2025–26 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

2025–26 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Thirty-third edition of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Details
Dates23 November 2025 – 25 January 2026 (2025-11-23 – 2026-01-25)
Location
Races12


The 2025–26 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup is the 33rd edition of UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup. It is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and Flanders Classics, that takes place between 23 November 2025 (2025-11-23) and 25 January 2026 (2026-01-25).

The defending champions in the Elite category were Michael Vanthourenhout in the men's competition and Lucinda Brand in the women's competition.

Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race.[1] The top 25 riders receive points.

  • For the top ten finishers the points were allocated according 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.
  • 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.

Race Categories

There were races in 5 categories Elite Men, Elite Women, Under-23 Men, Junior Men and Junior Women. There was no separate race for Under-23 Women but the riders in this category took part in the Elite Women race. There were separate classification in all 6 above categories.


Calendar

In total there were 12 World Cup events held during the season. All events included Elite Women and Elite Men races, but only 6 of the 12 events included an Under-23 or Junior race.

Compared to the previous edition the races in Dublin, Besançon and Hulst (site of 2026 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships) were removed and replaced by the races in Tábor, Flamanville and Koksijde. Also the race in Cabras which was cancelled in 2025 due to the bad weather was replaced by a new race in Terralba in the same region.

# Date Race Location Categories
1 23 November 2025 (2025-11-23) Cyklokros Tábor Tábor All
2 30 November 2025 (2025-11-30) Cyclo-cross Flamanville Flamanville All
3 7 December 2025 (2025-12-07) Cyclo-cross Terralba-Sardinia Terralba Elite
4 14 December 2025 (2025-12-14) Citadelcross Namur Namur Elite
5 20 December 2025 (2025-12-20) Scheldecross Antwerpen Antwerp Elite
6 21 December 2025 (2025-12-21) Duinencross Koksijde Koksijde All
7 26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) Cyclo-cross Gavere Gavere Elite
8 28 December 2025 (2025-12-28) Ambiancecross Dendermonde All
9 4 January 2026 (2026-01-04) Cyclo-cross Zonhoven Zonhoven Elite
10 18 January 2026 (2026-01-18) Cyclo-cross Benidorm Benidorm All
11 24 January 2026 (2026-01-24) Cyclo-cross Maasmechelen Maasmechelen Elite
12 25 January 20256 (20256-01-25) Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel Hoogerheide All

Results

Elite Women

Race results

Date Race Distance Winner Second Third Competition leader
23 November Tábor 16.66 km  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Sara Casasola (ITA)  Inge van der Heijden (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED) [2]
30 November Flamanville 17.45 km  Aniek van Alphen (NED)  Amandine Fouquenet (FRA)  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)  Aniek van Alphen (NED) [3]
7 December Terralba 18.97 km  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Aniek van Alphen (NED)  Shirin van Anrooij (NED) [4]
14 December Namur 17.30 km  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Aniek van Alphen (NED)  Amandine Fouquenet (FRA) [5]
20 December Antwerp 19.87 km  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)  Aniek van Alphen (NED)  Lucinda Brand (NED) [6]
21 December Koksijde 17.25 km  Lucinda Brand (NED)  Shirin van Anrooij (NED)  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) [7]
26 December Gavere
28 December Dendermonde
4 January Zonhoven
18 January Benidorm
24 January Maasmechelen
25 January Hoogerheide

Elite Men

Race results

Date Race Distance Winner Second Third Competition leader
23 November Tábor 26.56 km  Thibau Nys (BEL)  Laurens Sweeck (BEL)  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED)  Thibau Nys (BEL) [8]
30 November Flamanville 26.15 km  Thibau Nys (BEL)  Lars van der Haar (NED)  Cameron Mason (GBR) [9]
7 December Terralba 28.41 km  Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL)  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED)  Laurens Sweeck (BEL) [10]
14 December Namur 22.30 km  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Thibau Nys (BEL)  Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) [11]
20 December Antwerp 26.47 km  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Laurens Sweeck (BEL)  Emiel Verstrynge (BEL)  Laurens Sweeck (BEL) [12]
21 December Koksijde 24.05 km  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Laurens Sweeck (BEL)  Niels Vandeputte (BEL) [13]
26 December Gavere
28 December Dendermonde
4 January Zonhoven
18 January Benidorm
24 January Maasmechelen
25 January Hoogerheide

Under-23 Women

There was no separate race for Under-23 Women. The riders in this age category competed in the Elite Women race, and received World Cup points based on the standing in the combined Elite/Under-23 race. So for example finishing first among the Under-23 riders but fifth in the combined Elite/Under-23 classification would give not 40 but 20 points.

