INTERNATIONAL CYCLOCROSS WOMAN OF THE YEAR Marianne Vos (see page 30) continued her worlds streak at four, tying the all-time mark of Germany’s Hanka Kupfernagel, but raced for just two months.
Gran Prix of Cyclocross events she’d started, and swept the Cincinnati three-day event in November.Ĭompton didn’t win the world championship she coveted in Koksijde or the 2011-12 World Cup overall, a title she is targeting a year later, but she, more than any rider, determined the racing throughout the year. Thus far in 2012, she has won the opening World Cup round, in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and domestically, as this issue went to press, she’d won all six Trek U.S. Worlds in Koksijde, Belgium, didn’t go as planned - she spent too much energy fighting back from a crash to contest for the win, finishing fifth - but the mere fact that a fifth-place finish at worlds is a disappointment for Compton speaks volumes about her ability. In January, Compton won the national championship, her eighth consecutive title. Year in and year out, however, Katie Compton has proven she belongs among the best in the sport, no matter which country she finds herself racing in. The riddle of the European cyclocross race has long proven a tough problem for North Americans to solve. Our 2012 Cyclist of the Year was announced on November 29 we’ll be rolling out various other award winners throughout the month of December. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Įditor’s note: The January 2013 issue of Velo magazine, which is on newsstands now, is our 25th annual awards issue.
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