TRACK
UCI Paracycling Track World Championships: Apeldoorn, Netherlands
(October 29-November 1) – Team USA wrapped up the UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, with six bronze medals over four days of racing.
Team USA fielded a squad of 10 men and five women competing across two divisions: Cycle (C), for riders on conventional bicycles with adaptations as needed, and Tandem (B), where visually impaired athletes race alongside a sighted pilot.
Ryan Jastrab and Allison Jones each earned two, with Jastrab taking bronze in the Men’s C4 Scratch Race and Elimination Race and Jones doing the same in the Women’s C2 Scratch and Elimination Races. Branden Walton and pilot Ian Anderson opened the championships by repeating their 2025 bronze in the Men’s B Individual Pursuit, edging Great Britain by 0.221 seconds, and Katie Walker added a bronze in the Women’s C5 Sprint. Michael Stephens and pilot Joe Christiansen came close to a medal with a fourth-place finish in the Men’s B Kilo Time Trial, and the Mixed B Team Sprint squad missed the bronze by 1.171 seconds against Brazil.
For a complete rundown, see each day’s recaps below.
BMX RACING
BMX Racing World Cup: Sarasota, Florida
(October 31-November 1) – Team USA wrapped up their season at home, with the final racing World Cup in Sarasota, Florida.
It was a strong two-day showing, led by Derin Merten, who took silver in the U23 Women’s race on day one and repeated with another second-place finish on day two to also place second in the overall U23 women’s standings. Presley Gould backed her up with a seventh on day one and a sixth in the final on day two.
On the men’s side, Jeremy Smith placed fifth in the elite race on day one, then made the main again on day two and improved to fourth. In the U23 men’s field, Tommy Bruney took sixth on day one and Gavin Stazetski finished fifth in the final on day two.
Results here
CYCLOCROSS
Northampton CX: Northampton, Massachusetts
(October 31-November 1) – Stop number 6 in the USA Cycling CX National Series was a C2 weekend of racing at North America’s oldest UCI CX venue, Northampton CX.
Eric Brunner (Competitive Edge Racing), Lizzy Gunsalus, Stephen Savino IV, andLilliana O’Donnell each swept both days of racing. Brunner won both elite men’s races, holding off Andrew Strohmeyer (Competitive Edge Racing) and Dylan Zakrajsek(Competitive Edge Racing) on Saturday, then topping Aidan Vollmuth and Luke Walter on Sunday.
Gunsalus was just as dominant in the elite women’s field, beating Emma Betuel and Bridget Wilson on day one and finishing ahead of Lidia Cusack (CXD Trek Bikes) and Daniela Bronk on day two.
In the junior men’s races, Savino took both wins, with Sylvan Garrelts and Cormac Naglefilling out the podium on Saturday and Nagle and Garrelts swapping places behind him on Sunday. O’Donnell completed the weekend of sweeps in the junior women’s races, finishing ahead of Elena Svenstrup and Zoe McGuire on Saturday, and McGuire and Svenstrup on Sunday.
Results here
DCCX and Pan-American CX Championships: Washington, DC
(November 7-8) – It was a busy race weekend in Washington, DC, with the 2026 Pan-American Championships on Saturday and the UCI C2 DCCX on Sunday. Taking place on the historic grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, this was stop 7 in the USA Cycling CX National Series.
Eric Brunner (Competitive Edge Racing) won the elite men’s title at the Pan American Championships with teammates Andrew Strohmeyer taking silver 19 seconds back and Dylan Zakrajsek rounding out the podium.
CXD Trek Bikes dominated the women’s side, as 19-year-old Alyssa Sarkisov won the elite women’s race with teammate Lidia Cusack just seven seconds behind and Canadian Sidney McGill third.
Ada Watson (CXD Trek Bikes) took the U23 women’s title ahead of Kaya Musgrave(Competitive Edge Racing) and Canadian Aislin Hallahan. Miles Mattern gave CXD Trek another win in the U23 men’s race over Aidan Vollmuth and Dylan Haynes. The junior titles went to Noah Scholnick in the men’s race, 17 seconds clear of Rylan Zacharek, with Finnley Sonnemann in third. Lilliana O’Donnell won the junior women’s race holding off Canadians Alexa Haviland by a single second, with Anna Christensen third.
On Sunday for the C2, Brunner added another win to his weekend, taking the elite men’s race ahead of Garrett Beshore and Miles Mattern. In the elite women’s race, Lidia Cusackturned the tables on Pan American Champion Alyssa Sarkisov, beating her to the line, with Lizzy Gunsalus rounding out the podium. The junior races also followed the Pan Am script: Noah Scholnick won the junior men’s race over Rylan Zacharek and Stephen Savino IV, and Lilliana O’Donnell took the junior women’s win, with Canada’s Alexa Haviland second and Ava Silva third.
Next up is Boulder CX, November 14-15, in Boulder, Colorado.
Results: Pan-American Championships | DCCX
