Cyclocross

Organizers defend their decision to push on with the waterlogged Dendermonde race that saw some riders thriving and some just surviving.

Racing played out on a stormswept course with axle-deep mud and standing water that left riders sinking knee-deep into swampy grass.

Chaotic men's race takes several contenders out of contention in opening laps while women's race comes down to tight five-way battle.

US cyclocross champion is riding high through the European winter and looking to carry momentum toward the worlds.

Van Aert hoping there's more success to come as further clashes with Mathieu van der Poel and Tom Pidcock loom on the horizon.

Van Aert takes first 'cross victory of the season at X2O Trofee, Del Carmen Alvarado ends unlucky streak with peerless performance.

Stuck in Belgium for the holidays, rising UK star will join new Ineos Grenadiers teammates in January training camp.

Lucinda Brand, Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado, Wout van Aert all sat out the race ahead of the X20 Trofee race Wednesday.

Here are five takeaways from the first big-name battle ahead of the January world championships.

Van der Poel wins much-hyped battle with Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock; U.S. national champ Clara Honsinger takes breakout second-place in women's race.

Are the discipline's two biggest stars too dominant in both the racing and the reporting of cyclocross?

Lucinda Brand takes us inside the 2020 cyclocross season. We discuss Anna van der Breggen winning our International Cyclist of the Year award. Could a women's Tour de France be coming in 2022?

He's dominated the U23 ranks on the road, mountain bike and cyclocross, and now is poised to become the new challenger for van Aert and van der Poel's cross-discipline crown.

Olympic charter mandating Winter Olympic sports are held on snow or ice continues to put stopper on negotiations.

Young Brit Pidcock outclasses Mathieu van der Poel to take biggest elite win of career, Brand beats Denise Betsema to reverse Saturday's result.

Van der Poel parachutes into middle of season to win first race back on the 'cross bike, Betsema breaks Lucinda Brand's long winning streak.

Van der Poel to return to 'cross racing this weekend; first clash with Wout van Aert likely to come the following Sunday.

Don't expect to see fans lining the course, or crowding the pits in Ostend, Belgium on January 30 - 31.

Wout van Aert finishes fourth in men's race, Brand fined after obstructing Alvarado in the pit lane.

Pile up in opening lap of 'cross race leaves junior world champ with fracture and deep cuts to arm.

Brand continues dominant streak with powerful ride; Vanthourenhout beats Eli Iserbyt and Wout van Aert in men's race.

Eli Iserbyt takes dominant victory on technical city-center circuit, Lucinda Brand wins women's race.

Cross-discipline duo have been fierce rivals for longer in cyclocross than they have been on the road. With a narrow defeat at Tour of Flanders fresh in the memory, Van Aert is braced for more as 'cross season kicks off.

Young Belgian punched clear with countryman Michael Vanthourenhout early in the race and was unstoppable from thereon.

World champion and Dutch national champion takes sprint victory over Annemarie Worst.

Dendermonde, Hulst and Overijse form a trio of new destinations in the series.

When the COVID-19 pandemic made the 2020 EuroCross Academy camp impossible, director Geoff Proctor came up with a virtual alternative.

The famed cyclocross venue Koksijde has canceled its 2020 World Cup round due to COVID-19.

Cyclocross nationals move to Iowa's Johnson County Fairgrounds, home of Jingle Cross.

A revised cyclocross World Cup calendar now starts in November, and gone are events in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Dublin, Ireland, and Antwerp, Belgium.

The Inflite's kinked top tube is part of a frame design that allows for compliance, and mud clearance. And there's a cool Alpecin-Fenix livery too.

Out of a job and facing the toughest labor market in decades, former CX champ Stephen Hyde has launched his own coaching business. Hyde's strength is helping athletes overcome setbacks.

Van Aert took emotional victory at DVV Krawatencross Saturday while Sunday's Superprestige Merksplas race was canceled due to storms

Bill Schieken of CXHAIRS Media previews the course for this weekend's UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Men's race is van der Poel's to lose, Cant will look to defend against dominant Dutch team. Americans Munro and Gunsalus go into first-ever women's junior race with strong chances.

Alan Hills celebrated his 50th season of racing cyclocross this year. In a personal essay, Hills recalls the technology, the races, and the cyclocross communities that helped him pursue his passion.

With van der Poel back on top form after a late start to the 'cross season, van Aert feels the world championships may come down to a race for second-place.

Alvarado lost her World Cup lead in final-lap crash, Aerts secures overall with second-place in the race.

Dutch rider Denise Betsema is free to race after the UCI announced that her ban for testing positive for an anabolic agent is over.

Penultimate round of World Cup racing sees Worst close gap to Alvarado in overall standings, Aerts finishes second to maintain strong lead in series with only one round to go.

Fayetteville, Arkansas to host 2020 Pan-American 'cross championships on the site of the 2022 World Championships

Athletes to compete in February's event in Switzerland include national champions Gage Hecht, Clara Honsinger and favorite for the inaugural junior women's event, Madigan Munro.

Van der Poel took a sixth-straight Dutch title and Cant took her 11th consecutive victory in Belgium. Sweeck took the Belgian men's title from a talent-packed field.

Contributor Jen See caught up with cyclocross star Kerry Werner at U.S. nationals to talk about his budding YouTube channel and his year of domestic cyclocross success.

