# Jingle Cross

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, a pediatric surgeon who has been involved in professional cycling both as a physician for the former Bissell Pro Cycling team and a race director and promotor for Jingle Cross. Jingle Cross 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 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
### Race 1

| 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

| 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

| 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
### Race 1

| 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

| 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

| 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 |