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Journee-Mondiale > Travel Imagine a place where history whispers through cobblestone streets where the scent of freshly baked trdelník mingles with the crisp air of the Bohemian countryside and where centuries-old traditions blend seamlessly with modern-day charm a hidden gem nestled in the heart of the Czech Republic that’s about to capture your imagination and steal your heart As you step into Třeboň’s main square you’re immediately transported back in time The town’s Renaissance and Baroque architecture stands as a testament to its rich history with colorful facades and intricate details adorning buildings at every turn At the center of it all stands the crown jewel of Třeboň: the magnificent Třeboň Chateau this sprawling complex is a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture As you explore its grand halls and lush gardens you can almost hear the whispers of aristocrats who once called this place home “The Třeboň Chateau is not just a building; it’s a living museum that tells the story of our town’s golden age each piece of furniture has a tale to tell.” Just a stone’s throw from the town center lies the Svět Fishpond whose name literally translates to “World.” This vast body of water is more than just a picturesque backdrop; it’s the lifeblood of Třeboň’s centuries-old fish farming tradition As you stroll along its 12-kilometer shoreline you’ll understand why locals affectionately call it their “sea.” rent a paddleboard or pedal boat and glide across the calm waters as the sun sets painting the sky in hues of orange and pink It’s a moment of serenity that will stay with you long after you’ve left Třeboň’s shores No visit to Třeboń would be complete without savoring its gastronomic treasures The town’s cuisine is a celebration of its aquaculture heritage we don’t just cook fish; we honor a tradition that has sustained our community for generations Our carp dishes are a testament to the purity of our waters and the skill of our fishermen.” where you can indulge in succulent carp prepared in various traditional ways Pair your meal with a crisp Bohemia Regent beer brewed right here in one of Central Europe’s oldest breweries Třeboń’s reputation as a spa town dates back centuries drawing visitors from far and wide to experience the healing properties of its peat baths The town’s spa tradition is so revered that it has been recognized by UNESCO for its cultural significance Immerse yourself in the therapeutic warmth of a peat bath letting the nutrient-rich mud soothe your muscles and rejuvenate your spirit venture out on the 5-kilometer trail through the national reserve to witness the pristine peatlands that have made Třeboň a haven for wellness seekers On the southeastern shore of the Svět Fishpond stands a haunting reminder of Třeboň’s aristocratic past: the Schwarzenberg Tomb This neo-Gothic masterpiece serves as the final resting place for 27 members of the powerful Schwarzenberg family you can’t help but feel a sense of awe at its grandeur Join a guided tour to explore the tomb’s ornate interior and learn about the fascinating history of the Schwarzenberg dynasty the tomb also hosts concerts and cultural events offering a unique backdrop for unforgettable performances While Třeboň’s historical sites are undoubtedly impressive it’s the town’s quirky attractions that often leave the most lasting impressions the permanent exhibition of miniature trains and railway tracks This charming display is a hit with both children and adults offering a whimsical journey through Třeboň’s landscape in miniature form visit the house of Josef Štěpánek Netolický a renowned Czech fishpond cultivation expert The permanent exhibition showcases his groundbreaking work and offers insight into the scientific principles behind Třeboň’s thriving fish farming industry Třeboň’s natural beauty extends far beyond its famous fishponds The surrounding countryside is a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts offering countless opportunities for hiking embark on the 7-kilometer hike to the highest point of the Třeboň Basin where you’ll be rewarded with panoramic views that stretch as far as the eye can see If you’re visiting with family or simply looking for an adrenaline rush This versatile sports complex features everything from scooter tracks to trampolines ensuring hours of fun for visitors of all ages each season brings its own unique charm to this Bohemian paradise Spring sees the town burst into color as flowers bloom in the chateau gardens perfect for romantic walks along the fishpond shores That’s when Třeboň transforms into a fairytale wonderland with Christmas markets and cozy cafes offering respite from the chill As local tour guide Petra Nováková puts it: “Třeboň is like a fine wine – it only gets better with time Each season reveals a new facet of its beauty inviting visitors to return again and again.” you’ll notice a delicate balance between preserving its rich heritage and embracing modern comforts The town has managed to maintain its historical charm while offering visitors all the amenities they need for a comfortable stay From boutique hotels housed in renovated Renaissance buildings to modern spa facilities that honor traditional healing methods, Třeboň is a testament to sustainable tourism done right. It’s a place where you can live like royalty for less immersing yourself in centuries of history without breaking the bank While Třeboň could easily fill your entire itinerary it also serves as an excellent base for exploring the wider South Bohemia region you’ll find other Czech gems like Český Krumlov and České Budějovice each offering its own unique blend of history promising even more opportunities to explore this stunning corner of the world you’ll find yourself already planning your return offers a timeless escape from the hustle and bustle of modern life This hidden gem of the Czech Republic is ready to welcome you with open arms promising an experience that will linger in your memory long after you’ve returned home You might just find yourself joining the ranks of travelers who return year after year drawn back by the irresistible allure of this Bohemian paradise Be one of the first to try our new activity feed Ryan Trebon recently announced his retirement He raced cyclocross and mountain bike for 14 years Ryan Trebon recently announced his retirement from pro cycling Trebon became one of the most visible athletes on the cyclocross and mountain biking circuits so visibility came naturally.) Trebon was also one of the strongest and most entertaining athletes on the scene He was never shy to show his emotion — both happiness and frustration — and was always quick to offer insightful comments on the action the end of an employee’s professional tenure includes an exit interview with human resources So we dug up our best HR questions for Trebon to gain some perspective on his career highs Let our English speaking specialist guide you to find the best mortgage offer tailored to your specific needs. Free of charge, quick turnaround. American rebuilding strength after recovering from fractured ribs and vertebrae The Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com rider is working on building his strength back with the hopes of salvaging his season with a good performance at the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross Championships held in January in Austin Trebon out with multiple rib and vertebrae fractures Trebon back to winning after spinal injuries “Physically I am doing pretty well,” Trebon told Cyclingnews “I don’t have any complications or pain in my back My ribs are occasionally a little sore but manageable The main issue I have is strengthening the muscles in my back that atrophied from almost six weeks of no use and limited movement You really need a strong core for cyclo-cross racing and I was lacking that big time a few weeks ago when I tried to race in Ohio and Louisville.” Trebon opened the season with a second-place finish at the UCI C1 QianSen Trophy Cyclocross Yanqing Station in China on August 30 He returned to the US and looked set for success he was forced to take weeks off his bike after he crashed in a local race in Vancouver Trebon jumped back into racing after taking a little over six weeks off. Although he won a local Cross Crusade race outside of Portland he had to settle for mediocre results at two Cincy3 events in Ohio at the beginning of November He also raced at the Waves For Water Cyclocross in Tacoma where he placed in the top five on the first day of racing “I pretty much have done very little racing since I crashed,” Trebon said [I've] been spending a lot of time in San Diego just rebuilding my overall fitness I'm just lacking a bit of race speed and acceleration “It’s been frustrating for sure lacking the snap and speed that I usually have but I have had to try and be realistic about this season It was a pretty severe injury and I am just happy to be back racing this year.” Despite being in the rebuilding stages of recovery Trebon still plans to contest the win at the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross Championships in four weeks The top 90 riders on the overall USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross series standings are pre-qualified to register for the elite men’s championship event I will definitely be racing in Austin,” Trebon said “I’m not worried about the points issue I would rather be on the first row than the second or third at the start but if my training continues to improve and I have a good day at the race  I don’t see any reason why I cannot compete for the win again this year.” Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006 Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023 the boney fish is to Christmas what the noble turkey is to Thanksgiving fish mongers bring the fish to a kind of open air market in tubs where families select a fish and bring it home - alive The temporary pets are given free reign of the family bathtub much to the delight of children who willingly skip bathing until it’s all over The majority of the country’s carp come from Třeboň But these carp are not your average duck poop and rotting carcass eating The ponds are drained frequently and fresh water added and they're fed grain and fattened up for their big holiday showing the pretty town of Třeboň is quite an undiscovered gem.  It is surrounded by centuries old fish ponds and home to some high end spas The chateau in town belonged to the Rožmberk family - the same family that built Rožmberk Castle in nearby Český Krumlov The Rožmberk rose is seen throughout the city and is incorporated into the town’s coat of arms.  After the last of the Rožmberks died out in 1611 the estate was passed along to the Schwarzenbergs The chateau displays wonderful exhibitions about both important Bohemian families.  