Xan Crees
British cyclist (born 2000)
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Xan Crees (born 27 December 2000) is a British cyclist who rides for Spectra Racing. She won the British National Gravel Championship in 2023. In 2025, she won the British National Cyclo-cross Championships.
Early life
From Derby, she became interested in cycling at an early age after watching her father compete in 24-hour races and joined her local cycling club Derby Mercury. She played a number of sports as a youngster, including netball, mixed martial arts, and swimming. She graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in natural sciences.[2][3]
Career
She joined Spectra Racing ahead of the 2021-22 cyclocross season, in which she won a silver medal in the under-23 British National Championships.[2]
She won the British National Gravel Championship in Suffolk in 2023.[4] In December 2023, she won her first senior National Trophy Series cyclocross race in Gravesend.[5]
She won the elite women's race at the British National Cyclo-cross Championships in January 2025, defeating Cat Ferguson into second-place.[6]
On 11 January 2026, Crees was runner-up to Anna Flynn at the British Cyclo-cross Championships.[7]
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 2022–2023
- 2nd National Under-23 Championships
- 2024–2025
- 1st
National Championships - 2025–2026
- 2nd National Championships
Gravel
- 2023
- 1st National Championships