2018–19 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

The 2018–19 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup took place between 23 September 2018 and 27 January 2019, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Mathieu van der Poel in the men's competition and Sanne Cant in the women's competition.

2018–19 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Details
Location
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland
  • United States
Races9
Champions
Male individual champion Toon Aerts (BEL) (Telenet–Fidea Lions)
Female individual champion Marianne Vos (NED) (WaowDeals Pro Cycling & CCC Liv[lower-alpha 1])

Three of the five titles were secured at the penultimate round in France; with her fourth race victory, seven-time world champion Marianne Vos clinched her first World Cup title,[1] leaving the round 132 points clear of her next closest competitor, compatriot Annemarie Worst. With his fourth win in five starts,[2] British rider Tom Pidcock took the under-23 men's title for the second consecutive season – sealing a maximum possible points tally of 240 – while a second-place finish was enough for Belgium's Witse Meeussen to claim the junior men's title.[3]

At the final event in the Netherlands, home rider Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado sealed the women's under-23 ranking victory,[4] finishing in seventh place overall in the elite standings. The back-and-forth battle between Belgians Toon Aerts and Wout van Aert in the elite men standings was decided in the favour of Aerts – with 615 points,[5] to van Aert's 613; the two riders took three victories between them as van der Poel won all six races he started in the World Cup season,[6] finishing third overall.

Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders each race. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table:

Points awarded
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Elite riders[7][lower-alpha 2] 80 70 65 60 55 50 48 46 44 42
U23/Junior riders[7] 60 50 45 40 35 30 28 26 24 22
  • Elite riders finishing in positions 11 to 50 also received points, going down from 40 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 50th place.[7]
  • For the age group riders (excluding under-23 women), those finishing in positions 11 to 30 also received points, going down from 20 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 30th place.[7] As well as this, only the top four scores for each rider count towards the World Cup standings.[10]

Events

In comparison to last season, the races in Bogense, Nommay and Zeven were replaced by Bern, Pontchâteau and Tábor. The race in Bern will be the first Cyclo-cross World Cup race in Switzerland since the 2010–11 season.

Date Race Location Winners
Elite men Elite women Under-23 men Junior men
24 September World Cup Waterloo United States Waterloo, United States  Toon Aerts (BEL)  Marianne Vos (NED) No under-23 or junior race
29 September Jingle Cross United States Iowa City, United States  Toon Aerts (BEL)  Kaitlin Keough (USA)
21 October Cyclo-cross Bern Switzerland Bern, Switzerland  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Witse Meeussen (BEL)
17 November Cyklokros Tábor Czech Republic Tábor, Czech Republic  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Witse Meeussen (BEL)
25 November Duinencross Koksijde Belgium Koksijde, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Denise Betsema (NED)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Pim Ronhaar (NED)
23 December Citadelcross Belgium Namur, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Ryan Cortjens (BEL)
26 December Grand Prix Eric De Vlaeminck Belgium Heusden-Zolder, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Ryan Cortjens (BEL)
20 January Cyclo-cross Pontchâteau France Pontchâteau, France  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Marianne Vos (NED)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Thibau Nys (BEL)
27 January Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel Netherlands Hoogerheide, Netherlands  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Witse Meeussen (BEL)

Final points standings

Elite men
Toon Aerts (pictured at the Jingle Cross), the winner of the men's World Cup standings for the first time.
Pos. Rider WAT
United States		 JIN
United States		 BER
Switzerland		 TAB
Czech Republic		 KOK
Belgium		 NAM
Belgium		 ZOL
Belgium		 PON
France		 HOO
Netherlands		 Points
1  Toon Aerts (BEL) 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 615
2  Wout van Aert (BEL) 2 2 2 7 2 2 2 1 3 613
3  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 1 1 1 1 1 1 480
4  Corné van Kessel (NED) 6 5 7 12 5 6 9 9 4 445
5  Quinten Hermans (BEL) 4 4 5 5 17 13 6 13 7 438
6  Lars van der Haar (NED) 18 11 9 3 4 10 8 4 8 436
7  Laurens Sweeck (BEL) 3 9 18 9 6 8 5 6 13 425
8  Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) Ret 3 4 2 8 5 13 3 DNS 399
9  Daan Soete (BEL) 5 10 6 10 7 14 10 17 25 376
10  Kevin Pauwels (BEL) 12 7 16 6 10 12 15 8 19 367
104 riders scored points[11]

Elite women
Marianne Vos (pictured at the Jingle Cross), the winner of the women's World Cup standings for the first time.
Pos. Rider WAT
United States		 JIN
United States		 BER
Switzerland		 TAB
Czech Republic		 KOK
Belgium		 NAM
Belgium		 ZOL
Belgium		 PON
France		 HOO
Netherlands		 Points
1  Marianne Vos (NED) 1 3 1 12 2 1 1 3 559
2  Sanne Cant (BEL) 10 5 4 6 7 13 3 4 418
3  Annemarie Worst (NED) 2 2 3 3 9 7 13 400
4  Kaitlin Keough (USA) 19 1 10 21 21 8 17 11 6 384
5  Denise Betsema (NED) 13 5 1 7 12 2 7 378
6  Loes Sels (BEL) 5 10 17 25 11 10 6 19 8 367
7  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) 5 7 4 9 4 4 21 357
8  Katie Compton (USA) Ret 15 3 11 13 31 13 10 2 349
9  Eva Lechner (ITA) 16 6 9 19 27 6 10 15 16 348
10  Ellen Van Loy (BEL) 6 11 7 4 8 DNS 29 5 25 347
127 total riders[lower-alpha 3] scored points[12]

Under-23 men
Pos. Rider BER
Switzerland		 TAB
Czech Republic		 KOK
Belgium		 NAM
Belgium		 ZOL
Belgium		 PON
France		 HOO
Netherlands		 Points
1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) (4) 1 1 1 1 240
2  Eli Iserbyt (BEL) 1 (DNS) (8) 3 1 (5) 1 225
3  Antoine Benoist (FRA) (3) 3 2 (4) 2 2 195
4  Jakob Dorigoni (ITA) (12) 2 (15) 2 (6) 3 4 185
5  Eddy Finé (FRA) 2 10 (12) 5 (20) 8 (17) 133
6  Niels Vandeputte (BEL) 8 4 7 (34) (14) 5 129
7  Maik van der Heijden (NED) 5 14 (DSQ) (24) 2 10 (22) 124
8  Ben Turner (GBR) 4 9 27 3 113
9  Lander Loockx (BEL) 7 7 (Ret) (14) (10) 9 8 106
10  Loris Rouiller (SUI) (22) 11 (22) 7 8 6 104
69 riders scored points[13]

Under-23 women
Pos. Rider WAT
United States		 JIN
United States		 BER
Switzerland		 TAB
Czech Republic		 KOK
Belgium		 NAM
Belgium		 ZOL
Belgium		 PON
France		 HOO
Netherlands		 Points
1  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) 5 7 4 9 4 4 21 357
2  Fleur Nagengast (NED) 11 17 26 14 10 16 15 8 23 323
3  Inge van der Heijden (NED) 9 20 27 17 17 27 8 9 31 301
4  Manon Bakker (NED) 23 30 16 29 33 30 24 20 35 219
5  Evie Richards (GBR) 4 2 15 9 DNS DNS 210
6  Clara Honsinger (USA) 14 19 28 32 23 19 171
7  Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA) 30 30 37 19 18 30 28 165
8  Jana Czeczinkarová (CZE) 34 16 28 14 DNS 50 113
9  Marthe Truyen (BEL) 32 35 30 35 22 40 112
10  Nicole Koller (SUI) 22 22 20 89
59 riders scored points[12]

Junior men
Pos. Rider BER
Switzerland		 TAB
Czech Republic		 KOK
Belgium		 NAM
Belgium		 ZOL
Belgium		 PON
France		 HOO
Netherlands		 Points
1  Witse Meeussen (BEL) 1 1 (2) (3) (7) 2 1 230
2  Ryan Cortjens (BEL) (25) (26) 10 1 1 (29) 4 182
3  Thibau Nys (BEL) (18) 2 7 (17) 4 1 (Ret) 178
4  Luke Verburg (NED) 2 (21) (20) 7 2 5 (12) 163
5  Tom Lindner (GER) (39) 3 3 (36) 9 5 149
6  Pim Ronhaar (NED) 10 5 1 (38) 7 145
7  Jan Zatloukal (CZE) (23) 7 5 6 8 119
8  Wout Vervoort (BEL) (16) 10 6 6 10 104
9  Jakub Ťoupalík (CZE) 11 4 8 (19) 16 (25) (33) 101
10  Lennert Belmans (BEL) 17 (24) 18 7 3 100
70 riders scored points[14]

Notes
  1. In the 2018 races, Vos rode for WaowDeals Pro Cycling, and for CCC Liv in the 2019 races.
  2. Women's under-23 riders were awarded points on the elite scale, as all women competed within the same race.[8] Two jerseys were awarded; one for the leading elite woman and one for the leading under-23 woman.[9]
  3. This tally included 59 under-23 riders, which the UCI awarded a separate jersey for.[9]

References
  1. Decaluwé, Brecht (20 January 2019). "Vos victorious at Pont-Chateau to seal World Cup title". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 January 2019. With Cant taking no points while Vos took the maximum of 80 points with her fourth World Cup win of the season, Vos secured a career-first overall World Cup victory.
  2. "Pidcock reigns supreme once more". British Cycling. British Cycling Federation. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019. Pidcock's dominance in this season's competition has really caught the eye, the 19-year-old sealed the overall win in the U23 classification at the 2019 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup.
  3. "Thibau Nys boekt bij junioren eerste zege in Wereldbeker, Witse Meeussen pakt eindwinst" [Thibau Nys registers first win in World Cup in juniors, Witse Meeussen wins final classification]. Krant van West-Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Roularta Media Group. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019. Witse Meeussen is de eindwinnaar in het klassement. [Witse Meeussen is the final winner in the standings.]
  4. "Brand takes dominant win in muddy Hoogerheide". Cyclingnews.com. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Corendon-Circus) is the overall winner in the Women Under 23 category.
  5. Spruyt, Francis (27 January 2019). "CC – Coupe du Monde #9 – Elites : Classements" [CC – World Cup #9 – Elites: Classification]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. Decaluwé, Brecht (27 January 2019). "Van der Poel claims victory in Hoogerheide". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019. Van der Poel, who turned 24 last week, has so far this season won the European and Dutch championships and every World Cup round in which he participated; he skipped the two opening rounds and last week's penultimate round in Pont-Château in favour of a training camp in Spain.
  7. Rules 2017, p. 20.
  8. Rules 2017, p. 2.
  9. Rules 2017, p. 22.
  10. Rules 2017, p. 21.
  11. "Men Elite: Individual Standings" (PDF). Chronorace.be. ChronoRace – Electronic Timing SPRL. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  12. "Women Elite: Individual Standings" (PDF). Chronorace.be. ChronoRace – Electronic Timing SPRL. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  13. "Men Under 23: Individual Standings" (PDF). Chronorace.be. ChronoRace – Electronic Timing SPRL. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  14. "Men Junior: Individual Standings" (PDF). Chronorace.be. ChronoRace – Electronic Timing SPRL. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

Sources
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