one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park A conservation sanctuary for rescued 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recently won the US national cyclo cross championships in Kansas City MO and is currently spending several weeks in Europe to race a lot of high-profile cross races OR resident had a few words with slowtwitch ST: Congrats on winning that US National Championships Do you feel taller wearing the stars and stripes jersey Ryan: I don’t know if it is possible for me to get any taller It is nice to win that one race and I very much take it seriously being the national champion But at the end of the day that is what Kona pays me to do ST: Talk about how the rest of the cross season has been going for you so far Right after nationals I flew to Belgium and have been racing ever since but my legs are feeling very good and I am hoping that the last 4 races I will have something to show for it Everything has to click for you to have a good race And sometimes putting the pieces of the puzzle together isn’t so easy ST: From your experience racing cross in Europe but it is enough to where they get 15sec of recovery and I am at my limit then they punch it again and it is all I can do to hang on sometimes The gap is narrowing between the US riders and the rest I can compete and race with the best of them That’s what makes someone like Sven Nys impressive He is always at the front no matter if they are sandy races But each year I come back here I learn more and more about how to make things work for myself There are only a few small pieces that I need to work on ST: Does cross racing in the US even compare it is getting better though but the courses are different Most of the races we do in the US are usually on manicured grass courses here in Europe they are just in some random field and they are soooo bumpy I like how much more difficult the courses are here really makes you have to be good at handling your bike to do well spectators everything is stepping up a notch Ryan: I really liked the Zolder WC this year even though I sucked ass at it I tend to like races that are technical and sandy but you still have to pedal hard ST: How friendly are the top guys guys like Sven Nys Ryan: Vervecken is probably the friendliest to me and I guess the others I just don’t know so well They pretty much do their thing at the race and I do mine so there isn’t much interaction between us ST: Do you hang you with any of the Europeans or do you mostly spend time with Americans when over there Ryan: Most of the time with the other Americans I am traveling with but over the years I have made some very good friends with some Belgians over here that I keep in contact with throughout the year ST: Talk about the food and spectators in Europe you always prefer the food you are used to and Belgium is definitely not known for its cuisine But you can get by for 1-2 months at a time anywhere they definitely have their favorite riders that they cheer for and no one else or maybe they just aren’t cheering when I go by (who knows) I think it is about 50-50 cheers and heckling I get at the races ST: If you had to pick either mountain biking or cross racing and you had to give up the other It suits my talents more and I really just enjoy racing it but cross just feels better to me for some reason ST: Do you have any words of wisdom for people who might consider racing cross Ryan: No words of wisdom just get out there and try it It is amazing what difference a few pounds of pressure makes ST: How much road riding/racing are you doing these days Ryan: I do a fair bit of road racing in the summer Luckily in Oregon we have some great high level road races in the Mt Hood cycling classic and the Cascade classic So I don’t have to travel all over the US to get the road racing stimulus I am looking for Most of my racing during the summer though is on the MTB with Kona Ryan: I do a fair bit of XC skiing and snowboard in the winter but my off-season is short I just like the sound of a high strung internally combusted engine running through its gears I have been racing bikes since I was 14yrs old and played some soccer in high school in my younger years But I have been riding the bike for a long time now you know that always depends on what’s going on Right now we are racing 6 times in 2 weeks so mostly its just keeping sharp during the week with shorter more intense workouts I am the kind of person that really benefits and needs to do more hours than most people For some reason I always feel sharper for a race if I do at least a 4hr ride the day or 2 days before During August is when I put the most amount of both volume and intensity into the training to get ready for the CX season ST: What do you do to overcome a disappointing race Some days you are good and some days you are bad It is when you get a block of 3-4 weeks when you are just riding like crap that it starts to bother me ST: How are things going for you in terms of sponsorship Ryan: I am excited to be with Kona again for 2 more years It will be 7yrs after this contract is up But I really enjoy the company and all the employees are awesome people Plus they make some of the best bikes around and they are as far from corporate as possible because that is when all the good snow storms happen in Bend But it just makes those first couple of races in March hard when everyone has been training for months and I have been for like 5 days as the case was last year Even if I wasn’t a pro cyclist I would still ride bikes and be a fan of the sport ST: Can you share with us some of your food likes and dislikes like the stuff from Stumptown in Portland OR Other than that I will eat pretty much anything Ryan: Most people would probably say bad!! Ryan: “A long way gone” memoirs of a boy solider Ryan: Hopefully still wearing this CX national champs skinsuit or another one that has different kind of stripes on it ST: Is there anything else we should know about you Ryan: I am not always as grumpy as I appear to be © Slowtwitch - Built with Federated Computer we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads may adversely affect certain features and functions Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen Tillena Trebon is trading a life of “beautiful contradictions” in the dry Arizona sun for the damper life of a first-year student at the University of Oregon But it got even bigger when her application essay was among a select few featured prominently in The New York Times Nothing like having a worldwide audience for your first college paper splitting her time between her mother’s suburban home and her father’s rural ranch one of the defining contradictions she described her short but lyrical essay “I live between a suburban land of plenty and a rural land of scarcity where endless skies and pallid grass merge with apartment complexes and outdoor malls,” she wrote likened the 488-word composition to a tone poem that paints a picture in words it sketches a young life lived on the edge of different worlds “Tillie’s essay is a great example of an applicant who found her own unique way to share insights on who she is and how she sees the world around her,” Rawlins said “Oregon is excited to welcome freshmen like this who are aware of themselves and look to understand their environment.” The Times seeks out some of the nation’s best college essays each year for its Your Money section as a way to spark conversations about both money and life perspectives To read the Times’ story, see “This Year’s College-Bound Essayists and Their ‘Beautiful Contradictions.’ To read the essays, see “4 Standout College Application Essays on Work, Money and Class.” All stories in Student Life uonews@uoregon.edu In June at the University of Oregon, where I am a student, two statues were torn down during the protests sweeping our nation.  One of the statues was Pioneer Mother which stood on a foreboding pedestal in a central area of the University of Oregon campus A Bible in her hand and surrounded by thick grass and lush flowers I have walked by Pioneer Mother countless times the Oregon air is moist and the greenery around her exhaled the heat of the day orange and red leaves blanketed the ground around her the ever-changing natural landscape and the people who inhabit it Her counterpart, commonly known as Pioneer Father, or simply the Pioneer had a whip in hand and a gun slung over his shoulder His ambitious eyes echoed past and foretold future conquests The protesters dragged the toppled Pioneer up the stairs of Johnson Hall laying its weight at the doors of the University of Oregon’s main administration building.  civilizing both white men and racial others.” In a 2012 lecture at the University of Oregon Frink explained that the symbol of the Pioneer Mother is about “celebrating the expansion of American territory and the expansion of white occupation of that land.”  Before recent protests, students and faculty advocated to remove the pioneer statues on campus Students lined up with signs in front of the 100-year-old Pioneer But the posture of the Pioneer made him appear impervious to demands for change He had weapons so he did not need righteousness Pioneer Father and similar statues around our nation is not about history in our public places Removing these statues is about art in our public spaces Young people want — and America desperately needs — images that inspire hope and greater ideals America needs the beauty of our interconnectedness The delicate construction of this precious beauty begins in our own communities to make art from the pain. If older generations do not surrender these spaces young people feel compelled to take them.  Protesters have even been seen carrying large paintings of Floyd while marching. The proliferation of anti-racist murals and art shows the transcendent power of art to unite but countless people around the world.  Art alone cannot solve America’s racism The destruction of the pioneer statues and the creation of anti-racist art around the globe demonstrates that the images we make today matter and that they will be judged by the generations of tomorrow I hope that images inspiring love not hate unity not oppression will stand on the University of Oregon campus in place of the pioneer statues replaced and revised by future generations in a continual effort to form a more perfect Tillena Trebon is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon entering her senior year this fall former national cyclocross and cross-country champion Ryan Trebon plans to organize a team of his own former national cyclocross and cross-country champion Ryan Trebon will leave the Washington-based bike company to develop a new team of his own following the 2010-11 cyclocross season telling VeloNews that he is not ready to disclose names of riders or sponsors that might be involved — only that Kona mechanic and road manager Dusty Labarr He added that he and Labarr are consulting with sports management groups for help soliciting sponsorships and that their new program will be an American cyclocross team built with an eye on the 2013 world cyclocross championships Trebon has raced as a professional since 2004 He’s achieved top results on both the mountain bike and cyclocross circuits a national cross-country title and four overall wins at the U.S He stressed that he is leaving his long-time employer on good terms “Kona asked me to race with them again next year,” Trebon told VeloNews “But I told them this is something I really want to do It’s not like they couldn’t match another offer; I told them they didn’t even need to make me an offer Sometimes other avenues present themselves but I know I’m also taking a big uncertain step into the future.” Editor’s note: Discovering the redwood forest singletrack in Santa Cruz was the beginning of a lifelong love affair for Neal Rogers and riding bicycles in 2001 to take a three-month editorial internship at VeloNews In addition to traveling the world covering races Neal can be found riding his bike in the mountains (during spring and summer) Knee injury kept LTS-Felt rider out of competition for nearly 7 weeks Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) will return to 'cross racing on Saturday in Chicago Illinois for a weekend of competition at Chicago Cyclocross Cup New Year's Resolution Trebon recovering from knee injury Powers regrets lack of Trebon showdown in USGP finale Video: Trebon has Worlds in sight despite injury but it wasn't enough to defend the jersey which passed onto Powers' shoulders The knee injury turned out to be more serious than originally thought, which kept Trebon from racing until now, including contesting the final weekend of racing in the USGP series held in his hometown of Bend Oregon plus an anticipated European racing block with the Euro 'Cross Camp "I'd say I'm about 85 percent there with my knee," Trebon told Cyclingnews I had about 