![]() ![]() Racing World’s in Louisville will be a lot of fun, I want to do the best for myself on the day. My big focus for this season is winning the World Cup Overall, it means a lot to the best Cyclocross rider all season and I’m really happy I’m in a good position to go for the overall. Racing in the US is important for my sponsor, Trek Bicycles, and racing in Europe is important for both Trek and maintaining my start position for Worlds. Well it’s both exciting and a challenge as I have to race on two continents this season. ![]() How do you feel about competing for the rainbow jersey on home ground? M: For the first time in the 60-year history of the sport, the World Championships are being held outside Europe, in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s an honor and I hope to be able to represent US Cyclocross here in Europe the best I can. I want to be at my best for US Nationals, I hope to be able to defend my National Championship and wear the US Champion jersey next season. It will be the first for an American rider and the first for a non-european. I want to be the best all season long which allows me to focus on winning the World Cup Overall title. M: What is your main aspiration for this year? Most of the time it doesn’t matter how cold it is outside, if the sun is shining it keeps me in a positive mood. I live in Colorado Springs, we see about 300 days of sunshine a year which really helps me even when the temperatures drop well below freezing. Training in the sunshine and having some focused down time really refreshes me to come back and attack the rest of the Cyclocross races. I was lucky enough to budget some training time in Mallorca. I have a great Belgian family I stay with which makes my stay much easier. So far the past month has been really good. How has that first month been and what’s still to come? M: You arrived in Belgium about one month ago and still have a month ahead of you before the World Championship. I love the challenge of the winter elements and it lets me have fun in the summer months like racing autocross in our BMW 1M and my new hobby, riding moto’s with my friends. I’ve always found it easy to motivate for racing and training in the mud and snow. MarathonMTB: Where do you find the drive to come back every year and face the cold? ![]() Together with Aussie cyclocross rider Lewis Rattray, I joined her on a training ride. Katie is the reigning US National Champion and Sponsored by US bicycle manufacturer TREK, she now headlines the Trek Cyclocross Collective racing team.įor the sixth consecutive year, Katie takes on the European season from her base in Kalmthout, Belgium. Having won 16 World Cup races and three World Championship medals over the last six seasons, she is determined to win gold at the 2012-2013 Worlds in Louisville (held for the first time in her home country, the USA). Since becoming the first American female rider to win a medal at cyclocross world championships, Katie Compton is one of the biggest names in the sport. ![]()
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