Monthly Archives September 2008

Page and Elliot Double Up At Planet Bike Cup UCI Event

Natasha Elliot (EMD Serono/Stevents) and Jonathon Page (Planet Bike) both won again on the second day of racing at the UCI C2 level event in Madison, Wisconsin. While Elliot’s win was a mirror like performance to her dominating ride on Saturday, it was Page’s victory over US Olympian Todd Wells (GT) that was the talk […]

Page Dominates As Selander Takes Third At UCI C2 Event In Madison

The 1st Annual Jonathon Page Planet Bike Classic was held today in Sun Prairie, WI. The Angel Park Speedway venue is just a few miles east of downtown Madison and featured a fairly technical course with numerous off-camber switchbacks that caused trouble for many riders including one of the pre-race favorites in the men’s race. […]

Area Riders Split On Weekend Plans

UPDATED WITH RESULTS*

The second weekend of Minnesota Cyclocross Racing will see a divergence of racers at two races across the Midwest. The official MCF race is located in Duluth and will feature a night race on Saturday evening and a new version of the Back 2 School cross race formerly held in Northfield, Minnesota.

Dewey Shocks and Zander Dominates at Porkchop Classic

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Dewey Dickey of Flanders/MBRC powers to victory. (photo by Andy Frye)

The 7th Annual Pork Chop Challenge in St. Cloud was won in dominating fashion by Duane Dickey (Flanders) and Jenna Zander (Specialized.com). This was Dickey’s second consecutive win at the race and Zander returned to the top step of the podium after taking last seasons race off.

 
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Time Sport Cup Kick-Off This Weekend In Moorehead And St. Cloud

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Minnesota Cyclocross Racing Team Cup (MCRTC) Kick-Off This Weekend

September 19, 2008: This weekend marks the start for the 2008 MCF Cyclocross Season. In addition to the 17 races that crisscross the state on 9 consecutive weekends, 11 teams will be battling for the inaugural TIME SPORT USA Team Cup, presented by […]

Special Cyclocross Podcast: (dis)pencer and Super Rookie Make Judgements About Every Race On The MCF Calendar

(dis)pencer makes a return visit to the bikethrow.com studios to do a very special edition podcast for your listening enjoyment. The podcast is simple. Every race on the MCF calendar is discussed and judged by our fearless hosts. We discuss the entire racing calendar, a little bit of fat tire racing and the greatest moment […]

 
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Rain Puts Damper On Close to Track Season

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The suns rays poked out too late to save the season finale in Blaine. photo by Frye

Dis is Back - Episode #49

Nobody is safe!

 
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Sun Nearly Set on Thursday Night Lights

Turnout was light on a cool night at the track in Blaine.  The women’s field had some of the best racing of the night with most of the big names in attendance.  Brian Crosby was in control in the Men’s 1/2 action, Dan Casper continued to shine in the Cat 3 field, and relative newcomer […]

 
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The Throwdown: Track Nooze, CX

 Defending 1 kilometer National Champion James Tainter of Silver Cycling takes silver at Masters Track Nationals - Live vicariously here, James has 3 or 4 more chances at the Stars and Stripes.
It’s on like Donkey Kong!  With only two nights under the lights at the NSC Velodrome, the grudge match of all grudge matches is […]