Start Lists: 2018 World Cup Namur, 16 Americans, 13 Canadians Set to Race

World Cup racing resumes this Sunday at the famed Citadel of Namur. After the last round of World Cups was largely devoid of U.S. and Canadian riders, an impressive contingent of 16 Americans and 13 Canadians will be toeing the line at the hilly and technical race in Namur.

Marianne Vos (WaowDeals Pro Cycling) returns as the World Cup leader at a time she would normally just be starting her cyclocross season. Last year’s winner Evie Richards (Trek Factory Racing CX) is also back as the current U23 leader (and fifth overall).

Two riders who will not be starting are Ellen Van Loy (Telenet Fidea Lions) and Kim Van De Steene (Tarteletto – Isorex). Van Loy is still recovering from an injury suffered at Druivencross earlier this month.

Starting for the North American women are Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight), Ellen Noble (Trek Factory Racing CX), Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Elle Anderson (Milwaukee – Alpha Motorhomes), Rebecca Fahringer (Kona Maxxis Shimano), Jen Malik (Redkite Racing), Emily Werner (Amy D. Foundation), Corey Coogan Cisek (Amy D. Foundation), Maghalie Rochette (CX Fever p/b Specialized), Ruby West (Specialized – TenSpeed Hero), Magdeleine Valleries Mill (Quebecor/Stingray), Dana Gilligan (Next Wave), Jenn Jackson (AWI Racing p/b the Crank and Sprocket) and Sidney McGill (Focus CX Canada).

Last year’s race at Namur was one of the few Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) won during the 2017/18 season. He will be seeking to again stop Mathieu van der Poel’s (Corendon – Circus) dominance in 2018.

With both the U.S. and Canadian Nationals in the books, the Elite Men’s start list features a number of North Americans for this round of races. Curtis White (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Stephen Hyde (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Kerry Werner (Kona Maxxis Shimano), Cody Kaiser (LangeTwins / Specialized), Tyler Cloutier (Garneau – Easton p/b Transitions LifeCare), Max Judelson (Voler/Clif/HRS/Rock Lobster), Michael van den Ham (Garneau – Easton p/b Transitions LifeCare) and Cameron Jette are on the start list.

For the other races, Gage Hecht (Alpha Bicycle – Groove Subaru), Gunnar Holmgren (Hardwood Next Wave Cycling Team), Nicholas Diniz (NCCH Elite p/b MGCC) and Tyler Orschel (Brevard College) will be racing the U23 Men’s race, and Alex Morton (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Ryan Maclean (Juventus CC) and Paul Mysko (Centurion Next Wave).

World Cup Namur takes place on Sunday. Elite Women start at 7:30 a.m. EST and the Elite Men at 9:00 a.m. EST.

Full Elite start lists are below. All start lists are available on the UCI website.

