 3. Mary Mcconneloug, (USA) Kenda/seven/notubes, in 0:46:27
• 4. Georgia Gould, (USA) Luna Pro Team, in 0:46:38
• 5. Susan Butler, (USA) Hudz-Subaru, in 0:47:09

• 1. Francis Mourey, (FRA) Francaise Des Jeux, in 0:59:30
• 2. James Driscoll, (USA) Cannondale / Cyclocrossworld.com, in 0:59:30
• 3. Gerben De Knegt, (NED) Rabobank - Giant Off Road Team, in 0:59:31
• 4. Ryan Trebon, (USA) Kona, in 0:59:31
• 5. Christian Heule, (SUI) Vc Gippingen Champion System, in 0:59:32

Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux) and Katerina Nash (Luna) scored big-time prize money and bragging rights at CrossVegas Wednesday night

Jesse Anthony enters the cyclocross season after his strongest road campaign ever.

Swiss 'cross star Christian Heule may be coming into his last year of racing, and he's looking to carry a CrossVegas win into a strong European season

After CrossVegas and the Planet Bike Cup it's back to Belgium for four months of racing on the European cyclocross circuit.

Organizers announce the preliminary start list for Wednesday's CrossVegas.

VeloNews.com and CyclingDirt will offer live streaming video from both men's and women's races during the Greenware U.S. Grand Prix of Cyclocross.

Tim Johnson talks about coming back from a broken ankle, rival Ryan Trebon eyes a nationals win in his hometown and Todd Wells hopes to find allies to combat the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com juggernaut.

Lennard takes some more questions about cyclocross brake shudder, tire choice and sealant.

The race will feature a long list of national champions and other stars from the U.S. and abroad.

Responding to a flood of recent inquiries CrossVegas organizer Brook Watts reminds everyone that registration for the early cross season classic opens August 1st.

Jelly Belly roadie Jeremy Powers kicks off 2010 with a quick look back at 2009.

This cyclocross season, filmmaker Andy Frothingham is following two professional racers through their seasons, checking in with them at events around the country and at their homes in Colorado between races. The second episode is presented here today.

I am Barry's cracked and bleeding sinuses, pouring sticky sweet goo down into his nasal cavity. I am draining my wrath out on to his upper lip as he gasps for breath in the dry desert night. I am vengeful and full of hate. The evil stench of a million vacant souls trickles in past mucus and hair and fills me up to the brim, reinforcing my quest to punish in every way I can.

Professional bike racing in the U.S. is different from just about every European country. When they say "pro" there, it means everyone in the race makes money doing it. Not so in the U.S. For some, becoming a professional means little more than cherry picking a few smaller races and paying USA Cycling $150 for an elite license. It was easy to see the differing ability levels at CrossVegas, as almost half of the field ended up lapped.

“Thirty seconds!” yells the UCI official and instantaneously you see the fidgeting of fingers on hoods and legs clipped into pedals. In cyclocross, the sprint is at the beginning of the race, rarely the end. So racers get their bodies ready for that first shock to their systems from the word go. Legs bouncing all around in fast-twitch anticipation of the gun, eyes focused forward or on the wheel or course in front of them, heart rates instinctively racing without even having pedaled a stroke.

The women's podium repeated its 2008 order at CrossVegas Wednesday evening, as thousands of spectators saw a display of raw power and consistency. Later, under the lights at a soccer complex on the outskirts of the city, new faces emerged from the tactical men's race, frustrating an elite group of chasers. In both races, domestic riders prevailed against European challengers in this city that is so uniquely — if sometimes regrettably — American.

Rabobank rider Bram de Groot is a good sport. The Belgian came to Las Vegas to race CrossVegas, though he hasn’t raced cyclocross in years. To open up his legs for the race, Giant’s Andrew Juskaitis took him for a mountain bike ride on Interbike’s Outdoor Demo Caldera loop — almost two hours of dry, loose trail embedded with rocks as sharp as razor blades. De Groot had never ridden a mountain bike in his life. It was 6 p.m. when he climbed on the big bike, with ace mountain bikers Adam Craig and Carl Decker for riding partners.

Giant Bicycles brought a prototype TCX Advanced SL carbon bike to Interbike for Adam Craig to race in Wednesday night’s CrossVegas event, and VeloNews took an exclusive first look mere hours after team manager Frank Trotter finished building it.

For most cyclocross pros — almost all of whom make their living racing mountain bikes or road bikes during the "off season" — CrossVegas is an odd confection: one of the most visible races of the North American season, with arguably the best field. Yet it comes so early in the season, and is on such an unusual course, that many racers enter it with something of a hit-or-miss attitude. "It's like the Tour of California for cyclocross," Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com) said Wednesday.

After a challenging summer fraught with sponsorship problems, Katie Compton has her program back on the rails, just in time for cyclocross season. For starters, she signed with Planet Bike as her primary sponsor. Then, a few weeks before opening weekend, a choice blend of product sponsorships fell into place, including Stevens Carbon Team frames; Zipp wheels, bars, and cranks; and SRAM Red drivetrain parts. Planet Bike gave the duo freedom to forage for supplementary sponsors, and they came up golden. “It’s a dream sponsorship for us,” said husband Mark Legg-Compton.

Rabobank ProTour team member Bram de Groot will compete at this week's CrossVegas cyclocross race in Las Vegas, the event organizers announced. The race organizers say the Dutch rider’s appearance will mark the first ever by a Rabobank rider in a U.S cyclocross event. de Groot also will attend the Interbike Outdoor Demo on Tuesday to visit with Giant bicycle dealers. Giant sponsors Rabobank. The 35-year-old de Groot has been a member of the Rabobank team since turning pro in 1999.

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Editor’s note: This is the second installment of the Mud and Cowbells Road Diary. Part one found the author in Durango for the Singlespeed World Championships, where he witnessed the winners drinking the night before, then getting tattooed after the race.

Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay resort is sponsoring a prize for riders who score the best overall at the criterium and cyclocross races being held next month during the Interbike trade show. The week in 'Vegas includes the CrossVegas cyclocross race on Wednesday night, September 23, and the USA Crits Finals, held at the Mandalay Resort on The Strip in Vegas on the Thursday night, September 24.

Three-time cyclocross world champion Erwin Vervecken of Belgium will race the CrossVegas in Las Vegas next month, race organizers announced Friday. Vervecken won the world title in 2001, 2006 and 2007 and, at 37 won the Roubaix World Cup last winter. He has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. Vervecken's teammate Ben Berden also will race in the September 23 event.

CrossVegas is coming to a TV near you, if your cable package includes Universal Sports. A half-hour program on the international cyclocross race, held September 24 in Las Vegas in conjunction with the Interbike trade show, will air at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 25. Encore presentations are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Friday, January 30, and 6 a.m. Saturday, January 31.

He's been there before and, he concedes, he might just thrive on it. Jonathan Page, America's most successful international male cyclocross racer, is having another relatively quiet season, with a few top performances but a spate of frustrating mechanicals, illnesses and other bad luck, plus an unusual mid-season bike sponsor switch. Now, with a week to go before the national championships in Kansas City, the Planet Bike pro is looking to break out with a fourth elite national title, and then carry the momentum into the world championships.

That wasn’t just any old Trek XO cyclocross bike Travis Brown was riding in last weekend’s Boulder and Redline Cup races — it was a prototype belt-driven bike. The Trek product tester first raced the anodized green machine, dubbed the XOB, at CrossVegas, held in conjunction with the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.

Due to the start time of a live football game being rescheduled on Saturday, the first showing on October 25 has been moved to 2:00 p.m. MT on Saturday (not 5:30 p.m. MT, as originally announced). The race is being broadcast on Altitude Sports and Entertainment Network, available on cable systems in the western U.S. and on DirecTV and Dish Network in select areas nationwide.