Last weekend, US Cyclocross Nationals took place in Lakewood, Washington, and the racing did not disappoint. Fans went wild as Clara Honsinger took the Elite Women's National Championship win over 15-time champion Katie Compton. Meanwhile, 21-year-old Gage Hecht proved that he was ready to race the Elite race rather than the U23 field when he became the youngest National Champion in over a decade. 

Is American cyclocross broken?

Riders will wage battle on the slopes of the infamous Cauberg in the town of Valkenburg in the Netherlands. Perhaps best known as the finishing climb of the road racing classic, Amstel Gold, the Dutch hill has also been featured in multiple UCI Road World Championships as well as stages of the Tour de France.

You can’t see them, but you can hear them hollering in the woods.

When USA Cycling announced the new 51-member national team in December, the cyclocross community was excited — U.S. cyclocross racers had finally been recognized on a national team alongside Olympic cycling disciplines. 

Taking place in the foothills of Reno, Nevada, we get a look through the lens of Cyclocross Nationals.

Let’s catch our collective breaths, because we cheered loud and hustled hard at the 2018 Cyclocross National Championships in Reno, Nevada.

Sanne Cant took her fourth consecutive victory in Essen on Saturday, displaying not only her power, but her ability to make the right tactical decisions under pressure. The decisive moment in the women’s race came when Cant dismounted and ran through a deep mud section which Nikki Brammeier rode. 

Before he arrived in Belgium a few weeks ago, Stephen Hyde was a winner.

The 2017 U.S. Cup-CX is officially over, and if fans and riders have their way the series will return next year. The uniting of seven race days under one umbrella with one massive payout drew top-tier talent to KMC Cross Fest, Charm City Cyclocross, the Cincy CX Fest, and the Derby City Cup. American fans saw what high-level racing looks like when $10,000 payouts were on the line for the male and female winners.

As racers head to Louisville, Kentucky — site of 2013 Cyclocross World Championships — there’s a chill in the air. Fall has reared its sometimes-ugly head. Mud and muck abound.

At Charm City Cross, the top U.S. riders duked it out on a course that national champion Stephen Hyde called “super Euro.” 

The racers collapsed and stared blankly after they crossed the finish line — dozens of them, with ice-cold towels draped over their heads and team managers spraying water into their faces.

Results for Elite women and Men form the Trek CX World Cup

In Rochester, we saw rivalries reignited and champions rise and fall. We interviewed Stephen Hyde as he showed us his preferred method of making eggs and stroked his red mullet, and we spoke with Ellen Noble, America’s rising women’s elite star, who won her first UCI C1 race.