12 days off the bike and started to be able to train again After resuming training at his home in Bend Trebon recently concluded approximately two weeks of training in sunny San Diego California which included a day of riding with Chris Horner He's (Chris Horner) a good friend of mine and he lives down there in San Diego so I just went out one day on a ride with him just to catch up and hang out a bit Trebon is eager once again suit up for competition but he's cautiously optimistic about his chances in Chicago "It will be seven weeks since I raced so I'm not expecting to win this weekend but I would like to be competitive and see how the legs feel and kind of sort things out," said Trebon "I'm just happy to be out there racing again That's for me important and I hope my condition can be enough to be competitive." One week later, Trebon will line-up to vie for the US national cyclo-cross championship in Madison Wisconsin on January 8 where he'll be looking to earn his third elite national title The Nationals venue will be a new course for Trebon and many of the favourites but the LTS-Felt rider takes it all in stride "I've just seen what's online (regarding the Madison venue)," said Trebon "For me I think any course is good as long as I have good fitness and I'm riding my bike well on the day I don't think one course favours me over another it all just depends on who's got the best legs that day "I think we're all pretty confident bike handlers and evenly matched in fitness Sometimes I'm a little bit off and sometimes I'm a little bit better." Sandy Koksijde Worlds venue to Trebon's liking a venue known for its challenging sandy parcours It's been five years since Trebon has raced in Koksijde and he looks forward to once again powering through the deep sand where his best result  was 9th in 2005 "I really like that particular venue," said Trebon "I like that race because it's so atypical I don't think alot of people understand just how different it is with all that sand Here in the US we may go race through a volleyball court long sand sections and it takes so much technique You have to have a ton of power to get through that stuff but you also need to have smooth controlled technique and let the bike kind of float around If you just try to muscle your bike and completely out-power a section you just go nowhere When you see people that are good at it it's pretty cool to watch "I'm hoping I'll have good luck on that day It just kind of depends - you have to have a good start and then just stay smooth on the bike." Peter produces race coverage for all disciplines The New Jersey native has 30 years of road racing and cyclo-cross experience starting in the early 1980s as a Junior in the days of toe clips and leather hairnets Over the years he's had the good fortune to race throughout the United States and has competed in national championships for both road and 'cross in the Junior and Masters categories as before he switched to the road Peter's mission in life was catching big air on his BMX bike Pro cyclocross has been rudderless since the collapse of the U.S Has it found its unlikely captain in Ryan Trebon American cyclocross racing has been scattered its stars often spread across this large country or even outside it its races frequently thinned by a haphazard calendar Media didn’t know which races to focus on because the riders didn’t according to race license figures published by USA Cycling began to supplant ’cross in the minds of America’s dirt-fond cyclists Ryan Trebon and Scott Tedro will try their hands at resurrection a company that specializes in tradeshow shipping and which already sponsors the US Cup XC He brings cash and passion — Sho-Air has sponsored teams and races for nearly a decade Trebon brings his history inside the sport and acts as series director for the new US Cup-CX the more it benefits everyone at the event,” Tedro says affectionately known as “Treefarm,” a longtime pro cyclocross racer and mountain biker who retired last year and whose stature is very much in line with the nickname The problem was a decline in sponsorship cash injected into pro American cyclocross caused in large part by the lack of a clear calendar “The cross calendar has been almost too much of a good thing,” says USA Cycling’s technical director Chuck Hodge but if [media] are trying to figure out where to go and athletes are trying to figure out where to go was another multi-race series like the USGP That series had held the sport together in this country; it provided a narrative and a place where all the big names were guaranteed to meet and clash directly through prize money and indirectly through exposure they could sell to sponsors “There was no question that those were the races we were going to,” says Meredith Miller a retired pro who raced through both the USGP and post-USGP eras That is precisely what Trebon and Tedro will attempt to re-start this fall Trebon conceived the US Cup following a lengthy Facebook rant last winter (The gist: why don’t we have the national cyclocross series we all keep talking about and know we want?!) It was formally announced in June and will consist of four race weekends It hops on the back of existing and popular events — KMC Crossfest in Connecticut The winner of both the men’s and women’s series will be handed a $10,000 check [pullquote attrib=”Ryan Trebon”]“For this project we want to drive cyclocross racing in the U.S The races in each pair are within driving distance of each other “You can do this series in a van,” Trebon says Trebon paid close attention to the World Cup schedule which will still be the primary focus for many of America’s top ’cross racers and made an attempt not to clash with other major U.S “We’re for sure going to do all of them,” says Ellen Noble the reigning under-23 champion who rides for Aspire Racing alongside Jeremy Powers and new-addition Spencer Petrov It’s super cool and an amazing resource for people like myself because it doesn’t conflict But I can’t put all my eggs in one basket.” Trebon has been receiving some pushback from races on competing weekends that aren’t part of the series “They feel like we’re stealing a bit from them,” he says “But it’s one of those things that’s impossible to totally avoid.” There are simply a lot of ’cross races smashed into a relatively short time frame Competing promoters are right to feel a bit putout if the start lists for the US Cup come together as expected Trebon sent an email to more than 50 cyclocross pros and their managers but I’ve spoken to most of the team managers and they’re all coming,” Trebon says “I made it clear how important it was for everyone to be part of it People I’ve talked to said they changed their program to make this work.” That is precisely what Trebon and Tedro were hoping for — to get everyone back on the same page occasionally to his own personal or professional detriment He will tell you when he thinks you’re wrong a few of his former racing compatriots responded with some version of The USGP folded largely because of the financial burden of producing a series of pro ’cross races in-house Simply breaking even is incredibly difficult failed to live up to its financial obligations the cycling industry came together to keep the series running for one more season That’s where the US Cup series has a distinct leg up Trebon and Tedro are not running the races established promoter was already organizing each race weekend The US Cup merely comes in and ties them together Primarily because Scott [Tedro] wanted it to happen and he wasn’t concerned with a monetary return on it,” Trebon says and I’m not expecting a 30 percent return.’ You can accomplish a lot when you’re not expecting to make your money back Trebon described this first season as an “exploratory” phase US Cup wants to bring additional sponsorship to the table on top of what its race promoters already have but without clashing with existing sponsors The cash would be used to increase media coverage with a focus on bringing live streams to the events There will be high-production-value recap shows The US Cup vision of cyclocross starts at the top Trebon argues that if you build the professional side The pro ranks can’t grow without more sponsorship dollars a reality inherent in the very definition of “professional.” Sponsors go where they will see a return It wants all ’cross-interested eyeballs on its four weekends of American racing Only then will professional American cyclocross truly come back “is to use this as a way of making ’cross racing what I think it could be.” In an extended special edition of Czechs in History we visit the town of Trebon This is where the Schwarzenberg nobility resided until the Second World War A dominant building in Trebon is the Schwarzenberg tomb Join me as I take a tour with my guide Paul Stasek PS: "Welcome to the sepulchre building of the Schwarzenberg family in Trebon It was built at the initiative of Lady Eleonora Schwarzenberg all dead members of the family were deposited in the near village church RP: Tell us a little bit about the Schwarzenberg family here Why do they have a crypt here in this place RP: And until when was the family here in Trebon RP: We are standing in front of the stately neo-gothic building Can you tell us what we can find inside it today The first floor is the compartment dedicated to the chapel The whole building is constructed of hard burned bricks and covered with very durable plaster the shapes of stone give the impression that it is all made from stone This plaster is very nicely decorated with stucco the interior never underwent reparation work because the plaster was made with a special method which is very durable The space is dominated by the very modest altar In the centre stands a sculpture of Jesus Christ but not as a symbol of suffering and being crucified but as a symbol of hope He was resurrected on the third day after crucifixion and that is why the sculpture features him this way." RP: Did the sculpture of Jesus Christ stay intact during the communist period here The sculpture of Christ was left here during the Communist time During communism the space of the chapel was regularly used as a space for classical music concerts "We have entered the underground where there are 26 coffins deposited On the very top is the bust of Johann Nepomuk and on the left is the statue of love and to the right is the symbol of justice." PS: "Yes there is an embalmed body in the coffin and there are double metal plates: the inner from copper and the outer from zinc." RP: Now I wonder whether there have been any legends or myths about ghosts down here.. PS: "The first coffin in this row is that of Lady Eleonora Schwarzenberg who gave birth to this baby - Prince Walter Prosper When Lady Eleonora stayed in Great Britain she fell in love with an English nobleman and this child was born from this love In this small vessel is the heart of this baby." PS: "It is interesting that in the main crypt of the bodies of the Hapsburg family in Vienna all the bodies are kept in one church and the hearts of the bodies are in another special church And here are the original funeral bands from the time of the funeral." PS: "The bands decorated the wreaths used by the funeral and on this wall is the text of the telegrams which were sent by Emperor Franz Josef to the members of the family." PS: "This coffin bears a special shape because it was made in China The son of Adolf Josef was a diplomat who was engaged in Asia and died in Shanghai of diphtheria He was put in a Chinese coffin and sent by ship over the ocean and therefore the shape of the coffin is quite different from the European ones." PS: "His name was Karl Laurence Schwarzenberg One intimate story from the Scwarzenbergs: Edmund Chernov was originally a member of the Schwarzenberg family but because he married a lady who was not from the nobility and he was involved in a