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The penultimate round of the 2018/19 Telenet UCI Cyclocross World Cup takes place on Sunday in Pont-Château, which is located in northwest France near Nantes.

A World Cup race was last held in Pont-Château in 2011, where Marianne V0s (CCC – Liv) and Kevin Pauwels (Marlux – Bingoal) took home wins. Both will be racing again on Sunday in 2019 eight years later.

Read on for a look at the start lists and overall World Cup series standings through seven races.

Elite Women

Vos is the current World Cup overall leader. She heads to France looking for her fourth World Cup win of the season. Absent from the start list are Belgian champ Sanne Cant (IKO – Beobank) and Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb), who took home her second-straight National Championship on Sunday against Vos and the rest of the star-studded Dutch field.

With Cant’s absence, if Vos finishes fourth or better, she locks up the World Cup overall before the finale at Hoogerheide.

Marianne Vos used a last-lap move to win at Zolder. 2018 World Cup Heusden-Zolder. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Marianne Vos used a last-lap move to win at Zolder. 2018 World Cup Heusden-Zolder. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

North American Elite Women starters include Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight), Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Maghalie Rochette (CX Fever p/b Specialized), Rebecca Fahringer (Kona Maxxis Shimano), Clara Honsinger (Team S&M CX), Courtenay McFadden (Pivot Cycles/Maxxis p/b Stan’s/DNA Cycling), Katie Clouse (Alpha Bicycle – Groove Subaru Silverthorne), Corey Coogan Cisek (Amy D. Foundation) and Rebecca Gross (Zero D Racing).

Elite Women Standings: 2018/19 World Cup thru Seven Races

NameCountryPoints
Marianne VosNED414
Sanne CantBEL358
Annemarie WorstNED314
Kaitie KeoughUSA294
Loes SelsBEL289
Eva LechnerITA277
Ceylin del Carmen AlvaradoNED267
Ellen Van LoyBEL266
Lucinda BrandNED265
Denise BetsemaNED260

Elite Men

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) trails Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) by 75 points in the World Cup overall entering Pont-Château, but his longshot shot at the overall series win will come to an end thanks to his absence from the World Cup start list.

Aerts and Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) head up the rest of the start list, with Van Aert looking for a little revenge after Aerts’ win at Belgian Nationals on Sunday. Aerts currently leads the World Cup overall by 7 points over Van Aert.

Aerts will be in the World Cup leader's jersey on Sunday, but he holds a narrow 7-point lead over Van Aert in the overall standings. 2018 World Cup Heusden-Zolder. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Aerts will be in the World Cup leader’s jersey on Sunday, but he holds a narrow 7-point lead over Van Aert in the overall standings. 2018 World Cup Heusden-Zolder. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

The North American contingent includes Curtis White (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Tyler Cloutier (TCCX), Max Judelson (Voler/Clif/HRS/Rock Lobster), Josh Bauer (Donkey Label) and Andrew Juliano (Grit World Racing p/b Voler).

Elite Men Standings: 2018/19 World Cup thru Seven Races

NameCountryPoints
Toon AertsBEL475
Wout van AertBEL468
Mathieu van der PoelNED400
Quinten HermansBEL352
Corne van KesselNED341
Laurens SweeckBEL337
Michael VanthourenhoutBEL334
Lars van der HaarNED330
Daan SoeteBEL316
Kevin PauwelsBEL289

Full Elite start lists are below.

The Elite Women’s race is at 7:30 a.m. EST and the Elite Men’s is at 9:00 a.m. A live stream is available in the U.S. through the NBC Gold broadcast package.

