Cycling photography for December

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Superprestige Cyclocross Round #6, Belgium
SuperCup Cyclocross Round #4, Kansas
US Cyclocross Nationals, Kansas
Carnegie Caulfield Criteriums
George Hincapie
Supercup Cyclocross Round #3 Chicago
Verge New England Cyclocross
Tour of Southland
New Mexico Cyclocross
Cyclocross Fürth
Six Days of Zurich
Cycle Instead Criterium Series, Perth
World Track Championships
Superprestige Gieten
Six Days of Gent

Superprestige Cyclocross Round #6, Belgium

Globe-trotting Mark Abramson (Cyclocrossworld.com) took these shots in the European mud of the Superprestige series.

Supercup Cyclocross Round #4, Kansas City

Following on from the National 'cross titles was the final round of the SuperCup, held in snowy Kansas City. Mark Abramson (Cyclocrossworld.com) did not stop clicking his camera.

US Cyclocross Nationals, Kansas

It just gets colder in the U.S., as the following photos from the National Titles in Kansas City will show. Mark Abramson of Cyclocrossworld.com braved the cold, as did many others.

George Hincapie

David Cowie shot these pics of George Hincapie of US Postal back in April at the 131km 10th Amsterdam RAI DernyRace / Grote Prijs Doeland. The pacemaker that George was riding behind is Peter Bauerlein.

Supercup Cyclocross Round #3 Chicago

A decidedly frosty Saturday greeted the third round of the US' premier cross series. Tim Johnson (Saturn) and Carmen Richardson (Sobe/Headshok) repeated their winning form of the previous weekend, and as usual Cyclocrossworld.com's Mark Abramson was there to take pics, as were Martin Boehm and Dottie Cullotta.

  • The men's podium - Justin Robinson, Marc Gullickson, Tim Johnson, Bart Bowen, Brandon Dwight
  • The women's podium - Ann Grande, Rachel Loyd, Carmen Richardson, Emily Thorne, Gina Hall
  • Carmen Richardson - leads Rachel Lloyd after the Festina hurdles
  • The junior podium - Jeremy Powers, Alan Obye, Chris Hill, Ang Sheldrake
  • Tim Johnson - runs through the Clif Bar pit hurdles
  • Alan Obye - leads Chris Hill through the mulch pit
  • Mark Gullickson - getting a brake tune-up at the Mongoose tent before the start.
  • The starting line - during the announcement of the riders.
  • Riders - running the first set of barriers.
  • Bart Bowen - in third place chasing Gullickson and Johnson.
  • Riders - navigating a curbjump on the course behind the big top tent.
  • Tim Johnson - just about to overtake Gullickson on the second last lap
  • Tim Johnson - tackles the Festina hurdles.
  • Bart Bowen - mid-dismount, concentrating on the approaching obstacle.
  • Marc Gullickson - framed against large quantities of snow
  • Marc Gullickson - about to remount after the Festina hurdles

Verge New England Cyclocross

The Verge New England Cyclocross had its series finals on December 2, in Wayland High School, MA. Winners of the elite men's and women's categories were Tim Johnson (Saturn) and Carmen Richardson (Sobe/Headshok). Cyclocrossworld.com's Mark Abramson sent in these shots.

Tour of Southland

The Tour of Southland was held in New Zealand in late October, and was won by Glen Mitchell, with World Champion Jeremy Yates finishing second. Shayne Neylon supplied the following photos from the race.

New Mexico Cyclocross Series

Douglas Sheppard sent some more pics in from the New Mexico cyclocross series (round 5).

Cyclocross Fürth

Hans Will, from the German Bayern Radsport site, sent the following images in from the cyclocross race in Fürth, held on November 30.

Six Days of Zurich

Coming straight after the Six Days of Gent, the 48th Six Days of Zurich saw 6-time winners, Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart take out another in front of a supportive crowd. Pascal Meisser, who runs the Swiss Tour Magazin took some photos of the final two nights.

Cycle Instead Criterium Series, Perth

This four race series in Perth, Western Australia was held between December 2-10, culminating in the Australian Criterium Championships on December 10. These pictures from the the third round were taken by Stewart Stockdale.

Race 3, Fremantle, December 9, 2000

Publicity officer, Renae Woodhams, supplied the following pictures which were taken by Marcelo Palacios.

Race 2, Leederville, December 6, 2000

Race 1, Armadale, December 2, 2000

Carnegie Caulfield CC

Carnegie Caulfield CC correspondent, Mark Chadwick is now sending pics with his reports. An added incentive to break away!

Carnegie Caulfield Criterium, January 2, 2001

Carnegie Caulfield Criterium, December 31, 2000

Carnegie Caulfield Criterium, December 24, 2000

Carnegie Caulfield Criterium, December 17, 2000

  • Six pics from a high-quality local race

Carnegie Caulfield Criterium, December 5, 2000

Carnegie Caulfield Criterium, December 3, 2000

  • Action - from the A grade race
  • Action - from the B grade race
  • Action - in the C & D grade races, with an extra pic

World Track Championships

The World Track Championships ran for five days from October 25-29 in Manchester. Andy Storey sent in some pics.

Superprestige Gieten

Bert Geerts from the Netherlands is a regular contributor to cyclingnews, and is well known for his fine portrait shots and other action pictures from Dutch and Belgian races. He was at the Superprestige round 4 race in Gieten, the Netherlands.

Six Days of Gent

Nick Rosenthal took his (new) camera along to Gent to capture some of the action from the final three nights of the 60th Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen. Here's what he came back with.

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