cyclo-cross

[sahy-kloh-kraws, -kros]

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noun

a bicycle race over a cross-country course, featuring steep hills, turns, and sometimes muddy terrain, that occasionally requires a rider to carry the bicycle over fences and up stairs.

cyclo-cross

noun

1. a form of cycle race held over rough ground
2. this sport

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclo-cross¹

1950–55; cycle + -o- + cross(-country) ( def. ); motocross

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This image by AFP's Jasper Jacobs from the Badkamers Trophy cyclo-cross event in Belgium is beautifully composed, perfectly splitting the frame between the competitors and spectators to highlight the contrasting elements of the race.

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Ronan O'Flynn of Ireland during the men's elite race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Dublin.

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Also a former world cyclo-cross champion, he arrived at Elancourt Hill - the highest point in the Paris region at 231m - on Monday as favourite for the gold, despite pulling out of the Tour de France with Covid only 16 days ago.

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But, with the 2022 cyclo-cross world championships due to be held in the United States, specifically Fayetteville in Arkansas, it was a stage for his message.

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He lobbied the Costa Rican federation to put him in for the event, even though there was no history of cyclo-cross in the country.

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