Kaitie Antonneau

Three women are tied for the lead in the new US Cup-CX series.

Could this be the year that Katie Compton meets her match?

Tobin Ortenblad and Kaitie Keough win the opening round of the KMC Cross Festival on Friday night at the Thompson Motor Speedway

"I’m just so happy. I couldn’t ask for better,” says Antonneau, who was the top American finisher at cyclocross worlds in Zolder, Belgium.

Katie Compton has won 11 straight U.S. cyclocross championships, but there are a handful of riders who could deny her No. 12 this weekend.