On this week's episode of The VeloNews Podcast, we speak to Gage Hecht, the recently crowned U.S. Cyclocross National Champion. Hecht discusses how he balances road and 'cross, and takes us inside his winning ride.

Reporter Jen See caught up with Clara Honsinger after she won the U.S. National Cyclocross Championships on Sunday. As it turns out, Honsinger spent the week before U.S. nationals studying for finals.

There was plenty of mud, sweat, and beers at USA Cycling's Cyclocross National Championships in Lakewood, Washington over the weekend. Clara Honsinger and Gage Hecht escaped with national titles in the elite women's and men's races, while Katie Compton and Stephen Hyde saw their respective winning streaks come to an end. Photographer Wil Matthews was there to capture the action.

Contributor Jen See put on her boots and waded into the mud in Lakewood, Washington to see the 2019 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. As it turns out, the party was just as much fun as the racing.

Gage Hecht sprinted to an early lead and then held off Curtis White and Stephen Hyde to win the men's elite cyclocross title.

Katie Clouse took her 31st career national title by winning Sunday's Under-23 women's cyclocross championship in Washington.

Clara Honsinger won Sunday's USA Cycling Cyclocross National Title, ending Katie Compton's 15-year winning streak at the race.

CX Hairs Media has a detailed course preview video from USA Cycling's National Cyclocross Championships in Lakewood, Washington.

On this week's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we catch up with Katie Compton and discuss her streak of winning 15 U.S. national cyclocross titles. Compton also discusses the wider dynamics at play in international cyclocross.

Katie Compton's winning streak at the U.S. National Cyclocross Championships spans 15 years. We spoke to Georgia Gould, Ellen Noble, Meredith Miller and other American 'crossers to better understand Compton's dominance at the U.S. championships.

The weekend saw two days of racing in Belgium, where Marianne Vos won her first race back on the 'cross bike, while the UCI Pro Series took place in Texas.

USA Cycling's video highlights from this past weekend's Ruts n' Guts cyclocross races in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Produced by Bill Schieken of CXHairs Media.

Van der Poel dominated the race to win for a third consecutive occasion at Koksijde, Alvarado seals first World Cup win

USA Cycling's video highlights from this past weekend's Pro CX action at the Supercross Cup and and Major Taylor Cup races. Produced by Bill Schieken of CXHairs Media.

Van der Poel and Worst back up victories at the World Cup on Saturday with another trip to the top step at the DVV Trofee, Sunday.

Van der Poel tested in hard-fought scrap with Iserbyt in the mens, Worst tops all-Dutch podium in the women's.

CX Hairs Media has a complete highlight reel from this past weekend's Pan-American Championships race in Midland, Ontario.

CX Hairs Media has a complete highlight reel from this past weekend's Pan-American Championships race in Midland, Ontario.

USA Cycling's video highlights from this past weekend's Verge Northampton Classic and the Pan-American Cyclocross Championships at the Silver Goose Cyclocross race in Canada. Produced by Bill Schieken of CXHairs Media and Dirtwire.TV.

USA Cycling's video highlights from this past weekend's Really Rad Cyclocross Festival in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Produced by Bill Schieken of CXHairs Media and Dirtwire.TV.

Two of the biggest names in cyclocross will be back in the trenches as a new road racing season beckons

The North American cyclocross tribe descended on Cincinnati this past weekend for the King's CX race weekend. Kerry Werner (Kona-Maxxis) and Curtis White (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) took the men's elite races, while Maghalie Rochette (Specialized-Feedback) won both days in the elite women's events. Photographer Dejan Smaic was there to capture the action.

The second round of the Superprestige series saw the riders with the control and luck to come through the mud take the wins.

Maghalie Rochette is enjoying her best World Cup season ever, and we caught up with her to learn how she makes her cyclocross racing program work.

Friday's Trek CX Cup provided racers an opportunity to get a final hit-out before the World Cup finale on Sunday.

Attacks on Mt. Krumpit prove to be decisive for both Iserbyt and Rochette, who both claim maiden World Cup victories.

Watch the first round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup through the live stream, with the men's at 2:00pm MDT and women's at 3:45 MDT.

Fans hoping to watch Saturday's UCI Cyclocross World Cup opener in Iowa can stream it live on velonews.com

The famed cyclocross race weekend in Gloucester, Massachusetts has been cancelled for 2019.

While Belgian continues to heal from his ugly Tour crash, unstoppable Dutchman steamrolls through multiple disciplines

Perhaps the most decorated and influential American cyclocross rider of the last decade, Jeremy Powers retires from pro racing.

Denise Betsema was the breakout star of the last cyclocross season, but she returned an adverse analytical finding in an anti-doping test at a January World Cup.

Cant defeated a deep Dutch team. Van der Poel got the better of a stacked Belgian squad. We debate and analyze the action.

In the Belgian heartland, interest in cyclocross looks to be declining. This isn't cause for panic — it is reason for the sport to keep growing internationally.

Fayetteville organizers see 2022 worlds event as a catalyst to develop a vibrant cyclocross culture in the Northwest Arkansas region.

U.S. champion Katie Compton says she was holding back at 80 percent during the last World Cup. Her worlds prospects depend on careful pacing.