2021-2022 UCI Cyclocross Race Calendar: Events Down 43%

While we’ve covered the 2021-2022 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Schedule with three U.S. stops, we haven’t yet analyzed the full, recently-released UCI cyclocross race schedule.

While the UCI World Cup has been massively expanded, the overall number of UCI cyclocross races is down greatly.

In 2019/2020, our last pre-pandemic full season, there were 188 UCI cyclocross races. Right now, although the schedule is of course not yet final, there are only 107 events on tap for the 2021/2022 season. That’s down 43%.

JingleCross 2016 Elite Women hit the mud on lap one. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

In North America, the story is similar. The upcoming season features just 26 races in North America, with 2 in Canada and the rest in the U.S. That’s down 37.5% compared to our last pre-pandemic season, not counting the 2022 World Championships.

Undoubtedly, some promoters are taking a wait-and-see approach to the pandemic and virus, and if their host country or region has COVID-19 under control, they’ll make a bid for a late addition to the calendar. Hopefully most missing races fall into that category, but cyclocross and promoters have not been immune to the toll of the pandemic.

Stephen Hyde and Kerry Werner lead the Men’s field out in the first C1 of the season. 2018 Rochester Cyclocross. © Evan Grucela

Keen eyes will notice that the UCI calendar also lists the 2021 USA Cycling National Championships in DuPage County, outside Chicago, where it was originally scheduled for 2020, before USA Cycling relocated it to Iowa City and then ultimately canceled the entire event. While Chicago-area racers will rejoice, at the expense of Iowa City racers’ hopes of securing the 2021 event, USA Cycling says the 2021 National Championships are still TBA.

Stay tuned.

2021-2022 UCI Cyclocross Race Calendar: C1, C2, CXNats, World Cups & CXWorlds

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