USA Cycling Cyclo-Cross News

The USGP of Cyclo-cross - Mercer Park I and II marked the 26th and 27th races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar on Nov. 15 and 16. Tim Johnson earned the men's pro victory in the first of the pair of category-one races, while Todd Wells came out on top of Sunday's muddy affair. Teammates Georgia Gould and Katerina Nash went one-two in both of the pro women's events held in West Windsor, N.J. With 27 of the calendar's 40 races now complete Powers and Gould currently lead the standings. The Whitmore's Landscape Supercross I and II will go off in Southhampton, N.Y. while the category-two North Carolina Grand Prix I and II will take place in Hendersonville, N.C., Nov. 22-23.

Christopher Jones earned the pro men's victory while Rachel Lloyd took the women's pro win at the Dam 'Cross on Nov. 9 in Los Angeles. On the same day, Adam McGrath and Laura Van Gilder won the calendar's 25th event, the HPCX. After 25 contests on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar Jeremy Powers and Laura Van Gilder hold slim leads in the overall standings.

The Boulder and Cycle-smart International races marked the 20th through the 23rd races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar, November 1-2. In Saturday's Boulder C2 contest it was Todd Wells and Georgia Gould coming away with wins in the men's and women's pro categories respectively. In Sunday's category-one Boulder Cup race Tim Johnson had the edge while Gould repeated for the women. Over in Northhampton, Mass. Jamey Driscoll and Natasha Elliott earned the pro victories. Driscoll repeated his performance in the Cycle-Smart International 2, with Laura Van Gilder earning the women's victory on Sunday.

The 18th and 19th races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar took place Oct. 25 and 26 in Louisville, Ky. In the first of two USGP of Cyclo-cross Derby City Cups, Ryan Trebon emerged victorious in the pro men's contest, while Katerina Nash earned the pro women's win. In the second day of category-two competition in Kentucky, Timothy Johnson and Georgia Gould earned the pro victories.

The 16th and 17th races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar took place over the Oct. 18-19 weekend. Ryan Trebon emerged victorious in the category-one Granogue Cross pro men's contest, while Deidre Winfield earned the pro women's win. In Sunday's category-two Wissahickon Cross it was Jeremy Powers' turn to take home the pro men's win as Laura Van Gilder earned the victory in the women's race. The next race on the 2008 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar will be the category-two U.S. Grand Prix of Cyclo-cross Derby City Cup in Lousiville, Ky., Oct. 25 and 26.

Jeremy Powers and Katie Compton pulled out wins in the 11th race on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar, the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede in Burlington, Ky. on Oct. 10. Compton and Powers repeated their victories the following day at the Java Johnny's Cross in Middletown, Ohio. In the Grand Prix of Gloucester, Ryan Trebon and Amy Dombrowski earned victories in both contests held in Gloucester, Mass, Oct. 11 and 12. In the UCI category-one Bio Wheels/United Dairy Farmers Cyclo-cross Classic, Powers and Compton brought home another pair of wins in Fairfield, Ohio on Oct. 12.

Ryan Trebon and Katie Compton took the men's and women's pro victories at Cross Vegas, the first category-one contest on this year's USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar. Jonathan Page and Natasha Elliott won both the Mad Cross I and II in Sun Prairie, Wis. on Sept. 27 and 28. The Green Mountain Cyclo-cross Weekend marked the ninth and 10th races on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar Sept. 27 and 28 in Williston, Vt. Jamey Driscoll and Amy Dombrowski took the victories in both category-two contests.