Toronto Cyclocross was scheduled to return to the UCI race calendar on Sept. 1 and 2 but has been cancelled by the race organizers. The announcement was made in a brief statement on the MEC Toronto Cyclocross website. The event was to be produced by Full Moon Vista, the group behind the UCI-level cyclocross races in Rochester, N.Y.

On Monday, Sean McSweeney of MEC, the event’s principle sponsor, provided a few details about the event’s cancellation. “Scott [Page, event director at Full Moon Vista] called Friday and let me know that the City [of Toronto] was not able to guarantee permits until a week before the event,” said McSweeney. “He had been working on permits since January but this was the point of no return. He could not operate with that level of guarantee from the city as teams have to make travel commitments. (His setup is an eight-day commitment alone.) It’s disappointing for sure and Scott is coming to Toronto to do a debrief to assess 2019 possibilities.”

The two days of UCI C2 racing would have been two of the eight UCI cyclocross race days in Canada for the 2018 fall season. Toronto used to host a UCI sanctioned race in Centennial Park in Toronto and has held rounds of the Ontario Cup series in past years. The organizers were to be Full Moon Vista Productions who also put on Rochester Cyclocross.

The full statement read:

“We are very sorry to announce that due to circumstances beyond our control, we have canceled the 2018 MEC Toronto Cyclocross weekend. We sincerely appreciate everyone’s support and interest and wish everyone the best for the upcoming season.”