{"id":6642,"date":"2011-11-29T12:44:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T12:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2011-11-29T12:44:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T12:44:20","slug":"cardiff-hosts-cyclo-cross-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/29\/cardiff-hosts-cyclo-cross-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff hosts cyclo-cross Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Welsh \u2018Cross season set for Blackweir Park climax<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blackweir Park will welcome hundreds of cyclists next month, as Cardiff gets ready for the Welsh cyclo-cross League Final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The final round of the 2011 \u2018Cross Welsh season will see cyclists of all ages competing for vital league points as the event reaches it\u2019s climax on Sunday December 18.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7012\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7012\" title=\"Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7012\" title=\"Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Active_8_Cyclo_Large_SL1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Less technically demanding than mountain biking, cyclo-cross is a sport for all ages<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last season\u2019s runner-up, Joe Lally, currently leads the field in the Men\u2019s Senior division with 518 points, while Claire Bowen is setting the pace for the women.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the event is extremely competitive and will decide the winners of each league division, event organizer Graham Barker explains how cyclo-cross is a sport for all comers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ideal for beginners,\u201d says Graham. \u201cPeople take it very seriously but there is a huge range of ability.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh \u2018Cross season set for Blackweir Park climax \u00a0\u00a0 Blackweir Park will welcome hundreds of cyclists next month, as Cardiff gets ready for the Welsh cyclo-cross League Final.\u00a0 The final round of the 2011 \u2018Cross Welsh season will see cyclists of all ages competing for vital league points as the event reaches it\u2019s climax on Sunday December 18. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Last season\u2019s runner-up, Joe Lally, currently leads the field in the Men\u2019s Senior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":7013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[186,1491,1412,1492,1493],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-bike","tag-blackweir-park","tag-cycling","tag-cyclo-cross","tag-welsh-cross"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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