September 18, 2008

A massive windstorm hit the Cincinnati Ohio area on Sunday, including the town of Loveland Ohio, site of the opening race of the 2008 Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour. News outlets reported that the storm, which was the remnant of Hurricane Ike, left nearly two million people without electricity and forecast that many would be without power for over a week. In Loveland itself, people in the only open store in town reported that they had seen several houses that had been destroyed by falling trees.

August 15, 2008
Registration has opened for the Zipp OVCX Tour's season opener on September 14. The Cyclosport Cyclo-Cross at Riverview Park in Loveland Ohio, near Cincinnati, will be the first cyclocross for any of the U.S.A.'s major cyclocross series in 2008. The course will be a fitting challenge to start the year according to promoter Ryan Lindsay, "This course has a bit of everything to throw at you, pavement, grass sections, lots of off camber, and a classic lung-bursting run-up."

The event will be a celebration of the fifth year of cyclocross racing at Riverview Park...

 August 11, 2008
The thirteen-race Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour has made no secret of its intentions to become the next major regional player on the American Cyclocross Scene. 2008 appears to be a watershed year for the up-and-coming Midwestern organization, which kicks off its campaign on September 14 with the Cyclocross at Riverview Park in the Cincinnati suburb of Loveland...

Details are starting to emerge on the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival scheduled for October 10-12. Part of the Zipp OVCX Tour, the Festival consists of three UCI-sanctioned races in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area: the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede, the Java Johnny’s Lionhearts International and the newly-upgraded UCI-C1 Bio Wheels - United Dairy Farmers Harbin Park International. According to organizers, it is one of only two 3-day cyclocross festivals of its kind in the world, with the other being Belgium’s legendary Christmas Week.

Highlighting the Ohio River Valley’s new-found reputation as one of America’s best cycling destinations, the Zipp OVCX Cyclocross Tour has announced its most ambitious schedule ever, highlighted by a USGP weekend and the only three-day UCI sanctioned cyclocross festival in the world apart from Belgium’s “Christmas Week”.

Mitch Graham, Director of the Ohio Valley Cyclocross Series, announced today that the organization has signed a six-year contract with business development company SpectaSport.

Cross, Cowbells, and Carbon! 2007 OVCX Series Ready to roll out September 9th with Zipp Speed Weaponry as Presenting Sponsor

The folks at ProCyclocross.com have generously offered to sponsor a unique contest for the OVCX community. After each race, the rider with the best race report will win a Euro Cross DVD! What better incentive could there be to break out the old pencils, dust off the dictionary, and sharpen those writing skills! All the submitted race reports will be posted on the OVCX website in a new section containing race reports, and the winner will be announced every week.

The Fine Print: DVDs will be available after EACH race, not just each weekend! Each rider can only win once.

An Open Letter To: The eight year old girls who came to watch youth soccer on Sunday at Loveland’s Miami View Park and ended up watching a grown man nearly blow chunks.

On the day of the feast of the patron saint of cyclists, the Madonna del Ghisallo, Barry Wicks and Katie Compton powered their way to win handily, leaving the epic battles behind them for second. In both cases, a fire bolt start, exceptional handling, and unmatched strength saw the two to victory.