Sven Nys is a former professional cyclist competing in cyclo-cross and mountain bike. With two world championships, seven world cups, and over 140 competitive victories, he is considered one of the best cyclo-cross racers of his generation, and remains a prominent figure in cyclo-cross. Apart from cyclo-cross, Nys is also fivefold national mountainbike champion, and has competed in that discipline in two Olympic games.
Katie Compton is an American bicycle racer. She specializes in cyclo-cross racing and is a 15-time national champion. Compton formerly piloted a tandem with a blind partner in Paralympic events.
Marianne Vos is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Team Jumbo–Visma. Vos has drawn comparison to Eddy Merckx as being "the finest cyclist of [her] generation".
The Cyclocross Crusade, currently in season 28, is a cyclo-cross race series based in Portland, Oregon held over an eight-week period during the months of October and November. As of 2005, the series was the largest cyclo-cross series in the United States. The 2006 series consisted of six races plus the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross final. The Cross Crusade began hosting UCI-sanctioned events as part of the series in 2002.
Sanne Cant is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently competes in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross Team IKO–Crelan, and in road cycling for UCI Women's Continental Team Plantur–Pura. Cant's cousin Loes Sels is also a professional cyclist.
Helen Wyman is a British cyclist for the Experza-Footlogix team. She participates in both road cycling and cyclo-cross and since she began competing at the age of 14, Wyman has represented her country at many international events including World Cups and World Championships. Except for 2013, she was the British national champion in cyclo-cross from 2006–2015.
The Superprestige Diegem is a cyclo-cross race held in Diegem, Belgium, which is part of the Superprestige. Since 2007, the race is held in the evening under artificial lighting, which is unique.
The Vlaamse Druivenveldrit is a cyclo-cross race held in Overijse, Belgium. The race is organised by the VZW Sportvrienden Overijse and was first held in 1960. The race is regarded as a Cyclo-cross classic and has a difficult and dangerous parcours that often results in crashes.
Zdeněk Štybar is a Czech professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step. While best known as a cyclo-cross racer, in 2011 Štybar began his professional road career while continuing to race cyclo-cross.
Ruby Miller is a Welsh racing cyclist from Llantwit Major.
Adam Myerson is an American professional bicycle racer specializing in cyclo-cross and criterium racing.
Tom Meeusen is a Belgian cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Group Hens–Maes Containers.
The 2012–2013 cyclo-cross season consists of three international series conducted in the bicycle racing discipline of cyclo-cross:
Lars van der Haar is a Dutch professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Telenet–Baloise Lions.
Evie Richards is a British cyclist who specialises in mountain bike and cyclo-cross racing. She became under-23 cyclo-cross world champion at the 2016 and 2018 World Championships.
Tim Merlier is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides, in road racing and cyclo-cross, for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix. In 2019, he was the winner of the Belgian National Road Race Championships.
The 2016–2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup – also known as the Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup for sponsorship reasons – was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The competition took place between 21 September 2016 and 22 January 2017, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Wout van Aert in the men's competition and Sanne Cant in the women's competition.
Thomas Pidcock is a British cyclist, who currently competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. He is best known for winning the junior titles in the UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships at Pontchâteau, France in 2016, the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships, at Bieles, Luxembourg in 2017 and the UCI World Time Trial Championships at Bergen, Norway in 2017.
Jim Aernouts is a Belgian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2021 for the Palmans–Cras, BKCP–Powerplus, Sunweb–Napoleon Games and Baloise Trek Lions teams. Following his retirement, Aernouts now works as a maître d'hôtel at a restaurant that he owns with his wife in Essen.
Arnaud Jouffroy is a French professional cyclo-cross cyclist. After retiring in 2014, he returned to competition in 2019. He has also competed in road cycling and cross-country mountain biking.
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