Elite Women's Start Lists: 2018 World Cup Namur

Nr	Name	Country	YOB	UCI Rank
1	CANT Sanne	BEL	1990	1
2	VAN LOY Ellen	BEL	1980	7
3	SELS Loes	BEL	1985	10
4	VERDONSCHOT Laura	BEL	1996	23
5	VANDERBEKEN Joyce	BEL	1984	35
6	VAN DE STEENE Kim	BEL	1986	36
7	*BELLAERT Axelle	BEL	1997	102
8	*TRUYEN Marthe	BEL	1999	112
9	*VAN LOY Tess	BEL	2001	491
10	*ZWAENEPOEL Tessa	BEL	2001
S 11	VERHOEVEN Suzanne	BEL	1996	144
12	COMPTON Katherine	USA	1978	2
13	KEOUGH Kaitlin	USA	1992	3
14	NOBLE Ellen	USA	1995	13
15	ANDERSON Elle	USA	1988	28
16	FAHRINGER Rebecca	USA	1989	32
17	MALIK Jennifer	USA	1991	104
18	WERNER Emily	USA	1993	163
19	COOGAN CISEK Corey	USA	1977	186
20	WORST Annemarie	NED	1995	4
21	BRAND Lucinda	NED	1989	9
22	VOS Marianne	NED	1987	5
23	BETSEMA Denise	NED	1993	12
24	*ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen	NED	1998	14
25	KAPTHEIJNS Maud	NED	1994	20
26	*NAGENGAST Fleur	NED	1998	29
27	*VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge	NED	1999	30
28	*BAKKER Manon	NED	1999	37
29	DE BOER Sophie	NED	1990	45
30	*PIETERSE Puck	NED	2002	157
31	*VAN ANROOIJ Shirin	NED	2002	175
32	MANI Caroline	FRA	1987	26
33	PETIT Marlene	FRA	1991	34
34	*NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion	FRA	1999	44
35	MOREL PETITGIRARD Marlene	FRA	1988	53
36	GRIMAULT Anais	FRA	1995	100
37	*CURINIER Lea	FRA	2001	132
38	*DEVAUX Marceline	FRA	1999	142
39	*VANDERMOUTEN Pasquine	FRA	2001	143
40	CLAUZEL Perrine	FRA	1994	176
41	*DURAFFOURG Lauriane	FRA	2002	191
S 42	DELHAYE Pauline	FRA	1989	111
S 43	*VEZIE Laurie	FRA	2001	293
44	WYMAN Helen	GBR	1981	11
45	BRAMMEIER Nikki	GBR	1986	19
46	*RICHARDS Evie	GBR	1997	21
47	CRUMPTON Bethany	GBR	1994	47
48	*KAY Anna	GBR	1999	54
49	*HARNDEN Harriet	GBR	2001	69
50	*JAMES Ffion	GBR	1997	84
51	*WADSWORTH Emily	GBR	1999	155
52	*FLYNN Anna	GBR	2002	207
53	*WADSWORTH Maddie	GBR	2002	208
54	ROCHETTE Maghalie	CAN	1993	15
55	*WEST Ruby	CAN	1999	40
56	*VALLIERES MILL Magdeleine	CAN	2001	72
57	*GILLIGAN Dana	CAN	1999	99
58	JACKSON Jenn	CAN	1995	149
59	*MCGILL Sidney	CAN	1999	309
60	NUNO PALACIO Aida	ESP	1983	17
61	GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia	ESP	1990	25
62	*IBARROLA ALBIZUA Luisa	ESP	2000	76
63	*TRABAZO BRAGADO Irene	ESP	1998	86
64	TREVILLA SAMPERIO Sandra	ESP	1992	130
65	*DIAZ LOPEZ Paula	ESP	1997	160
66	*PARAJON FUENTES Maria	ESP	2002	408
67	LECHNER Eva	ITA	1985	8
68	ARZUFFI Alice Maria	ITA	1994	6
69	BARONI Francesca	ITA	1999	46
70	HAVLIKOVA Pavla	CZE	1983	22
71	CZECZINKAROVA Jana	CZE	1997	42
72	BAJGEROVA Nikola	CZE	1997	62
73	UNGERMANOVA Elizabeth	CZE	1999	63
74	MAJERUS Christine	LUX	1987	16
75	BRANDAU Elisabeth	GER	1985	24
76	PAUL Stefanie	GER	1986	138
77	HINZ Katharina Julia	GER	1997	201
78	SCHWAGER Mara	GER	1982	439
79	STEFFENHAGEN Diana	GER	1985	440
80	SMIDTH KNUDSEN Victoria	DEN	1993	240
81	MOTTUS Mari-Liis	EST	1997	87
82	KUKK Katlin	EST	2001	333
83	ERNGREN Isa	SWE	1989	95
84	JANSSON Isa	SWE	1998	332
85	NEFF Jolanda	SUI	1993	66
86	BARHOUMI Zina	SUI	1996	81
87	RUEGG Noemi	SUI	2001	90
88	KOLLER Nicole	SUI	1997	105
89	FREI Sina	SUI	1997	140
90	KRAHEMANN Lara	SUI	1999	151
91	ROUILLER Melissa	SUI	2002	296
92	COTTIER Lucie	SUI	2002	376
93	VAS Kata Blanka	HUN	2001	74
94	HEIGL Nadja	AUT	1996	27