Prague bank where he stole some big amount of money he put the Schwarzenbergs to shame and they told him to go away He went away from the family and accepted this name." RP: So he was disowned and is now Edmund Chernov PS: "He travelled to Africa and on the way back.. PS: "...He died on the Maria and his coffin was thrown into the ocean I will show you the last coffin that was buried here in 1939 and that was of the father of Dr Adolf Hitler made the so-called Anschluss occupation of Austria; therefore the coffin was sent half a year later in 1939 Now I can tell you maybe one legend also: we are told that the German Gestapo wanted to erase Dr But he was warned and escaped across the border to Bavaria and into Switzerland and then to the United States of America." RP: What about the Schwarzenberg family today there are still 36 members of this family and they are managed by the Schwarzenberg Family Foundation who gained some property back in restitution and now owns the castle Orlik He was the advisor of president Havel for two years This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page last season was Ryan Trebon’s (Cannondale-Cyclocross World) first full season aboard a disc-equipped ‘cross bike Trebon’s race rig appears to be a bit more refined (and lighter) this season Trebon spent much of last season on Avid’s mechanical BB7 Road SL disc brakes. This season, he's made the leap to SRAM’s Red 22 group with full hydraulic disc brakes and I wondered how much of an improvement [SRAM] could make on the hydro,” Trebon said The braking performance and feel is vastly smoother with better modulation I have also come to like the lever shape of the hydro better as well,” Trebon added Trebon runs his DoubleTap levers relatively high on his Zipp Zipp Service Course SL handlebar Discs are steadily replacing cantilever brakes in cyclocross though not without presenting their own set of challenges Excessive pad wear in poor conditions has been a hurdle for professional and amateur racers alike The Cannondale-Cyclocross World team experimented with different rotors and pad compounds last season with mixed results but feel they have settled on a reliable set-up for this season “It was a bit of a learning curve for us last year to see what pad/rotor combo would work best in muddy races but if you know you are going to be racing in the mud why would you run organic pads I think that was the major issue people were having—they just showed up to the race and road what they had been riding all season And of course they wore quickly,” Trebon explained While some racers swap between organic and metallic pads depending on course conditions Trebon tends to use metallic pads all the time “Even with some of the wear issues I still would always ride disc—the braking performance and control in all conditions is vastly superior,” Trebon said Drivetrain and brakes were not the only components to get upgraded Last season Trebon raced on Zipp 303 Firecrest tubular rims laced to reliable but heavy SRAM Rise 60 hubs This season Zipp has an off-the-shelf wheelset offering in the 303 Firecrest Disc These refinements bring the weight of Trebon’s sizeable race bike down to 16.86lb (7.65kg), which is approximately 235g lighter than the bike Trebon raced last season Big but not heavy: Trebon's custom SuperX Hi-Mod Disc is lighter than many of his competitors' rigs The 6ft 5in racer is still riding a Cannondale SuperX Hi-Mod Disc frame with custom geometry Compared to the largest production SuperX Hi-Mod Disc (a 58cm frame) Trebon’s bike has an effective top tube that's approximately 20mm longer Ryan Trebon high-fives the crowd at the finish of the 2014 Qiansen Trophy Cyclocross Race © Cyclocross Magazine Ryan Trebon (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) was relaxed leading up to the 2014 Qiansen Trophy Cyclocross Race in China He skipped the tour of The Great Wall the day before race to ride and “make the legs feel better” and come race day Ryan Trebon’s souvenir from the 2014 Hoogerheide Cyclocross World Championships that’s why we show up and do the best we can.” In the end, all four of the top UCI-ranked cyclocross racers took turns at the front and it came down to a last-lap battle between Trebon and Al Ryan Trebon and Thijs Al head into the last lap at the 2014 Qiansen Trophy Cyclocross Race in China “I knew that guys like Thijs and Steve would be there so I was keying my race off of what they were doing Steve went pretty fast in that second lap and got a gap It took me a while to find my rhythm out there but once I caught Thijs and noticed he was suffering pretty good and I thought that maybe I don’t feel so bad But then a lap went by and I felt like shit.” he bridged up and in the last lap he did the exact same thing that I did to him and it worked a little better for him I just couldn’t control the bike any more so I had to slow down a bit It would have been nice to win but I’m not disappointed.” Sometimes someone has just a little bit more.” I didn’t know what to expect here…just excited to see the country Hear Trebon recall his race in China in the video below. See the full 2014 Qiansen Trophy Cyclocross Race report and results from China here (Careful listeners may hear a voice cameo by Carl Decker, who eventually got plenty of his own airtime here Drop a comment below if you can make out what Decker wisecracks.) Christine Vardaros contributed to this report A custom carbon 'cross bike for the tall rider Trebon's move to Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld won't stop 'cross rivalries though even with disc brakes it still weighs a very respectable 7.8kg (17.2lb) Trebon rode a number of custom Kona Major Jakes first built from aluminum and later from carbon "I have been extremely stoked with the Cannondale so far," the pro told BikeRadar "It's a nice balance between what I really liked about the Kona Major Jake (ride quality and handling) and the felt F1X (stiffness and weight)." Compared to the largest production SuperX Hi-Mod Disc (a 58cm frame) Trebon's bike has an effective top tube that's approximately 20mm longer Trebon's lengthy history of riding custom bikes has allowed him to hone in on the geometry and fit that suit his needs which made developing his custom SuperX Hi-Mod Disc a relatively quick process with a SRAM Red drivetrain and Avid mechanical disc brakes The most notable exceptions are the cockpit – Zipp and Truvativ in place of house-branded components – and the wheels which consist of SRAM Rise 60 disc hubs laced to Zipp 303 tubular rims noted that the racer is a fond of pairing the grippy PDX up front with the fast-rolling LAS file tread in the rear the entire team has committed to riding disc-equipped bikes who splits his time between racing mountain and cyclo-cross events he's already well-acquainted with the benefits of disc brakes: I do not want to ever race – or even ride – a CX bike without disc brakes the performance is that much better compared to cantis." The Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team is running Avid's BB7 SL disc brakes until SRAM's hydraulic Red group is ready custom sizing and geometry Fork: SuperX Disc tapered 1.125in to 1.25in Headset: Cane Creek 110 integrated 1.125 to 1.25in Stem: Zipp Service Course SL 130mm x -6 degrees Handlebar: Zipp Service Course SL 44cm (c-c) Tape/grips: Lizard Skin DSP 2.5mm Bar Tape Front brake: Avid BB7 SL w/ 140mm rotor Rear brake: Avid BB7 SL w/ 140mm rotor Brake levers: SRAM Red DoubleTap Front derailleur: SRAM Red w/ steel cage Rear derailleur: SRAM Red Shifters: SRAM Red DoubleTap Cassette: SRAM PG-1070 11-26T Chain: SRAM PC-1091 Crankset: SRAM Red BB30 46/39T Bottom bracket: SRAM Red BB30 Pedals: Shimano XTR PD-M980 Wheelset: Custom Zipp/SRAM blend Front hub: SRAM Rise 60 Rear hub: SRAM Rise 60 Rims: Zipp 303 Tubular Spokes: Sapim straight pull Front tire: Clement PDX 33mm Saddle: Selle San Marco Concor Lite Seatpost: Truvativ Stylo T40 Rider height: 1.96m / 6'5" Rider weight: 79.3kg / 175lb Saddle height: 930mm Saddle setback: 105mm Tip of saddle nose to center of bar: 656mm Saddle to bar drop: 177mm Seat tube length c-c: 580mm Head tube length: 193mm Top tube length: 610mm (horizontal) Head angle: 72.5 degrees Seat tube angle: 72.5 degrees Wheelbase: 1061mm Chainstay length: 430mm Fork offset: 45mm BB drop: 65mm Total bike weight: 7.8kg / 17.2lb but the LTS-Felt rider is optimistic that the knee injury he sustained while pre-riding the course on Sunday won't have any lasting effects is hoping to regain the leader's jersey at the series' finale in December Trebon eyes fourth USGP title Trebon signs with Felt "I was able to get some physical therapy this morning," Trebon told Cyclingnews on Thursday while in the midst of a 10-day stint in Florida "Nothing's broken and I didn't tear any ligaments I'm bruised pretty much from the middle of my calf all the way up to my crotch I'm going back [to physical therapy] tomorrow morning to get some more treatment on it and hopefully I'll be able to ride in the afternoon for a couple of hours to see how it feels Right now it's the swelling which isn't giving me any kind of range of motion." Trebon had already planned the trip to Florida for a respite from the harsher weather in his hometown of Bend Oregon prior to injuring himself on Sunday "I was going to come down here to do some training because the weather's really good It's warm and sunny versus cold and snowy back in Oregon It didn't really pan out as well as I hoped but at least it's someplace nice to sit around and do nothing which is pretty much what I've been doing all week so far." Trebon entered last weekend's Exergy US Gran Prix of Cyclocross's Derby City Cup with a commanding 42-point overall lead on Jeremy Powers but events on both Saturday and Sunday contributed to Trebon surrendering the leader's jersey to the Rapha Focus rider Trebon finished a frustrating second place to Powers on the opening day of racing at Louisville the site of the 2013 cyclo-cross world championships when a missed shift on the finishing straight cost him an opportunity to sprint head-to-head with Powers for victory Trebon's troubles were much more serious as he crashed while pre-riding the course and injured his left knee "I was just riding on these little rollers where you pre-jump them a little bit," Trebon said "It was pretty windy and a big gust of wind kicked my front wheel sideways I landed a bit off balance and went down pretty heavily on my left knee It hurt right away and started to swell up almost immediately I didn't think I was going to be able to race but I iced it a bunch and took some ibuprofen I got on the trainer and it loosened up a bit "It was pretty uncomfortable during the race but I got through it I could still put quite a bit of power out but I couldn't physically lift my leg up During pedalling when my right foot's going down it was bringing my left foot around It was just I couldn't lift my leg up over the barriers or up the stairs so I was really having to limp through that Trebon nonetheless persevered to finish in 10th place but the rangy rider dropped to the ground almost immediately after crossing the line Trebon had to be lifted back up to his feet by Dusty LaBarr Trebon's mechanic and co-owner of the LTS-Felt team Trebon had finished off the podium for the first time in six USGP events and as a result lost his leader's jersey to defending series champion Trebon had held the lead since the start of the eight-race national series the Deschutes Brewery Cup on December 10-11 in Trebon's hometown of Bend Prior to that Trebon will race in Iowa's Jingle Cross on the final weekend of November "It's a little disappointing because I had a pretty good lead in the series going into last weekend," said Trebon "To go into the weekend with a 42-point lead and leave with a negative six deficit is never a good thing That I was able to race on Sunday