2019–20 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

The 2019–20 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 14 September 2019 and 26 January 2020, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Toon Aerts in the men's competition and Marianne Vos in the women's competition.

2019–20 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Details
Location
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland
  • United States
Races9
Champions
Male individual champion Toon Aerts (BEL) (Telenet–Baloise Lions)
Female individual champion Annemarie Worst (NED) (777)

Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders at 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[1][lower-alpha 1] 80 70 65 60 55 50 48 46 44 42
U23/Junior riders[1] 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.[1]
  • 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.[1] As well as this, only the top four scores for each rider count towards the World Cup standings.[4]

Events

In comparison to the previous season, the race in Pontchâteau was replaced by the Cyclo-cross de Nommay and the two American races were swapped around.

Date Race Location Winners
Elite men Elite women Under-23 men Junior men
14 September Jingle Cross Iowa City, United States  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Maghalie Rochette (CAN) No under-23 or junior race
22 September World Cup Waterloo Waterloo, United States  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Kateřina Nash (CZE)
20 October Cyclo-cross Bern Bern, Switzerland  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Annemarie Worst (NED)  Kevin Kuhn (SUI)  Thibau Nys (BEL)
16 November Cyklokros Tábor Tábor, Czech Republic  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Annemarie Worst (NED)  Thomas Mein (GBR)  Thibau Nys (BEL)
24 November Duinencross Koksijde Koksijde, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)  Niels Vandeputte (BEL)  Thibau Nys (BEL)
22 December Citadelcross Namur, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Kevin Kuhn (SUI)  Thibau Nys (BEL)
26 December Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck Heusden-Zolder, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Kevin Kuhn (SUI)  Thibau Nys (BEL)
19 January Cyclo-cross de Nommay Nommay, France  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Annemarie Worst (NED)  Ryan Kamp (NED)  Thibau Nys (BEL)
26 January Grand Prix Adri van der Poel Hoogerheide, Netherlands  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Ryan Kamp (NED)  Dario Lillo (SUI)

Points standings

Elite men
Pos. Rider JIN
 WAT
 BER
 TAB
 KOK
 NAM
 ZOL
 NOM
 HOO
 Points
1  Toon Aerts (BEL) 2 2 2 5 3 2 14 2 2 577
2  Eli Iserbyt (BEL) 1 1 1 2 13 Ret 13 1 3 531
3  Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) 7 3 3 4 8 7 4 11 4 492
4  Laurens Sweeck (BEL) 5 16 8 9 2 9 2 3 9 473
5  Lars van der Haar (NED) 6 13 6 3 4 6 9 4 6 467
6  Quinten Hermans (BEL) 9 6 4 7 5 15 3 7 13 444
7  Corne van Kessel (NED) Ret 5 5 6 6 3 6 6 10 417
8  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 1 1 1 1 1 400
9  Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) 4 4 24 12 20 11 5 8 16 393
10  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) 26 8 9 11 21 14 8 16 14 340

Elite women
Pos. Rider JIN
 WAT
 BER
 TAB
 KOK
 NAM
 ZOL
 NOM
 HOO
 Points
1  Annemarie Worst (NED) 1 1 5 3 3 1 2 495
2  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) 2 2 1 2 2 2 6 480
3  Kateřina Nash (CZE) 2 1 7 18 14 5 15 12 19 430
4  Inge van der Heijden (NED) 4 21 21 12 4 14 5 18 9 388
5  Katie Compton (USA) 22 19 6 13 11 7 12 3 15 377
6  Maghalie Rochette (CAN) 1 5 11 16 9 14 11 8 375
7  Lucinda Brand (NED) 4 2 1 1 1 370
8  Anna Kay (GBR) 12 14 3 7 12 30 19 19 18 346
9  Caroline Mani (FRA) 8 6 22 14 21 17 27 7 14 335
10  Manon Bakker (NED) 13 8 13 17 13 12 33 5 24 333

Notes
  1. Women's under-23 riders were awarded points on the elite scale, as all women competed within the same race.[2] Two jerseys were awarded; one for the leading elite woman and one for the leading under-23 woman.[3]

References
  1. Rules, p. 20.
  2. Rules, p. 2.
  3. Rules, p. 22.
  4. Rules, p. 21.

Sources
  • Part 5 Cyclo-cross (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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