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The Pan-American Cyclocross Championships return to Washington, D.C. on November 7. Andrew Strohmeyer defends the elite men's title and the women's field has no clear favorite.
Pan-American Cyclocross Championships 2026 race guideLucinda Brand brings the rainbow jersey and World Cup consistency into a women’s field full of range: Puck Pieterse, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, Fem van Empel, Amandine Fouquenet, Zoe Bäckstedt, and a rising American group all have races that suit them.
Mathieu van der Poel starts as the sport’s record-setting benchmark. Wout van Aert carries road-season form into a winter that gathers speed at Christmas, while Thibau Nys, Tibor Del Grosso, Felipe Orts, and Andrew Strohmeyer chase their own openings.
Both sports leave the pavement, but cyclocross compresses its effort into an hour of repeated technical laps while gravel stretches racing across long roads and changing terrain.
The World Cup gives cyclocross its international spine: a season of sand, hills, points, and major winter races from the opening round to the final weekend.
Cyclocross packs an hour of mud, sand, running, barriers, pits, and repeated attacks into a short circuit. This is how the racing works and why the winter season has its own heroes.
