Rider Journals: Top Stories

Nov. 19, 2008Jeremy Powers gives some tips on hopping cyclocross barriers.
We’re back and the racing has been abundant. I picked up a win in Toronto two weeks ago and a podium last weekend at the USGP in New Jersey. Now the biggest races of the year loom on the horizon and I’m looking forward to them all: the USGP ...
Nov. 14, 2008Michael Barry's diary: The story of a cyclist
Behind the story there is always a greater story, one which is often missed. The Tour of Lombardy unfolded in traditional fashion: a breakaway, a gauged acceleration in the peloton, the knife-stabbing attacks that seal most riders’ fate, and ...
Nov. 12, 2008Barry Wicks' journal on racing cyclocross in Belgium
They say the best way to perfect a skill is to go to where that skill is practiced perfectly. For cyclocross, Belgium is that place. Cycling fanaticism in Belgium is difficult to explain. There is really no correlation to it in the United States. ...
Nov. 5, 2008J-Pow's Journal: Camp, 'cross and a new nephew
Since my last diary, I’ve driven to Connecticut, jumped a plane south to Louisville and then west to Boulder to race the hotbeds of cyclocross! My trip to Connecticut didn’t involve racing, I had my cross’ bikes, they weren’t built, just ...
Oct. 30, 2008Kona cyclocrosser Barry Wicks' latest journal entry.
The wheel in front of me twitches and pulses with enormous energy as it tries desperately to pull away from my gasping breaths. My legs ache, the pain beginning deep, unbelievably deep, slowly creeping up through the layers of my consciousness, ...
Oct. 22, 2008Jeremy Powers reports on how he knew he had hit the big time in cyclocross
A lot of similar questions come along when you’re out at the races. One question I hear frequently is some variation of the famous “How do you know when you’ve made it big?” I usually give a good P.C. answer and move along, because who ...
Oct. 15, 2008Team Kona cyclocrosser Barry Wicks reports on some of his off-the-bike pursuits.
VeloNews.com publishes a diary from Kona pro cyclocross racer Barry Wicks every other Wednesday. Wicks' column alternates with one by Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale's Jeremy Powers Cyclocross season for me brings about a time in my life ...
Oct. 15, 2008Michael Barry's Diary - The final attacks of the season
Alessandria, Italy ─ The peloton, stretched thin into a long single line, stuck to the white line marking the edge of the road with the riders on the front pushing the cool yet fresh autumn air as they rode a hard tempo to control the race ...
Oct. 14, 2008Fresh Korn: The off-season is an all-too-brief calm before the seasonal storm
“So, what do you guys do in the off-season?” Most of the time this gets asked by someone wondering about a “job.” From those a bit more knowledgeable about the sport, it’s referring to something we do to fill our time, figuring ...
Oct. 8, 2008J-Pow's Journal: Crackin' a curse and kickin' it with Clinton
Welcome to my new diary on VeloNews.com, a diary that will offer an exciting, behind-the scenes look into my cycling ventures as I tour around the United States and Europe racing cyclo-cross this fall and winter. I’m certain there will be great ...
Oct. 1, 2008A new column by cyclocross star Barry Wicks
Editor's Note: This is the first of a regular column on VeloNews.com written by Team Kona professional cyclocross racer Barry Wicks. Transitioning from my mountain bike to my cyclocross bike in the fall is an adventure in rehearsed ...
Oct. 1, 2008Michael Barry's Diary: Attacks, crashes and goodbye kisses
The crowd roared as we, the handful of riders that was once over 200 riders large rode slowly around the course on the final lap of the six and a half hour race. Paolo Bettini sat on the front of the 30 man group, blowing kisses to the tifosi ...