Caroline Mani says farewell to UCI cyclocross career, Kerry Werner to make Nationals his retirement race – North American Roundup

Caroline Mani (Velomafia p/b Bikeflights) earned her fortieth profession UCI cyclocross victory this previous weekend within the C1 elite ladies’s race at Boulder Cup, held at Valmont Bike Park in Boulder, Colorado. On Sunday she succumbed to a flat tyre and relentless velocity from under-23-aged riders Makena Kellerman and Cassidy Hickey, and the 39-year-old completed third.

The five-time French nationwide ‚cross champion had thought-about retirement throughout the previous two seasons, however determined to make the 2025-2026 season her twentieth and closing. 2016 was her most prolific season when she earned the silver medal on the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder and the bronze medal on the European Championships in Pontchâteau

Teammate Kerry Werner, who final yr gained a 3rd elite males’s ‚cross title within the singlespeed division, can be heading towards retirement. The US rider has 37 profession UCI victories and can make the C2 doubleheader at North Carolina Grand Prix his closing regular-season races, with plans to compete a twelfth time at US Cyclocross Nationals, the singlespeed race on December 12 and the elite males’s race on December 14.

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„Yeah, Nationals will likely be my retirement race,“ Werner informed Cyclingnews. „It is possible that I might return and proceed to race singlespeed within the foreseeable future, that’d be cool.

„I’ve received a whole lot of historical past on the North Carolina Grand Prix, it wasn’t my first UCI race but it surely was my first UCI win.“

Werner has 11 victories at NCGP, his final coming in 2022 on the similar venue in Jackson Park. His professional profession began after attending faculty at Lees-McRae School, two hours north of this weekend’s races in Hendersonville, NC. Whereas the occasion in NC is particular as a „full circle“ finish to his profession, he stated he’ll keep in mind the neighborhood of ‚cross greater than the victories.

„It could be cool to additionally attempt to win subsequent weekend and get my first and final win on the similar race. One factor that’s lacking from my trophy case is the nationwide championship title [elite men]. I received a Pan Am title in 2019 however by no means a nationwide championship. However the neighborhood I’ve constructed with all of the individuals who race ‚cross, that is what I am pleased with. Outcomes are nice however the quantity of enjoyable that I’ve had with like-minded folks [has been rewarding], and I’ve have been proud to encourage different folks to do various things within the sport.“

Abby Cole goes two-for-two at opening EuroCrossAcademy race in Netherlands

A dozen US youngsters have been within the Netherlands for 2 weeks, November 11-24, with EuroCrossAcademy, the block of racing and coaching to affix totally different riders from totally different home programmes for „holistic student-athlete improvement and progress“.

Run by Geoff Proctor, the programme started in 2003 as EuroCross Camp to assist athletes put together for CX World Championships, and has grown right into a non-profit, EuroCrossAcademy (ECA), which now offers summer time camps in Montana and Vermont in addition to blocks of European racing expertise as a part of the event course of for US junior riders. Proctor confused that „character improvement“ for 15-16 and 17-18 yr previous girls and boys was a heavy emphasis, not simply the publicity to the opposite ‚C’s‘ – European competitions, programs and situations.

The ECA 15-16 contingent opened their session with rides within the forest and sand round Hattem, guided by Dutch coach Bert Jan Hamer and girls’s elite professional Manon Bakker (Crelan-Corendon). Misty and muddy situations on Saturday’s opening spherical of competitions led to a win by Abby Cole. Racing was nonetheless moist on Sunday at Spijkenisse close to Rotterdam on Sunday, with Cole going two-for-two and Lukas Younger ending fifth.

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Subsequent weekend the ECA 15-16s will race Hilversum on Saturday and Venlo on Sunday. Search for rider diaries on Cyclingnews quickly.

ECA 15-16 rider roster 2025

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