Preliminary start lists for Sunday’s World Cup Waterloo are now available.
The fields include many of the world’s top riders, with 13 of the top 20 women in the UCI rankings and 15 of the top 20 men scheduled to start.
The biggest news for the Women’s field is that seven-time world champion Marianne Vos (WaowDeals Pro Cycling) will be making her first U.S. World Cup trip. She joins two-time world champion Sanne Cant (IKO-Beobank) in heading up the Women’s field.
Marianne Vos will be at the 2018 World Cup Waterloo. Elite Women, 2018 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Valkenburg-Limburg, The Netherlands. © Gavin Gould / Cyclocross Magazine
For the Men’s race, the headline is a name that is missing. Mathieu van der Poel is skipping the U.S. trip after his long mountain bike season.
Both the women and men’s U.S. contingents are maxed out at 16 with potential substitutes. Canada has a total of 10 riders, Australia 3 and Sofia Gomez-Villafañe (Pivot Cycles/Maxxis p/b Stan’s/DNA Cycling) will be representing Argentina. Trek-sponsored athlete Evie Richards (Trek Factory Racing) will be starting her cyclocross season early in Waterloo for Great Britain.
Full preliminary start lists are below. Start lists are finalized on Saturday.
Stay tuned for on-site coverage of the Trek CX Cup and World Cup Waterloo.
Featured image: Dave Mable
Women's Start List: 2018 World Cup Waterloo
| Bib | Name | Country | UCI Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CANT Sanne | BEL | 1 |
| 2 | VAN LOY Ellen | BEL | 8 |
| 3 | SELS Loes | BEL | 9 |
| 4 | FRANCK Alicia | BEL | 103 |
| 5 | *BELLAERT Axelle | BEL | 164 |
| 6 | COMPTON Katherine | USA | 2 |
| 7 | KEOUGH Kaitlin | USA | 3 |
| 8 | NOBLE Ellen | USA | 18 |
| 9 | ANDERSON Elle | USA | 19 |
| 10 | MCFADDEN Courtenay | USA | 27 |
| 11 | FAHRINGER Rebecca | USA | 30 |
| 12 | ANTHONY Crystal | USA | 35 |
| 13 | GILBERT Sunny | USA | 46 |
| 14 | RUNNELS Samantha | USA | 54 |
| 15 | KEMMERER Arley | USA | 55 |
| 16 | NAUMAN Amanda | USA | 58 |
| 17 | MAXIMENKO Cassandra | USA | 60 |
| 18 | *HONSINGER Clara | USA | 61 |
| 19 | MALIK Jennifer | USA | 81 |
| 20 | WILLIAMS Lily | USA | 86 |
| 21 | *SWARTZ Emma | USA | 87 |
| S 22 | GROSS Rebecca | USA | 100 |
| 23 | KAPTHEIJNS Maud | NED | 6 |
| 24 | DE BOER Sophie | NED | 20 |
| 25 | *NAGENGAST Fleur | NED | 32 |
| 26 | *VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge | NED | 44 |
| 27 | VOS Marianne | NED | 47 |
| 28 | *BAKKER Manon | NED | 49 |
| 29 | HOEKE Geerte | NED | 71 |
| 30 | MANI Caroline | FRA | 12 |
| 31 | WYMAN Helen | GBR | 5 |
| 32 | *RICHARDS Evie | GBR | 25 |
| 33 | ROCHETTE Maghalie | CAN | 29 |
| 34 | *WEST Ruby | CAN | 38 |
| 35 | KELLY Siobhan | CAN | 131 |
| 36 | *GILLIGAN Dana | CAN | 144 |
| 37 | LECHNER Eva | ITA | 4 |
| 38 | NASH Katerina | CZE | 10 |
| 39 | REDMOND Natalie | AUS | 82 |
| 40 | MORRIS Fiona | AUS | 297 |
| 41 | HURST Kim | NZL | 160 |
| 42 | GOMEZ VILLAFANE Sofia | ARG | 72 |
Men's Start List: 2018 World Cup Waterloo
| Bib | Name | Country | UCI Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VAN AERT Wout | BEL | 2 |
| 2 | AERTS Toon | BEL | 3 |
| 3 | SWEECK Laurens | BEL | 4 |
| 4 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | BEL | 5 |
| 5 | MERLIER Tim | BEL | 8 |
| 6 | SOETE Daan | BEL | 9 |
| 7 | HERMANS Quinten | BEL | 10 |
| 8 | *ISERBYT Eli | BEL | 14 |
| 9 | PAUWELS Kevin | BEL | 15 |
| 10 | ADAMS Jens | BEL | 23 |
| 11 | MEEUSEN Tom | BEL | 24 |
| 12 | AERTS Thijs | BEL | 27 |
| 13 | SWEECK Diether | BEL | 34 |
| 14 | AERNOUTS Jim | BEL | 36 |
| 15 | CLEPPE Nicolas | BEL | 42 |
| 16 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | NED | 6 |
| 17 | VAN KESSEL Corne | NED | 7 |
| 18 | GODRIE Stan | NED | 48 |
| 19 | WOUTERS Sieben | NED | 53 |
| 20 | CHAINEL Steve | FRA | 16 |
| 21 | CANAL Fabien | FRA | 28 |
| 22 | BOULO Matthieu | FRA | 30 |
| 23 | FALENTA Alois | FRA | 86 |
| 24 | BOROS Michael | CZE | 17 |
| 25 | HYDE Stephen | USA | 13 |
| 26 | ORTENBLAD Tobin | USA | 19 |
| 27 | WERNER Kerry | USA | 22 |
| 28 | POWERS Jeremy | USA | 44 |
| 29 | WHITE Curtis | USA | 49 |
| 30 | KISSEBERTH Jack | USA | 50 |
| 31 | *PETROV Spencer | USA | 55 |
| 32 | CLARK Anthony | USA | 61 |
| 33 | DRISCOLL James | USA | 62 |
| 34 | *HAIDET Lance | USA | 76 |
| 35 | LINDINE Justin | USA | 77 |
| 36 | KAISER Cody | USA | 82 |
| 37 | THOMPSON Eric | USA | 87 |
| 38 | *BRUNNER Eric | USA | 94 |
| 39 | KRUGHOFF Allen | USA | 103 |
| 40 | ELLWOOD Grant | USA | 121 |
| S 41 | DILLMAN Andrew | USA | 153 |
| S 42 | SELANDER Bjorn | USA | 160 |
| 43 | VAN DEN HAM Michael | CAN | 41 |
| 44 | O'DONNELL Trevor | CAN | 147 |
| 45 | RICHEY Craig | CAN | 155 |
| 46 | *SANDERSON Brody | CAN | 166 |
| 47 | *HOLMGREN Gunnar | CAN | 216 |
| 48 | NILES Isaac | CAN | 392 |
| 49 | FIELD Ian | GBR | 47 |
| 50 | MILLBURN Garry | AUS | 60 |
