For 13 seasons, Katie Compton has dominated the cyclo-cross scene in the USA, winning as many consecutive national championship titles. She's also had stellar results at the international level, which have included back-to-back World Cup series victories and four medals at the World Championships.
She is also role model and representative of women's cyclo-cross. She recently spoke about her asthma issues and gave her opinion on Chris Froome's salbutamol case.
For the first time in her career, Compton committed to a full season of racing in the homeland of the sport, Belgium, and says that racing every week against deep fields of talented women has made a difference.
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"I'm definitely feeling stronger, I'm racing smarter," Compton tells Cyclingnews from her home in Boulder, having returned temporarily to defend her US title this week in Reno. "I really like the harder racing over there. I think it pushes me more. It's a little bit of everything.
"In the US, I won a lot of races off the front, and you just don't learn how to race a bike that way, as much fun as it is. Now, I'm getting podiums but I'm not winning that often, but I'm learning how to race my bike - which is odd, I'm 39 years old and finally learning how to race my bike.
"It's different, racing tactically against the people around you. I'm feeling more confident and having more fun with it. When you have a group of 8-10 on the first lap, you don't panic, because you know you have four more laps to go and it will dwindle down and you have to keep pushing hard."
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