The last stop before the 2019 World Championships in Bogense, Denmark takes place on Sunday at World Cup Hoogerheide.
With the race one week before Worlds, a good part of the Worlds teams from the U.S. and Canada will be making the trip to the western part of the Netherlands for the annual World Cup finale. Across all categories, 30 Americans and 12 Canadians are set to race.
We take a look at the start lists for Hoogerheide and the state of the Elite World Cup overall standings heading into the last of the nine World Cups that started back in September in Waterloo.
Elite Women’s Race
Last week in Pont-Château, Marianne Vos (CCC – Liv Cycling) locked up the first World Cup overall of her career thanks in part to the absence of Sanne Cant (IKO – Beobank). Vos also did her part to lock up the series by winning the fast, tactical race.
Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) currently sits in fourth in the World Cup overall, trailing Cant by 24 points. Annemarie Worst (Steylaerts – 777) moved up into second at Pont-Château.
Elite Women Standings: 2018/19 World Cup Overall
Place | Previous | Name | Country | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Marianne Vos | NED | 494 |
2 | 3 | Annemarie Worst | NED | 362 |
3 | 2 | Sanne Cant | BEL | 358 |
4 | 4 | Kaitie Keough | USA | 334 |
5 | 10 | Denise Betsema | NED | 330 |
6 | 7 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado | NED | 327 |
7 | 8 | Ellen Van Loy | BEL | 321 |
8 | 5 | Loes Sels | BEL | 321 |
9 | 6 | Eva Lechner | ITA | 313 |
10 | 12 | Alice Maria Arzuffi | ITA | 296 |
The North American contingent is a big one.
Keough, Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight), Ellen Noble (Trek Factory Racing CX), Maghalie Rochette (CX Fever p/b Specialized), Clara Honsinger (Team S&M CX), Sammi Runnels (Squid Squad), Rebecca Fahringer (Kona Maxxis Shimano), Elle Anderson (Milwaukee – Alpha Motorhomes), Ruby West (Specialized -Tenspeed Hero), Courtenay McFadden (Pivot Cycles/Maxxis p/b Stan’s/DNA Cycling), Katie Clouse (Alpha Bicycle – Groove Subaru), Madigan Munro (Boulder Junior Cycling), Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Quebecor / Stingray), Dana Gilligan (Next Wave), Sidney McGill (Focus CX Canada) and Kelly Lawson (Hardwood Next Wave Cycling Team) are all set to start.
Full start lists are below.
Elite Men’s Race
The race to watch in the Elite Men’s race is the one between Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) and Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions). Van Aert took over the World Cup overall lead by three points with his win at World Cup Pont-Château. At stake is the €10,000 difference between first and second in the World Cup overall.
There is also something else at stake.
The rider who will be watching the race closer than anyone is Tim Merlier (Roompot – Charles)—well, he will be racing, but you know what we mean. If Aerts wins the World Cup overall, Belgium gets another starting spot for Worlds and Merlier gets to race in Denmark. If Van Aert wins the overall, Merlier has to stay home since the team already got an extra spot for Van Aert’s rainbow stripes.
Elite Men Standings: 2018/19 World Cup Overall
Place | Previous | Name | Country | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Wout van Aert | BEL | 548 |
2 | 1 | Toon Aerts | BEL | 545 |
3 | 3 | Mathieu van der Poel | NED | 400 |
4 | 7 | Michael Vanthourenhout | BEL | 399 |
5 | 8 | Lars van der Haar | NED | 390 |
6 | 4 | Quinten Hermans | BEL | 390 |
7 | 6 | Laurens Sweeck | BEL | 387 |
8 | 5 | Corne van Kessel | NED | 385 |
9 | 9 | Daan Soete | BEL | 350 |
10 | 10 | Kevin Pauwels | BEL | 335 |
The Elite Men’s North American contingent includes all five members of Team USA for Worlds. Kerry Werner (Kona Maxxis Shimano), Stephen Hyde (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Curtis White (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Anthony Clark (🦑), Cody Kaiser (LangeTwins / Specialized), Tyler Cloutier (TCCX), Max Judelson (Voler/Clif/HRS/Rock Lobster), Cameron Jette and Andrew Juiliano (Grit World Racing p/b Voler) are all on the start list for Hoogerheide.
