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Short intervals to take you into your last training weekend before the SERIES FINAL:

• Did you see Roland’s drone footage from last weekend?  Here is the long edit.  Here is the full short edit of the MASSIVE whirly-whirl for OPEN ONLY LINK.
• REGISTER.  We already have the link to the series final at Beban Park Nanaimo.  Hot crossed bunnies!!  Full preview to come next week but for now here is the REGISTRATION LINK
• With one race to go this is the time to check your INDIVIDUAL POINTS and your TEAM POINTS.  If things are not correct this is the time to fix them.  NOT during the series awards next weekend!!
• If you are traveling to Kelowna for the B.C. Provincial Championships this weekend have a GREAT race and we will see you next weekend at Hot Crossed Bunnies to hear all about the battles.
• Lets finish the 16th season of Cross on the Rock strong!  If it will be your 6th race of the year or the first time for the season we encourage everyone to mark it on your calendar and come out!
• If we can’t race cross you might as well LISTEN to cross.  Two of our favorite podcasts are: Cyclocross Radio and the Canuck Crosscast.  Check those out while you are prepping your bike.
• This is our third to last newsletter of the year…..counting down.

1.  CoweX Cross Review.  New GREAT venue!

Flemming Sorvin from team System Toast sent us his link for LAUNCH photos again this week. 
Patrick’s photo link as well.  All categories!

From the race crew last weekend:

COWEX CROSS POST EVENT
 
-We are still dizzy from such a great time on Sunday.  Especially as the mud finally returned!

-We hope everyone enjoyed the course and we loved the vantage point to watch the course from this venue.  The run up (or ride up depending on who you are) worked better then expected and thanks for all the cheers and heckles.  We are planning big things for next year!

-Huge thanks to the organizing committee of Matt Grossnickle, Mark Law, Doug Merrick and Pete Stevenson for helping organize the event and the amazing course.

-Thanks to Cowichan Exhibition Park for such a great venue and having a huge canvas for future events and course options (a bigger whirly?)

-Thanks to Robin Camley, Tim Winter, Tara Benham and Mercer Benham for the extra hands over the weekend setting up the kilometers of tape and helping on the day with timing etc.

-Thanks to Heather Cooke and Sarah Christie running the registration desk all day (with great notes!) (just an addition in here from Norm.  Their notes were EXCELLENT!!  Even Patrick commented on them)

-Thanks for Taco Revolution for you know, tacos.

-Thanks to Cycle Therapy Bikes and Mike Cambridge from Trek Bikes for the amazing draw prizes and swag.

-Thanks to Jon Watkin from Panache Cycling Sports for the help setting up and the extra barriers.  The Cowichan Exhibition will be the staging venue for next years Belgian Waffle Ride (https://belgianwaffleride.bike/pages/belgian-waffle-ride-bc) on May 28, 2023 which would be great base training for COTR 2023!

-Thanks to Peter Creighton from HLC for bringing the Muc Off power washers (and actually needing it!)

-Thanks to Norm for keeping COTR what it is and asking if we wanted to finally host an event.

And thanks for everyone for coming out and having a good time and getting dressed up.

Norm’s Notes: 

• Roland asks me at the start of last Sunday, “Why haven’t we used this venue before”?  Well the answer is a bit complicated.  Drew MacKenzie looked at it more than 10 years ago just after it was built.  Ian Craib put a fun post season race on here once.  It has been on our radar.  We are lucky on the island to have some great venues.  However this year with only one race in Victoria and no crew to organize Transfer Beach we were looking for another venue on the lower part of the Island.  We had talked to the crew at Cycle Therapy years ago about organizing but we did not need any more events until this year.  So it all worked out and with good partnerships we will be back again next year.
• Great event for first time organizers.  It takes a bit to figure out the systems and thousands of details that make up a COTR race and the Cycle Therapy crew did GREAT.
• Some mud which was nice….but not “enough” mud in my opinion
• Missed the prizes for the costumes.  So sorry!  Already thinking of next year and we really need to have a costume bike parade!  Lets make that happen!!

2.  Cross on the Rock Season 2022 Schedule

DONE – September 11th. COTR #1. Qualicum Beach. Cross on the Commons.
DUSTED – September 18th COTR #2. Cumberland. Coal Cross.
DUSTIEST – October 10th. COTR #3. Nanaimo. Muc Off Cup.
Still pretty DRY – October 23rd. COTR #4. Langford.  Broad Street Cycles GP
Muddy….but not “crazy mud”…..October 30th. COTR #5. Cowichan Valley. CoweX Cross.
November 13th. COTR #6. Nanaimo. Hot Crossed Bunnies.Parting Shot.
Every awesome cross series needs one….this is our Fairy Cross Mother.

