The US Cyclocross Series, USCX, will add a pair of occasions at Trek CX Cup to the eight-race lineup this fall, and organisers confirmed Trek Bicycle because the title sponsor. For the primary time in 4 years, the set of 4 occasions, now below the identify Trek USCX, can be compacted throughout consecutive weekends, culminating with a brand new finale on October 5-6, 2024, in Waterloo, Wisconsin.
Three occasions within the lineup have been staples of USCX for the reason that inaugural yr in 2021, the opener set once more at GO Cross in Roanoke, Virginia, on September 14-15. Rochester Cyclocross follows in upstate New York on September 21-22 then Charm City Cross in Baltimore, Maryland on September 28-29.
“I’m amped that Waterloo can be our final cease on the collection as our ultimate race, and really appreciative that the Trek model is attaching its identify to USCX,” stated Scott Page, collection director and co-owner of Full Moon Vista, which operates Rochester Cyclocross.
Trek CX Cup had been a part of a weekend centred round a UCI Cyclocross World Cup occasion, however Waterloo was not on the not too long ago introduced calendar for the 2024-2025 World Cup collection. The Trek USCX ultimate weekend can be themed “Battle among the many Cattle.”
Last yr there was a four-week break between Charm City and the ultimate spherical at Really Rad Festival of Cyclocross in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Organisers stated they hoped the brand new format of consecutive weekends would “entice extra European athletes to attend the collection”. It will even permit North American riders to finish the collection in the event that they plan to compete in Europe, the World Cup schedule starting in Antwerp, Belgium on November 24.
Belgian rider Vincent Baestaens (Spits CX), as an example, had led the lads’s standings in every of the earlier three years earlier than travelling again to Europe and thus relenting the highest spot. He completed third total the primary two years and second to males’s winner Curtis White (Steve Tilford Foundation Racing) final season.
Page confirmed to Cyclingnews that the Trek USCX will once more present a complete $15,000 prize purse for elite races, break up evenly between women and men. All the occasions will function UCI-registered races for elite riders, C1 on Saturdays and C2 on Sundays, plus newbie occasions.
Last yr, White received the USCX males’s title for a second yr. Maghalie Rochette (Canyon Collective) swept all eight occasions to seal the ladies’s USCX title.
Trek USCX 2024 schedule
- September 14-15 – GO Cross, Roanoke, Virginia
- September 21-22 – Rochester Cyclocross, Rochester, New York
- September 28-29 – Charm City, Baltimore, Maryland
- October 5-6 – Trek CX Cup, Waterloo, Wisconsin