Full start lists are below.
U23, Junior Men at Hoogerheide
The North American U23 and Junior Men contingents are also impressive.
Gage Hecht (Alpha Bicycle – Groove Subaru), Gunnar Holmgren (Hardwood Next Wave Cycling Team), Spencer Petrov (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Lance Haidet (Donnelly Cycling), Brannan Fix (Alpha Bicycle – Groove Subaru), Cooper Willsey (Cannondale p/b CylocrossWorld) and Sam Noel (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) are all set to start in the U23 Men’s race.
In the Junior race, Alex Morton (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Nick Carter (KCCX Elite), Magnus Sheffield (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Andrew Strohmeyer (CTS Cycling Team fueled by Organic Valley), Ryan Maclean (Juventus CC), Jared Scott (Boulder Junior Cycling), Conor Martin (Tag Cycling Race Team), Lucas Stierwalt (Lionhearts Junior Racing) and Paul Mysko (Centurion Next Wave) are all on the start list.
Full Elite start lists are below.
Featured image: Bart Hazen
Elite Women Start List: 2019 Hoogerheide World Cup
Nr | Name | NAT | YOB | UCI |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CANT Sanne | BEL | 1990 | 1 |
2 | SELS Loes | BEL | 1985 | 8 |
3 | VAN LOY Ellen | BEL | 1980 | 11 |
4 | VERDONSCHOT Laura | BEL | 1996 | 21 |
5 | VANDERBEKEN Joyce | BEL | 1984 | 37 |
6 | *BELLAERT Axelle | BEL | 1997 | 84 |
7 | *TRUYEN Marthe | BEL | 1999 | 86 |
8 | VERHOEVEN Suzanne | BEL | 1996 | 201 |
9 | *BROUWERS Julie | BEL | 2002 | 362 |
10 | *DE WILDE Julie | BEL | 2002 | |
S 11 | VERHESTRAETEN Karen | BEL | 1991 | 77 |
S 12 | *PEETERS Jinse | BEL | 1999 | 147 |
S 13 | *CRABBE Kiona | BEL | 2001 | 326 |
14 | COMPTON Katherine | USA | 1978 | 13 |
15 | KEOUGH Kaitlin | USA | 1992 | 6 |
16 | NOBLE Ellen | USA | 1995 | 14 |
17 | *HONSINGER Clara | USA | 1997 | 31 |
18 | RUNNELS Samantha | USA | 1991 | 32 |
19 | FAHRINGER Rebecca | USA | 1989 | 33 |
20 | ANDERSON Elle | USA | 1988 | 35 |
21 | MCFADDEN Courtenay | USA | 1985 | 43 |
22 | *CLOUSE Katie | USA | 2001 | 45 |
23 | *MUNRO Madigan | USA | 2002 | 266 |
24 | WORST Annemarie | NED | 1995 | 3 |
25 | BRAND Lucinda | NED | 1989 | 5 |
26 | VOS Marianne | NED | 1987 | 2 |
27 | BETSEMA Denise | NED | 1993 | 4 |
28 | *ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen | NED | 1998 | 7 |
29 | KAPTHEIJNS Maud | NED | 1994 | 16 |
30 | *NAGENGAST Fleur | NED | 1998 | 25 |
31 | *VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge | NED | 1999 | 28 |
32 | *BAKKER Manon | NED | 1999 | 34 |
33 | DE BOER Sophie | NED | 1990 | 38 |
34 | *KASTELIJN Yara | NED | 1997 | 46 |