Muc Off – Cross on the Rock 2022.

The Broad Street Cycles GP delivered some wicked action and GREAT atmosphere last weekend.  Now we prepare for “field riding” and hopefully some proper mud this weekend.

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Weekend warm ups:

• REGISTER…..6:00pm is the cut off as usual but just register NOW and you will be done!  https://ccnbikes.com/#!/events/cross-on-the-rock-2022-race-5-chris-cross-cowichan-fairgrounds-cowichan-valley
• COSTUMES!!!  It is hard to race in a T-Rex costume but really……it would be awesome!  One year Roland dressed up like a pregnant Wendy (she was pregnant at the time to be fair).  Team Buttcat are pretty much always in costume.  THIS SUNDAY it is your chance!  Wear a costume…..race with it on or just wear it after/before!  Get into the spirit!!
• You might notice that the crew for this weekend swapped the name for the event.  Just pretend it was CoweX all the time and it will be easier!

1.  CoweX Cross Preview

Thanks to the inspiration from Ian Craib and OBB from 2017’s Kriss Kross January race.

CoweX Cross – October 30, 2022

REGISTRATION LINK.  6:00pm Saturday Cut off.

Location: Cowichan Exhibition Park – 7380 Trans-Canada Hwy, Duncan, BC V9L 6B1
            -55 minute drive from Victoria
            -33 minute drive from Nanaimo
            -Right off the highway North of Duncan
 
Parking: (SEE THE MAP) There is a HUGE parking area.  Look for the signs on the right immediately as you enter the exhibition.  We have overflow parking if needed but doubtful it will be. Do NOT park where you should NOT park!
 
Registration: If you need to register or switch your category it will be located at the Stratford Room.  Washrooms will also be around the same building, try not to wear your muddy CX shoes.  We are expecting A LOT of mud this weekend (finally) and the cleaner we leave the washrooms the better.
 
Team Tents: See the attached map.  The pits will be located close by the team tents as well.
 
Course:  Think grass, hills, MUD, tractor pull, sawdust and some climbing (not quite Bowen).  It will be a bit more of a traditional European style course with plenty of COTR flair thrown in for good measure.
 
Taco’s:  The Taco Revolution Food Truck will be on site for all your post and pre-race taco needs. TACOS!!!
 
Warming Up:  We are not the only group using the park that day so please refrain from riding around the taped off main grounds as we don’t want Cyclist’s riding around where cars are driving to the Home Show OR Big Shop of Horrors Haunted house.
 
Bike Wash:  It will finally be needed and Peter Creighton from HLC will be onsite with the Muc-Off Pressure washer cleaning all our bikes.  Thanks for the support Pete!
 
Prizing: Prizing and awards will be provided by Cycle Therapy Bikes in Duncan, Eleven Speed Coffee and Muc Off!!  Plus Riverway Dental for the Hot Lappers!

MUD!
 



2.  Broad City Cycles GP.  As full a review as we do!Photo link from Patrick: https://www.flickr.com/photos/palleus/sets/72177720303202271/

Flemming Sorvin captured some images from the launch race: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAcpBB

From Roland
Thanks to all racers for coming out to to race. Second year at Jordie Lunn Bike Park. Completely different weather made it a completely different course. Technical and unforgiving, more that a few racers (including me) left some skin on the course. 

Shout out to the setup crew: Raph Lalumiere, Fabian Merino, Matt Mahoney, Gillian Carleton, Adam Lawrence, Hugh Hart, Tony Wakelin, Andy Achuff, Peter Simonson, Jon Watkin and extra should out to Doug Doyle who found a wasp nest while setting up the course and couldn’t race.

Registration crew: Shawn McKean, Sylvia Storry, Holly Ouellette

Timing crew: Matt Mahoney, Jill Ciceri, Damian Parlee, Claire Townsend, Jill Ciceri, Ros Penty, Zina Boileau, Joanna Fox

Event Prizes: Broad St Cycles, Muc Off, Eleven Speed Coffee, Riverway Dental and Pelle!!

And everybody who helped tear down the course!

Our old friend Pelle Gustavs popped by COTR #4 on Sunday and brought a special prize for 1st place in the men’s and women’s races.  He made these custom one of a kind COTR 2020 stitched bags!  The photo does not do them justice.  They were so sweet.  We almost wanted to jump into OPEN and try to win one for ourselves!!  Thank Pelle!

 3. Hitting 100 COTR Races!!

Derek Steel hit 100 races at the Muc Off Cup but he was no where to be seen during the awards so we were able to host a double ceremony at the Broad Street Cycles GP when Roland Rabien also hit 100.  307 Cross on the Rock races between these three!
 

4.  Cross on the Rock Season 2022 Schedule

DONE – September 11th. COTR #1. Qualicum Beach. Cross on the Commons.
DUSTED – September 18th COTR #2. Cumberland. Coal Cross.
DUSTIEST – October 10th. COTR #3. Nanaimo. Muc Off Cup.
Still pretty DRY – October 23rd. COTR #4. Langford.  Broad Street Cycles GP
We know what is coming…..October 30th. COTR #5. Cowichan Valley. CoweX Cross.
November 13th. COTR #6. Nanaimo. Hot Crossed Bunnies.Parting Shot.
All the race directors for Cross on the Rock are working towards the ZEN like directing that Roland achieved on the weekend.  Just look at that inner peace!

Get the dust all cleaned up off your bike. 
Lube it up and get it ready for The Broad Street GP.

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A few short intervals for this newsletter:

• The registration page is OPEN for the Broad Street Cycles GP.  We will have the FULL preview next week but in the meantime you can get signed up here.  Reminder there is no little nutcase race at this event.
• In case you don’t pour over COTR stats like we do it was interesting to note that our Coal Cross race this season after all the timing corrections and kids stats were tabulated made it to the first position for “tamest” races.  The least DNFs EVER for a COTR event with only 4 out of 308 people not finishing!!
• Looking forward to seeing current, past and future COTR racers at this Sunday’s Tripleshot Cross Fondo.  If you have never done this event PLEASE put it on your list for 2023.  It is like no other.  A 50ish km CX course that goes through 70 different properties. 
• Thanks to everyone that supported Tycho, Tessa and Jack’s cold drink stand at last week’s Muc Off Cup.  They had a great time with it!
• Study Build is back this season with their support for youth racers.  We will post the details in an upcoming newsletter.

1. Cross on the Rock 2022 Race #3 – Nanaimo – Bowen Park – The Muc Off Cup – REVIEW.

The weather! It almost overshadowed how great the Muc Off Cup was this year! Thanks to all the racers that came out on the weekend. It was the biggest turnout this season. The racing was dry, dusty and fierce! From an organizer’s perspective it made our lives much easier than last year’s race but something between the two weather extremes would be nice for next year.   Thanks to Muc Off and HLC for their continued support of the Muc Off Cup. Thanks to Pete, Jamie and Brad for coming out! I don’t know how many bikes they washed but I know they did lots of on the spot repairs and had some samples to give out!  I would like to thank everyone that came out to set up in the morning, the whole Booi/Voroney family, Paul, Shep, Nick, Soloman, Aiden, and Andy. I would also like to thank everyone that made the teardown so quick! I think that was a record.  Thanks to Patrick and Roland for the timing and results and Charlotte, Shep, Colin and Krya for helping with the timing. Thank you to Lyle and Medix for attending to injured riders and thanks to Sip and Sliders for the incredible sliders and milkshakes! After last year’s race I was a little nervous to submit our application to the City of Nanaimo but thanks to the great staff there we were able to keep Bowen park as the premier venue of Cross on the Rock! It was great to see and hear from the Mainland racers about how they love to come to our races.  As always, thanks to Norm for keeping the stoke and the series going! Super cool watching riders moving up through the categories as their kids take over the lower categories. ThanksCorey and Sean Rock City Cycles

In addition to the couple of thousand dollars worth of Muc Off products given away at the race on Monday we also gave away TWO custom Muc Off Cruiser bikes.  Lots of names were drawn…..but thest two were THERE to win!!   Have fun cruising on these sweet rides!

Norm’s Muc Off Cup Notes:

• Last year was the first time we have had a FULL atmospheric river dump on the Men’s Masters race.  This year we had our first fire truck doing a hot half lap on-course during the Men’s Masters races!
• We have thought about it before but it was the first time we had a running race on one of our COTR courses with the Nanaimo Track and Field club using the course for important race pace practice!
• Tycho T. became the first racer to ever do a COTR running and CX race on the same day!
• Paul Auton became (maybe) the first person to do the RVM Full Marathon and then the COTR race the next day.  This might have happened before with the Half Marathon in the past…..but no one could recall someone doing the FULL-COTR double.
• Thanks to Airhouse for giving passes to all the kids in the Riverway Dental Hot Lap race on Monday.  The kids were pumped!
• Nice to see some Intermediates take on the challenge of OPEN including Oscar Wong.  It is a BIG push to go from Intermediate so really great that some racers that want to improve are jumping up a category!
• Did you see the new team kits from Rock City Cycles…..you can’t miss them!!  So nice!
• A few people making their first race of the season or first race in a couple of seasons.  Off the top of our head:  Dylan Reeves (crushing the masters category from close to back call up!!) Scott Mitchell, Lee Blais, Fred Hodgson, Nik Kay, Wendy Simms, Tessa Thibault, Andrew Pinfold (winner of our first EVER cx race that we put on WAY back 19 years ago…..did not actually make the start line due to team medical issue)…..I am sure there were a few others in there that we forgot about.

2.  Cross Club – Victoria
Only two practices to go in the Cross Club schedule if you want to check it out.
Cross Club 2022 Schedule
Ride #1 – September 14th
Ride #2 – September 21th
Ride #3 – September 28nd
Ride #4 – October 5th
(Please note: No ride on Oct 12th due to Cross on the Rock race on Monday, Oct 10th of that week)
Ride #5 – October 19th
Ride #6 – October 26th

3.  Cross on the Rock Season 2022 Schedule DONE – September 11th. COTR #1. Qualicum Beach. Cross on the Commons.DUSTED – September 18th COTR #2. Cumberland. Coal Cross.DUSTIEST – October 10th. COTR #3. Nanaimo. Muc Off Cup.October 23rd. COTR #4. Langford.  Broad Street Cycles GPOctober 30th. COTR #5. Cowichan Valley. Chris Cross.November 13th. COTR #6. Nanaimo. Hot Crossed Bunnies.

• 6 races again.  Same as 2021
• So far we have 5 returning venues with 1 new venue
• At least 2 very different courses from previously raced at those returning venues.
• 1 totally new course at Chris Cross in the Cowichan Valley.

Warm Down Shot
Nutcase Helmets continues to be a great partner for the ‘Lil Nutcase races!  The kids were pumped on their books and one lucky racer received a helmet as well!

Parting Shot
Don’t put your timing tag someplace your dog can find.  Patrick says this will NOT read any more!!

Time to get Muc’d Up on our bikes.

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A few short intervals for this newsletter:

• Tessa T. will be back this Monday making a rare 2022 appearance that fits into her now busy soccer schedule.  We have not confirmed if she will be racing Launch or The Riverway Dental Hot Lap.
• Not quite as big news as Tessa but World Cup MTB, 2021 Canadian XC Champ and recently #longformatcyclocross racer Jenn Jackson will be making her COTR debut on Monday.  It will be exciting to see her out on course!
• Jack, Tycho and special guest Tessa will have their cold drink stand again since it is still summer out there!  It is reported that they have listened to their customer base and will have more FANTA.
• The best way to encourage new people to come out and try cyclocross or for you to improve your skills is to have a practice session.  If you do we want to help promote and publicise it so let us know.

1. Cross on the Rock 2022 Race #3 – Nanaimo – Bowen Park – The Muc Off Cup – Preview.

REGISTRATION CLOSES: Sunday Night at 6:00 PM.  No on site registration.
Registration link: HERE.

Time to get Muc’d up!

Muc-Off is not “just” the title sponsor of the Cross on the Rock Series but they are also back as title sponsor of the Muc Off Cup again this year! It is always great to have all their amazing products and Pete working hard washing bikes again (If needed). The Bowen park course is a classic. At the point of writing the chance of 5mm of rain that was “promised” earlier in the week seems to be gone…..which is sort of sad.  BUT the parks people will be happy as last year’s race needed some serious remediation!

The course will be similar to the last few years with a road section start, into a  single track wooded climb, quick down hill, then onto the grass for lots of twists and turns before the infamous stairs and volley-ball court/sand section.  The volley ball court has a new perimeter fence around one side so the approach and path for that section will be changed.  For the most part the course will be similar to previous years but once we get into the bowl area it is up to the crew setting up on how our adventure looks!

The Stats!!
This race has some impressive stats over the history of the event.

