For the third consecutive year, the Pan Am Continental Championships return to the hilly Devou Park located in Covington, Kentucky just over the state border from Cincinnati, Ohio this coming weekend. Devou Park is one of two "permanent" cyclo-cross parks in Kentucky, more than any other state.
In its first year, the course at Devou Park earned rave reviews from the racers, largely due to features made possible by the hilly terrain. There were steep run-ups, off-camber descents, and very few flat sections of track where riders could recover. The course was changed for last year's event and earned even more positive comments.
Stephen Hyde (Cannondale) who finished second last year in the Elite Men's race told Cyclingnews, "Honestly, at the time that we raced last year's course it was the best course on the circuit. I think the level of courses has certainly risen since then. However, it still remains one of the hardest and most technically challenging venues out there. They do a good job at listening to the riders and making things interesting."
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This weekend's racing is likely to see repeats of the epic 2015 battles, both on the men's and women's side of things.
Elite Men's Racing
Jeremy Powers (Aspire Racing) has struggled for weeks due to a crash in Wisconsin but certainly will be hoping to win again in Kentucky. While at Gloucester a couple weeks ago, Powers made a prediction about the upcoming Pan Am Championships, "It looks like that is going to be the next big fight". It certainly appears that he was right.
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