Elite Men's Start List: 2018 World Cup Namur

Bib	Name	Country	YOB	UCI Rank
1	VAN AERT Wout	BEL	1994	2
2	AERTS Toon	BEL	1993	3
3	SWEECK Laurens	BEL	1993	4
4	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	BEL	1993	5
5	HERMANS Quinten	BEL	1995	7
6	MERLIER Tim	BEL	1992	9
7	SOETE Daan	BEL	1994	10
8	PAUWELS Kevin	BEL	1984	16
9	AERTS Thijs	BEL	1996	19
10	MEEUSEN Tom	BEL	1988	21
11	VERMEERSCH Gianni	BEL	1992	22
12	AERNOUTS Jim	BEL	1989	24
13	SWEECK Diether	BEL	1993	26
14	BAESTAENS Vincent	BEL	1989	31
15	CLEPPE Nicolas	BEL	1995	32
16	ADAMS Jens	BEL	1992	34
17	MERLIER Braam	BEL	1994	37
18	VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter	BEL	1985	46
19	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	NED	1995	1
20	VAN DER HAAR Lars	NED	1991	6
21	VAN KESSEL Corne	NED	1991	8
22	VAN DER POEL David	NED	1992	11
23	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	NED	1996	30
24	WOUTERS Sieben	NED	1996	47
25	GODRIE Stan	NED	1993	48
26	VAN DER MEER Gosse	NED	1995	73
27	CHAINEL Steve	FRA	1983	14
28	BOULO Matthieu	FRA	1989	28
29	CANAL Fabien	FRA	1989	35
30	MOUREY Francis	FRA	1980	40
31	MENUT David	FRA	1992	50
32	GRAS Yan	FRA	1996	59
33	DUBAU Joshua	FRA	1996	68
34	DUBAU Lucas	FRA	1996	93
S 35	FALENTA Alois	FRA	1989	79
S 36	PERIOU Tony	FRA	1995	201
S 37	HUMBERT Valentin	FRA	1996	252
38	WILDHABER Marcel	SUI	1985	42
39	SAGESSER Severin	SUI	1992	58
40	RUEGG Timon	SUI	1996	83
41	WINTERBERG Lukas	SUI	1988	421
42	BOROS Michael	CZE	1992	18
43	NESVADBA Jan	CZE	1991	29
44	TOUPALIK Adam	CZE	1996	45
45	BERTOLINI Gioele	ITA	1995	33
46	ESTEBAN AGUERO Ismael	ESP	1983	41
47	ORTS LLORET Felipe	ESP	1995	15
48	SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin	ESP	1994	49
49	RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier	ESP	1979	76
50	ANIA GONZALEZ Daniel	ESP	1987	377
51	WHITE Curtis	USA	1995	20
52	HYDE Stephen	USA	1987	27
53	WERNER Kerry	USA	1991	17
54	KAISER Cody	USA	1992	60
55	CLOUTIER Tyler	USA	1989	172
56	JUDELSON Max	USA	1987	296
57	MEISEN Marcel	GER	1989	13
58	WEBER Sascha	GER	1988	69
59	SCHMIDT Marvin	GER	1992	375
60	EDHOFER Thomas	GER	1985
61	NISSEN Soren	LUX	1984	129
62	TURCHI Luc	LUX	1995
63	VAN DEN HAM Michael	CAN	1992	38
64	JETTE Cameron	CAN	1987	416
65	TAKENOUCHI Yu	JPN	1988	171
66	FIELD Ian	GBR	1986	63
67	MILLBURN Garry	AUS	1987	70
68	HANSEN Kenneth	DEN	1991	124
69	ERIKSSON Martin	SWE	1992	103
70	JANSSON Henrik	SWE	1995	143
71	ERIKSSON David	SWE	1995	160
72	HEIGL Philipp	AUT	1993	207