2020–21 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

2020–21 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Details
Location
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland
  • United States
Races14 5
Champions
Male individual champion Wout van Aert (BEL) (Team Jumbo–Visma)
Female individual champion Lucinda Brand (NED) (Baloise–Trek Lions)
← 2019–20

The 2020–21 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 4 October 2020 and 24 January 2021. In 2020, the UCI redesigned the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, expanding the total number of races to 14 (initially aiming for 16).[1] The defending champions were Toon Aerts in the men's competition and Annemarie Worst in the women's competition.

Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race. From this season, the points awarded are according to the same scale for all categories, but only the top 25 riders receive points rather than the top 50. 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 40 30 25 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
  • Riders finishing in positions 11 to 25 also received points, going down from 15 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 25th place.[2]
  • Note that the points given here are entirely different from the UCI ranking points, which are distributed according to a different scale and determine starting order in races, but have no impact on World Cup standings.

Events

In comparison to last season, intention was to expand the season from nine to fourteen races. The calendar included new races in Antwerp, Besançon, Diegem, Dublin, Hulst, Overijse, Villars, Dendermonde and Zonhoven, while the races in Bern, Heusden-Zolder, Iowa and Nommay were dropped.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic however, the races in Besançon, Diegem, Dublin, Hoogerheide, Duinencross Koksijde, Villars, Waterloo and Zonhoven were cancelled and the cross in Antwerp was dropped from the World Cup and instead integrated into the X²O Badkamers Trophy. As a result, only five races remained.

Date Race Location Winners
Elite men Elite women Under-23 men Junior men Junior women
4 October 2020 World Cup Waterloo United States Waterloo, United States Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3][4]
18 October 2020 Cyclo-cross Dublin Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland
25 October 2020 Cyclo-cross Zonhoven Belgium Zonhoven, Belgium
22 November 2020 Duinencross Koksijde Belgium Koksijde, Belgium
29 November 2020 Cyclo-cross Besançon France Besançon, France
29 November 2020 Cyklokros Tábor Czech Republic Tábor, Czech Republic  Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Thomas Mein (GBR)  Matěj Stránský (CZE)  Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR)
13 December 2020 Scheldecross Antwerpen Belgium Antwerp, Belgium Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
20 December 2020 Citadelcross Belgium Namur, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED) No under-23 or junior races
27 December 2020 Cyclo-cross Diegem Belgium Diegem, Belgium Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
27 December 2020 Cyclo-cross Dendermonde Belgium Dendermonde, Belgium  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Lucinda Brand (NED) No under-23 or junior races
3 January 2021 Vestingcross Netherlands Perkpolder, Netherlands  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Denise Betsema (NED)
17 January 2021 Cyclo-cross Villars Switzerland Villars, Switzerland Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
24 January 2021 Grand Prix Adri van der Poel Netherlands Hoogerheide, Netherlands
24 January 2021 Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Belgium Overijse, Belgium  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) No under-23 or junior races

Final points standings

Elite men

Pos. Rider TAB
Czech Republic 		NAM
Belgium 		DEN
Belgium 		HUL
Netherlands 		OVE
Belgium 		Points
1  Wout van Aert (BEL) 3 2 1 2 1 165
2  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) DNS 1 2 1 2 140
3  Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) 1 4 4 4 4 128
4  Toon Aerts (BEL) 4 7 3 5 5 108
5  Quinten Hermans (BEL) 7 5 7 7 9 95
6  Corné van Kessel (NED) 6 9 6 10 8 91
7  Tom Pidcock (GBR) 17 3 Ret 3 3 84
8  Lars van der Haar (NED) 5 6 Ret 6 6 81
9  Laurens Sweeck (BEL) 14 19 5 8 7 77
10  Kevin Kuhn (SUI) 9 15 14 16 13 63
11  Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) DNS 12 10 12 10 60
12  Thijs Aerts (BEL) 13 14 9 14 DNS 54
13  Daan Soete (BEL) 8 8 32 15 20 53
14  Ryan Kamp (NED) DNS 10 20 9 12 53
15  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) DNS 11 16 13 17 47
16  Pim Ronhaar (NED) DNS 37 8 11 15 44
17  Tim Merlier (BEL) DNS DNS 15 17 14 32
18  Eli Iserbyt (BEL) 2 31 DNS Ret DNS 30
19  Timo Kielich (BEL) DNS 16 DNS 22 11 29
20  Ben Turner (GBR) DNS 23 11 20 Ret 24
21  Curtis White (USA) DNS 28 13 21 22 22
22  Joshua Dubau (FRA) 18 13 Ret DNS 29 21
23  Thomas Mein (GBR) DNS 27 12 Ret 21 19
24  Toon Vandebosch (BEL) DNS 18 25 DNS 16 19
25  Diether Sweeck (BEL) 10 24 34 DNS DNS 18
26  David Menut (FRA) 12 25 Ret 24 DNS 17
27  Vincent Baestaens (BEL) 11 DNS 28 26 DNS 15
28  Timon Ruegg (SUI) 19 22 33 23 26 14
29  Jakob Dorigoni (ITA) 15 DNS DNS DNS 24 13
30  Felipe Orts (ESP) DNS 20 26 30 19 13
31  Mees Hendrikx (NED) DNS 17 24 25 27 12
32  Anton Ferdinande (BEL) DNS DNS 22 18 28 12
33  Tim van Dijke (NED) DNS Ret 18 DNS 23 11
34  Marcel Meisen (GER) 20 21 Ret DNS DNS 11
35  Kevin Suárez Fernández (ESP) 16 34 Ret 33 38 10
36  Michael van den Ham (CAN) DNS 40 17 34 DNS 9
37  David van der Poel (NED) 22 49 21 28 42 9
38  Niels Vandeputte (BEL) DNS DNS DNS DNS 18 8
39  Yentl Bekaert (BEL) DNS DNS DNS 19 DNS 7
40  Yan Gras (FRA) 27 32 19 DNS 33 7
41  Steve Chainel (FRA) 21 Ret 39 DNS DNS 5
42  Gioele Bertolini (ITA) 23 DNS DNS DNS 25 4
43  Michael Boroš (CZE) 26 26 23 29 30 3
44  Stan Godrie (NED) 24 30 27 42 35 2
45  Nicolas Samparisi (ITA) 25 46 31 40 DNS 1

