I’ll file a report from today when I have time. Meanwhile… The organizers and the UCI have taken drastic measure due to impending flood of the venue for CX Worlds. Here’s a link to the UCI communique. Seems the river will rise during the night on Saturday beyond what they feel they can safely hold […]
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Wow! Louisville Delivers Big
The preliminaries are over, the racing is full on. And the weather is still playing its part. The temperature dropped overnight and the morning had snow for some of the races. Perfect CX madness. One note of disappointment: the USACycling.org site really isn’t helping media figure out what’s going on. No useful start lists, no […]
Down to nothing but finals @ Louisville
All the prep is over, now it’s finals (and a few consolation races). The weather came in as predicted, sirens and PA systems warning everyone that there were tornadoes. And lots of rain and wind. For the CX Master Worlds it meant a beat up course (waterlogged and wind ravaged) that needed a 2 hour […]
Weather Watch in Louisville
I’ve heard comments about how the Worlds CX course isn’t as challenging as it could be… I suspect the weather over the next couple of days could affect that. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of a Belgian or European CX Worlds being put under a Tornado watch/warning. The next few hours could dictate how […]
Heading to Louisville…
I had originally planned to head to Louisville for this coming Friday, to cover the Elite CX races on the weekend. Instead I’m heading down on Tuesday and will be covering the Masters races as well as the Elite. It will be my first time visiting Kentucky too so I’m glad to have almost a […]
Mud
What would a cyclocross race be if it didn’t have mud? While the provincial championships was run on a mostly flat, mostly dry course there was one section that was anything but flat and dry. I’ve put up a small gallery on Facebook and a larger gallery on my website. Here are a few shots […]
When photos go viral
I covered a small local CX race this weekend after attending the Cycling Canada gala to celebrate the Canadian Olympic cycling accomplishments. I’m just now wrapping up my coverage of the celebration with a 5+ minute video made up of over 30 minutes of interviews. And getting that done has been stalled by the surprising response […]
Yet more photos
And of a bike race no less, imagine that. I got some very positive feedback on the digital enhancements I did for a small gallery from the previous race so I went with the same adjustments for a larger set. I didn’t use it for all of them as I wanted viewers to be able […]
Cyclocross season is well under way
I missed a few of the early races, finally got to cover my first one last weekend and I thought I got a few very good photos. I have a full gallery up on my site and a select gallery went up on PedalMag.com. I also put a few up on Facebook and that gallery […]
Up Next: 2011 National Cyclocross Championships
November… time for the CX scene to get serious and at the national level it doesn’t get more serious than contesting who will get the honour of wearing a red and white jersey for the next year. This Saturday will be that day and it will mark the second time Toronto has hosted this event […]