Cyclocross

2011 - Alpha Cross- State CX Championship


Photo Credit: Chuck Parsons

Results Day 1

Results Day 2

Pictures / Video

Author: Mary Topping - Pro-cycling writer
http://provelopassion.wordpress.com
http://procyclinggolden.com
@butterflywriter on Twitter

The 2011 Colorado State Cyclocross Championships course at Rhyolite Park in Castle Rock demanded full throttle from competitors during the entire race. The start and finish areas lay in a bowl surrounded by hills partially covered in snow. Riders set off from the park’s entrance up a long climb on the road that one racer described as twice the distance of a typical sprint start. Once in the park the course snaked up and down a hillside then continued to one of the most challenging aspects of the course, a steep flyover on one side of the finish line. Riders frequently crossed wheels and limbs near the top when those they followed couldn’t ride it all the way up and clip out fast enough. The course then dipped into splashy mud and rose to closely spaced barriers which led to the back-side of the course. Riding under the fly over, through the finish line, then alongside the pits, the riders faced a run-up that most rode to return to the top half of the starting climb.

Racing: 

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Cyclocross