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In conversation with Maghalie Rochette about the 2014 Canadian cyclocross championships

On Tuesday, Maghalie Rochette spoke with Canadian Cycling Magazine about the 2014 Shimano Canadian cyclocross championships, her 'cross season to date, cyclocross fever and Evan McNeely's anti-knee warmer campaign.

October 21, 2014
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On Tuesday, Maghalie Rochette spoke with Canadian Cycling Magazine about the 2014 Shimano Canadian cyclocross championships, her ‘cross season to date, cyclocross fever and Evan McNeely’s anti-knee warmer campaign.

“It’s been a good season to learn about how the race unfolds and how I should react,” Rochette said. The winner of The Night Weasels Cometh and runner-up at Day 2 of the UCI race at Ellison Park in Rochester, N.Y., said set still feels she has a lot to learn.

For the Canadian cyclocross championships, Rochette is looking forward to trying the course at Winnipeg’s The Forks. “It seems like it’s going to be a really fun and really challenging course,” she said. Her plan is to try to make the the most of the technical features and corners.

When asked about “cyclocross fever,” a hashtag she’s used on Twitter and a phrase that’s come up in interviews, Rochette said that she not only has it, but she’s working on a project related to her love of the muddy art. She didn’t have specific details, but it seems some product connected to a charity is in the works. The chat concluded with some discussion of Evan McNeely’s cheeky anti-knee warmer project. Rochette is pro knee warmer, but not dogmatic about it.