makes it possible that I can win the overall series once we get to Bend otherwise it would have been an almost insurmountable lead "I'll be here (Florida) until next Friday then I'm going to go to Iowa for Jingle Cross It's a little bit of down time I didn't want to take but I'm going to take it for what it is do a lot of training when I can and get ready for Bend and the rest of the season." In the men's NMBS cross county race in Deer Valley it appeared that Ryan Trebon (Kona) was going backwards as a surging Jeremiah Bishop (Trek/VW) passed him on the second lap But Trebon came back and won the race with superior climbing ability "I'd take time on Jeremiah on the climbs and then he'd catch me on the descents," said Trebon "I feel really comfortable on this bike [a 29er] so I don't have as big a deficit on the descents But Jeremiah still was definitely going downhill faster." Trebon's victory at Deer Valley was the first time a 29inch wheeled bike has won a NMBS cross country race There have been two previous wins by Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru/Gary Fisher) in short track and a time trial but in the end could not hold off Trebon on the long climbs who just returned from a good European racing campaign was third but never a factor in challenging for the win "I definitely stepped up to full gas," said Bishop "I'm back and celebrated when I crossed the line because I went for the win I kind of just followed my instincts and I attacked a little earlier than I thought I would [on the second lap] "I started to cramp on lap three and really felt it on the last lap," he added "[Trebon] won the race on the virtue of a steady Horgan-Kobelski continued his streak of bad luck first with a flat tire that lost him at least eight positions He recovered well and was moving up when he broke a chain which forced the rider to run his bike to the finish and ride home in eighth place In the next day's short track Kabush played smart tactics to defeat Trebon for the win See Cyclingnews' full coverage of all the NMBS elite and amateur races in Deer Valley Ryan Trebon and fellow Kona Cyclocross Team rider Barry Wicks have always ridden custom bikes It’s not that Kona’s stock bikes don’t perform but rather that both racers are just too tall for them that's all changed with the new CX Major Jake Kona simply sized up their alloy bikes for the Twin Towers – “They made a stock 62cm frame,” said Trebon of his previous scandium Major Jake “And they just enlarged ours by a centimeter in the top tube and a centimeter in the seat tube." But it's a completely different story when it comes to carbon fibre That's why Kona have added a new 63cm size for the CX Major Jake It's based on the geometry of Trebon and Wicks' scandium bikes with a 63-degree seat tube and 61cm top tube but the chainstays are a centimeter shorter This change serves to stiffen things up and offer quicker acceleration and better handling on tight courses “It makes the wheelbase shorter and the rear end tighter so everything feels a little snappier,” said Trebon adding that these improvements come with no discernible loss of stability You can’t really tell if it’s less stable – you’re sliding all over the place anyway.” The new bike’s frame and fork stiffness is what really makes the difference “We wanted a lighter bike but we also needed it to be stiffer in both the front end and the bottom bracket area "If we’re going to do a carbon bike I don’t care if it’s 2lb lighter if it gives up any stiffness That does me no good; being tall and pretty powerful I feel like I need something super-stiff.” Trebon's CX Major Jake isn't all that heavy at 8.27kg/18.23lb Trebon said the tapered head tube and BB30 bottom bracket were game changers for him “The tapered head tube makes a huge difference on the bike,” he said This is the first week I’ve actually put a ton of miles on the bike… and I’m stoked with it frames and forks that have been designed together seem to be the way of the future “The fork has really stiff lowers and huge crown clearance,” he said “It allow you to run larger tires for training… you can run a big 40c tire in there which is nice because there’s less chance of flatting and you can ride mountain bike trails and stuff too.” There's huge tire/mud clearance on the Kona CX Carbon Race fork Trebon uses an FSA SL-K MegaExo crankset with BB30 adaptors since the brand don’t make a BB30 crank with arms longer than 175mm but it’s a lot to ask of FSA – to make me a special BB30 crank,” he said FSA also outfit Trebon’s bike with their XC190 alloy mountain bike seatpost carbon wrapped alloy OS-99 CSI stem and SL-K cantilever brakes Trebon's SL-K crank uses FSA's MegaExo spindle; the brand don't make a BB30 crank with 177.5mm arms the other big change to the Kona team’s kit for 2010 is their switch from FSA to Shimano wheels The team are mostly using C50 carbon tubulars but as production ramps up on the new C35 wheels “I think they ride better than the C50s… Shimano will even tell you themselves They’ll never be the lightest thing out there but you won’t ever have any problems with them; for me that’s as important as weight.” Dugast's infamous Typhoon mounted to Shimano's new Dura-Ace C35 tubular wheel US cyclo-cross racer Ryan Trebon recently rode his Kona-FSA Kona Major Jake to victory in the US national cyclo-cross championships and here we take a closer look at his title-winning machine Trebon sets his saddle height at more than a full metre when measured from the pedal at bottom dead centre and requires a 420mm seatpost even with the 63cm frame There is a roughly 30cm differential from the saddle to the tops of the handlebar; add another 15cm or so to get to the drops Though his frame uses a standard Alpha Q CX20 carbon ‘cross fork not much is taken off of the 300mm-long steerer tube to accommodate the 195mm-long head tube Trebon’s feet travel over 100m further than someone on more common 172.5mm arms over a typical one-hour ‘cross race– and that’s assuming a relatively sedate 60rpm If a thief were bold enough to try and ride away with the thing they’d have a better chance fitting inside the main triangle than straddling the top tube team sponsor Kona doesn’t offer its all-aluminum Major Jake ‘cross racer in a stock size to fit its largest 62cm model is admirably close and Trebon’s custom frame is stretched just a single centimetre in both height and length the frame is otherwise identical to production offerings save for the team-only paint job and omission of water bottle bosses on the seat tube fellow ‘TwinTowers’ teammate Barry Wicks also uses the same frame geometry Matson says Trebon’s Major Jake is built with “the same Race Light Scandium butted tubing material shape and design as the production Major Jake.” As such it also includes the same machined aluminum driveside chain stay stub for increased chainring clearance an asymmetrically machined head tube to save a few grams socket-type rear dropouts for more weld surface area and a slightly flattened top tube for more comfortable shouldering Trebon’s giant bike is still a highly competitive 8.3kg (18.3lb) Kona supplies Trebon with three new frames per season: two for mostly domestic racing and one exclusively for European events each is outfitted with an identical mix of components to maintain a familiar feel 177.5mm-long FSA SL-K Light cranks are fitted with 'cross-friendly 39/46T chainrings Team co-sponsor FSA adds some carbon fibre to the mix with its RD-488 tubular wheels and SL-K Light cranks (with MegaExo Ceramic bottom bracket); more ‘cross-friendly aluminum is used for the FR-200 seatpost Energy T traditional-bend bars and OS-99 stem and a conventional Orbit Xtreme Pro headset rounds things out up front Trebon also taps Shimano for his XTR pedals Shimano’s Dura-Ace label is affixed to the STI Dual Control levers chain and cassette and Trebon also uses XTR pedals The rest of Trebon’s machine is filled out with Challenge tubulars (he used Grifo 32s to win in Kansas) KORE Race wide-profile cantilevers with SwissStop Yellow King pads The FSA RD-488 carbon wheelset is aimed more specifically at the road but Trebon uses them with excellent success on the 'cross circuit too - with just twenty spokes on the front wheel With the US national and NACT (North American Cyclo-cross Trophy) titles in the bag and the USGP (US Gran Prix of Cyclo-cross) series now behind him – where he finished second – Trebon is looking ahead to his bigger goals for the season on bike number three: success in Europe on the highly competitive UCI World Cup circuit and a top-ten finish at the UCI World Championships in Hoogerheide Another North American 'cross season is off and running and already the big names are notching wins started off his season with back-to-back second places on the first major weekend before getting his first win by repeating at Cross Vegas He spoke with Cyclingnews' North American Editor Mark Zalewski about how his pre-season went and what he hopes to achieve this year Kona's Ryan Trebon is back and ready for another season of 'cross – but not quite the same season as before The former US champion has his eyes set again on the national championship especially after crashing out of the race last year – but he said he is much more focused on mounting a serious European campaign this year specifically targeting tough races in Belgium he views his North American schedule more as fine tuning and a prelude.. though of course he still wants to win the two major series here "I obviously want to win the NACT and USGP series "But that is my beginning of the season goal I am not so focused on being super-fast early on I've definitely done a lot of training and I'm not coming in slow but more I want to do really well in Europe this year." North American cyclo-crossers have it somewhat different than their Euro-based counterparts especially as the sport picks up more and more momentum each year As a result of the increase in popularity they effectively have to serve two masters by racing a full North American season before heading over to Europe to compete on the remaining world cup circuit means doing well on the home front is still very important going full-gas is lieu of tapering to prepare for Europe and worlds "It is hard to keep perspective when you are in the beginning of the year," he said about looking ahead "But I feel it is possible to podium on a big A-level race over [in Europe.] Not some race in Spain or Luxembourg but I want to do the big races - it's what I am looking forward to." but I also think it is important to do well here and get points But it is hard to take the long-term view of things sometimes but I am still doing a ton of training mid-week." Read the rest of the feature here Racers of average height don't have too many issues in terms of bike fit perhaps needing just a few tweaks once the right frame size is chosen But for US cyclo-cross racer Ryan Trebon (LTS Felt) – who stands at 1.96m (6ft 5in) tall – it's a different story Conveniently for Felt, Trebon had already gone through most of the trial-and-error process over the past few years to dial in the numbers, which likely accelerated the development schedule. While his new F1X may fit the same, it's quite a bit lighter, weighing roughly 750g (1.6lb) less than the bike he rode last year Total weight as pictured is just 7.54kg (16.62lb) – staggeringly light for a bike so big Ryan Trebon's (LTS Felt) Felt F1X is fitted with an all-alloy cockpit while Trebon's preferred 177.5mm crankarm length previously necessitated the use of a press-fit bottom bracket adapter SRAM make a proper BB30 version of their Red crankset "Last year we had pressed in bottom brackets," said Trebon "It was BB30 but [FSA] didn't have cranks that fit You can definitely tell the stiffness difference." Casual onlookers might think Trebon's bike proportions are a big ungainly what with the massive amount of seatpost showing – his saddle height is 930mm – and the huge handlebar drop but readers should remember that bike fit is a matter of proportions the overall numbers aren't far off from average and Trebon certainly looks comfortable and natural when riding the thing Trebon's Avid Shorty Ultimate brakes are set up in the higher-power position Road pad holders are used instead of the stock units to better fit the wide-profile Zipp 303 rims Trebon received his first F1X 'cross bikes back in mid-August. "They're really good bikes," he told BikeRadar "I haven't even ridden my road bike since then they ride just as well – it's like a normal F1 road bike "People that are short don't really know what their bike is," he said "I'm a little more particular just because I'm already on the extremes Even with a 63cm [frame] I have a lot of seatpost [showing] and a long stem so if it's short I can tell a big difference We talked about what I needed in terms of fit so they made the molds for it They're going to sell it as a frameset only and not a complete bike If you're a big dude and want a sweet 'cross bike Felt use a carbon fiber BB30 bottom bracket sleeve on their new F1X frame Hometown favourite Ryan Trebon snags silver Cyclocrossworld.com/Cannondale had the Tim Johnson Jeremy Powers and James Driscoll trio on the front line and the hole shot.