The Crosscast
Neil Mansfield, Matt Payne and special guests talk about World, European and UK cyclocross. Follow us on @TheCrosscast @CrosscastNeil and @MattFixerPayne. And give us a like on Facebook and Instagram.
Neil Mansfield is the host of the show and the cyclocross uber-geek. He races for Grity Race Team and his family all love cross. He has been podcasting since 2015 and over-analysing racing using spreadsheets for a lot longer. He helps Caroline (Mrs M) run Grity Sustainable Sports Apparel. Find out more at https://linktr.ee/crosscastneil.
Matt Payne is the voice of British cyclocross having been on the mic for all of the big races for years. He is a professional commentator regularly heard at raceside, and also on TV and streamed coverage for all cycling disciplines. He has long experience of professional race promotion, but also a passion for grass-roots opportunity from being the brains and voice of e-Sports to UCI commentary, to organising local league races.
The Crosscast
The Crosscast S7E03 - Keira Bond on USA World Cup, USA schedules, and racing in the UK
In Episode 3 of Season 7 Neil and Matt are joined in the studio by top USA talent Keira Bond (@keira.bond). Keira has recently made an impact on the UK scene, racing cyclocross for @cxdtrekbikes and already a regular podium visitor. Keira gives us a great insight into the USA scene, and the Waterloo World Cup course, as a rider who raced it last year.
Neil and Keira reflect on their experiences at round 2 of the National Trophy from Thornton Hall, both of whom feeling like they have unfinished business and looking forward to a reset and restart at Derby. They get into a detailed discussion of how to describe mud, using the full vocabulary that only true cyclocrossers can appreciate. Matt prompts Neil to express some of the benefits of the new NT schedule because they've not had as much profile as the negative aspects that are widely shared on the socials.
They question how to remember the 2023 Waterloo World Cup - both Nys and Van Empel gave a masterclass but in such different ways, one of them being flamboyant and exciting and the other skilled and controlled.
In the Laatste Ronde they look forward to a top couple of weeks racing including Derby National Trophy, where Neil gives Keira all his top tips, as well as Maasmechelen from where Matt will providing UCI commentary, and everyone's favorite Koppenburgcross which Neil loves so much he put it on a T-shirt 😉. Then we have European and Pan-Am Champs, of which Keira is already a veteran.
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