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Photo Gallery: International cyclists gather in Iowa City for Jingle Cross 2021

The Jingle Cross Cyclo-Cross festival is back in Iowa City after last year’s cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the three-day festival, cyclists from the United States and Europe participated in cyclocross and gravel races. Hundreds of spectators bundled up to watch the races at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. In cyclo-cross races, cyclists have […]

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Misogynistic and demeaning PA announcements cast a shadow on Iowa City cyclo-cross festival

The big news out of last week’s Jingle Cross Cyclo-Cross festival — an Iowa City event that has featured Telenet UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup races for the past three years in a row — should have been that Iowa City is the only three-time host of World Cup races in all of North America. Instead, that was overshadowed by insulting, sexist remarks made by the World Cup race announcers.

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