Here are some great photos of two cyclocross races that took place during the recent Christmas blizzard…

Holiday Cross by Chris Thomas

Holiday Cross by Laterne Rouge

Grojte Pris Shawnee photos by J. Smith

Head down to the West Bottoms tomorrow for the Urban Cyclocross Challenge, Stage 3 of the Street Cred series. High Noon at Hickory Street and St. Louis Avenue.
Get all the details at tricycletrackstands.blogspot.com.

Sunday’s Grojte Pris Cyclocross race got a bit of TV news love on NBC station KSHB-TV, including a star turn by localcycling.com’s Mark Thomas.

Sunday’s Grote Prijs Shawnee is the last race of the local Cyclocross season, and it looks like the weather might warm up to a respectable temperature just in time for it.
Details at www.series60cx.com

the KCBC New Years Day ride is CANCELLED.
Out west we have one last cyclocross race of 2009. Cross Off the Old Year starts at 1:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve at Stump Park, 47th and Woodland in Shawnee, KS. (Details)
Then on New Year’s Day, head out south for a great hangover cure. [...]

This weekend the new Swope Park trails host the Kansas City Cup Challenge, a full weekend of cyclocross, trail running, and cross-country mountain bike racing.  Saturday features trail running and cyclocross, while Sunday has the MTB action. Volunteers at Swope Park are rapidly developing an awesome trail system right in the middle of the city, [...]

The Interwebs have lots of great photos from the recent Cyclocross Nationals held here in KC at Tiffany Springs Park….

Alex Grigsby
Local cyclist Chris Thomas
Team Durango Devo
Many more on Flickr

For the second year in a row the Cyclocross National Championships are in Kansas City.  This year the event moves from KCK to KCMO, at Tiffany Springs Park near the airport.  Tonight the big kick off event is the Mud and Blood Ball, which features the premiere of the Zero Traction documentary filmed here at [...]

What started out as a way for professional racers to train in the off-season has bloomed into a sport of its own, and cyclocross has become very popular in Kansas City in recent years. For the uninitiated, cyclocross races consist of several laps around a course featuring dirt, rocks, pavement, and obstacles requiring dismounts and [...]