IOWA CITY — An Iowa City delegation traveled to Koksijde, Belgium, last month to hand deliver a bid to host a 2016 World Cup of cyclocross race next September.
The group hopes to leverage Iowa City’s annual Jingle Cross race, which is being held this Friday to Sunday at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, to show the area is suitable. In its 12th year, Jingle Cross has grown into one of North America’s largest and most challenging cyclocross events, known for its steep hill dubbed Mount Krumpit, organizers said.
“We went as a group to show them we are ready in Iowa City to host a World Cup of cyclocross,” said John Meehan, founder of Jingle Cross in 2004.
Meehan joined City Manager Tom Markus and Josh Schamberger, president of the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, in presenting the bid to Union Cycliste Internationale Off Road Chief Peter Van den Abeele and his council before the Koksijde World Cup race Nov. 22.
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