The 2019 US Cyclocross nationals was held in Tacoma, Washington. The weather was rainy throughout the week but tapered off by the weekend, yielding a wet, thin, muddy course. The main features of the course were three steep run-ups followed by three steep descents. These muddy run-ups made for hard ascents, and two of descents … More Nationals race recap: Erica Zaveta
When I begin to notice the variants in colors of mud during a race, it could perhaps suggest that I am not riding hard enough. But it could also mean that my eyes are looking ahead to the next turn; seeing the lines change with each lap as wheels cut through the ground creating … More Courtney Tanner race report: NCGP
Erica had a breakout weekend of racing for the season this past weekend in Indianapolis, getting onto form at the perfect time leading into our home UCI race in Hendersonville, NC and then nationals in Tacoma, WA. The entire Pony Shop team was together racing at Major Taylor CX in Indianapolis, Indiana this past weekend … More Erica Zaveta race report: Major Taylor
The Cincy CX race is the third and final UCI C1 in the US and is, therefore, the last opportunity to see how you stack up against all the best CX racers in the US (and beyond) before Nationals in December. These factors elevate the event beyond the C2s that compose the remainder of the … More Andrew Giniat race report: Cincinnati
2019’s spectacular night race: Jingle Cross’s Friday the 13th UCI C2. The gang arrived late afternoon for a 4pm pre-ride, then sat around chewing promoter-issued “military grade” caffeine gum as the sun set, the air growing cold and dewy. Our start times: Women at 7:45pm, Men at 9pm. Courtney jumped in the deep end for … More Rory Jack race report: Jingle Cross
The Pony Shop p/b KPMG embarked on their first race adventure of the 2019 season at Roanoke Go Cross in Virginia, a relatively newly-minted UCI race that saw a handful of the country’s best come out to bust the rust in the official opener of the American UCI calendar. Andrew Giniat and Erica Zaveta made … More Andrew Giniat race report: Roanoke Go Cross
I have so many thoughts about the season that it is hard to put them all into words without over-sharing. I’ve had a bunch of new triumphs (both racing and life-wise) this season along with a number of challenges, both of which I would like to elaborate upon here. Before I do anything, I would … More Goodbye 2018. Thanks for an amazing year.
When Andrew and I were planning our cyclocross season, we found an awkward period in racing where there weren’t many races happening near us, and no C1s at all, which made traveling really far sort of not worth it (we will be driving 14 hours to the Resolution Cup C2 weekend in a few days … More See you later! We’re off to Spain
If you asked me in June of 2016 if I would have believed I would be racing World Cup cyclocross in 2018, I would say “lol what the hell is cyclocross and no.” Two point five years later and thanks to a rule that allows 16 Americans to race the American World Cups, as well … More The rookie World Cup experience
PSCX Team is back for their second UCI cyclocross season in 2018, now under the team name, The Pony Shop p/b KPMG. The Pony Shop (Evanston, IL) and team manager, Lou Kuhn, have long been sponsoring riders on the UCI circuit. Andrew Giniat and Lily Williams (26 and 24, Asheville, NC) return to the team … More The Pony Shop CX team launches second season with fresh partners
Pony Shop CX Team 