35 | *PIETERSE Puck | NED | 2002 | 70 |
36 | *VAN ANROOIJ Shirin | NED | 2002 | 89 |
37 | MANI Caroline | FRA | 1987 | 26 |
38 | PETIT Marlene | FRA | 1991 | 30 |
39 | *RIBEROLLE Marion Norbert | FRA | 1999 | 40 |
40 | *FOUQUENET Amandine | FRA | 2001 | 80 |
41 | *CURINIER Lea | FRA | 2001 | 93 |
42 | DELHAYE Pauline | FRA | 1989 | 98 |
43 | *LABOUS Juliette | FRA | 1998 | 137 |
44 | BRAMMEIER Nikki | GBR | 1986 | 12 |
45 | WYMAN Helen | GBR | 1981 | 19 |
46 | CRUMPTON Bethany | GBR | 1994 | 48 |
47 | *KAY Anna | GBR | 1999 | 51 |
48 | *JAMES Ffion | GBR | 1997 | 65 |
49 | *HARNDEN Harriet | GBR | 2001 | 69 |
50 | *FLYNN Anna | GBR | 2002 | 151 |
51 | ROCHETTE Maghalie | CAN | 1993 | 15 |
52 | *WEST Ruby | CAN | 1999 | 42 |
53 | *VALLIERES MILL Magdeleine | CAN | 2001 | 79 |
54 | *GILLIGAN Dana | CAN | 1999 | 90 |
55 | *MCGILL Sidney | CAN | 1999 | 187 |
56 | *LAWSON Kelly | CAN | 2002 | 295 |
57 | NUNO PALACIO Aida | ESP | 1983 | 17 |
58 | GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia | ESP | 1990 | 29 |
59 | *IBARROLA ALBIZUA Luisa | ESP | 2000 | 85 |
60 | TREVILLA SAMPERIO Sandra | ESP | 1992 | 103 |
61 | *TRABAZO BRAGADO Irene | ESP | 1998 | 106 |
62 | *PARAJON FUENTES Maria | ESP | 2002 | 189 |
63 | *RODRIGUEZ REVERT Sofia | ESP | 1999 | 214 |
64 | LECHNER Eva | ITA | 1985 | 10 |
65 | ARZUFFI Alice Maria | ITA | 1994 | 9 |
66 | *BARONI Francesca | ITA | 1999 | 49 |
67 | HAVLIKOVA Pavla | CZE | 1983 | 20 |
68 | NASH Katerina | CZE | 1977 | 23 |
69 | CZECZINKAROVA Jana | CZE | 1997 | 36 |
70 | BAJGEROVA Nikola | CZE | 1997 | 60 |
71 | UNGERMANOVA Elizabeth | CZE | 1999 | 66 |
72 | STEPANOVA Karla | CZE | 1991 | 72 |
73 | JANU Kamila | CZE | 2000 | 73 |
74 | MAJERUS Christine | LUX | 1987 | 18 |
75 | MAUS Laetitia | LUX | 2001 | 160 |
76 | BRANDAU Elisabeth | GER | 1985 | 27 |
77 | PAUL Stefanie | GER | 1986 | 108 |
78 | SEIDEL Clea | GER | 2002 | 149 |
79 | GEOGHEGAN Michelle | IRL | 1982 | 195 |
80 | NEFF Jolanda | SUI | 1993 | 44 |
81 | BARHOUMI Zina | SUI | 1996 | 78 |
82 | RUEGG Noemi | SUI | 2001 | 87 |
83 | HEIGL Nadja | AUT | 1996 | 24 |
84 | MOTTUS Mari-Liis | EST | 1997 | 71 |
Elite Men Start List: 2019 World Cup Hoogerheide
Bin | Name | NAT | YOB | UCI Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VAN AERT Wout | BEL | 1994 | 2 |
2 | AERTS Toon | BEL | 1993 | 3 |
3 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | BEL | 1993 | 4 |
4 | SWEECK Laurens | BEL | 1993 | 5 |
5 | HERMANS Quinten | BEL | 1995 | 7 |
6 | MERLIER Tim | BEL | 1992 | 12 |
7 | SOETE Daan | BEL | 1994 | 13 |
8 | PAUWELS Kevin | BEL | 1984 | 14 |
9 | VERMEERSCH Gianni | BEL | 1992 | 16 |