The leader of the classification wore a blue/white World Cup leader jersey, distinct from the Elite Women's red/white jersey.

Race results

Date Race Distance Winner Second Third Competition leader
23 November Tábor 16.66 km  Leonie Bentveld (NED)  Fleur Moors (BEL)  Viktória Chladoňová (SVK)  Leonie Bentveld (NED) [2]
30 November Flamanville 17.45 km  Leonie Bentveld (NED)  Fleur Moors (BEL)  Célia Gery (FRA) [3]
7 December Terralba 18.97 km  Leonie Bentveld (NED)  Lauren Molengraaf (NED)  Giorgia Pellizotti (ITA) [4]
14 December Namur 17.30 km  Leonie Bentveld (NED)  Amandine Muller (FRA)  Célia Gery (FRA) [5]
20 December Antwerp 19.87 km  Leonie Bentveld (NED)  Fleur Moors (BEL)  Célia Gery (FRA) [6]
21 December Koksijde 17.25 km  Leonie Bentveld (NED)  Célia Gery (FRA)  Fleur Moors (BEL) [7]
26 December Gavere
28 December Dendermonde
4 January Zonhoven
18 January Benidorm
24 January Maasmechelen
25 January Hoogerheide

Under-23 Men

Race results

Date Race Distance Winner Second Third Competition leader
23 November Tábor 19.96 km  David Haverdings (NED)  Aubin Sparfel (FRA)  Stefano Viezzi (ITA)  David Haverdings (NED) [14]
30 November Flamanville 20.35 km  Aubin Sparfel (FRA)  Yordi Corsus (BEL)  Stefano Viezzi (ITA)  Aubin Sparfel (FRA) [15]
21 December Koksijde 20.65 km  David Haverdings (NED)  Aubin Sparfel (FRA)  Guus van den Eijnden (NED) [16]
28 December Dendermonde
18 January Benidorm
25 January Hoogerheide

Junior Women

Race results

Date Race Distance Winner Second Third Competition leader
23 November Tábor 13.36 km  Barbora Bukovská (CZE)  Lise Revol (FRA)  Giorgia Pellizotti (ITA)  Barbora Bukovská (CZE) [17]
30 November Flamanville 14.55 km  Lise Revol (FRA)  Giorgia Pellizotti (ITA)  Lucie Grohová (CZE)  Lise Revol (FRA) [18]
21 December Koksijde 13.85 km  Lise Revol (FRA)  Laly Pichon (FRA)  Isis Versluis (NED) [19]
28 December Dendermonde
18 January Benidorm
25 January Hoogerheide

Junior Men

Race results

Date Race Distance Winner Second Third Competition leader
23 November Tábor 16.66 km  Soren Bruyère Joumard (FRA)  Jari Van Lee (BEL)  Filippo Grigolini (ITA)  Soren Bruyère Joumard (FRA) [20]
30 November Flamanville 14.55 km  Filippo Grigolini (ITA)  Soren Bruyère Joumard (FRA)  Patrik Pezzo Rosola (ITA) [21]
21 December Koksijde 17.25 km  Giel Lejeune (BEL)  Delano Heeren (NED)  Cas Timmermans (NED)  Filippo Grigolini (ITA) [22]
28 December Dendermonde
18 January Benidorm
25 January Hoogerheide

See also

References

  1. ^ "UIC Cyclo-cross Rules and Regulations" (PDF). uci.org. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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  4. ^ a b "UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup Terralba – Sardegna Women Elite Individual Results" (PDF). UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
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