Cyclocross - 2015

Cyclo-cross is the less well known of the cycling disciplines, maybe because it doesn't qualify for either the winter or summer Olympics calendars. It really is a mixed bag! Having said that, the sport is in rapid growth, at all ages, although it's still not as popular with women and girls. Races are typically broken up by age groups.

Cyclocross courses in Eastern England

All cyclocross course are the same, right? Wrong! They all have certain basic requirements - fast off-road riding, obstacles, technical sections ...

Eccles Cross (round 16)

Soft, leafy mud was the order of the day for Push Sport's event, the Eccles Cross. There were some grass stretches and some slippery concrete ...

Stow Scramble (round 15)

Slippery mud and wet grass was the order of the day for the Stow Scramble cyclo-cross racing at Chantry Park in Ipswich. There was very little ...

East & South-East Regional CX Champs

Conditions were hard-going for the racers of all age categories in the UK's south-east regional cyclocross championships, mostly because of ...

National CX Trophy round 4: Ipswich

Despite strong gusting winds and the occasional blast of rain, all the races went off without a hitch at the Trinity Park Showground. Here ...

Push Sport Cross (round 14)

Many riders were looking for a cleaner, calmer day of cyclo-cross racing after the previous day's mud-fest at Redgrave, but it mostly wasn ...

Redgrave Cross (round 13)

This was a proper muddy, cold, wet, windy and basically tough day of cyclo-cross racing, with the early under-10 and under-12 riders having ...

Hempton Cross (round 12)

A real course of all seasons, this one, as heavy rain created some muddy spots but left other stretches quite firm. There was also some grass ...

West Suffolk Cross (round 11)

This was quite an eventful day on many counts! Heavy overnight rain and daytime showers quickly turned the grassy course into a very slippery ...

Mistley Cross (Eastern Cross round 9)

The Mistley Cross delivered a fun day of racing in warm sunshine, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves on the muddy climbs and off ...

Revolution Cross

Glorious sunshine beat down once more in the fifth round of the Eastern Cross league. The course was in excellent condition throughout all ...

Amis Velo Hilly Fields Cross

The grassy, muddy course had been subject to a lot of rain earlier in the week, but warm conditions and a lot of preparation by the Amis Velo ...

Springfield Cross

It was a fast, dry day of racing for all competitors. The high pace in the vet50+/women's race caused bottleneck problems at the innovative ...

Essex Roads Cross

Essex Roads CC and the Eastern Cross League put on a great opening event of the season, with a firm but challenging grassy course and lots ...

Norfolk Summer CX League round 4: Hempton

Once again there was sunshine, warmth and torrential rain for the Norfolk Cross. This time the women and vet50+ riders got a drenching, as ...

Eastern Cross League 2015/16 fixtures

09 Jun 2015

The fixture list for the 2015/16 Eastern Cyclo-Cross League is live, and it's going to be another busy season! Here are the highlights: ...

Eastern Cross Team Championships

The under-10, under-12 and youth races were played out as individual races, so not as a team. The vet50+ and women riders rode a lucky dip ...

Trinity Park Cross 1

There was plenty of fast racing on a new-look course at Trinity Park, with reasonably firm grass sections and enough road to spin the mud off ...


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My name is John Swindells and I'm a keen recreational cyclist with a preference for long one-day rides. I've also previously dabbled in time trialling and cyclo-cross. See more of what I get up to on Strava!

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