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Kansas City Area Cyclocross

Written by Mark Thomas
Monday, 31 December 2007
Under the shadow. Photo by Bruce Edwards Yesterday's Epic Holiday Cyclocross race lived up to it's moniker. A challenging course with sketchy frozen (and muddy) corners was groomed and taped by volunteers on Saturday (definitely an 'epic' job). The venue, Tuileries Plaza, featured a combo of cobbled Euro style streets, a single runup (no barriers needed because of the slippery conditions) and plenty of twists on the turf. Plenty of racers considered their race 'epic'. A number of news crews, including local television, came out to the village like venue to cover the action. Bruce Edwards captures a lot of the fun in this gallery. Sunday January 6th is the final local race for this cyclocross season: The Grote Prijs Shawnee. The Grote Prijs is the final event of the De Stad Van Kansas Cyclocross Series and also features a village style coures in Herman Laird Park (Old Shawnee Town). Expect free beer from the Boulevard folks and lots of great racing. Click on 'Read More' for complete results:
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Cyclocross Season Continues

Written by Mark Thomas

Thursday, 27 December 2007

Last year's Grote Prijs action.

This weekend features a new cyclocross race, The Epic Holiday Cyclocross. The event will be held at the Tuileries Plaza in the Northland of Kansas City. The venue is about 1/2 mile west of I-29 on Highway 45. Highway 45 is also named Tom Watson Parkway. And while we don't have racing every day of the week during the holiday break like in Belgium, we continue the season to the Grote Prijs Shawnee held in Herman Laird Park on January 6th. Herman Laird Park is on Johnson Drive in Shawnee between Nieman and Quivira (it is also the site of "Old Shawnee Town"). The Grote Prijs is the final event of the De Stad Kansas Cyclocross Series and is a very popular event.

Following the local races a number of metro area athletes are heading off to Belgium for the UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championships. The localcycling.com crew may have room for an additional person in the posse headed to Mol. If you're interested give This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it a shout.

KCCX Gear

Written by Mark Thomas
Friday, 21 December 2007
The recent USCF Cyclocross National Championships were a great show. There's still some pretty cool souvenier gear available. Check it out here.

More Cool Pics

Written by Mark Thomas
Monday, 17 December 2007
Russell McCorkle sends some more photos from the Elite races at the USCF Cyclocross National Championships. Steve Culver captured the action during some of the women's Masters events.

Compton and Johnson Win Elites

Written by Mark Thomas

Sunday, 16 December 2007

Katie Compton and Tim Johnson took the Elite titles at the final day of the USCF Cyclocross National Championships in Kansas City, KS. Johnson last won the title in 2000 when the races were held at Stohl Park in Overland Park. Check out the results for today's racing here.

In the short term, cyclocross racing continues December 30th with the Epic Holiday Cyclocross and the final round of the DeStad Series: The Grote Prijs Shawnee. In the long term, the National Championship returns to Kansas City for 2008!

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