Report by Mia Sullivan

The moon was full, the Las Vegas lights shimmered in the distance, the crowds were noisy and the racing was hot at CrossVegas. In a show of force, Czech National Cyclocross Champion Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) soloed to victory, her first at the race after taking second the past two years.

“This is one of my favorite races and it's a good crowd tonight.” Nash said. “Every time you win it's super exciting it wasn't easy out there, it's a super tough course. I just put in a good effort maybe half-way through the race, the gap kept growing. I had teammates back there, they were super strong but they weren't going to let me go so I put my head down and Mary was riding extremely strong today. CrossVegas is a big deal and it's exciting to win out here.”

Photo Credit: Mia Sullivan
Boulder rider, Amy Dombroski, takes second in 2010 Cross Vegas

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715am and I walk out to the kitchen, massive dark skies to the east. “Curious.” The breakfast begins. I’m an omelet guy. Red pepper, onion, spinach, egg and avocado if it’s on sale. Amante beans in the grinder, stove top espresso in my mouth. “Hey kids, park in the back so we can load up easier” – the text goes out before my carpool posse arrives. It’s starting to mist outside at about 48/50 degrees in the bubble. “Interesting.” Grab my rain jacket, toss leg warmers in the bag and pick out a scuzzy towel for the post race cleanup.

Here is a video of the first lap of the Cat 4 race taken by @Jasper9.

Photo Credit: Ben Welnak

Photo Credit: Ben Welnak

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The 3rd annual 12 Hours of Snowmass brought 122 endurance riders to Snowmass Village to test their mettle against tough competitors and a tough course and raise money for a good cause.
Endurance legend Nat Ross organized this great race to benefit the Aspen Youth Center (www.aspenyouthcenter.org). To date, rider contributions total over $18,000. Solo men's winner, Dean Hill, is the top individual fundraiser by gathering $1,850 to benefit the youth center and the overall fundraising leader is Team Explore with $4,515.

The lap race was set on a course slightly longer than 9 miles with a punch-you-in-the-face elevation gain of over 1,750 feet per lap, including a nasty climb from the start of about 1,500 feet. There were solos - men's/women's geared, singlespeed, and clydesdale, duos - men's, women's, and coed, and trios - men's, women's, and coed, and open teams of up to eight riders. The weather at the 7am start was clear skies, near freezing temperatures, and a light frost covering the pit area. By the end of lap one, the sun had warmed most of the course to a perfect temperature. The high temperature for the day topped out around 70 with only a few clouds in the sky. A perfect day for some fast endurance racing.

From Winter Park Mountain States Cup

High strung, up tight, self-centered, egotistical, etc. these were characteristics not found at the Mountain States Cup race in Winter Park this weekend, the event was more like a party then a race. With the help of Winter Park resort, they had a whole Family Fun center with bungee jumping, spinning cages, mini golf, and more. Results were not of the concern of most of the competitors just post ride banter and discussion. Fitness was less of a factor than skill, with these riders bombing down the course needing lighting fast reaction with failure resulting in serious painful results. This was very obvious by looking at some of the gear these riders had on, they looked more like line backers than cyclist.