Jingle Cross

The Jingle Cross Cyclo-cross festival, also known as Jingle Cross, is a cyclo-cross race held annually in Iowa City, Iowa, and founded and directed by John Meehan. It began as a small grassroots race with a single day race in 2004 and 60 competitors and expanded to two days in 2006. The 2007 edition was the first year with UCI events and expanded to 3 days in 2009 adding night time racing. Jingle Cross upgraded to a UCI C1 event in 2010 and soon became the largest cyclo-cross festival in North America. Jingle Cross was part of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup from 2016 to 2019.. The 2020 edition of Jingle Cross was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jingle Cross
Race details
RegionIowa City, United States
DisciplineCyclo-cross
CompetitionUCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
History
First edition2007 (2007)
Editions13 (as of 2019)
Women's history
First edition2007 (2007)
Editions13 (as of 2019)

Jingle Cross is known for its challenging and holiday themed course. Originally held in December and late November, the venue and race course features many Christmas themed obstacles such as the Luge Run, Holly-Jolly Hell Hole, and Christmas Barn. The most famous element is Mt. Krumpit, and challenging climb which riders have to traverse in multiple locations as many as 3 times per lap. Jingle Cross moved to September in 2016 in order to be part of the UCI World Cup Series but kept the Holiday theme. Other events at the festival include an expanding gravel series and events for children. The festival also includes the Jingle Cross Doggy Cross, a cyclo-cross themed event for dogs, an international wine walk, an Oktoberfest, and a music festival.

Jingle Cross is owned and operated by Jingle Cross, Inc, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All proceeds from all festival activities are donated to local children's charities with the University of Iowa's Stead Family Children's Hospital as the primary beneficiary. Children from the hospital take part in the winner's podium celebration.

Past UCI men's winners

Race 1

Year Winner Second Third
2007 Todd Wells Chris Horner Bjorn Selander
2008 Troy Wells Todd Wells Andy Jacques-Maynes
2009 Todd Wells Troy Wells Ryan Iddings
2010 Jamey Driscoll Barry Wicks Christopher Jones
2011 Jamey Driscoll Christopher Jones Timothy Johnson
2012 Jamey Driscoll Christopher Jones Ben Berden
2013 Jeremy Powers Ben Berden James Driscoll
2014 Ben Berden Jamey Driscoll Brian Matter
2015 Jonathan Page Andrew Dillman Allen Krughoff
2016 Marcel Meisen Curtis White Daniel Summerhill
2017 Laurens Sweeck Quinten Hermans Lars Van Der Haar
2018 Diether Sweeck Stan Godrie Aloïs Falenta
2019 Lander Loockx Steve Chainel Felipe Orts Lloret

Race 2

Year Winner Second Third
2007 Todd Wells Chris Horner Tristan Schouten
2008 Todd Wells Andy Jacques-Maynes Steve Tilford
2009 Todd Wells Tristan Schouten Brian Matter
2010 Ryan Trebon Todd Wells Christopher Jones
2011 Todd Wells Christopher Jones Tristan Schouten
2012 Timothy Johnson Ryan Trebon Ben Berden
2013 Jeremy Powers Ben Berden Adam Craig
2014 Jeremy Powers Stephen Hyde Logan Owen
2015 Jeremy Powers Logan Owen Stephen Hyde
World Cup
2016 Wout Van Aert Kevin Pauwels Laurens Sweeck
C1
2017 Gianni Vermeersch Steve Chainel Tobin Ortenblad
World Cup
2018 Toon Aerts Wout Van Aert Michael Vanthourenhout
2019 Eli Iserbyt Toon Aerts Daan Soete

Race 3

Year Winner Second Third
2009 Todd Wells Ryan Iddings Mark Lalonde
2010 Jamey Driscoll Todd Wells Christopher Jones
2011 Timothy Johnson Jamey Driscoll Todd Wells
2012 Timothy Johnson Jamey Driscoll Ben Berden
2013 Timothy Johnson Jeremy Powers Ben Berden
2014 Jamey Driscoll Michael Van Den Ham Kerry Werner
2015 Jamey Driscoll Stephen Hyde Jonathan Page
2016 David Van Der Poel Gianni Vermeersch Diether Sweeck
World Cup
2017 Mathieu Van Der Poel Laurens Sweeck Quinten Hermans
C1
2018 Nicolas Cleppe Sieben Wouters Michael Boros
2019 Gianni Vermeersch Vincent Baestaens Jim Aernouts

Past UCI women's winners

Race 1

Year Winner Second Third
2007 Wendy Williams Susan Butler Linda Sone
2008 Devon Gorry Lisa Strong Josie Beggs Jacques-Maynes
2009 Meredith Miller Kaitlin Keough Kristin Wentworth
2010 Meredith Miller Nicole Duke Amanda Miller
2011 Meredith Miller Teal Stetson-Lee Susan Butler
2012 Helen Wyman Julie Krasniak Jade Wilcoxson
2013 Katerina Nash Amanda Miller Meredith Miller
2014 Katerina Nash Courtenay McFadden Meredith Miller
2015 Caroline Mani Kaitlin Keough Katherine Compton
2016 Helen Wyman Elle Anderson Emma White
2017 Kaitlin Keough Katherine Compton Caroline Mani
2018 Helen Wyman Lily Williams Raylyn Nuss
2019 Jenn Jackson Manon Bakker Raylyn Nuss

Race 2

Year Winner Second Third
2007 Susan Butler Wendy Williams Sydney Brown
2008 Amanda Miller Josie Beggs Jacques-Maynes Sydney Brown
2009 Meredith Miller Linda Sone Kari Studley
2010 Amanda Miller Nicole Duke Devon Gorry
2011 Teal Stetson-Lee Meredith Miller Susan Butler
2012 Helen Wyman Amanda Miller Carmen Small
2013 Katerina Nash Catharine Pendrel Elle Anderson
2014 Katerina Nash Caroline Mani Courtenay McFadden
2015 Katerina Nash Caroline Mani Katherine Compton
World Cup
2016 Katherine Compton Caroline Mani Kaitlin Keough
C1
2017 Sunny Gilbert Clara Honsinger Sofia Gomez Villafane
World Cup
2018 Kaitlin Keough Evie Richards Marianne Vos
2019 Maghalie Rochette Katerina Nash Clara Honsinger

Race 3

Year Winner Second Third
2009 Meredith Miller Kaitlin Keough Kristin Wentworth
2010 Amanda Miller Meredith Miller Nicole Duke
2011 Meredith Miller Maureen Bruno Roy Julie Krasniak
2012 Helen Wyman Julie Krasniak Amanda Miller
2013 Katerina Nash Elle Anderson Amanda Miller
2014 Courtenay McFadden Katerina Nash Sunny Gilbert
2015 Katerina Nash Caroline Mani Katherine Compton
2016 Katerina Nash Ellen Noble Eva Lechner
World Cup
2017 Katerina Nash Kaitlin Keough Sanne Cant
C1
2018 Katerina Nash Maghalie Rochette Ellen Noble
2019 Maghalie Rochette Katerina Nash Evie Richards

References

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