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For today’s Throwback Thursday, we’re taking a photo look back at the memorable 2016 Asheville Nationals with some previously unpublished photos we’ve surfaced.

We’re nearly finished featuring winning and interesting bikes from the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships. Today we’re taking a look at Graciela Val’s Cannondale Super X.

With all of the races that happened in Asheville, we still have a few bikes in our archives that we’ve yet to feature from Nationals. And while it may seem like this a duplicate bike, the Cannondale Super-X shown here belongs to Cooper Willsey.

In the same vein as Marshall Gordon’s title-winning, rule-busting bike, Haydn Hludzinski’s championship-winning ride was not exactly compliant with USA Cycling’s equipment rules. But officials mostly looked the other way when it came to those racers vying for the youngest National Championship titles.

We’re continuing our look at what we found to be the more memorable moments from the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships, and today we’re looking back to the future at the youngest Junior races.

Continuing our look at some of what we thought were the more memorable moments from the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships and the people and events struck us as having an impact on the event, today we’re looking at the Women’s and Mens’ Elite races.

We’re sharing some of what we thought were the more memorable moments, people and events from the 2016 National Championships that struck us as having a real impact on the event. Today, we’re looking at two great rides from two younger stars of the sport, Sofia Gomez Villafane and Tobin Ortenblad.

We’re taking a look at Tricia Fleishcer’s unique Nationals bike today. On the surface it looks like a typical Trek Boone, not unlike Katie Compton’s bike, which we featured yesterday. But look closely and you’ll notice thre are a number of unique equipment choices.

Over the next few days we’re looking at the people, events or situations that struck us as having an impact on the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships. Today, we’re looking at 2016 Nationals MVP Georgia Gould.

Looking back at Nationals there were many great moments. Not everyone experienced a championship-winning ride, but nearly everyone we spoke with enjoyed Asheville. We’re sharing some memorable moments from the course at the Biltmore Estate.

Taking a break from digging out from our own treasure trove of photos from last week’s USA Cycling 2016 Cyclocross National Championships has us looking at all the other great content out there from you, the sport’s fans and our readers.

Jeremy Powers made it three in a row today as he repeated as National Champion in the Men’s Elite field. It was a battle of wills between Powers, Stephen Hyde and the newcomer to the Elite field at Nationals, Logan Owen.

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.

Tobin Ortenblad (Cal-Giant Specialized) and Curtis White (Cannondale Cyclocrossworld) battled to the end with Ortenblad finally able to distance his rival and take his first National Championship title.

Mirroring the new combined Women’s Youth field the UCI implemented for this year’s World Championships, the 2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship race featured a combined field race with titles on the line for women age 19-22, as well as 17-18.

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.

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.

Belly laughs, belly aches and at least one racer dressed as a bunny. The Donut Race at the Cyclocross National Championships was a fun-filled affair for a good cause. And while there were smiles all around, the race didn’t have any sprinkels, but did have some controversy.

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.

David Thompson (CT Cycling Advancement Program) convincingly took the Cyclocross National Championship title in the Junior Men’s 9-10 race. “I always wanted this victory. I’ve been training for a couple of weeks. I knew I could get it and I just went as hard as I could.”

Benjamin Crismon (Papa John’s Racing Team) is no stranger to the top step of a podium and Saturday the young man earned yet another accolade in his first Cyclocross Nationals performance by claiming the national title in the Junior Men’s 11-12 category.

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.

On the start grid there were 152 riders vying for the Single Speed title. With various equipment set-ups and gear ratios, they set off in the afternoon sun and spun up the paved start-finsih straight in a whirlwind of high rpms.

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.

Friday’s Women’s Division 1 National Championship race would have been hard for anyone to call ahead of time. With a field jam-packed with talented women, many of whom also have their sights set on Sunday’s Elite U23 race, the event promised to be exciting.