Cyclocross Racing

French rider set to make her cyclocross return Tuesday at the Koppenbergcross.

'As I roll up to the start line, my arms shake with a mix of anticipation, excitement, and nerves. I know I have done everything possible to prepare,' writes Elsa Westenfelder.

Sweeck scores first elite World Cup victory, Van Empel makes it four-from-four in new Belgian circuit.

'Later in the evening, as we talk through the course in our evening pre-race briefing, all my anxiousness melts away as I know I am as prepared as I’ll ever be,' writes Elias Saigh.

Ella Brenneman has gained a new perspective on what it takes to be the best. 

'Maastricht helped us embrace the culture, and experience Dutch life in a whole new way,' writes David Thompson.

Vida Lopez de San Roman learns some lessons that extend far beyond cyclocross.

'I guess sometimes in life, the thing you need or want the most is right under your feet,' writes Kaya Musgrave.

'For me, inspiration comes from our crazy start in the Tabor Men’s Junior World Cup,' writes Ben Stokes.

US champion hits the ground running in Europe with back-to-back wins in Nommay, France.

World Cup leader works the one-two with teammate Vanthourenhout to make it three-from-three in the UCI series.

Van Empel makes it three-from-three as World Cup hits European soil, takes dominant lead in series standings.

Dutch 'GOAT' to debut 'cross rainbow jersey Tuesday in build toward showdown with Ferrand-Prévot at Euro championships.

The French rider is also scheduled to race at the European championships in Namur on November 5.

10 US juniors are set to race cyclocross in Europe over the coming weeks and blog for VeloNews.

American Eric Brunner hits fourth in the men's race.

Centennial Park, Arkansas hosts second round of UCI series after seeing World Cup and world championship racing last season.

Defending champion wins by 25 seconds ahead of Sweeck.

An all-Dutch podium kicks off season opener.

Prestigious cyclocross series starts Sunday, but calendar questions remain over Vos, Van Aert, Pidcock, Van der Poel.

The event opens kicks off a weekend of racing in Waterloo, Wisconsin highlighted by the UCI Cyclocross World Cup Sunday.

USA plays host to opening rounds of marquee 'cross series with Waterloo and Fayetteville races on back-to-back weekends.

New York native White ends Belgian rider Vincent Baestaens' winning streak, Worst continues to dominate the women's field.

European racers continue to dominate early stages of US cyclocross season.

Twosome repeat opening day victories in treacherous slippery racing Sunday.

Racing resumes in the Genesee Valley Park Rochester venue on Sunday.

The New England Cyclocross Series may have been postponed but cyclocross is still relevant and growing in the US.

Virginia’s Blue Ridge Go Cross and the Really Rad Festival of Cyclocross join Rochester and Charm City to form September - November series.

UCI provides further indication London will complete leading CX series for 2022-23.

The three-time national champion will will lead the US cyclocross national team.

US-based 'cross powerhouse — and Cannondale's longest-standing sponsored team — calls it quits after 2022.

Belgian cross rider's A-sample positive for breast cancer treatment drug.

Take an auditory trip to Fayetteville and hear the thoughts of the world's best racers, the fans, and the locals.

Belgian team seeks new title sponsor for 2023, maintains interest in top-ranked 'cross riders.

With or without van der Poel and van Aert, it was an inevitability Pidcock would be crowned cyclocross king some day.

Go down memory lane with Marianne Vos and each of her cyclocross world titles, from her first in 2006 to her eighth in 2022.

The Dutch woman has dominated cycling for almost two decades and took an unprecedented eighth cyclocross world title in Fayetteville.

Lars van der Haar of the Netherlands and Eli Iserbyt of Belgium round out the podium, well behind the Olympic mountain bike champion Pidcock.

Shirin Van Anrooij and Fem Van Empel round out the Dutch domination in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Belgian Aaron Dockx and Brit Nathan Smith round out the podium, with American A.J. August in fifth.

Vos and Brand power away from the field, each unable to drop the other. After some cat and mouse, Vos takes the sprint for the rainbow jersey.

Front of the race was a Dutch-Belgian battle, with the UK's Cameron Mason also in the mix.

British rider solos to dominant win, adds to her recent road world title from last season.

The reigning world champ and Fayetteville World Cup winner says course changes have made it harder since the fall.

Team relay squads comprised of elite female and male racers, plus female and male junior or under-23 riders.

In North America, FloBikes will stream the races in Canada, and GCN's app will broadcast the races in the United States.

Heavily favored Belgian 'crossers hoping to avoid road worlds fiasco as absence of van Aert, van der Poel levels the playing field.

America's first female junior ’cross world medalist is fresh off a European block of racing and training.

Updated: the UCI confirmed it will reduce participation rules due to several teams seeing rosters depleted by COVID-19.

Familiar faces in the kitchen for American athletes in Fayetteville this weekend.

Nine-time world champion trials rider opens a week of 'cross worlds festivities with a massive jump from an airborne chopper.

Who to watch at the 2022 UCI world cyclocross championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Leading riders Denise Betsema and Annemarie Worst among a swath of riders out of Arkansas 'cross worlds due to COVID, concussions, sickness.

Hyde to coach Team USA alongside team director Jesse Anthony at Fayetteville world championships.

World Cup-winner Iserbyt cranks away from leaders in final lap before holding off searing chase from Tom Pidcock in final race before worlds.

Dutchwoman wins on home soil in final World Cup before the Fayetteville worlds.

US national champion hoping the best of the American racing scene will be on show in Arkansas next weekend.

Brand makes it 17 season wins, Pidcock derailed by final-lap crash in last weekend of racing before the Fayetteville worlds.

In 1924, the first major cyclocross race was contested, in France. The world championships — 98 years later — will be on American soil.

After winning nationals, Honsinger headed back to Europe, while Brunner came home to reset away from racing. Hear from each rider about their strategies heading into Arkansas.

World Cup champion Iserbyt takes dominant win in northern France as van Aert and Pidcock sit out the race.

Young talents fill the podium in absence of a swathe of top racers as van Empel outsprints Puck Pieterse.

Outside's master chef Biju Thomas will be cooking for Team USA. He joins the show to talk race food and logistics.

Organizers of this month's Fayetteville worlds plowing on and pumped as ever in face of travel, health and start-list troubles.

Gage Hecht, Lance Haidet, Katie Clouse, and Madigan Munro will also be looking to make their mark in Fayetteville, Arkansas event on January 29-30.

Van Aert notches his fifth national title, and hangs up the ’cross bike for the season despite flying form.

Vos notches her seventh national title with sights on her eighth world title.

18-year-old European and French junior road champion adds another trophy to his collection.

The Dutch women will head to Fayetteville with a formidable eight-rider line-up, while just two elite men are selected after Mathieu van der Poel's injury woes.

Van Aert makes it eight of nine, Brand takes her seventh consecutive win.

Jumbo-Visma rider sets sights on road racing and plans to end 'cross season after racing in the BKM Cyclocross Middelkerke.

The Dutchman has been plagued by a back injury since May 2021, but his team believes the injury will heal with rest.

Top racers keep skills and fitness sharp in muddy Belgian 'cross race.

The Dutchman may have to look to Egan Bernal, Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot as he figures out his next moves.

Wout van Aert finishes fourth after losing wedge of time in opening lap due to jammed chain, Iserbyt seals World Cup overall.