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Tim Johnson won his third national championship in convincing fashion.

Katerina Nash repeated on Sunday despite a crash and Jeremy Powers took the men’s race over Todd Wells.

Todd Wells edged Jeremy Powers while Katerina Nash cruised to victory on Saturday in Portland.

The U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross STANLEY Portland Cup- returns this weekend to it’s traditional Series Finale home, the Portland International Raceway, setting up an epic battle of cyclocross superstars from the east and west coasts.

Both Todd Wells and Meredith Miller escaped early on in their respective races and cruised to victory on Sunday.

Meredith Miller and Todd Wells took easy victories at the second day of the Jingle Cross.

Todd Wells and Meredith Miller won on a muddy first day of the Jingle Cross in Iowa.

Tim Johnson dominated and Katerina Nash doubled up for the weekend at day 2 of the Mercer Cup of the USGP of Cyclocross.

Here are some highlights from USA Cycling’s latest update:

The number of licensed competitive cyclists, clubs and events has continued to grow.
2009 licenses are on sale
USA Cycling members now get a 10% discount from Wheeltags, Mattie O Artworks, Hampton Inns, 53×11 Coffee and USA Cycling branded XP apparel
The US now has 16 professional racing teams with either UCI Continental, Pro Continental or Pro Tour classifications
There is a new professional cross country mountain bike series. The USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-Air (ProXCT) will consist of seven …

From USACycling.org

Kansas City, Missouri (December 14, 2008)-The final day of the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships was highlighted by the powerful performance put on by Ryan Trebon (Bend, Ore./Kona) on his way to the elite men’s national title. There were no surprises in the elite women’s race as Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Spike) rode to her fifth consecutive cyclo-cross national championship despite a talented field. A pair of North Carolina schools will take collegiate cyclo-cross team titles back to the Southeast, Lees-McRae College in division I and Appalachian State in …