December 15/24 12:58 pm - 'Cross News - Rochette Injured, Pan Am 'Cross Championships to Washington

Posted by Editoress on 12/15/24
 

Maghalie Rochette Injury Cuts European Campaign Short

Canadian cyclo-cross star Maghalie Rochette has revealed that she was injured at the fourth round of the X2O Badkamers Trofee series in Herentals, Belgium, on Saturday, one day before the Namur World Cup.

Rochette said in a statement: "one lap into the race at Herentals, I hit a fence with my hand, crashed, and dropped out of the race with a very sore index finger. Without the full strength in my hand, it did not feel safe to race the most technically challenging course of the year in Namur."

Rochette is flying back to Canada, where she will have the injury assessed more fully before deciding on her next races.

"I don't want to sound too negative. I am able to see the chance I have to be travelling the world to race my bike and pursue excellence in something I love. However, I want to be honest and the truth is am a bit deflated right now. A cancelled race [Round 2 of the World Cup in Italy last weekend] and a messed up finger resulting in a DNF and a DNS is not how I was envisioning this trip. And 3 weeks is a long time to travel for only one race."


Washington, DC, Announced for 2025-26 Pan Am Cyclo-Cross Championships

The Pan American Cycling Confederation announced that Washington, D.C., USA, has been selected as the host city for the 2025 and 2026 Pan American Cyclo-cross Championships.

"We are thrilled to announce Washington, D.C. and the well-known host-event DCCX as the site of the 2025 & 2026 editions of the Pan American Cyclo-cross Championships," said Josh Peacock, President of the Pan American Cyclo-cross Commission. "We are confident that the host organizing committee in America's capital has what it takes to continue to elevate the profile of the Pan American Continental Championships for cyclo-cross, building on strong momentum from Missoula in 2023 & 2024."

"CXD Trek Bikes and our partners DCMTB and Crosshairs Cycling are excited to bring the Pan American Cyclocross Championships to the Mid-Atlantic and Washington, DC. DCCX is historically one of North America's largest cyclocross events, and we can't wait to host COPACI member racers at the iconic Armed Forces Retirement Home," stated Bill Schieken, CXD Trek Bikes.

The 2025 Pan American Championships will take place on Saturday, November 8th, at the historic grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the site of President Lincoln's Summer Cottage and a residential community for United States veterans since 1851. Complementing the Pan American Championship event will be a UCI C2 event scheduled on Sunday, November 9th. Pan American Champion titles will once again be awarded in Masters categories 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64 and 65+, alongside titles in UCI categories Junior, U23 and Elite. New for 2025 will be the hosting of a UCI Team Relay Continental Championship event, a recent addition to the Championship programme, first launched at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2023.

For more information on the event, visit www.panamcxdc.com.