Featured image: Bart Hazen

Elite Women Start List: 2019 World Cup Pont-Château

BibNameNATYOBUCI Rank
1SELS Loes
BEL19856
2VAN LOY Ellen
BEL198013
3VERDONSCHOT Laura
BEL199622
4VERHESTRAETEN Karen
BEL199177
5*BELLAERT Axelle
BEL199788
6*TRUYEN Marthe
BEL199995
7*PEETERS Jinse
BEL1999150
8COMPTON Katherine
USA197811
9KEOUGH Kaitlin
USA19924
10FAHRINGER Rebecca
USA198935
11*HONSINGER Clara
USA199736
12MCFADDEN Courtenay
USA198547
13*CLOUSE Katie
USA200151
14WORST Annemarie
NED19953
15VOS Marianne
NED19872
16*ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen
NED19988
17BETSEMA Denise
NED19939
18KAPTHEIJNS Maud
NED199419
19*NAGENGAST Fleur
NED199827
20*VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge
NED199928
21*BAKKER Manon
NED199934
22DE BOER Sophie
NED199041
23*KASTELIJN Yara
NED199745
24MANI Caroline
FRA198725
25PETIT Marlene
FRA199129
26*RIBEROLLE Marion Norbert
FRA199938
27MOREL PETITGIRARD Marlene
FRA198853
28*FOUQUENET Amandine
FRA200190
29GRIMAULT Anais
FRA1995100
30*CURINIER Lea
FRA2001101
31DELHAYE Pauline
FRA1989102
32*DEVAUX Marceline
FRA1999128
33*MUZIC Evita
FRA1999174
S 34*DURAFFOURG Lauriane
FRA2002137
35BRAMMEIER Nikki
GBR198612
36ROCHETTE Maghalie
CAN199314
37NUNO PALACIO Aida
ESP198316
38GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia
ESP199026
39*IBARROLA ALBIZUA Luisa
ESP200082
40ODRIOZOLA MUGICA Olatz
ESP198387
41*TRABAZO BRAGADO Irene
ESP1998103
42*DIAZ LOPEZ Paula
ESP1997108
43TREVILLA SAMPERIO Sandra
ESP1992117
44*PARAJON FUENTES Maria
ESP2002215
45CARRASCOSA GARCIA Monica
ESP1972
46LECHNER Eva
ITA198510
47ARZUFFI Alice Maria
ITA19947
49*CZECZINKAROVA Jana
CZE199739
50MAJERUS Christine
LUX198717
51BRANDAU Elisabeth
GER198524
52*GILLESPIE Lara
IRL200191
53*O'DONNELL Lucy
IRL2002208
54HEIGL Nadja
AUT199630
55COOGAN CISEK Corey
USA1977179
56GROSS Rebecca
USA1980223

Elite Men Start List: 2019 World Cup Pont-Château

BibNameNATYOBUCI Rank’
1VAN AERT Wout
BEL19942
2AERTS Toon
BEL19933
3VANTHOURENHOUT Michael
BEL19934
4SWEECK Laurens
BEL19935
5HERMANS Quinten
BEL19956
6MERLIER Tim
BEL199210
7SOETE Daan
BEL199413
8PAUWELS Kevin
BEL198415
9VERMEERSCH Gianni
BEL199216
10AERTS Thijs
BEL199619
11MEEUSEN Tom
BEL198821
12AERNOUTS Jim
BEL198923
13CLEPPE Nicolas
BEL199527
14BAESTAENS Vincent
BEL198928
15SWEECK Diether
BEL199331
16ADAMS Jens
BEL199234
17MERLIER Braam
BEL199440
18VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter
BEL198542
19VAN DER HAAR Lars
NED19917
20VAN KESSEL Corne
NED19918
21VAN DER POEL David
NED19929
22NIEUWENHUIS Joris
NED199617
23WOUTERS Sieben
NED199645
24GODRIE Stan
NED199348
25VAN DER MEER Gosse
NED199554
S 26BAKX Kelvin
NED1996299
27CHAINEL Steve
FRA198320
28BOULO Matthieu
FRA198930
29CANAL Fabien
FRA198932
30MOUREY Francis
FRA198038
31MENUT David
FRA199244
32GRAS Yan
FRA199659
33DUBAU Joshua
FRA199677
34DUBAU Lucas
FRA199692
S 35PERIOU Tony
FRA1995209
S 36TROPARDY Arthur
FRA1991300
37BOROS Michael
CZE199222
38NESVADBA Jan
CZE199135
39BERTOLINI Gioele
ITA199526
40COMINELLI Cristian
ITA1988103
41ORTS LLORET Felipe
ESP199514
42ESTEBAN AGUERO Ismael
ESP198343
43SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin
ESP199450
44RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier
ESP197974
45ANIA GONZALEZ Daniel
ESP1987301
46ARREGUI DOMINGUEZ Asier
ESP1978381
47DIEZ ARRIOLA Jose Antonio
ESP1982
48WHITE Curtis
USA199525
49CLOUTIER Tyler
USA1989147
50JUDELSON Max
USA1987224
51BAUER Josh
USA1990
52JUILIANO Andrew
USA1988
53MEISEN Marcel
GER198912
54MULLER Manuel
GER1995141
55GLAJZA Ondrej
SVK199449
56MILLBURN Garry
AUS198783
57AITKEN Christopher
AUS1994194
58DAVIS Niall
IRL1985184
59HEIGL Philipp
AUT1993243