2026 Junior Cyclocross Series
Featuring six races this fall, the OBRA Junior Cyclocross Series (JCS) provides a fun, supportive environment for junior cyclists and their families. The series tracks both individual and team results at each race and throughout the six-race competition. JCS podium finishers in each age category will be celebrated at the annual awards party after the series wraps up.
We are grateful to Robin Cummings, the Junior Cyclocross Series Director, who brings a lot of positive energy, encouragement and fun to this inclusive program. In addition to working with Castelli on series leader jerseys, Robin secures swag and prizes from sponsors, partners with local bakeries for sweet-treat hand-ups, and organizes talented photographers who provide complimentary photographs from each race.
No bike? No problem. The PDX-based Fast Fun Nice racing team has a fleet of loaner bikes—including many smaller frames with 24-inch wheels—ready for your cyclocross-curious junior. We are also grateful to our parents who have offered to help with on-the-ground scoring this year, which will help us update series standings as quickly as possible after each race.
There are a lot of resources on this page including:
- Series Schedule
- Junior Racing Categories for Cyclocross
- JCS Scoring for Individuals + Teams
- Series Standings
- Robin’s Race Recaps
- Swag + Prizes from Our Sponsors
…so keep scrolling!
2026 JCS Schedule
| Saturday, September 19 | Cyclocross Crusade Cascade Locks |
| Sunday, September 27 | Heiser Farms Cyclocross |
| Sunday, October 4 | Willamette Superchamps CX |
| Sunday, October 18 | Cyclocross Crusade Heron Lakes |
| Saturday, October 24 | CX Bike Indy / OBRA CX Championships |
| Saturday, October 31 | Cyclocross Crusade Edgefield |
Junior Racing Categories for Cyclocross
To help young racers and parents easily register for all OBRA cyclocross races—including those in the Junior Cyclocross Series—all juniors will race in age-group categories instead of ability-class categories.
In addition to reducing confusion about junior categories, this streamlined approach aligns with junior cyclocross racing at non-OBRA events around the country, including national championships.
Racing Age
In cyclocross, a junior’s racing age is the age they will be on December 31 of the year the cyclocross season ends. The cyclocross season begins on September 1 of the current year and ends on the last day of the UCI Cyclocross World Championships, typically held in late January and early February of the following year.
Here are a few examples:
- If your junior is currently 13, and will turn 14 next April, they will be 14 on December 31, 2027, making their racing age 14.
- If your junior is currently 13, and will turn 14 this December 20, they will be 15 on December 31, 2027, making their racing age 15.
- If your junior is currently 18, and will be 19 on December 31, 2027, they are not eligible to race in junior age-graded categories, but can race in open ability-class categories.
*This calculation of racing age for juniors is relevant to cyclocross only, not other OBRA cycling disciplines.
Junior Age Categories
Open 9-10
Women 9-10
Open 11-12
Women 11-12
Open 13-14
Women 13-14
Open 15-16
Women 15-16
Open 17-18
Women 17-18
*The Open category is open to all genders
Choosing a Category for JCS
Juniors participating in the Junior Cyclocross Series must select one category to race in for the entirety of the series.
JCS Scoring
In each of the six races in the Junior Cyclocross Series, individuals and teams will earn points based on their results. These points will be tallied after each race to show current standings in the JCS.
JCS Individual Competition
- Even if a racer competes in all six races, only the best four results count toward the individual competition.
- Points will be awarded in the following order for the first 23 places in each race: 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
- Riders placing 24th or lower will each receive one point.
- After each race, the series leader in each category will earn a Castelli leader’s jersey to be worn at the next race.
- JCS racers can earn call ups (racers are called to the starting line before all racers are staged) at each race for the next one in the series.
- At the end of the series, the winner of each category will receive a Castelli jersey.
- The top three series podium finishers will receive an individual medal and prizes.
JCS Team Competition
- Each co-ed team must have a minimum of three riders, with no upper limit of riders.
- All participating junior teams must be registered with OBRA—it’s free to register a junior team.
- Teams may register any time before the start of the final JCS race, however, points will not be retroactively calculated for finishes before the team was registered.
- All riders on a team must update their OBRA account to reflect their proper team name.
- Racers cannot change teams during the calendar year; once you’ve joined a team, you are only eligible for that team for the remainder of the year.
- Adding racers to teams in the second half of the series is discouraged (the no-ringer rule). The addition of racers later in the season will be under review by our Director of Officials.
- Only the points earned by the top three finishers at each race (regardless of category) will count towards the team standings.
- Points can be accrued in both the Open and Women’s categories, and the points schedule is equal across all categories.
- Theoretically, teams could earn three first-place finishes—for example, first Open 17-18, first Women 15-16, and first in another category—all delivering maximum points.
- The best four out of six team results count toward the team series competition.
- Points will be awarded in one-point increments: 30 points for first place, 29 for second, 28 for third, and so on.
- Placings of 30th or greater will each score one point.
- Junior team points do not count toward the OBRA Best All Around Rider (BAR) competition.
Series Standings
2025 JCS Individual Competition
Robin’s Race Recaps
Coming soon!
Swag + Prizes
We are super grateful to the sponsors who help make the Junior Cyclocross Series extra exciting and fun for our juniors! From podium swag to raffle prizes, our sponsors are generously donating merch and gift cards to keep the stoke high all season long.
Thank you to: