Powers has been winning Nationals on a Focus Mares since 2012. We chased down the champ’s bike after his win in Asheville to see what’s changed.

Back in 2005, Katie Compton wasn’t the cyclocross household name she is now. After all, she had only won a single National Championship the prior year in Portland, Oregon and was looking to repeat the feat in 2005 in Providence Rhode Island.

Uhl wasn’t going to be denied as he rode to the front of the race and then left everyone in the 152-rider field in his dust, winning the Men’s Singlespeed on the technical Biltmore course aboard a mostly stock Giant TCX Advanced Pro 1.

USA Cycling has announced who will represent the United States in Zolder. Some riders were automatic qualifiers before this past week’s National Championships in Asheville. Others, however, needed to show their mettle on course at the Biltmore to make the team.

Today we’ve got a 2016 Cyclocross National Championship-winning bike from the youngest junior category that many of us will lust after: David Thompson’s Squid CX

We’re proud to present the live video stream from the 2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Asheville, North Carolina. For data geeks, or fans …

Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) makes it 12 National Championship titles in a row after a battle with Georgia Gould (LUNA Pro Team) that the rest of the field fighting for the podium’s remaining three spots.

Full 2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship coverage can be found right here. ASHEVILLE, N.C.—In the first race of the last day at the 2016 Cyclocross National …

On a blustery December morning in western North Carolina, Gage Hecht added another cyclocross National Championship to his palmares, taking his fifth ‘cross Stars and Stripes jersey in a solo victory in the 17-18 Elite Juniors race.

You don’t many Campagnolo-equipped cyclocross bikes at Nationals or at local races, but on the third day of the 2016 USA Cyclocross National Championships, Tanya Bettis of Sport Systems 505 Cycling won the Master Women’s 45-49 race aboard one such bike.

In her third year racing Nationals, Kaya Musgrave (Avout Racing) won her first National Champions jersey today in Asheville. North Carolina’s Keren Bennett (Evolution Jr. Devo Team) and Boulder, Colorado’s Reagan Long joined her on the podium.

With the excitement of Saturday’s Junior events still fresh, it’s it’s time to take a look at what we might expect in the main events from the 2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships.

For the first time in a while, Jonathan Page is lining up at today’s Cyclocross National Championships as a longshot in most fans’ minds. Racing …

If you’d like to tell your friends about this pint size phenomenon, Hludzinski can’t help you. “I don’t even know how to pronounce my own last name,” she admits. If she keeps up at the rate she’s going, it’ll be a name the cyclocross community will recognize soon enough.

The only race of the day to feature riders older than 16 was the Collegiate Relay race. Co-ed teams of four riders from both Division 1 and Division 2 schools raced for four laps in a bid to take home the title for their respective schools.

Today Tea Wright (Boulder Junior Cycling) became a National Champion for the second time, adding to her 2012 hometown win in Boulder. In a close race Lizzy Gunsalus (Bay Hill Capital p/b Corner Cycles) and Lauren Zoerner (Alpha Bicycle Co.- Vista Subaru) joined her on the podium.

Magnus Sheffield (Park Ave. Bike Shop) brought home the gold while racing for the first time at nationals to conclude his first full season racing cyclocross. In a strong ride on a damp, technical course he was able to outmaneuver the competition to claim the national champion title

Before the first call up Ben Gomez Villafane’s name was on many spectators’ lips. His sister Sofia won the day prior in the Women’s Collegiate D1 race and word outside the tape was that he typically bests mosts if not all comers in the Elite races in his local scene of NorCal.

Nicole Mertz (ISCorp Cycling p/b SmartChoice MRI) had never raced a single speed bike before, but she didn’t let that little detail stop her from claiming the national title in the Women’s Singlespeed category late Friday afternoon.

The Women’s Collegiate D2 Champion Clara Honsinger felt the Asheville course was similar to the courses back home in Portland, Oregon. “There’s a lot more elevation here, but otherwise it felt just like home.”

Andrew Dillman (Marian University) earned his second Division 1 national title during Friday’s overcast race. The course had only just begun to dry out by the start, but the slippery terrain didn’t seem to pose much of a challenge for Dillman, who claimed a handy victory.

Karen Tripp (Finkraft Cycling Team) took home the gold in Thursday’s Masters Women 55-59 National Championship race after taking a decisive early lead.

An exciting solo breakaway in the last laps won Spencer Whittier (Privateer Cyclocross Chattanooga) the Masters 30-34 National Men’s 30-34 “baby masters” title on a clear but chilly morning in Asheville.

Tanya Bettis (Sport Systems 505 Cycling) managed to edge out defending champion Catherine Moore (Trek Cyclocross Collective) to win her first national title in Thursday’s Masters Women 45-49 championship.

Corey Coogan Cisek (Power Fix CX) won her second Masters 35-39 National Championship, following up on her 2013 win. Seattle’s Tricia Fleischer (Ten Speed Hero) overcame a flat tire to take second place with Kristen Kelsey just eight seconds behind.

Races are won by legs, not bikes, but readers always enjoy looking at the equipment choices of National Champions. Today we take a closer look at the bike that brought Victor Sheldon success and in the coming days and weeks we’ll profile nearly every winning bike here at the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships.

In a sprint finish today Randy Root (Evolution Cycling Club p/b Long & Foster) took his first Cyclocross National Championship, narrowly beating George Smith after a race with many lead changes and unexpected developments.

Clawing his way to the front of the pack from a fifth row start, Victor Sheldon passed 2015 National Champion Craig Cozza (UPMC/Pro Bikes) on his way to victory today in Asheville, his first trip to Cyclocross Nationals.

Racers were left battling for the podium’s lower steps as Matthew Timmerman (Cannonade-Cyclocrossworld.com) controlled the Masters 40-44 National Championship race in Asheville today.

Here’s another look at the 2016 National Championship course. Many folks that have ridden or raced the course in yesterday’s non-championship races have noted its difficulty and various technical features, as well as the fact that there are open places to make passes—or be passed.