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 S8E07 Cancellations and Crashes - Xan at Namur, and Kerste Preview
In Episode 7 of Season 8 Neil, Matt and Xan catch up after a memorable few weeks… and Xan tells us how she is after her TV-time and horrible incident on the Namur bank.
They catch up on what happened and what didn’t at Clanfield National Trophy and Cabras / Namur World Cups. Neil raced day 1 of Clanfield (25th and fun had 😊) as did the regional champs crews in a very welcome and successful return to regional competitions.
The main winner of the Clanfield / Cabras UCI weekend seemed to be the weather.
Namur World Cup was certainly a huge challenge and saw a whole host of riders ejected off the front of the bike. Do they deserve a special memento like the Martin Baker Ejector Seat club membership?
They also give a full preview of Kerste Part A - the famous five, Hulst Zonhoven Mol Loenhout and Gavere.
Set your alarms and take a recovery day off CX on the 25th.
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To support the show pop over to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crosscast to make a donation towards our hosting fees - every little helps! Follow us on Insta and Facebook, and share to your networks! Neil Mansfield is part of Grity Sustainable Sports Apparel @gritykit, and Matt Payne runs Full Speed Events @full_speed_events. Xan Crees races for Team Spectra.