Start Lists: U.S. Junior/U23 Riders Race Sands of World Cup Koksijde

The 2019/20 Telenet UCI World Cup series returns with stop 5 this Sunday at the famed sands of Koksijde. Eleven young riders sponsored by the USA Cycling development program will have the opportunity to race at one of the sport’s iconic venues.

Located along the North Sea, Koksijde hosted the 2012 World Championships and it has hosted a World Cup or the World Champs every year since 2006, with the exception of 2016 when the race was canceled due to blisteringly high winds.

The sand dunes of Koksijde await this weekend. 2018 World Cup Koksijde. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

U.S. Junior and U23 Starters

World Cup Koksijde is part of the November European block run by USA Cycling. Eleven riders are racing as part of the program.

Junior/U23 Women

Shannon Mallory (Women’s Northwest Cyclocross Project)
Bridget Tooley (Easton / Giant p/b Transitions LifeCare)
Cassidy Hickey
Katja Freeburn
Abigail Yates (Matrix / RBM)
Kaia Schmid (New England Devo p/b Cadence Wealth Management)

U23 Men

Gage Hecht (Donnelly / Aevolo)

Junior Men

Tommy Servetas (Competitive Edge Racing)
Ian McDonald (Cycle-Smart)
Kyle Johnson (Giant Southwest)
Dylan Zakrajsek (Lake Geneva Youth Cycling)

Elite Women

Heading up the Elite Women’s start list is again the young Dutch trio of Annemarie Worst (777), Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Corendon – Circus) and Yara Kastelijn (777). Worst and Alvarado are fresh off a thrilling battle at Tabor that ultimately went to Worst in the last lap.

The sun shone upon Annemarie Worst in the last lap of Saturday’s race. 2019 World Cup Tabor, Czech Republic. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) returns as the World Cup overall leader with 231 points. Maghalie Rochette (Specialized x Feedback Sports) is second, but she is not racing this weekend. Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) is 3rd with 192 points.

Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight), Keough, Corey Coogan Cisek (CCC Racing) and Rebecca Gross (Zero D Racing) are the Elite U.S. women racing, and adopted Americans Caroline Mani (Pactimo / Colorado Proud) and Nash are set to start as well.

Elite Men

Last Saturday’s race in Tabor was a banger thanks in part to Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) starting on the third row, and thanks in part to Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal), Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal) and Lars van der Haar (Telenet Baloise Lions) giving him a tough fight into the last half of the last lap.

With his Tabor win, Van der Poel moved up to 24th in the World Cup overall, so he will again be starting on the 3rd row on Sunday.

Iserbyt returns as the World Cup overall leader. Toon Aerts (Telenet Baloise Lions) is in 2nd, 45 points behind.

Mathieu van der Poel hopped the uphill barriers. 2019 World Cup Tabor, Czech Republic. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel returns with a third-row start this Sunday. 2019 World Cup Tabor, Czech Republic. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

U.S. starters are Max Judelson (Voler / Easton / HRS / Rock Lobster), Tyler Cloutier (TCCX) and Andrew Juiliano (Voler Pro CX / Cure IBD p/b Shimano).

Full Elite start lists are below.

Sunday’s Elite Women’s race starts at 7:30 a.m. EST and the Elite Men’s at 9:00 a.m. The races will be available via NBC Gold in the U.S. and Flobikes in Canada.

