Compton’s power on the Cross bike is easy to spot from a 100 yards away

The second day of racing in the Boulder, CO, area brought riders to the Boulder Res, which was flat and fast with a long/deep sand pit. The weather was perfect for racing and none of the heavy snow that fell on Boulder this week was visible or had any affect on conditions As is always the case all the pro bikes had no signs of the mud that caked their bikes after yesterday’s event in Longmont.

Compton warms up in heavy traffic

Katie Compton (Planet Bike) has made a habit of big wins in Cyclocross on American soil. And by big wins I mean winning by a huge margin, including Sunday’s Boulder Cup. SRAM equipped Amy Dombroski came alive and the fiery local held onto Compton as long as possible, leaving former National Champion Alison Dunlap (Luna) and MTB specialist Kelli Emmett (Giant) in her wake. The Compton/Dombroski duo gave SRAM a proud one-two the Women’s podium. Amy D. races on 2010 SRAM Force while Compton rides RED. Compton now heads to France for the next round of the Cyclocross World Cup, which is on her list of goals for 2010. She will return to the US for Nationals in December in Bend, OR, where she hopes to claim her fifth National title.

Tim Johnson is one of the funniest (way funnier than Powers) and friendliest guys on the cross scene, but he is always focused and quiet at the start line. In the background Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com team director Stu Thorne delivers some team strategy to J-Pow, he had just spoken to TJ

The Men’s race started with a bang as Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com’s Jeremy Powers tore out of the gate and stringing the Men’s Pro field out early, and making a significant move at the beginning of lap two. Teammate Johnson was nearly 10 seconds back at one point when Powers went down over an obstacle. The two then worked together until Johnson inched away towards the latter half of the race. Jamey Driscoll was able to take third and it was a repeat sweep for SRAM and the team that has dominated Cross in the US with 13 wins so far this year.

Jeremy Powers makes his move at the beginnning of lap two, eventually finishing second

Driscoll hits the beach – a mix up in the numbers gave Jamey Driscoll number one instead of teammate Jeremy Powers, we rubbed it in all day

Boulder local and rising Cross star Amy Dombroski finished second on the day, racing with her current team for the last time

Some controversy stirred as Amy Dombroski would be racing for her Richard Sachs/RGM team for the last time, having mutually decided to part ways. Dombroski is a SRAM athlete as well and the smallest rider in the Elite Women’s field at 5′ 1″ and 107 lbs, reminding me early Sunday that she has shed 10 pounds from last year. Dombroski was faced with the difficult decision of racing equipment not from her sponsor to save weight. The Boulder resident relabeled wheels, a practice often seen and overlooked in pro racing. She was gracious and disappointed of the split but reportedly has new sponsorship in place. She spoke about the great relationship with Sachs and how much the framebuilding legend has helped her, but she felt that other equipment, specifically different wheels, gave her the best chance to win. To her credit Dombroski finished second at last weekend’s USGP in Lousiville, KY, and took second on today’s event in Boulder as well. Her results and improvement, as well as team change, were a hot topic at the weekend’s events.