(Image credit: Bill Hurley/FASTshots)Ian Brown (Tonic Fab) remounts after the barrier section.(Image credit: Bill Hurley/FASTshots)Powers led for the first lap.(Image credit: Bill Hurley/FASTshots)Superstitious Adam Meyerson (Cycle-Smart) isn't happy with his bib number.(Image credit: Bill Hurley/FASTshots)From this point on today as he took home his third stars-and-stripes jersey The Massachusetts native took the prestigious single-day event by storm winning by nearly 10 seconds ahead of local star Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) and Jonathan Page (Planet Bike) Race tech: US cyclo-cross national championships Johnson turns focus to World Championships "It was so easy to make a mistake today," said Johnson "The race isn't won in the first lap but it's lost in the first eight or nine of the ten laps we did I felt smooth and fast and that was all I was thinking about I broke the race down into chunks and every couple corners I tried to have a trouble-free last few laps just tried to go as fast as I could," he added Johnson won his last cyclo-cross national title in 2007 in Kansas City he was the odds on favourite after taking nearly 10 season victories and winning the North American Cyclo-Cross Trophy series overall title I can't believe this," Johnson said before donning the US Cyclo-Cross National Champion jersey Last time I traded frozen fingers for the win in Kansas City and I did the same thing today has won the national championship on two occasions with his last title coming in 2008 he started the race in front of thousands of local fans jingling cowbells who lined the course five deep just to catch a glimpse of the top-end American 'cross talents in action especially going down by the beer tent where it was super loud," said Trebon "I had a really good time out racing today Whoever puts on nationals next will have a hard time showing up Bend because they did a great job putting on this event 2007 UCI World Championship silver medalist made the lengthy trip back to the US to compete in the one-day championships His return followed a successful European campaign where he placed eighth at the World Cup round in Igorre Page has won the national cyclo-cross title on three occasions - 2002 2003 and 2004 - although the prestigious jersey has eluded him in the last four years going to formidable opponents in Todd Wells When asked if the lengthy travel affected his performance Page responded The conditions were such that it would have been difficult for me to win The weather changed from icy cold conditions to sunny and relatively warmer temperatures in the Old Mill District of Bend Oregon before the start of the elite men's race An unusually large number of riders - 160 - lined up to challenge the championship event It was racing as usual for the familiar faces of the front row starters "It felt like a normal race to me because I only saw three people in front of me the whole time," explained Trebon "I was worried about not having a good start If you had a bad start and came out of a corner in 30th spot it would have been hard to pass on this course because it was so fast and single file." Trebon took his rightful place in centre front as the defending champion Johnson and the other two of the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com trio Other notable riders included Todd Wells (Specialized) Barry Wicks (Kona-FSA) and Nick Weighall (California Giant Berry Farms) Powers nabbed the hole-shot onto the muddy circuit in trademark form He displayed a blazing first lap that resulted in a five-second margin forcing riders like Page and Trebon to chase while his teammate Johnson sat comfortably behind Just when it looked as though Page would close the gap he was spotted entering the pit lane for mechanical support "I didn't have a mechanical I just wanted different tyre pressure," explained Page "I wasn't happy with the pressure I had and I knew that I wasn't closing so I switched a bike again hoping that I would get a better bike to go faster The way the course conditions played out was in other peoples' advantage besides myself Powers continued to further his lead and with Page out of the imminent picture Trebon was forced to take over the chase with Johnson in tow Johnson successfully bridged across to his teammate and the pair worked together to maintain a slim three-second advantage ahead of Trebon The second chase group involved a recovering Page along with Wells Wicks and mountain bike talent Adam Craig (Giant) Further back was the third chase group that included Timmerman Jesse Anthony (Jamis) and Troy Wells (Clif Bar) An untimely crashed forced Powers into the pits with a badly mangled bike By the time he exited the pit lane he had lost his leading position and ended up in the second chase group behind Trebon "I had great legs and I was ready to do what I came to Bend do which was I wanted to win one of these jerseys," said a disappointed Powers "I felt like I was in control most of the race I felt good riding my own race and I never looked back once "When Tim got on I lost focus and lost my front tyre in the off-camber after the stairs and my bars went west and east and I couldn't get them back," he continued We kept it in the family and I was happy to see Tim win." Johnson took control of the race and maintained a yo-yoing three to five seconds of padding ahead of an evenly-matched Trebon The defending national champion tried to close in on Johnson but the slim margin proved to be too difficult to shut down and he lost several more seconds on the last lap "With about three laps to go I was hovering around ten seconds and kind of hurting," Trebon said "I knew I wasn't going to get him back unless he flatted or crashed or made a mistake I was trying to keep it steady or close enough to where if he did make a mistake I could catch back up Page muscled his way back into a third place podium position Powers recovered from his crash well enough to finish a respectable fifth place ahead of his teammate Driscoll who placed sixth "Jeremy went down pretty fast in that off-camber section and I think Jonathan flatted on the second lap Johnson got away and that was the race right there I was looking forward to trying to keep it steady and not make any mistakes It was to your detriment if you went into the pits." Terms of Use | Privacy Policy Simon Trebon of Northalnd Prep Academy signed a letter of intent Monday morning to play golf for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield The senior is most known for playing basketball for the Spartans during his high school career but also played in golf tournaments outside of school sits with his son Simon Monday morning at Northland Preparatory Academy before Simon signed a letter of intent to play golf for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield watches as his son Simon signs a letter of intent Monday morning at Northland Preparatory Academy to play golf for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield watches as his son Simon sign a letter of intent Monday morning at Northland Preparatory Academy to play golf for Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Northland Prep Spartans forward Simon Trebon (12) is denied on his way to the hoop during a game against Glendale Prep Friday at Northland Prep Academy Northland Prep’s Simon Trebon (55) takes a shot over Coconino’s Harding Eddie (12) Tuesday night during a game at Coconino Hayden Sayre hold their trophies after competing in the boys championship division of the Northern AZ Jr Championships in Flagstaff in 2018 The Arizona Daily Sun is owned by Wick Communications Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account Ryan Trebon’s bikes are always easy to spot in the pits, as is the 6ft 5in rider. Trebon’s custom cyclocross bike is a bit larger than the stock SuperX Hi-Mod Disc we recently tested though even with disc brakes it still weighs a very respectable 7.8kg (17.2lb) The 31-year-old Trebon has a long history of running made-to-measure frames. Prior to joining the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team in early 2012, Trebon raced for Felt on a super-sized version of the company’s flagship F1X Before his stint with Felt, Trebon rode a number of custom Kona Major Jakes, first built from aluminum and later from carbon. “I have been extremely stoked with the Cannondale so far,” the pro told BikeRadar “It's a nice balance between what I really liked about the Kona Major Jake (ride quality and handling) and the felt F1X (stiffness and weight).” Compared to the largest production SuperX Hi-Mod Disc (a 58cm frame) Trebon’s bike has an effective top tube that's approximately 20mm longer Trebon's lengthy history of riding custom bikes has allowed him to hone in on the geometry and fit that suit his needs which made developing his custom SuperX Hi-Mod Disc a relatively quick process Trebon runs a 400mm Truvativ Stylo seatpost with a SRAM Red drivetrain and Avid mechanical disc brakes The most notable exceptions are the cockpit – Zipp and Truvativ in place of house-branded components – and the wheels which consist of SRAM Rise 60 disc hubs laced to Zipp 303 tubular rims noted that the racer is a fond of pairing the grippy Clement PDX upfront with the fast-rolling LAS file tread in the rear Fellow Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team member Tim Johnson experimented with disc brakes during several 2011/2012 races, and was first rider to win a UCI Category 1 event on discs The team is running Avid's BB7 SL disc brakes until SRAM's hydraulic Red group is ready who splits his time between racing mountain and cyclocross events he's already well-acquainted with the benefits of disc brakes: I do not want to ever race – or even ride – a CX bike without disc brakes the performance is that much better compared to cantis.” By Steve Medcroft Ryan Trebon (Kona) will be joining Americans Jonathan Page and Jeremy Powers on.. Ryan Trebon (Kona) will be joining Americans Jonathan Page and Jeremy Powers on the European cyclocross circuit starting in mid November “I'm leaving right after the Highland Park race next week (Highland Park November 6 th ),” Trebon said after racing the two US Gran prix of Cyclocross series races in Gloucester and then go back the Monday right after.” Trebon says he has been working on arrangements for the trip all year “We have a good manager who set up a bunch of start contracts It's quite a bit of racing but they're spread out quite a bit Except during the holiday season; you can race twelve times in fourteen