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.

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

Ellen Noble is having one of the best seasons of her young cyclocross career. 

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

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.

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.

By Molly Hurford