Hoping to draw extra worldwide competitors, American cyclocross race sequence USCX has added the two-event TREK CX Cup because the sequence finale on October 4th – sixth, making a race block of 4 consecutives UCI race weekend on U.S. soil.
Trek has stepped up as sequence sponsor in addition to the host of the ultimate race weekend with its Trek CX Cup, colloquially often called the “Battle Among the many Cattle”, happening at its Waterloo, Wisconsin – based mostly headquarters.
That is the primary time within the sequence’ four-year historical past the place the race sequence options all 4 of its race weekends consecutively, beginning in Roanoke, Virginia, in mid-September and ending on the October Trek CX Cup occasion. Beforehand, breaks so long as a month sat between races. All of the occasions will characteristic UCI-registered races for elite riders, C1 on Saturdays and C2 on Sundays, in addition to newbie occasions.
The hope is that this consecutive format will entice extra European racers to attend the sequence in full and spend a while throughout the pond within the U.S. racing cyclocross. Moreover, North American athletes who hope to additionally compete on the Cyclocross World Championships in Belgium will now be capable of full their U.S. season properly earlier than needing to move to Europe.
There will probably be a $15,000 whole prize purse for the person and lady who prime the standings on the finish of the 4 week sequence, cut up evenly between the 2. Final yr, Canadian Maghalie Rochette (Canyon Collective) and American Curtis White (Steve Tilford Basis Racing) received the ladies’s and males’s elite USCX titles, respectively.
The 2024 USCX calendar:
