Athlete of the Month

Rapha-FOCUS Cross Team Debuts At CrossVegas

M.R. › 27.09.2010

Ahletes of the month September: Race held in conjunction with North America’s largest bicycle trade show provides glitzy stage for launch of hottest team in cyclocross.

The fourth annual CrossVegas cyclocross race held at the Desert Breeze Soccer Complex in America’s entertainment capital proved to be the perfect stage for the Rapha-FOCUS team to show off their new kit and early season fitness. CrossVegas, the first UCI C1 event of the U.S. season, was played out on a rolling, grass covered, wind-blown course under the lights not far from Vegas’ famed Strip. Team riders Chris Jones and Zach McDonald were joined by no fewer than four current national champions and a field regarded as the most talented list of cross riders to race in North America.