Big Crash at the start - Junior Men - 2014 Cyclo Cross World Championships

The origins of cyclo-cross are a matter of much debate. One theory we like is that in the early 1900s, French cyclists would race each other from one town to the next by whichever route they thought would be the fastest. They would cut through fields and forests, carry their bike over fences and generally take any shortcut they could in order to make it to the finish first! Today, Cyclo-cross is raced on a circuit of between and . The terrain is varied and may include clearings, roads,