10 | AERTS Thijs | BEL | 1996 | 21 |
11 | MEEUSEN Tom | BEL | 1988 | 23 |
12 | AERNOUTS Jim | BEL | 1989 | 25 |
13 | ADAMS Jens | BEL | 1992 | 27 |
14 | CLEPPE Nicolas | BEL | 1995 | 31 |
15 | BAESTAENS Vincent | BEL | 1989 | 34 |
16 | SWEECK Diether | BEL | 1993 | 35 |
17 | MERLIER Braam | BEL | 1994 | 40 |
18 | VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter | BEL | 1985 | 42 |
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 | 9 |
23 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris | NED | 1996 | 17 |
24 | WOUTERS Sieben | NED | 1996 | 41 |
25 | GODRIE Stan | NED | 1993 | 47 |
26 | VAN DER MEER Gosse | NED | 1995 | 49 |
27 | CHAINEL Steve | FRA | 1983 | 24 |
28 | BOULO Matthieu | FRA | 1989 | 30 |
29 | CANAL Fabien | FRA | 1989 | 36 |
30 | MOUREY Francis | FRA | 1980 | 37 |
31 | MENUT David | FRA | 1992 | 43 |
32 | GRAS Yan | FRA | 1996 | 70 |
33 | DUBAU Joshua | FRA | 1996 | 81 |
34 | DUBAU Lucas | FRA | 1996 | 83 |
S 35 | PERIOU Tony | FRA | 1995 | 220 |
36 | RUEGG Timon | SUI | 1996 | 61 |
37 | WILDHABER Marcel | SUI | 1985 | 45 |
38 | ZAHNER Simon | SUI | 1983 | 67 |
39 | SAGESSER Severin | SUI | 1992 | 77 |
40 | BOROS Michael | CZE | 1992 | 18 |
41 | NESVADBA Jan | CZE | 1991 | 32 |
42 | PAPRSTKA Tomas | CZE | 1992 | 48 |
43 | BERTOLINI Gioele | ITA | 1995 | 26 |
44 | COMINELLI Cristian | ITA | 1988 | 107 |
45 | ORTS LLORET Felipe | ESP | 1995 | 15 |
46 | ESTEBAN AGUERO Ismael | ESP | 1983 | 44 |
47 | RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier | ESP | 1979 | 72 |
48 | ANIA GONZALEZ Daniel | ESP | 1987 | 249 |
49 | WHITE Curtis | USA | 1995 | 20 |
50 | HYDE Stephen | USA | 1987 | 29 |
51 | WERNER Kerry | USA | 1991 | 19 |
52 | CLARK Anthony | USA | 1987 | 39 |
53 | KAISER Cody | USA | 1992 | 59 |
54 | CLOUTIER Tyler | USA | 1989 | 164 |
55 | JUDELSON Max | USA | 1987 | 195 |
56 | JUILIANO Andrew | USA | 1988 | 381 |
57 | MEISEN Marcel | GER | 1989 | 11 |
58 | WEBER Sascha | GER | 1988 | 52 |
59 | MULLER Manuel | GER | 1995 | 146 |
60 | HAHNEL Frederik | GER | 1996 | 251 |
61 | SCHMIDT Marvin | GER | 1992 | 331 |
62 | PAUL Felix | GER | 1982 | |
63 | DIAS DOS SANTOS Vincent | LUX | 1990 | 117 |
64 | THILTGES Scott | LUX | 1992 | 200 |
65 | GLAJZA Ondrej | SVK | 1994 | 46 |
66 | JETTE Cameron | CAN | 1987 | 323 |
67 | TAKENOUCHI Yu | JPN | 1988 | 160 |
68 | FIELD Ian | GBR | 1986 | 63 |
69 | MILLBURN Garry | AUS | 1987 | 87 |
70 | AITKEN Christopher | AUS | 1994 | 170 |
71 | ERIKSSON David | SWE | 1995 | 100 |
72 | JANSSON Henerik | SWE | 1995 | 132 |
73 | MONTGOMERY David | IRL | 1995 | 183 |
74 | KONWA Marek | POL | 1990 | 91 |
75 | HEIGL Philipp | AUT | 1993 | 172 |