• Biggest race of all time!  2019
  • 5th biggest in 2018
  • 6th biggest in 2017
• Biggest category of all time masters men 40-54 in 2019 with 88 racers
• Most DNF’s EVER in 2014
  • 4th most DNFs in 2010
  • 10th most DNFs in 2011
• LEAST DNF’s ever in 2016
  • 2nd least DNFs in 2019!
• Two Time venue for the Provincial Cyclocross Championships
• MOST RAIN ever during one of our races for the 2021 Masters Men’s race.  It was INSANE!!

Check out the results from 2021 here to re-live the action!

Course Hazards

• First of all the park is open to the public.  There are people everywhere and some will NOT be aware of the race or cyclists on course.  Keep your head up!!
• Please be very cautious of the down-hill section after the pool.  This is the fastest section with some BIG trees that can break your shoulder or your head.
• There are slippery sections, roots and trees and uneven ground all over the place and it will be WET
• You MUST stay to the inside of the cones near the tennis courts. This is very important as we are sharing the road with other park users.
• The last hazard is the down-hill after the stair section. Please use caution, as it its steep and can be slippery.

Parking

• There is LOTS of parking in the AREA of the race but maybe not RIGHT beside the registration/finish area.  You have a bike….you can park a little ways away.
• The main Parking is located in the lot beside the Volley Ball courts off WALL STREET.  These spots are not marked so please don’t park like a donkey and mess it up for other people.  Organized rows!
• Overflow parking can be found across the street at the Curling Club.
• There is also some parking up by the park administration buildings by the tennis courts and then above that by the pool.
• All spots are within 1 minute of the main race area.

Registration and race central

• Will be located near the Volley Ball courts

ALWAYS: Please be courteous to other park users.

Team Tents

• One row on the grass in front of parking area.
• Then a second row against the curb in the parking lot.
• STAKE YOUR TENTS!

Please do not put any tents on the opposite side of the course. Only event tents are allowed in that area.  Thanks

Food Truck.
For a food truck this year we have Sip and Sliders. 
ALSO: Jack and Tycho will have their drink stand with MORE FANTA as well as a special guest with Tessa there for a rare 2022 appearance.  Bring a couple of bucks to support the Cold Drink Stand!

Prizes
Muc Off and Rock City Cycles are literally giving away thousands of dollars of product at this event.

PLEASE ABSOLUTELY STAY OFF THE COURSE AFTER RACE DAY!

Lastly we can almost guarantee this…..NUMBERS ON YOUR LEFT!

Remember….registration CLOSES at 6:00 PM on Sunday.  LINK HERE.

Category	Start Time
Registration Open	9:15 am
Beginner Clinic	10:00 am
Launch Men (Including Youth U13 and U15)	10:45 am
Launch Women (Including Youth U13 and U15)	10:46 am
Bigger Kids Full lap or almost a full lap	11:40
Intermediate Men (Including U17)	12:10 pm
Intermediate Women (Including U17 and Masters 40 and faster Women)	12:11 pm
Lil Nutcase Kids Race	12:15 pm
Masters Men (40-54)	1:15 pm
Super Master Men (55+)	1:16 pm
Open Men	2:30 pm
Open Women	2:31 pm

2.  Cross Club – Victoria
Reports from Victoria are that the Cross Club has been going strong.  Two practices to go in their schedule if you want to check it out.

Cross Club 2022 Schedule
Ride #1 – September 14th
Ride #2 – September 21th
Ride #3 – September 28nd
Ride #4 – October 5th
(Please note: No ride on Oct 12th due to Cross on the Rock race on Monday, Oct 10th of that week)
Ride #5 – October 19th
Ride #6 – October 26th

3.  Cross on the Rock Season 2022 Schedule DONE – September 11th. COTR #1. Qualicum Beach. Cross on the Commons.DUSTED – September 18th COTR #2. Cumberland. Coal Cross.October 10th. COTR #3. Nanaimo. Muc Off Cup.October 23rd. COTR #4. Langford.  Broad Street Cycles GPOctober 30th. COTR #5. Cowichan Valley. Chris Cross.November 13th. COTR #6. Nanaimo. Hot Crossed Bunnies.

• 6 races again.  Same as 2021
• So far we have 5 returning venues with 1 new venue
• At least 2 very different courses from previously raced at those returning venues.
• 1 totally new course at Chris Cross in the Cowichan Valley.

Time to get FIRED up for this Monday’s MUC-OFF Cup!! 
Remembering back to 2021! The greatest conditions of all time for COTR!!

