In 2018, Aspire Racing emerged as a powerhouse team in U.S. cross. The team was created by four-time national champion Jeremy Powers and bolstered by young American stars Ellen Noble and Spencer Petrov.

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.

At the start of the 2018 cyclocross season, Jeremy Powers set a goal. He wanted to take a jersey back — either the Pan American championship or the U.S. national title.

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.

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.

On Wednesday night, as the lights began to dim on CrossVegas’ final show in Sin City, a huddle of men — one wearing Mardi Gras beads, another shirtless — shouted, “SWEECK, SWEECK, SWEECK,” from the base of the finish line stage, upon which the podium sat.

Under the lights in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening, September 20, we’ll say goodbye to one of America’s biggest, craziest, and longest running cyclocross races.

Jeremy Powers and Ellen Noble of Aspire Racing headline the start list for the 2017 Clif Bar CrossVegas, which streams live on FloBikes.com on Wednesday, September 20.

By Molly Hurford