'I woke up the next day and cried within the first five minutes' - Meet British cyclo-cross champion Xan Crees

24-year-old talks about her path into the sport, from being inspired by the 2012 Olympics, idolising Marianne Vos, and racing a gravel bike to victory in the mud

Xan Crees winning the cyclo-cross national championships
(Image credit: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Xan Crees is the British national cyclo-cross champion for 2025. Riding for Spectra Racing p/b DAS, she has competed in some of the top cyclo-cross events in the world. Crees is also a former British gravel champion.

This is part of our Q&A series, where we ask some familiar faces some big and small questions.

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