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Wisconsin Cross Banquet Save Sunday, January 22 for the WCA Cyclocross Banquet. Banquet start is at 5pm. Location will once again be the Delafield Brewhaus. This is your chance to relive all the best (and worst) moments of the 2005 cyclocross season. Madcross.org will once again be preparing a season compilation video/slideshow to ensure no one forgets all the moments of the season. Tickets are $10. More info at the WCA site. USCF rules will allow more barriers for 2006 From the 2006
rulebook: However, the trend internationally is to minimize use of barriers and instead use terrain features to force dismounts. The rules on number of barriers for UCI races will remain one set of two barriers. Cyclocross categories to be revamped For 2006 USA Cycling will be designating a Cat 1-4 designation on racing licenses for cyclocross. Riders will then need to apply for category upgrade or downgrade as is done now for USCF or NORBA. Support Bjorn Selander's World Championship bid As many of you know, Bjorn Selander was a discretionary pick for the World's Teams this year. However he was not granted an automatic selection by USA Cycling which means the trip will cost more. With Bjorn going to the Euro Cross camp and then back to Europe in mid January for World's, his total expenses will be over $4,000.
Bjorn is paying his own way to Euro Camp with assistance from the Alan
Factory Team, but has no funding for the World's trip. To help finance
the World's trip a Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction will be taking
place on January 7. Details are:
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Help Send US Cyclocross racers to Cross Worlds MadCross.org is once again raising funds to send US Cyclocross racers to Cross Worlds. Wisconsin native Bjorn Selander has once again been chosen to represent the US at Cyclocross Worlds and is also attending a pre-Worlds camp in Europe. This costs a lot of money and USA Cycling does not help out. However, MadCross has numerous ways you can help out. Check out our US World's support webpage and consider getting a calendar, DVD, photo or other great cross item. You can also buy Doper's Suck coffee, donate directly to the TIAA-Cref boys, or donate directly to Mo Bruno Roy. You can also support Bjorn by simply donating money directly to his cause (see article below). 2006 UCI Race Schedule Gossip is flying around concerning next year's UCI Race Calendar as the forms are due to the UCI on December 15. More . . . Pure Sweet Hell DVD Now AvailablePure Sweet Hell is a documentation of the American cyclocross community that features racers like Justin Robinson, Gina Hall, and Barry Wicks, and frame builder Rick Hunter. Shot on location in California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Massachusetts. This movie toured the US and played in Madison last February. Now you can own your own copy. Just go to Cyclocrossworld.com to order your copy today.USA Cycling Selects Worlds TeamJanuary 13, 2006USA Cycling announced its elite men's picks on Friday, filling out its 20-rider roster for the world's. The team includes Kona riders Ryan Trebon, Barry Wicks and Erik Tonkin, all of Oregon. Trebon was an automatic selection based on his top-50 slot in the UCI rankings; Wicks won automatic selection as top American in the 2005 Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross series; and Tonkin was a discretionary pick. Three-time national champion Jonathan Page (Cervelo) also earned an automatic nomination based on his UCI ranking, while Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly) was a discretionary pick. Both reigning U.S. elite national champions - Todd Wells (GT-Hyundai) and Katie Compton (Cody Racing) - declined their nominations to the world's team, as did Tim Johnson (Cyclocrossworld-Louis Garneau), who won bronze in the U-23 race at the 1999 world's. Christine Vardaros (Lotto-Belisol) fills Compton's slot on the women's team. U.S. team for the 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Elite men Ryan Trebon (Kona), Corvallis, Oregon Jonathan Page (Cervelo), Northfield, New Hampshire Barry Wicks (Kona), Corvallis Erik Tonkin (Kona), Portland, Oregon Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly), Niantic, Connecticut Elite women Barbara Howe (Velo Bella), Larkspur, California Ann Knapp (Kona), Des Moines, Washington Maureen Bruno-Roy (Independent Fabrication), Arlington, Massachusetts Rhonda Mazza (Vanilla Bicycle-Sellwood Cycle), Portland, Oregon Christine Vardaros (Lotto-Belisol), Mill Valley, California U23 men Troy Wells (TIAA-CREF), Durango, Colorado Jesse Anthony (Clif Bar), Beverly, Massachusetts Adam McGrath (Redline), Portland, Oregon Brady Kappius (TIAA-CREF), Littleton, Colorado Dan Neyens (Broadmark), Seattle, Washington Junior men Daniel Summerhill (TIAA-CREF), Centennial, Colorado Alex Howes (TIAA-CREF), Golden, Colorado Bjorn Selander (Alan Factory), Hudson, Wisconsin Chance Noble (Scary Fast), Camarillo, California Patrick Ethan Gilmour (Coyote), Ludlow, Vermont
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