Night Cap, Psycho, Carpentersville, Bloomingcross, Linden Park, Keweenaw Cup, Richmond Park

IOWA: DesMoines - Night Cap Cross -  RESULTS - Nice turnout. First race had 99 riders!

Photo: Bike Iowa

Women 1/2/3 (open)
1 Kim Eppen IOWA CITY IA Iowa City Cycling Club
2 Sydney Brown LINCOLN NE
3 Brittany Mcconnell IOWA CITY IA Iowa City Cycling Club

Men CX 1/2/3
1 Brian Eppen IOWA CITY IA Iowa City Cycling Club
2 Kevin McConnell IOWA CITY IA Iowa City Cycling Club
3 Camden Kirkpatrick URBANDALE IA Rasmussen Bike Shop

Photo: Amy Dykema

ILLINOIS: Chicago - Psycho Cross - Winner Brian Matter comes clean as to why he invaded the Land of Lincoln this past Saturday: "Last weekend I didn't have much of a game plan." then he goes on about the race ... "The race started and I was staged 30th out of 30 based on my registration time!  I was good with this because UCI points start over tomorrow and I'll be moving back....so I'll need the practice.  I was pumped when I was 8th wheel out of the first 2 turns.  4 more corners and I wasn't so pumped....I'm not sure what happened , but I crashed hard!  My chain was off in the front and the back, both levers were in, and both shoulders and my thigh were in pain...wow I'm lucky I didn't brake my bike or my body.  Now I was in last place again and every body else pretty much had a huge head start. " Read the rest of his blog and find out how he managed to go from LAST to FIRST!

Skylar Schneider (Photo: Bill Draper)

ILLINOIS: Carpentersville - Carpentersville Cross - More media as posted on the Chicago Cross Cup site. Check there for TONS of links to video and photos.





INDIANA: Bloomington - BloomingCross - PHOTOS



MICHIGAN: Linden - Linden Park Cross - Not much info, but we've got video!

Photo: Christopher Schmidt

MICHIGAN: Copper Harbor - Keweenaw Cup - The 4th annual, two day Keweenaw Cup was held this past weekend in Copper Harbor, MI. UPCROSS.Net has the full writeup, results, and photos.
Makes some great reading: "Forced to start in the second row for lack of a call-up, Tyler Gauthier of Culver's Racing wasted no time in moving through the ranks in the A race. As his competition struggled to keep their bikes upright, Gauthier sliced through wind, quickly establishing a sizable lead, only Tyler Jenema (Mafia) able to hold his wheel. Eventually, Jenema faded as well, falling back to join Ryan Tervo (Dorfblick / Flyer Cycles) of Houghton. The pair worked together to maintain their lead over the remainder of the fragmented field. Normally the stronger of the pair, the race was Jenema's to win. A botched remount on the final barrier was his undoing, however, and Tervo rode in for second behind Gauthier.

Sunday morning, race organizers were again greeted by a howling north wind off of Lake Superior that made the previous day's gales seem like a gentle breeze. With the wind, the Top of the World Smackdown at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge was certain to be a punishing affair. Making heavy use of paved golf cart paths and smooth fairways, racers would be able to fly with the wind and curse the gales in equal shares. A short run-up, prefaced by a muddy dip and barrier, forced riders to dismount just before turning into the wind for the final time on each lap. "
MICHIGAN: Grand Rapids - Richmond Park - RESULTS Good turnout for part of the KrissCross series in Western Michigan.