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Cycling news, information, gossip, rides and races in and around the Kansas City Metropolitan area.
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Atchison, Lawrence, Leavenworth, St. Joseph and Topeka

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Here's the complete Kansas City area Cyclocross Schedule with spectator guide. And a nice Special Section On CX in the metro.
Check out all the great events that happened with the Tour of Missouri: Rides, Parties, Festivals:
Go to our Tour of Missouri Kansas City Section

Grote Prijs Shawnee Cyclocross

Cyclocross
Written by Mark Thomas
Thursday, 01 December 2005
Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City and the City of Shawnee, Kansas present an all new cyclocross venue for a January 8th, 2006 race. Herman Laird Park (next to Old Shawnee Town) in the heart of downtown Shawnee will feature a real Belgian flavored race with possible epic weather conditions. The course design will feature lots of twists, challenging runs and fast pavement. Some of the areas top Masters riders will use this event as a tune-up before heading off to Mol, Belgium for the UCI World's Masters Cyclcross Championships.
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Last Chance Registration

Cyclocross
Written by Mark Thomas
Thursday, 01 December 2005
Riders can still register for this weekend's cyclcocross events, both UCI and Kansas/Missouri Championships, on Friday at The Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City during packet pickup. All entrants receive a long sleeve T-shirt with some cool cyclocross graphics. Packet pickup details here.

Merry BMXmas

BMX
Written by Mark Thomas
Wednesday, 30 November 2005
FreeRide Bicycles and Boards will be flying like Mr. Claus in downtown Shawnee this Friday night. The City celebrates it's Christmas Around Town festival with lots of activities including BMX and Skate demos.

Topeka Van travels to Jingle Cross Rock and garners good results!

Cyclocross
Written by Mark Thomas
Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Keith Walberg sends this report: All five travelers in the "Tilford Van" competed in yesterdays "Jingle Cross Rock" cyclocross races in Iowa City and all five finished "in the money" with good results. The headline for the Topeka crew was Steve Tilford's solo victory in the Elite men's race. Tilford finshed more than two minutes ahead of Discovery rider Jason McCartney and team mate. Shad Smith. In the women'e elite race Catherine Walberg finshed a close second to Minnesota's Linda Sone. Other strong finishes among van mates include Bill Stolte winning the masters 30+ race, Keith Walberg's 4th place in men's B, and Trudi Rebsamen's 6th in the elite women's event. It was a fun and fast course with 90% of the race on Iowa University's nicely manicured cross country running park. Full results at www.jinglecrossrock.com Photo by Keith Walberg

UCI License Needed for Elite Mens Race

Cyclocross
Written by Mark Thomas
Monday, 28 November 2005
Racers planning on the Men's Elite event at this Saturday's KLM UCI Cyclocross will need an International License. These may be purchased on line at USA Cycling or at the two registration/packet pickups at the Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City on Wednesday and Friday. An International license purchased either way is good until the end of 2006, and covers UCI, USCF and NORBA all in one. Packet pickup details here. Those choosing to race Elite this weekend will get to bump handlebars with Matt Kelly, the first American to win a Gold Medal at a Cyclocross World Championship and local fave and multiple National Cyclcross Champion, Steve Tilford. Since this is crunch time for tuning up for nationals on December 10th, it's expected that Elite racers from Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas as well as our regional hot rods from Kansas and Missouri will be on the start at Wyandotte County Park.

Flash! Registration Extended

Cyclocross
Written by Mark Thomas
Monday, 28 November 2005
The promoters of this weekends KLM UCI Cyclocross and Kansas/Missouri State Cyclocross Championships have extended online registration for all events until Wednesday at Midnight. The KLM folk also noted that Masters category racers at the state championship races will be competing for medals in 5-year increments for both states.

Boss Cross One Results

Cyclocross
Written by Mark Thomas
Sunday, 27 November 2005
Even with last minute venue change, Jeremy Haynes was able to put together an outstanding course utilizing a variety of challenging park features. Sand pit, stairs, double boards, and a grunting 'ride up' kept heart rates high. Come back performance of the day belonged to Tony Wilhelm who broke a chain as the gun went off. Tony was given a fresh bike, but still started well behind the A field. By the end of the race he'd moved into 5th. .Boss Cross Results.