Cumberland delivered.  The Muc Off Cup is coming.

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The short notes:

• Thanks to the two new race directors for Coal Cross.  Brett Whitehead and Tom Skinner.  A great day of racing with a great crew in Cumberland!
• Patrick’s photos from Cumberland are posted.
• In case you did not know….Nutcase is a returning sponsor for the Little Nutty Races!!  So pumped to have them on board again!
• We may be saying good bye to Matthew Mahoney for the race season after he achieved his goal to beat Normon Thibault on the 2nd race of the season!
• We saw some NEW and some repeat winners and podium finishers at the second race of the season…..exciting racing in every category!
• In case you did not know the races have live updated timing right after each race and each event.  The times and placing can be found on webscorer.com and then they are uploaded to www.crossontherock.com after the event when all the stats and series points are updated.
• It was amazing to see so many COTR racers past and present last weekend in Cumberland (again) racing at the Mind over Mountain adventure race!
• A reminder that during OTHER people’s races you are NOT allowed to be on the course.  Please wait until ALL the racers have finished their race before jumping on.  There is enough time between the races to get a lap or two in.  NEVER EVER pass a racer that is still racing while you are pre-riding.  EVER!
• IF you have a bike number with the clear plastic it is NOT performing well for us (the supplier ran out of all other plastics making our number tags).  Please re-enforce your number tag with tape or modify with extra attachment points to make sure it stays on your bike. 
• In relation to the previous point Carla Hudsdon we have your bike number tag!!

1. Cross on the Rock 2022 Race #2 – Cumberland – Coal Cross – Review –

Tycho and Jack could like to thank all the supporters of their drink stand.  We will update you before the Muc Off cup of that they have planned for that race.  Rumour has it their old business partner, Tessa, may be back in the mix!

 Huge thanks for the Cumberland Community for helping support COTR once again, with Brett Whitehead doing an amazing job of coordinating volunteers, helping with logistics, and helping out with course setup.  

Big thanks to Scott McGregor, Mike Tunnah, Scott Manktelow, Dan Leyton, Erica Spizawka, Chuck Ashton, and especially Tim Roberts for all of their help with course ‘construction’, setup and teardown, and packing up the trailer post-race.

Thanks to Phil, Sonja, Nico and Sam Schum, as well as the crew who helped set up the course on Saturday night.  Big thanks to Trail Bicycles, the Riding Fool Hostel, and Blue Toque Sports for all of the awesome prizes and continued support.  

I was impressed at how quickly the course came down after the race, and it came down so fast I didn’t even see who helped clean up. Big thanks to those who helped; you made me so happy knowing I could go and crush pizza after my race instead of walk a lap of the course collecting tape and stakes.  

To all of our timers, course marshals, and volunteers, thanks so much for volunteering your time to help out. Danielle, Erika, Jon, Paul, Sonja, Therese, Belinda, Sina; you were all amazing helpers.  

A big thanks to Curtis, Lisa, and Dave Novak for sharing their experience with organizing this race in the past. The encouragement was great too.  

And lastly a big thank you to Norm for helping bring COTR to Cumberland. It was great hosting the cross community at Village Park once again, and Norm plays a big part in bringing this community together.  

To the racers….  we’re so glad that you enjoyed the course and we loved your amazing attitudes. See you at all of the remaining races!  Tom

2.  The Muc Off Cup is coming!!

Returning to it’s “traditional” date of Thanksgiving Monday for 2022 we are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to Bowen Park in Nanaimo.  We will have a FULL PREVIEW in the week leading up to the race.  For now you can scroll back through the past results and check out the legendary status of this race on the stats page.

Registration is OPEN HERE.

3.  Cross on the Rock Season 2022 Schedule DONE – September 11th. COTR #1. Qualicum Beach. Cross on the Commons.DUSTED – September 18th COTR #2. Cumberland. Coal Cross.October 10th. COTR #3. Nanaimo. Muc Off Cup.October 23rd. COTR #4. Langford.  Broad Street Cycles GPOctober 30th. COTR #5. Cowichan Valley. Chris Cross.November 13th. COTR #6. Nanaimo. Hot Crossed Bunnies. (This venue is still to be confirmed)

• 6 races again.  Same as 2021
• So far we have 5 returning venues with 1 new venue
• At least 2 very different courses from previously raced at those returning venues.
• 1 totally new course at Chris Cross in the Cowichan Valley.

Warm Down Shot – We all know that Cumberland ROCKS!!