Page grabs another
silver for the USResults
1 Erwin Vervecken (Bel)
2 Jonathan Page (USA)
3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita)
4 Bart Wellens (Bel)
5 Kevin Pauwels (Bel)
6 Richard Groenendaal (Ned)
7 Gerben de Knegt (Ned)
8 John Gadret (Fra)
9 Christian Heule (Swi)
10 Thijs Al (Ned)
Compton takes 2nd
in Women's race
1 Maryline Salvetat Fra
2 Katie Compton USA
3 Laurence Leboucher Fra
4 Daphny Van Den Brand Ned
5 Hanka Kupfernagel Ger
6 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau Fra
7 Marianne Vos Ned
USA's Summerhill
grabs 2nd place at Worlds
Daniel Summerhill capped off his amazing
season by sprinting to a second place finish in the 2007 UCI Cyclo-Cross
World Championships.
After charging into the front group at the start of the race, and even
setting the pace on one of the early laps, his success looked to be in
doubt when he suffered a nasty spill on a muddy descent with 2 laps to
go. Showing tremendous determination, Daniel shook off the crash and
quickly charged back up to the leaders. On the last lap, the lead group
hit the finishing stretch together, and Daniel sprinted to an
unbelievable second place finish – becoming the first American to medal
at the World Championships since 2000.
For full race reports, check out:
VeloNews
http://velonews.com/race/cyc/articles/11538.0.html
CyclingNews
http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross/2007/jan07/CXworlds07/?id=results/CXworlds071
Results and Photos up on
http://cyclocrossworld.com/
Chris Milliman whipped up this great interview with Danny after the
race:
http://velonews.com/race/cyc/articles/11540.0.html
Photos from Russ & Nancy Wright/AbbiOrca.com are up on the team blog:
http://www.eurocrossers.blogspot.com
Tristan Schouten earns
nominations to world championship 'cross team
Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 9, 2007)— USA
Cycling announced today automatic and discretionary nominations in
the elite men’s category for the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World
Championships scheduled for January 27-28 in Hooglede-Gits,
Belgium. Three athletes met automatic qualification criteria, while
three more earned discretionary picks.
The top-three men ranked in the top 50 of the latest UCI standings –
Ryan Trebon (Ventura, Calif./Kona), Tim
Johnson (Middleton, Mass./Cyclocrossworld.com) and
Barry Wicks (Corvallis, Ore./Kona) – all met the first
condition with a top-50 international ranking. Trebon also captured
a national title at last month’s USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National
Championships and won the overall Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of
Cyclo-cross series. Ranked 19th in the world, Trebon joins Johnson
and Wicks who are ranked 31st and 47th respectively.
Discretionary picks include Jonathan Page
(Northfield, N.H./Cervelo), Erik Tonkin (Portland,
Ore./Kona) and Tristan Schouten (Sheboygan,
Wis./Trek-Volkswagen). Page and Tonkin have each posted impressive
results in Europe this season with Page scoring a second-place
finish at Nordzeecross, a UCI category-two race in Middelekerke,
Belgium last month and Tonkin placing 16th at a similar event in St.
Niklaas, Belgium. Schouten’s success this season was all domestic
based with a 15th-place finish at the national championships and
several top-ten finishes in UCI-sanctioned races throughout America.
Bjorn Selander named to US World Cyclocross
Team
In the U23 men’s division, four additional athletes were named to
the US team as Bjorn Selander (Hudson, Wis./Alan Factory Team),
Chance Noble, (Camarillo, Calif./California Giant
Strawberries-Specialized), Nick Weighall (Mill Creek, Wash./Alan
Factory Team) and Dan Neyens (Seattle, Wash./Hagens-Berman LLP) all
met discretionary criteria.
Selander placed third at the national championships and eighth
overall in the USGP to earn consideration.
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cyclingnews Journal entry.
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Support Tristan's trip to CX Worlds
Being selected to represent the United States at the Cyclocross World
Championships in Hooglede-gits, Belgium is a huge honor for Wisconsin
racer Tristan Schouten. However, that honor comes with a $1500
price tag. Let's show Tristan that Wisconsin supports him by
helping defray those costs.
