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{{Short description|American cycling race series}}

The '''Cyclocross Crusade''', currently in season {{years ago|1993}}, is a [[cyclo-cross]] race series based in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] held over an eight-week period during the months of October and November. As of 2005, the series was the largest cyclo-cross series in the United States.<ref>
Medley, Gary (October 14, 2005) [http://www.obra.org/media/press_releases/12_9_2005.html Cannondale Stumptown Cyclocross Classic Sets Record...] Oregon Bicycle Racing Association</ref><ref>Brian Witty (October 2003) [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=cross/2003/oct03/portland03 Vervecken and Dunlap Storm Away from Fields at Muddy Cannondale Stumptown Classic] CyclingNews.com</ref> The 2006 series consisted of six races plus the [[U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross]] final (a [[Union Cycliste Internationale]] (UCI) sanctioned event).  The Cross Crusade began hosting UCI-sanctioned events as part of the series in 2002.

The first Cross Crusade was held in 1993, and was an expansion of a three-race series called '''First Mud''', which had only included elite participants,<ref>{{cite web | last =Hawkins | first =Katie | title =Cross Crusade Goes Beyond the Bike | work =BicyclePaper.com | publisher =Bicycle Paper | url =http://www.bicyclepaper.com/articles/341-Cross-Crusade-Goes-Beyond-the-Bike- | accessdate =April 19, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131007223121/http://www.bicyclepaper.com/articles/341-Cross-Crusade-Goes-Beyond-the-Bike- | archive-date =October 7, 2013 | url-status =dead }}</ref> and which had been held since the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite web | last =Valdez | first =Angela | title =Mud, Sweat And Gears - How the once-obscure sport of cyclocross has exploded in Portland. | work =Willamette Week | publisher =Willamette Week Newspaper & WWEEK.COM | date =November 9, 2005 | url =http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5014-mud_sweat_and_gears.html | accessdate =April 19, 2013 }}</ref>

There were no races in 2020 caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. That was deferred to 2021.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.crosscrusade.com Official Website]
* "Mud, Sweat And Gears - How the once-obscure sport of cyclocross has exploded in Portland" Angela Valdez, Willamette Week, 11/6/2005 http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3201/6934/
* "Cross Crusade Moves to Horning's Hideout; 700+ Riders Expected Again" https://web.archive.org/web/20061106184908/http://www.cyclocrossworld.com/News.cfm?Action=Edit&MenuKey=14&theKey=831&ShowDisabled=0
* "Cyclocross Is Colorful. Mud-Colored, That Is." Oakley Brooks. NY Times. 11/25/06. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/sports/othersports/25outdoors.html?ex=1165122000&en=192117d95f87f53e&ei=5070&emc=eta1

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