days (in the Christmas and New Year's weeks) I'm not going to do every race available to me - I've been trying to pick races that suit me races at which I feel I can do well but also get enough rest before the next one.” Trebon says he feels his form is returning after taking six weeks off late in the MTB season due to a broken wrist sustained in a crash at the International Tour de ‘Toona And his results in the USGP series show it (two wins and currently leading the series on points) The fact that he pulled out of Saturday's race and took a DNF rather than finish shouldn't be taken as a sign of weakness “On Saturday I was frustrated because I was caught behind a bunch of crashes and I just wasn't feeling it I was getting frustrated on the course and it was really cold and I just felt like it wasn't worth me getting sick before I go to Europe It's important for me to race well out here because I really like racing in the NorthEast but it was just too much to ask of my body right now.” Asked what race on the European calendar is he most excited about who'll be staying at Belgium-based Noel Dejonckheere's U.S Development team house said “I'm actually looking forward to all of them but the one I've seen a lot of video of is (Vlaamse Duinenveldrit) Koksijde it's not all sand but it's probably the sandiest course you'd find and I've never raced anything like it The goal must become instead the complete elimination of such chemicals Chemical companies are taking advantage of Japan’s weak laws on pesticide use by selling a wide variety of broad-spectrum pesticides for use in rice farming including neonicotinoids banned in other countries But other pesticide types with similarly devastating effects on aquatic ecosystems continue to be sold and promoted a synthetic pyrethroid sold by Mitsui Chemicals a worldwide insect extinction event is ongoing in which broad-spectrum insecticides are implicated as a leading cause Japanese rice fields are losing aquatic insects such as iconic autumn darter dragonflies that use the flooded fields in the nymph part of their lifecycle The resulting pollution of rivers and lakes has also led to the collapse of the fishery in Lake Shinji in Shimane Prefecture which scientists have connected to neonicotinoid use in surrounding rice fields The process of removing dangerous pesticides from use is an arduous one with companies like Bayer fighting bitterly to continue sales of each product both in court and with campaigns to discredit any critical scientific studies this scorched-earth approach has led to environmental groups focusing their energies on neonicotinoids eventually achieving bans on some products in the European Union.  According to information provided by Japanese NGO Act Beyond Trust BASF and Syngenta from Europe and Sumitomo Chemical and Mitsui Chemicals from Japan manufacture and sell rice-field insecticides in Japan. With negative publicity surrounding neonicotinoids Mitsui Chemicals is switching its sales campaign to a different class of insecticide while continuing to quietly sell dinotefuran Mitsui Chemicals promoted dinotefuran as a featured product in its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report for the year to 31 March 2018, stating that agriculture was expanding “due to growing demand amid a rising global population and economic development in emerging countries” “regarding the insecticide dinotefuran and other active ingredients,” the company is “tapping the expertise of its partners to develop agrochemicals expand the number of countries where these products are registered and accelerate the pace of market release.” Mitsui Chemicals was hedging its bets as neonicotinoids came into the spotlight for the role they played in disappearing bee populations leading to dinotefuran being banned by France In its 2018 and 2019 reports on  Environmental Replacing it for promotion as a flagship product was an insecticide of a different class it is also a broad-spectrum systemic pesticide of a type known as synthetic pyrethroids these chemicals were also shown by studies over many years to be particularly hazardous to aquatic ecosystems.  One study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in 1989 said that synthetic pyrethroids are “exceptionally active against many insects” and also “extremely toxic to certain aquatic and marine groups including fish”. The chemical used in Trebon is etofenprox which a review carried out by Mitsui Chemicals itself in 1996 for registration in America showed to be “very toxic to rainbow trout” Writing in Pest Management Science in 2009 Gary Barbee and Michael Stout went so far as to suggest replacing synthetic pyrethroids with neonicotinoids including Mitsui Chemicals' dinotefuran They said that neonicotinoids are actually two to three times less toxic to crayfish Mitsui Chemicals’ Corporate Communications Division did not respond to a request for comments sent by fax and through their web site in its ESG report for 2019 its justification in promoting Trebon is given as “responding to the food problem” and “contributing to stable and enhanced crop production” so-called “Blue Value” products which have “environmental contribution value” and “Rose Value” products which have “quality of life improvement contribution” value Trebon pesticide is promoted as a “Rose Value” product for the reason that it “addresses food problems" By not giving it a classification for its environmental contribution value Mitsui Chemicals’ seems to be implicitly recognizing its hazardous nature. However in the light of numerous studies the statement on Mitsui Chemicals’ website about Trebon that it is “safe for animals” is false it is deadly to both vertebrate and invertebrate aquatic animals the extreme threat to aquatic ecosystems posed by this class of chemicals has been recognized for nearly 50 years Writing in 1971 in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, T Narahashi described synthetic pyrethroids as “potent neuropoisons” and explained that for insects the “symptoms of poisoning act primarily on the neuromuscular system” Narahashi examined the poison’s deadly effects on the nerves of crayfish and squid Given that its hazardous nature has been established over so many years it is hard to understand why Mitsui Chemicals is promoting Trebon as a featured product in its ESG reports the product is promoted for rice farming in India and other countries with biochemical company Biostadt India Ltd claiming on its website that Trebon is effective on a “wide variety of insect pests” while simultaneously being safe for the environment as a “quality product from Japan thanks to its low toxicity attributes and low dosage application requirement” No mention is made of the deadly wider effects from synthetic pyrethroids reported by scientists over the years Another rice-field chemical that has been shown to menace aquatic ecosystems is fipronil sold in Japan as “Prince” by German multinational BASF but of a different type known as phenylpyrazoles Similar to the other two classes of pesticides fipronil is also a broad-spectrum nerve agent that acts on the nervous systems of insects Now banned in China due to its devastating effects on rice-field aquatic insects it continues to be sold in Japan although use in some areas may be decreasing Fipronil has been implicated in the widespread disappearance of iconic autumn darter red dragonflies across Japan a dragonfly expert of Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology there is a correlation between the sharp decline of red dragonflies and the use of fipronil and the improvement since 2010 is probably due to the decline in fipronil use since 2010.” Sumiko Kobayashi of BASF Japan’s Corporate Affairs Division said by email: “BASF is committed to only offering products which help farmers grow more nutritious high-quality food – while ensuring the protection of human and animal health and the environment "Fipronil has passed all toxicity tests required for pesticide registration by the Ministries of Agriculture Brazil, Taiwan and Korea have also continued to permit the use of fipronil based on their science-based risk assessment evaluations of its safety when used as directed.” a fact sheet on fipronil published by the National Pesticide Information Center in America states that “fipronil is highly to very highly toxic to marine and freshwater fish” and “highly toxic to freshwater invertebrates”.  the once-thriving fishery collapsed and a study by a team led by aquatic science expert Dr Masumi Yamamuro of Tokyo University connected this to the use of neonicotinoids in surrounding rice fields they did not investigate what types of neonicotinoids are used in the region or whether these two chemicals sold by BASF and Mitsui Chemical were mixed into the witch’s brew of insecticides that led to the death of the fish.  where multinational companies like BASF and Mitsui Chemicals are putting the full force of their sales departments into marketing these dangerous chemicals it is hard to take seriously the claim that they practice corporate social responsibility or environmental sustainability they promote as featured products pesticides that have been unequivocally shown to be destructive to aquatic ecosystems.  The efforts by environment groups to target individual broad-spectrum pesticides have become a game of whack-a-mole where chemical companies always have another product to feature with spurious claims of environmental safety.   which by definition kill a wide range of the insects upon which both the ecosystem and other types of food production like honey production and fisheries depend This means rejecting the narrative from chemical companies with a vested interest in profiting from the sale of ecologically devastating broad-spectrum insecticides that their type of intensive farming is the only way to feed the world a full-scale effort were made to rediscover and improve traditional farming methods that do not destroy a wide diversity of insect life and fisheries might not a new agricultural revolution be possible that provides food security that is sustainable into the future Phil Carter is a freelance environmental journalist based in Japan Donate to The Ecologist and support high impact environmental journalism and analysis. 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Find out more Or, download a free sample copy of a past issue of Resurgence & Ecologist Download the latest essay from our Megamorphosis series now Sign up for our WEEKLY newsletters - and never miss out on the amazing news and comment articles we publish The Ecologist is an environmental news and analysis website with a focus on environmental Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker wrote numerous authoritative guides to the West’s natural wonders author Ruth Kirk shared the natural wonders of our landscape and encouraged people to discover and experience them died Thursday (April 19) from Parkinson’s disease at Panorama Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center in Lacey She became an authoritative writer of guide books about parks like Mount Rainier A special collection at the University of Washington shows her projects from 1967-1991 “She was so inquisitive about the smallest details of life,” said friend Theresa Trebon “Ozette: Excavating a Makah Whaling Village,” written in 2015 focuses on the archaeological site and heritage of the Makah Tribe Kirk was born in 1925 in Los Angeles and married Louis Kirk in 1943 She embraced the outdoors while her husband was a ranger and worked at national parks in South Dakota “She would put the kids to bed and get in the bathtub and write late at night,” work that resulted in some of the first popular guide books about national parks Her first book, published in 1956 was “Exploring Death Valley,“ which was illustrated with photographs by Ansel Adams the Kirks moved to Mount Rainier National Park “Mount Rainier National Park was the love of her life,” Trebon said Kirk climbed the 14,411-foot volcano several times and wrote “Sunrise to Paradise: The Story of Mount Rainier National Park” in 1999 Trebon said she was the “social den mother” to the other staff at the park Kirk also helped build the Spruce Nature Trail on the Hoh River of Olympic National Park “I was awe-struck by this beautiful and talented writer whose ability to crank out books on the natural wonders of the West was, and is, unparalleled,” he wrote Her husband died in 1992 and she moved to Olympia She married archaeologist Richard Daugherty in 2007 at the Makah Tribe reservation She and Daugherty also wrote “Hunters of the Whale,” about a buried Makah Indian village and the excavation that recovered 55,000 artifacts, according to High Country News. 