USCX Cyclocross Series launched for fall but ‘dreams don’t pay bills’

Stephen Hyde (USA) Cannondale Cyclocrossworld and giving chase to two riders off the front.
Stephen Hyde won the US Cyclo-cross national title three consecutive years (Image credit: Dejan Smaic / SportifImages)

A quartet of US-based, UCI cyclo-cross events have joined forces to launch the USCX Cyclocross Series this fall, spotlighting eight pro races for elite men and women as well as nine amateur races for junior men and women in the 17-18 age category.

Rochester Cyclocross on September 25-26 will serve as the opening round of the USCX Cyclocross Series in Rochester, followed by Charm City CX the next weekend, October 2-3, in Baltimore. Jingle Cross in Iowa City, a three-day event from October 15-17, will serve as the location for expanded junior events. The series concludes at Kings CX on October 23-24 in Cincinnati.

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).