The Jingle Cross Cyclo-cross festival, also known as Jingle Cross, is a cyclo-cross race held annually in Iowa City, Iowa, and founded and directed by John Meehan. It began as a small grassroots race with a single day race in 2004 and 60 competitors and expanded to two days in 2006. The 2007 edition was the first year with UCI events and expanded to 3 days in 2009 adding night time racing. Jingle Cross upgraded to a UCI C1 event in 2010 and soon became the largest cyclo-cross festival in North America. Jingle Cross was part of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup from 2016 to 2019.. The 2020 edition of Jingle Cross was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jingle Cross
Race details
RegionIowa City, United States
DisciplineCyclo-cross
CompetitionUCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Web sitejinglecross.com Edit this at Wikidata
History (men)
First edition2007 (2007)
Editions13 (as of 2019)
History (women)
First edition2007 (2007)
Editions13 (as of 2019)

Jingle Cross is known for its challenging and holiday themed course. Originally held in December and late November, the venue and race course features many Christmas themed obstacles such as the Luge Run, Holly-Jolly Hell Hole, and Christmas Barn. The most famous element is Mt. Krumpit, a challenging climb which riders have to traverse in multiple locations as many as 3 times per lap. Jingle Cross moved to September in 2016 in order to be part of the UCI World Cup Series but kept the Holiday theme. Other events at the festival include an expanding gravel series and events for children. The festival also includes the Jingle Cross Doggy Cross, a cyclo-cross themed event for dogs, an international wine walk, an Oktoberfest, and a music festival.

Jingle Cross is owned and operated by Jingle Cross, Inc, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All proceeds from all festival activities are donated to local children's charities with the University of Iowa's Stead Family Children's Hospital as the primary beneficiary. Children from the hospital take part in the winner's podium celebration.

Past UCI men's winners

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Race 1

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Year Winner Second Third
2007   Todd Wells   Chris Horner   Bjørn Selander
2008   Troy Wells   Todd Wells   Andy Jacques-Maynes
2009   Todd Wells   Troy Wells   Ryan Iddings
2010   Jamey Driscoll   Barry Wicks   Christopher Jones
2011   Jamey Driscoll   Christopher Jones   Timothy Johnson
2012   Jamey Driscoll   Christopher Jones   Ben Berden
2013   Jeremy Powers   Ben Berden   James Driscoll
2014   Ben Berden   Jamey Driscoll   Brian Matter
2015   Jonathan Page   Andrew Dillman   Allen Krughoff
2016   Marcel Meisen   Curtis White   Daniel Summerhill
2017   Laurens Sweeck   Quinten Hermans   Lars Van Der Haar
2018   Diether Sweeck   Stan Godrie   Aloïs Falenta
2019   Lander Loockx   Steve Chainel   Felipe Orts Lloret

Race 2

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Year Winner Second Third
2007   Todd Wells   Chris Horner   Tristan Schouten
2008   Todd Wells   Andy Jacques-Maynes   Steve Tilford
2009   Todd Wells   Tristan Schouten   Brian Matter
2010   Ryan Trebon   Todd Wells   Christopher Jones
2011   Todd Wells   Christopher Jones   Tristan Schouten
2012   Timothy Johnson   Ryan Trebon   Ben Berden
2013   Jeremy Powers   Ben Berden   Adam Craig
2014   Jeremy Powers   Stephen Hyde   Logan Owen
2015   Jeremy Powers   Logan Owen   Stephen Hyde
World Cup
2016   Wout van Aert   Kevin Pauwels   Laurens Sweeck
C1
2017   Gianni Vermeersch   Steve Chainel   Tobin Ortenblad
World Cup
2018   Toon Aerts   Wout van Aert   Michael Vanthourenhout
2019   Eli Iserbyt   Toon Aerts   Daan Soete

Race 3

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Year Winner Second Third
2009   Todd Wells   Ryan Iddings   Mark Lalonde
2010   Jamey Driscoll   Todd Wells   Christopher Jones
2011   Timothy Johnson   Jamey Driscoll   Todd Wells
2012   Timothy Johnson   Jamey Driscoll   Ben Berden
2013   Timothy Johnson   Jeremy Powers   Ben Berden
2014   Jamey Driscoll   Michael Van Den Ham   Kerry Werner
2015   Jamey Driscoll   Stephen Hyde   Jonathan Page
2016   David Van Der Poel   Gianni Vermeersch   Diether Sweeck
World Cup
2017   Mathieu Van Der Poel   Laurens Sweeck   Quinten Hermans
C1
2018   Nicolas Cleppe   Sieben Wouters   Michael Boros
2019   Gianni Vermeersch   Vincent Baestaens   Jim Aernouts

Past UCI women's winners

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Race 1

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Year Winner Second Third
2007   Wendy Williams   Susan Butler   Linda Sone
2008   Devon Gorry   Lisa Strong   Josie Beggs Jacques-Maynes
2009   Meredith Miller   Kaitlin Keough   Kristin Wentworth
2010   Meredith Miller   Nicole Duke   Amanda Miller
2011   Meredith Miller   Teal Stetson-Lee   Susan Butler
2012   Helen Wyman   Julie Krasniak   Jade Wilcoxson
2013   Kateřina Nash   Amanda Miller   Meredith Miller
2014   Kateřina Nash   Courtenay McFadden   Meredith Miller
2015   Caroline Mani   Kaitlin Keough   Katie Compton
2016   Helen Wyman   Elle Anderson   Emma White
2017   Kaitlin Keough   Katie Compton   Caroline Mani
2018   Helen Wyman   Lily Williams   Raylyn Nuss
2019   Jenn Jackson   Manon Bakker   Raylyn Nuss

Race 2

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Year Winner Second Third
2007   Susan Butler   Wendy Williams   Sydney Brown
2008   Amanda Miller   Josie Beggs Jacques-Maynes   Sydney Brown
2009   Meredith Miller   Linda Sone   Kari Studley
2010   Amanda Miller   Nicole Duke   Devon Gorry
2011   Teal Stetson-Lee   Meredith Miller   Susan Butler
2012   Helen Wyman   Amanda Miller   Carmen Small
2013   Kateřina Nash   Catharine Pendrel   Elle Anderson
2014   Kateřina Nash   Caroline Mani   Courtenay McFadden
2015   Kateřina Nash   Caroline Mani   Katie Compton
World Cup
2016   Katie Compton   Caroline Mani   Kaitlin Keough
C1
2017   Sunny Gilbert   Clara Honsinger   Sofia Gomez Villafane
World Cup
2018   Kaitlin Keough   Evie Richards   Marianne Vos
2019   Maghalie Rochette   Kateřina Nash   Clara Honsinger

Race 3

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Year Winner Second Third
2009   Meredith Miller   Kaitlin Keough   Kristin Wentworth
2010   Amanda Miller   Meredith Miller   Nicole Duke
2011   Meredith Miller   Maureen Bruno Roy   Julie Krasniak
2012   Helen Wyman   Julie Krasniak   Amanda Miller
2013   Kateřina Nash   Elle Anderson   Amanda Miller
2014   Courtenay McFadden   Kateřina Nash   Sunny Gilbert
2015   Kateřina Nash   Caroline Mani   Katie Compton
2016   Kateřina Nash   Ellen Noble   Eva Lechner
World Cup
2017   Kateřina Nash   Kaitlin Keough   Sanne Cant
C1
2018   Kateřina Nash   Maghalie Rochette   Ellen Noble
2019   Maghalie Rochette   Kateřina Nash   Evie Richards

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