OFFICIAL: Cyclocross World Cup returning to Britain after 12 years with Cameron Mason set for Glasgow homecoming

The UCI Cyclocross World Cup will return to Britain for the first time in more than a decade this winter after organisers confirmed Glasgow will host a round of the series in December.

The race is scheduled for 13 December 2026 at Kelvingrove Park, forming the third stop of the 2026–2027 World Cup campaign.

The British round will sit between the Czech double header that opens the season and the traditional Belgian heartland races later in December.

It marks the first time the series has visited the United Kingdom since a round in Milton Keynes in 2014, ending a 12-year absence that has long frustrated British fans of the discipline.

The Glasgow round also creates a rare home opportunity for Britain’s leading riders, most notably national champion Cameron Mason, who grew up less than an hour from the city.

Mason described the event as a defining moment in his career, saying it would be a special experience to line up in front of a home crowd wearing the British champion’s jersey.

The presence of a British World Cup round could also provide a significant boost for the sport domestically, with elite cyclocross racing largely concentrated in Belgium and the Netherlands throughout the winter calendar.

The event will feature both men’s and women’s elite races, giving Scotland’s reigning women’s national champion Anna Flynn the chance to compete on home terrain as well.

The return of the Cyclocross World Cup forms part of a broader strategy from British Cycling to bring major international races back to the UK.

Glasgow has already demonstrated its ability to stage large-scale cycling events, hosting the multi-discipline UCI Cycling World Championships 2023, which combined multiple world championship competitions into one global festival of cycling.

Even larger events are on the horizon. Britain is also preparing to welcome the start of both the men’s and women’s Tour de France in 2027, an unprecedented double Grand Départ that will bring the sport’s biggest race back to British roads.

Against that backdrop, the arrival of the World Cup in Glasgow represents another step in reconnecting the country with the top level of international cycling competition.

While the start list will not be confirmed until closer to the event, organisers are hopeful the Scottish round will attract many of the sport’s biggest names.

That could include riders such as Mathieu van der Poel, who earlier this year secured a historic eighth cyclocross rainbow jersey, as well as Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock and reigning women’s world champion Lucinda Brand.

For British fans, the December race in Glasgow will offer something that has been missing from the calendar for more than a decade: the chance to watch the world’s best cyclocross riders compete on home soil.