It’s a little bit early for any substantive video coverage of last night’s Cross Vegas race, which did not feature a big showdown between Ryan Trebon and Lance Armstrong (who started in the fifth row), but I did find this short clip of Lance riding through a blizzard of camera flashes.

It looks like it was a great crowd and an exciting win by Trebon, so I’m looking forward to posting a lengthier video or two in the next several days. Now if I could just find a good clip of Greg LeMond hijacking Lance’s press conference.

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Cyclocross season is here, which means its time for the CycloTube staff and our supporting team of offshore contract employees to deploy our complex plan for the constant monitoring of video sharing sites, and the cataloging and posting of all interesting cyclocross offerings uncovered by this process.

OK, actually it’s more like me sitting on the couch drinking beer and browsing haphazardly through YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and Google Video after I get bored reading about Ryan Trebon’s soon-to-be feud with Lance Armstrong.

This is what I was doing tonight, and just as it was really starting to sink in that most early-season cross videos are a little on the boring side, featuring mostly flat, dry courses ridden in warm weather, I came across this mildly disturbing piece of cinematic art.

It’s a clip from the 2008 Langtown Backyard Cyclocross Extravaganza, which is apparently held on the backyard motocross course of Bobby Langin, who is the gentleman drinking from the beer bong at the beginning of the video. While the clip from the after party does raise some mustache- and dance-related questions, the only question I have about this particular video is whether the guys on the tandem are running it the whole way because they are having trouble clearing the hills, or because they’re just too drunk to ride.

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ZeroTraction, scheduled for release in November, features action from the 2007 U.S. National Championships in Kansas City. According to the film’s web site, it was shot entirely in high definition, and judging from this trailer they got some pretty good footage. The YouTube clip doesn’t really do justice to the video quality, so make sure and visit their web site and watch the QuickTime if you have a chance.

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Registration for the USA Cycling ‘08 Cyclocross National Championships in Kansas City opens tonight (September 14) at midnight. The event this year is December 11-14, and it will be held at Tiffany Springs Park, which is the same venue as last year.

Here’s a video from last year’s event to get you in the mood. You can also check out this video of the ‘07 Elite Men’s Race in KC that I posted back in February.

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