There are many ways you can help Tristan. You can donate
directly to Tristan at his Paypal account via credit card This is
very fast, easy and secure. He has an account set up and you can send a
donation tthrough your own paypal account if you have one to
Tschouten@gmail.com Check
Tristan's blog for
the most current info on donating.
Madcross.org will also be helping to raise funds for Tristan a number
of ways. You can purchase a
2007 Cyclocross calendar,
poster or other item from the MadCross store and all profits will go
directly to Tristan. You can also make a donation and receive a
2006 Wisconsin Cyclocross DVD with all funds
donated going directly to Tristan.
Stay tuned for other information on fundraising.
New Venues Highlight 2007 US Gran Prix of Cyclocross Schedule
December 13, 2006
The management team of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross has announced the
dates and venues for the 2007 US Gran Prix – the Official National
Cyclocross Series of USA Cycling. The 2007 schedule will again include
six days of racing, four of which will take place in new venues. The
schedule includes:
USGP Trenton - October 27-28 (Mercer County Park, West Windsor, NJ)*
USGP Louisville - November 17-18 (River Road Country Club, Louisville,
KY)*
USGP Portland, Oregon - December 1-2 – (Hillsboro, OR)
* New venue for 2007
“In the last three years, the sport of cyclocross has grown
exponentially and the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross has become the most
popular and exciting race series in North America and the premier ‘cross
series in the US,” said Bruce Fina, executive director, US Gran Prix of
Cyclocross. “In 2007, we look forward to bringing the excitement that is
the USGP to two new parts of the country -- New Jersey and Kentucky and
returning to Portland, one of the true hotbeds of cyclocross.”
The series will kickoff on October 27 – 28 in West Windsor, NJ just
outside the state capital of Trenton, in Mercer County Park. The second
stop will be Louisville, Kentucky at River Road Country Club on November
17-18. The series will again return to Portland, Oregon December 1-2 for
the fourth consecutive year.
Although some of the venues will be different, spectators can still
expect the top ‘cross riders, great competition and racing action.
"One of the founding tenets of USGP is to bring together all of the best
riders -- elite and espoir men, women and juniors -- so they can go
head-to-head. It's crucial, both nationally and internationally, for
USGP to serve as the premier series for this competition. With our new
schedule and venues, the 2007 USGP will continue to fuel the growth we
are seeing in American cyclocross," Geoff Proctor, USGP Technical
Director.
More information will be released in the coming months regarding the
2007 USGP. For more information on the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross,
visit www.usgpcyclocross.com.
US Gran Prix of Cyclocross is owned and operated by ProG LLC. ProG is a
joint venture promotions company combining the excellence of 16 years of
Cross Worlds Championship experience and g4 Productions.
About MadCross
Some of you may wonder what the deal is with MadCross. MadCross
started very simply when Renee Callaway took a few photos of friends at
a cross race back around 2000 or so. Renee had sprained her knee
so wasn't racing. Of course, friends showed the photos to others
so then friends of friends wanted to have photos taken. Then
complete strangers asked to have their photos taken. Renee started
by just putting the photos on a basic photo sharing site. Then an
informal website was stated to add write ups about the races.
Next thing it seemed like a good idea to buy a domain name and start
a real website. Then Renee went to the Banff Film Festival and was
inspired to buy a video camera. Of course, all those photos and
videos take up space so upgrades to the website were needed and a real
photo site was needed. The new photo website allowed for the sale
of photos which helps defray the website costs.
Renee also uses MadCross.org to do some fundraising each year for
racers headed to CX Worlds. Unfortunately USA Cycling provides
minimal to no assistance to our cyclocross team. Last year
calendars and posters were sold to benefit Bjorn Selander's trip to
Worlds. In addition, each year a compilation of videos from the
season is made available for a donation to the World's team.
However, the main purpose of the MadCross.org site is to serve as a
way to promote our local race scene and to get more people excited about
trying the sport.
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