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Time to Focus on World Cup For Powers
Posted on 19. Nov, 2012 by lyne.
Mid-way through the season and it’s time for American cyclocross champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) to change his focus from the United States the Europe. The 29-year old rider has had an amazing start to the season, winning decisively all the six C1 races that he entered and also claiming five C2 victories. But he did [...]
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Powers – “I definitely found the flow”
Posted on 11. Nov, 2012 by lyne.
Reigning US champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) notched another win, another C1 win, on Saturday’s USGP Derby City Cup at Eva Bandman Park. This one was important because the race was a dry-run of the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships coming up in February. Powers’ goal for his first view of the course was to find [...]
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Can Powers crack top 5 at a World Cup?
Posted on 25. Sep, 2012 by lyne.
Reigning USA cyclocross champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) started off his cross season with back-to-back decisive victories at CrossVegas and the first day of USGP Planet Bike Cup. Not only did he power away from a stacked field but he did it at C1 races. Those races matter because they not only offer more money but [...]
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Powers Solos To Win At CrossVegas
Posted on 20. Sep, 2012 by pressrelease.
U.S. National Champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) continued where he left off last year by taking a decisive win to claim his first ever CrossVegas on Wednesday night. “That was a hard day. I’ve been thinking about that for about a month now and to finally pull it off, it feels really, really good. ” Powers [...]
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The Grand Fundo: A Resounding Success
Posted on 16. Jul, 2012 by lyne.
With his Grand Fundo, Jeremy Powers, professional rider for the Jelly Belly Cycling Team p/b Kenda and the Rapha-Focus professional cyclocross team, wanted to create a perfect day on the bike. “It’s got everything Al, Mukunda and I want in a ride, from the route to the organization, the riders and even the food. When [...]
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Stu Thorne – The Man Behind Cyclocrossworld.com
Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 by lyne.
Almost every weekend during the cross season, you can find Stu Thorne working on a bike, paying attention to detail and making everything run smoothly, or as smooth as possible, for his Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com team. A high pressure environment where a small mistake can cost his rider a victory, and yet he seems to [...]
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Behind THE Barriers Episode 18
Posted on 01. Mar, 2012 by lyne.
The final episode of season 2, episode 18 of Behind THE Barriers draws the curtain on both Jeremy Powers’s 2011-2012 cyclocross season.
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Behind THE Barriers Episode 17
Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by lyne.
Jeremy Powers, his Rapha-Focus team and the Behind THE Barriers crew head back to Europe for Episode 17, the second to last episode in Behind THE Barriers’ second season. Jeremy is headed to the final World Cup of the season in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands.
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One On One With Zach McDonald
Posted on 10. Feb, 2012 by lyne.
Don’t let the seemingly lackadaisical attitude (or the hairy legs) from the youngest member of the Rapha Focus Cyclocross team fool you, he is serious about his racing just as he is serious about his schooling. And there’s the rub for the 20-year old (almost 21) Zach McDonald who might soon be facing a tough [...]
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Behind THE Barriers Episode 16
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by lyne.
Jeremy Powers has had some unfinished business with the U.S. Cyclocross National Championships throughout his career. He’s been as close as you can get without taking the win. Behind the Barriers Episode 16 takes us to Madison, Wisconsin to witness his victory at the 2012 Cyclocross National Championships

