'This day at Val di Sole, the collective cyclocross discipline threw down the gauntlet and told the Winter Olympics committee: “You can ignore us no longer. We challenge you to amend your winter sports definition from ‘all the sport’s competitions MUST take place on snow or ice’ to ‘the winter sport’s competitions must BE ABLE to take place on snow or ice.’ We have top physical athletes, we have an international following, and we can do this sport on any terrain, even on the snowy turf that is your desire.” '