Elite women

Pos. Rider TAB
Czech Republic 		NAM
Belgium 		DEN
Belgium 		HUL
Netherlands 		OVE
Belgium 		Points
1  Lucinda Brand (NED) 1 1 1 2 2 180
2  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) 2 4 3 3 1 142
3  Denise Betsema (NED) 3 3 8 1 5 129
4  Clara Honsinger (USA) DNS 2 2 6 4 102
5  Kata Blanka Vas (HUN) 4 5 7 5 9 100
6  Sanne Cant (BEL) 12 12 6 8 6 86
7  Annemarie Worst (NED) 5 DNS 5 4 11 79
8  Manon Bakker (NED) DNS 14 9 9 3 71
9  Puck Pieterse (NED) 6 11 23 7 17 66
10  Anna Kay (GBR) 9 7 30 18 7 63
11  Fem Van Empel (NED) DNS 18 4 10 12 60
12  Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA) 8 15 12 13 23 59
13  Aniek van Alphen (NED) DNS 8 16 12 14 54
14  Yara Kastelijn (NED) 10 Ret 10 17 16 51
15  Marianne Vos (NED) DNS DNS 14 11 10 43
16  Eva Lechner (ITA) 26 10 13 DNS 13 42
17  Evie Richards (GBR) DNS 6 DNS DNS 8 38
18  Perrine Clauzel (FRA) 16 9 45 23 18 38
19  Christine Majerus (LUX) DNS 13 11 DNS 21 33
20  Alicia Franck (BEL) 13 21 28 19 19 32
21  Laura Verdonschot (BEL) 7 Ret 29 15 DNS 30
22  Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA) 20 35 19 24 15 26
23  Inge van der Heijden (NED) 19 17 24 22 Ret 22
24  Maghalie Rochette (CAN) 11 Ret 27 20 29 21
25  Sophie de Boer (NED) 18 24 21 21 Ret 20
26  Anne Tauber (NED) DNS DNS DNS 14 20 18
27  Madigan Munro (USA) DNS 19 15 37 27 18
28  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) DNS DNS 18 16 DNS 18
29  Hélène Clauzel (FRA) 33 16 22 DNS 24 16
30  Francesca Baroni (ITA) 14 DNS DNS DNS 30 12
31  Lucía González Blanco (ESP) 15 Ret 42 26 43 11
32  Rebecca Fahringer (USA) DNS 32 17 28 28 9
33  Gaia Realini (ITA) 17 DNS DNS DNS 26 9
34  Harriet Harnden (GBR) DNS 20 DNS 27 25 7
35  Kaitlin Keough (USA) DNS 30 20 30 39 6
36  Josie Nelson (GBR) 21 39 DNS DNS DNS 5
37  Silvio Persico (ITA) 47 45 44 DNS 22 4
38  Marlène Petit (FRA) DNS 22 41 DNS DNS 4
39  Marthe Truyen (BEL) 22 40 34 33 41 4
40  Ellen Van Loy (BEL) 23 29 37 25 31 4
41  Ruby West (CAN) DNS 23 31 DNS 32 3
42  Zina Barhoumi (SUI) 24 26 35 DNS 49 2
43  Katie Compton (USA) 31 25 25 49 42 2
44  Joyce Vanderbeken (BEL) 25 28 33 34 50 1

Notes

References

  1. ^ UCI maakt 14 crossen van nieuwe wereldbeker bekend: Diegem en Antwerpen zijn er bij (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Rules 2017, p. 20.
  3. ^ "UCI scraps Waterloo, Dublin 2020 Cyclo-cross World Cup rounds". velonews.com. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Koksijde cyclocross World Cup called off due to COVID-19". velonews.com. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ "The UCI updates on the 2020-2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup calendar". velonews.com. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

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