Relentless is one word to describe Caroline Mani, from her fast-paced speech pattern to her attacking style on any cyclocross course. The 2025-2026 cyclocross season marked her 20th year in the sport, and she’ll light the ignition for two final hole starts at Boulder Cup UCI C2 races this weekend in Colorado.
The 38-year-old has five French ‘cross national titles, the last red-white-and-blue champion’s jersey earned in her hometown of Besaçon in 2019. Her career is packed with results, including a silver medal at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross Worlds, a bronze at the European Championships that same year, and 32 World Cup top 10s.
She’s thought about retirement several times before, but kept doing what she loved. Last year she was motivated to continue when she reunited with a former cyclocross teammate, USA’s Kerry Werner, on her own programme. Werner was a reason she kept going again this season, despite some physical issues.
“This year, I was like, come on Kerry, let’s do it together one more time, otherwise I don’t want to do it on my own. I think we both kind of had a blast.
“You never know when it’s time. But this year I came to the conclusion that I was ready. I feel more at peace. There’s many years I was frustrated with lack of sponsorship, struggling to do it on your own. And this year, I’m still…
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