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Or sign-in if you have an account Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience It’s the first weekend of October and a large crowd has gathered on the shore of Rožmberk Pond the biggest of almost 1,000 artificial ponds in the Třeboň wetlands Rožmberk is so big that locals jokingly refer to it as the South Bohemia Sea “People have been fishing carp since 1584 at this pond,” says Jan Regenda a university professor who comes every year to watch By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of Travel Time will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. fishers began to drain the pond and pump oxygen into the water to lure the carp closer to the shore the fishers – mostly men dressed in rubber rain gear and gloves – scoop up the squirming carp drink beer and dip deep-fried carp ‘chips’ into mayonnaise they sent a special train from Prague,” Jan adds it’s an easy 1.5-hour drive south of the capital Most of the fish will be kept alive until Christmas Keeping a dried carp scale in your wallet year-round is another one taking out a scale the size of a guitar pick then walk to the tomb of the Schwarzenberg family the noble family that once owned the Třeboň wetlands The French have their croissants and crepes Austrians love their apple strudel and Czechs would be remiss if they went a day without eating kolache The sweet pastry is made from a yeasted dough and filled with cheese when rents in Prague’s historic Old Town plummeted a bakery specializing in the traditional treat Novak got the idea for his business after visiting Texas Czech expats there have started kolache bakeries and often make the fillings savoury “When I saw the jalapeño ones with chorizo sausage I was like ‘oh yeah,’” says Novak At his kolacherie in Prague he offers both savoury and sweet His berry kolache with cream cheese still proves most popular “I come here every year with my children,” says Irena Švajcarova my tour guide from Prague “Here” is the delightful town of Český Krumlov with its winding-cobblestone streets and – most especially – its enormous castle the second largest in the country after Prague’s the Czech Republic is a country of castles The castle at Český Krumlov – now owned by the state – boasts a colourful tower overlooking the Vltava River 350 rooms – some with luxurious furnishings and tapestries seven hectares of gardens and a moat with three brown bears but bears have been bred and kept in moats here for more than 300 years A noble family that owned the castle for several centuries started the tradition to signify their connection to the Italian Orsini family ‘Orsini’ comes from the Italian word ‘orso’ meaning ‘bear.’ Another day I visit the privately owned Castle Blatná One of the owner’s ancestors – a man named Ferdinand Hildprandt – loved to hunt and in one room all the furniture and rugs are made from his hunting trophies Deer antlers form the backs and arms of chairs while four badger hides with heads are stitched together to form a freakish semi-circle And sticking prominently off one wall are the heads of seals shot in the Netherlands “We are the biggest beer drinkers in the world,” Jann Votrel tells me The teacher and tour guide in Český Krumlov adds proudly appreciating a beverage that’s been brewed here for more than a thousand years where the world-famous Pilsner-Urquell lager was born there’s a microbrewery that uses a recipe predating Pilsner’s by more than a few hundred years but when I learn that Purkmistr also has a beer spa on a drizzly October morning I find myself not just drinking beer but soaking in it a large wooden bathtub filled with a special brew awaits me which is served unfiltered and unpasteurized This brew is made with the same ingredients – malt The B vitamins in the yeast are supposedly good for our immune system and the hops ‘purifying’ I joyfully immerse myself in the silky liquid Then I sit up and pour myself a cold beer from the keg beside me “Wow….so there is heaven on earth!” exclaimed my friend Gord when he saw the photos later You’ll find beer spas throughout the Czech Republic The writer traveled as a guest of Czech Tourism transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account The four people who died in Friday's plane crash in Atlanta were headed to Oxford for a family member's graduation at Ole Miss Saturday Greg Byrd, sons Phillip Byrd and Christopher Byrd, and Jackie Kulzer died Friday when their single-engine Piper Saratoga crashed onto I-285 in Atlanta. The crash occurred five minutes after take off, according to flight tracker www.flightaware.com a senior at Ole Miss and a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity were on their way to Oxford for his graduation today Byrd is receiving a bachelor's of business administration in real estate The plane was listed under an LLC owned by Greg Byrd Greg Byrd owned the plane with his girlfriend Byrd owned tanning bed salons in Asheville Phillip Byrd also lived in Asheville with his mother "Their family has been around here forever," she added Christopher Byrd lived in Atlanta and worked as a real estate agent at Cooper Brown Real Estate Cooper's social media has posts cheering on the Rebels and the Atlanta Braves with Kulzer Christopher Byrd was "a great guy," Bowman said Byrd joined the real estate team in November and was "a great team player and a pleasure to work with," Bowman said He said the entire office was praying for the Byrd family Kulzer also attended Ole Miss and was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority "Jackie was an outstanding leader in Kappa Kappa Gamma," the sorority said in a statement "She served as the vice president of standards and was an active member of other various organizations on campus The university released a statement Friday afternoon "The university is always saddened when we lose members of the Ole Miss family and we are all heartbroken at the news of this tragedy," said Brandi HephnerLaBanc his extended family and their friends and will do everything we can to offer support and comfort during this time." The Piper PA-32 took off from DeKalbPeachtree Airport and apparently ran into trouble not long afterward The plane nearly struck a vehicle being driven by a former DeKalb County firefighter Witnesses said the blaze prevented anyone on the ground from immediately getting close to the wreckage Federal investigators said they will reconstruct the plane to determine what caused the aircraft to go down Eric Alleyne of the National Transportation Safety Board said he expects the effort to take about two weeks other wreckage and charred concrete could be seen at the median barrier where the plane crashed including a propeller lying on the roadway about 40 feet from most of the wreckage "Of course the airplane is somewhat complex but it shouldn't be a problem," Alleyne said The plane fueled up before leaving the airport and it's unclear whether the pilot made any emergency calls after takeoff He added that the NTSB will review the plane's maintenance records and the pilot's experience The Associated Press contributed to this report Contact Sarah Fowler at sfowler@gannett.com or (601)961-7303 began this morning the long-running annual tradition of fishing in the largest pond in Czechia their goal is to capture about 80 tons of sellable fish – including pike along with 50 tons of Christmas carp sourced from numerous ponds between October and November.  this custom sees fishermen don full-rubber suits and wellingtons where they capture fish with nets and other instruments which attracts visitors from around the country will continue at the pond in Třeboň until Sunday the organization of fish retailers in the region has decided not to increase prices this year following a substantial 2022 increase A kilogram of carp will cost around CZK 130-140 and the average price in Prague will be slightly higher but this year it is appropriate to leave prices at this level.” Other ponds in the region are also bustling with fishing activities. Notable examples include the Horusický, Dvořiště, and Svět ponds, which will have a fishing event similar to Třeboň's from Nov. 6 to 8. For comprehensive information on the various fishing events in Czechia, a detailed overview is available on the website jiznicechy.cz Třeboň Fisheries expects a lower field of fish compared to last year putting this down to unseasonal temperatures and fluctuations in the weather earlier this year The unusually warm September and lack of rain are the main factors behind this.  The price-freezing of carp will come as welcome news to thousands of people across the country who will – as is custom in Czechia – purchase carp for their Christmas dinners Your morning coffee deserves a great companion. Why not enjoy it with our daily newsletter? News from Czechia, curated insights, and inspiring stories in English. This webpage uses Cookies and JavaScript in order to work properly We strongly recommend to enable those technologies in yur browser In case of wrongly displayed content you can request necessary information at e-mail address wwwadmin@mzv.cz On 23 April 2013 the Czech Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka the Mayor of Horsens Peter Sørensen and the Mayor of Třeboň Jiří Houdek opened the travelling exhibition „Queen Dagmar The Czech Embassy in Copenhagen used the opportunity to renew the contact and partnership between the towns Horsens and Třeboň The partnership between the towns was established in 1990 but was interrrupted with the Danish municipal reform in 2007 The Mayor of Třeboň Jiří Houdek accompanied by the Deputy Mayor Terezie Jenisová and the referent for international relationships Martina Vrchotová had a meeting with the Mayor of Horsens Peter Sørensen and the Deputy Mayor Ellen T Schmidt where they presented topics suitable for cooperation and mutual enrichment The delegation from Třeboň was warmly received in Horsens and the future cooperation between the towns seems promising The Czech Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka giving an opening speech He used this opportunity to express his thanks to Ambassador Zdeněk Lyčka for his almost five years of work in Denmark From the left: the Mayor of Horsens Peter Sørensen the Deputy Mayor of Třeboň Terezie Jenisová Brøchner and the Mayor of Třeboň Jiří Houdek The exhibition in a church in suburbian Sønderbro, was organized by the non-profit organization Søndergien (the name derives from the words Sønderbro and synergy) which is financially supported mainly by donors and volunteers and partly supported by Horsens Municipality Søndergien organizes leisure time activities for the local inhabitants A few guests dressed in midieval costumes and small refreshments prepared by the volunteers contributed to the pleasant atmosphere Kim Normann, the owner of beerhouse Café Švejk in Frederiksberg provided draught beer Regent from Třeboň as a sponsor gift Sponsor gift from Café Švejk – beer Regent from Třeboň If you are interested in receiving information about our events