TheCyclocross Crusade, currently in season 32, is acyclo-cross race series based inPortland,Oregon held over an eight-week period during the months of October and November. As of 2005, the series was the largest cyclo-cross series in the United States.[1][2] The 2006 series consisted of six races plus theU.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross final (aUnion Cycliste Internationale (UCI) sanctioned event). The Cross Crusade began hosting UCI-sanctioned events as part of the series in 2002.
The first Cross Crusade was held in 1993, and was an expansion of a three-race series calledFirst Mud, which had only included elite participants,[3] and which had been held since the mid-1980s.[4]
There were no races in 2020 caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic. That was deferred to 2021.[citation needed]
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