2017–18 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

The 2017–18 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 17 September 2017 and 28 January 2018, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Wout van Aert in the men's competition and Sophie de Boer in the women's competition.

2017–18 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Details
Location
  • United States
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • France
  • Netherlands
Races9
Champions
Male individual champion Mathieu van der Poel (NED) (Beobank–Corendon & Corendon–Circus[a])
Female individual champion Sanne Cant (BEL) (IKO–Beobank)

Both elite titles were won at the penultimate round of the season at Nommay. Despite finishing twelfth in the race, Sanne Cant won the women's title after her closest rival Kaitlin Keough finished the Nommay race in second behind compatriot Katie Compton.[1] Cant was the only female rider to win more than once, winning five times during the season. Other races were won by Kateřina Nash, Maud Kaptheijns and Evie Richards, who became the first under-23 woman to win an elite race, when she won at Namur.

In the men's competition, Mathieu van der Poel won each of the first four races to build up a lead on van Aert and the rest. Van Aert won the next two races in Germany and at Namur, but with wins at Heusden-Zolder and Nommay,[2] van der Poel gathered an unassailable lead going into the final round at Hoogerheide; he won that race as well, garnering podium finishes at all nine events during the campaign.

The men's under-23 title was won by Tom Pidcock, having won four World Cup races in as many starts, giving him an unassailable lead after the Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck at Circuit Zolder,[3] as a rider's best four scores (from seven races) counted towards the classification.[4] The women's under-23 title was won by Fleur Nagengast, while the junior men's title went to Tomáš Kopecký.

Points distribution

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

Points awarded
Position12345678910
Elite riders[5][b]80706560555048464442
U23/Junior riders[5]60504540353028262422
  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[5] As well as this, only the top four scores for each rider count towards the World Cup standings.[4]

Events

In comparison to last season, the races in Las Vegas, Rome (Fiuggi) and Valkenburg were replaced by Bogense, Nommay and Waterloo. The race in Bogense marked the first ever Cyclo-cross World Cup in Denmark, as a precursor to the 2019 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships being held there.[8]

DateRaceLocationWinners
Elite menElite womenUnder-23 menJunior men
17 SeptemberJingle Cross Iowa City, United States  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Kateřina Nash (CZE)No under-23 or junior race
24 SeptemberWorld Cup Waterloo Waterloo, United States  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Sanne Cant (BEL)
2 OctoberDuinencross Koksijde, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Maud Kaptheijns (NED)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Pim Ronhaar (NED)
19 NovemberCrossDenmark Bogense, Denmark  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Sanne Cant (BEL)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Tomáš Kopecký (CZE)
25 NovemberPoldercross Zeven Zeven, Germany  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Sanne Cant (BEL)  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Pim Ronhaar (NED)
17 DecemberCitadelcross Namur, Belgium  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Evie Richards (GBR)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Loris Rouiller (SUI)
26 DecemberGrand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck Heusden-Zolder, Belgium  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Sanne Cant (BEL)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Tomáš Kopecký (CZE)
21 JanuaryGrand Prix Nommay Nommay, France  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Katie Compton (USA)  Thijs Aerts (BEL)  Mees Hendrikx (NED)
28 JanuaryGrand Prix Adri van der Poel Hoogerheide, Netherlands  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Sanne Cant (BEL)  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)  Niels Vandeputte (BEL)

Final points standings

Elite men

Pos.RiderJIN
WAT
KOK
BOG
ZEV
NAM
ZOL
NOM
HOO
Points
1  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)111123111695
2  Wout van Aert (BEL)1473211322585
3  Toon Aerts (BEL)7811332837493
4  Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL)648955953474
5  Laurens Sweeck (BEL)22147198264466
6  Kevin Pauwels (BEL)4612106412105437
7  Corné van Kessel (NED)1221464661812428
8  Tim Merlier (BEL)1752251312746408
9  Lars van der Haar (NED)5172411194Ret9395
10  Daan Soete (BEL)11362017951313395
120 riders scored points[9]

Elite women

Pos.RiderJIN
WAT
KOK
BOG
ZEV
NAM
ZOL
NOM
HOO
Points
1  Sanne Cant (BEL)31311121121608
2  Kaitlin Keough (USA)22831161625501
3  Eva Lechner (ITA)101311473372476
4  Nikki Brammeier (GBR)9199108211148401
5  Katie Compton (USA)19425DNS342122400
6  Kateřina Nash (CZE)16647141120396
7  Helen Wyman (GBR)16257221527427393
8  Ellen Van Loy (BEL)12712523118915375
9  Maud Kaptheijns (NED)5101281891910351
10  Sophie de Boer (NED)4421151337337
123 total riders[c] scored points[10]

Under-23 men

Pos.RiderKOK
BOG
ZEV
NAM
ZOL
NOM
HOO
Points
1  Tom Pidcock (GBR)1111(2)240
2  Eli Iserbyt (BEL)(3)(2)1221220
3  Thijs Aerts (BEL)4(8)2(10)51(7)185
4  Adam Ťoupalík (CZE)258(9)4(21)151
5  Yannick Peeters (BEL)(7)74(28)(18)45143
6  Sieben Wouters (NED)83(Ret)46(16)(11)141
7  Toon Vandebosch (BEL)646(19)(11)(14)4140
8  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED)11(16)(Ret)(Ret)373138
9  Joshua Dubau (FRA)(28)(10)5693(18)134
10  Jakob Dorigoni (ITA)(22)(Ret)57128108
72 riders scored points[11]

Under-23 women

Pos.RiderJIN
WAT
KOK
BOG
ZEV
NAM
ZOL
NOM
HOO
Points
1  Fleur Nagengast (NED)241818162028231628268
2  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)2014142715179243
3  Laura Verdonschot (BEL)159107Ret170
4  Emma White (USA)118211831169
5  Inge van der Heijden (NED)3430Ret23222612159
6  Evie Richards (GBR)13145
7  Nadja Heigl (AUT)36323720303140131
8  Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA)33243436412046123
9  Nikola Nosková (CZE)22222138101
10  Manon Bakker (NED)413245212987
43 riders scored points[10]

Junior men

Pos.RiderKOK
BOG
ZEV
NAM
ZOL
NOM
HOO
Points
1  Tomáš Kopecký (CZE)(3)12(7)13(4)215
2  Pim Ronhaar (NED)131(8)(7)5200
3  Mees Hendrikx (NED)(6)23(6)(8)13200
4  Loris Rouiller (SUI)(7)(6)4154(12)175
5  Jarno Bellens (BEL)4(5)5(12)2(9)2175
6  Niels Vandeputte (BEL)(10)8(25)(10)361161
7  Ryan Kamp (NED)2(7)(14)2(9)77156
8  Ryan Cortjens (BEL)(12)74(22)210140
9  Ben Tulett (GBR)161634(Ret)115
10  Luke Verburg (NED)(17)46(37)11(22)16105
74 riders scored points[12]

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