Cyclocross Nationals Comes to WNC
Volume
21
/ Issue 51
Cover Design Credit:
Elizabeth BatesCover Photography Credit:
Joshua Cole
WNC will host the 2016 Cyclocross National Championships — a race characterized by tight turns, long straight- aways, wooden barriers, muddy sections and steep climbs. On the cover, riders make their way through the East Tennessee MSG — Mud, Sweat and Gears — cyclocross course.
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