Jingle Cross

The Jingle Cross Cyclo-cross festival, also known as Jingle Cross, is a cyclo-cross race held annually in Iowa City, Iowa, and founded and directed by John Meehan, a pediatric surgeon who has been involved in professional cycling both as a physician for the former Bissell Pro Cycling team and a race director and promotor for Jingle Cross.

The 2007 edition was the first year with UCI events and expanded to 3 days in 2009 adding night time racing.

Jingle Cross upgraded to a UCI C1 event in 2010 and soon became the largest cyclo-cross festival in North America.

Krumpit, a challenging climb which riders have to traverse in multiple locations as many as 3 times per lap.

Jingle Cross moved to September in 2016 in order to be part of the UCI World Cup Series but kept the Holiday theme.