Via Cyclocross Magazine, here is a helmet cam video of one lap around the course in Kansas City’s Tiffany Springs Park that will be used for the USA Cycling 2008 Cyclocross National Championships on December 11-14.

This video was shot at the beginning of November, though, and the 10-day weather.com forecast for Kansas City current shows a high of 36F and and low of 22F on December 12. So while the course may look the same (assuming there’s no snow), expect to see warmer kits than those being rocked in this video.

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Although my French is a little spotty, I believe that this is is a pre-race ride-through of the course for the 2008 French national championships. With no other riders around, you do get a pretty nice view of the course.

I must warn you, however, that I did get a little queasy midway through this video, although I’m not sure if that was because of the jittery, handlebar-mounted camera, the unfortunate dance soundtrack, or some combination of the two.

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