Elite Women Start List: 2019 World Cup Koksijde

Bib	Name	Country	YOB	UCI Rank
1	CANT Sanne	BEL	1990	2
2	SELS Loes	BEL	1985	8
3	VAN LOY Ellen	BEL	1980	18
4	VERDONSCHOT Laura	BEL	1996	21
5	VANDERBEKEN Joyce	BEL	1984	30
6	FRANCK Alicia	BEL	1994	52
7	*TRUYEN Marthe	BEL	1999	62
8	*CRABBE Kiona	BEL	2001	192
9	*BROUWERS Julie	BEL	2002	309
10	*VERVLOET Sterre	BEL	2003	426
S 11	VERHOEVEN Suzanne	BEL	1996	74
12	KASTELIJN Yara	NED	1997	10
13	BRAND Lucinda	NED	1989	3
14	WORST Annemarie	NED	1995	1
15	*ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen	NED	1998	5
16	*VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge	NED	1999	11
17	KAPTHEIJNS Maud	NED	1994	15
18	*BAKKER Manon	NED	1999	31
19	DE BOER Sophie	NED	1990	32
20	HOEKE Geerte	NED	1990	42
21	*PIETERSE Puck	NED	2002	43
22	*VAN ANROOIJ Shirin	NED	2002	44
23	COMPTON Katherine	USA	1978	12
24	KEOUGH Kaitlin	USA	1992	7
25	*MALLORY Shannon	USA	1998	140
26	COOGAN CISEK Corey	USA	1977	150
27	GROSS Rebecca	USA	1980	151
28	*TOOLEY Bridget	USA	2002	214
29	*HICKEY Cassidy	USA	2003	275
30	*FREEBURN Katja	USA	1999	300
31	*YATES Abigail	USA	2002	409
32	*SCHMID Kaia	USA	2003	485
33	*KAY Anna	GBR	1999	25
34	CRUMPTON Bethany	GBR	1994	59
35	*HARNDEN Harriet	GBR	2001	68
36	*SCOTT Katie	GBR	2001	93
37	*COUZENS Millie	GBR	2003	125
38	*NELSON Josie	GBR	2002	134
39	HAVLIKOVA Pavla	CZE	1983	24
40	NASH Katerina	CZE	1977	27
41	GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia	ESP	1990	22
42	TREVILLA SAMPERIO Sandra	ESP	1992	69
43	DIAZ LOPEZ Paula	ESP	1997	85
44	LECHNER Eva	ITA	1985	17
45	ARZUFFI Alice Maria	ITA	1994	14
46	GARIBOLDI Rebecca	ITA	1996	75
47	BARHOUMI Zina	SUI	1996	61
48	*RUEGG Noemi	SUI	2001	71
49	*WUTHRICH Svenja	SUI	1998	204
50	*ROUILLER Melissa	SUI	2002	304
51	*COTTIER Lucie	SUI	2002	308
52	MANI Caroline	FRA	1987	20
53	PETIT Marlene	FRA	1991	33
54	*NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion	FRA	1999	34
55	FOUQUENET Amandine	FRA	2001	65
56	*CURINIER Lea	FRA	2001	86
57	DELHAYE Pauline	FRA	1989	111
58	*MORICHON Anais	FRA	1999	185
59	MAJERUS Christine	LUX	1987	26
60	PAUL Stefanie	GER	1986	148
61	HEIGL Nadja	AUT	1996	29
62	*FOMINA Daria	RUS	2002
63	*DEVIGNE Camille	FRA	2001

Elite Men Start List: 2019 World Cup Koksijde

Bib	Name	Country	YOB	UCI Rank
1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	NED	1995	1
2	VAN DER HAAR Lars	NED	1991	6
3	VAN KESSEL Corne	NED	1991	10
4	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	NED	1996	14
5	VAN DER POEL David	NED	1992	23
6	GODRIE Stan	NED	1993	38
7	WOUTERS Sieben	NED	1996	46
8	VAN DER HEIJDEN Maik	NED	1997	48
S 9	VAN DER MEER Gosse	NED	1995	57
10	AERTS Toon	BEL	1993	2
11	ISERBYT Eli	BEL	1997	3
12	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	BEL	1993	4
13	SWEECK Laurens	BEL	1993	7
14	HERMANS Quinten	BEL	1995	8
15	VERMEERSCH Gianni	BEL	1992	9
16	ADAMS Jens	BEL	1992	15
17	MERLIER Tim	BEL	1992	18
18	AERNOUTS Jim	BEL	1989	19
19	AERTS Thijs	BEL	1996	20
20	MEEUSEN Tom	BEL	1988	22
21	CLEPPE Nicolas	BEL	1995	28
22	SOETE Daan	BEL	1994	29
23	SWEECK Diether	BEL	1993	30
24	BAESTAENS Vincent	BEL	1989	31
25	VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter	BEL	1985	33
26	LOOCKX Lander	BEL	1997	34
27	MERLIER Braam	BEL	1994	44
28	MEISEN Marcel	GER	1989	11
29	MULLER Manuel	GER	1995	131
31	MENUT David	FRA	1992	40
32	DUBAU Joshua	FRA	1996	67
33	GRAS Yan	FRA	1996	83
34	DUBAU Lucas	FRA	1996	87
S 35	HUMBERT Valentin	FRA	1996	216
36	PHILIBERT Aurelien	FRA	1995	295
S 37	PASQUET Audric	FRA	1990	540
38	JOUFFROY Arnaud	FRA	1990
39	TURGIS Jimmy	FRA	1991
40	ORTS LLORET Felipe	ESP	1995	12
41	SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin	ESP	1994	36
42	JUDELSON Max	USA	1987	202
43	CLOUTIER Tyler	USA	1989	243
44	JUILIANO Andrew	USA	1988	336
45	RUEGG Timon	SUI	1996	35
46	ZAHNER Simon	SUI	1983	55
47	SAGESSER Severin	SUI	1992	88
48	MOTTIEZ Gilles	SUI	1997	147
49	BOROS Michael	CZE	1992	16
50	NESVADBA Jan	CZE	1991	45
51	SAMPARISI Nicolas	ITA	1992	85
52	SAMPARISI Lorenzo	ITA	1993	218
53	PIDCOCK Thomas	GBR	1999	13