Season-long series in cyclocross reward consistent performances (and maybe a little bit of luck) over several months. Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) locked up both the World Cup and DVV series with a few races left, and Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek/Knight Composites) dominated the IJsboerke Trofee series and Sanne Cant (IKO-Beobank) the World Cup.
Of the three season series — the Telenet UCI World Cup, Telenet Superprestige and DVV/IJsboerke Trofee — the Superprestige has produced the most season-end drama.
Heading into Sunday’s Superprestige race at Hoogstraten, Cant and Maud Kaptheijns (Crelan-Charles) were tied in the Women’s series, and Wout van Aert held a one-point lead on Van der Poel despite the Dutchman’s season-long dominance.
Mathieu van der Poel got back to his winning ways this past weekend. After take top honors Saturday, he also took over first overall in the Telenet Superprestige series. 2018 DVV Lille Krawatencross.
The standings got a bit of a shake-up after Sunday’s races. Cant won the Women’s tilt ahead of the second-place Kaptheijns, and Van der Poel bounced back after his third at Worlds to take a one-point lead ahead of Van Aert, who finished sixth. Van Aert has said his cyclocross season is done, so Van der Poel will win the Men’s overall series.
One race remains in the Superprestige series this Saturday in Middelkerke. The series standings award 15 points for 1st, 14 for 2nd, 13 for 3rd, etc., so the overall Women’s winner will be decided on the course this Saturday. The Men’s winner gets a €30,000 pay day and the Women’s winner gets €6,000. Payouts total €85,000 for the Men’s field and €15,000 for the Women’s.
Updated standings are below.
Women's Standings: 2018 Superprestige Overall Series
| Rank | Rider | Gieten | Zonhoven | Boom | Ruddervoorde | Gavere | Diegem | Hoogstraten | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanne Cant | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 92 |
| 2 | Maud Kaptheijns | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 91 |
| 3 | Annemarie Worst | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 72 |
| 4 | Nikki Brammeier | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 60 |
| 5 | Alice Maria Arzuffi | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 58 |
| 6 | Ellen Van Loy | 0 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 55 |
| 7 | Elle Anderson | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 47 |
| 8 | Kim Van de Steene | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 40 |
| 9 | Laura Verdonschot | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | Jolien Verschueren | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 36 |
| 11 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 32 |
| 12 | Sophie de Boer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 13 | Helen Wyman | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 14 | Fleur Nagengast | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 15 | Denise Betsema | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Karen Verhestraeten | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Katherine Compton | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 18 | Lucinda Brand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | Loes Sels | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
Men's Standings: 2018 Superprestige Overall Series
| Rank | Rider | Gieten | Zonhoven | Boom | Ruddervoorde | Gavere | Diegem | Hoogstraten | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel | 15 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 100 |
| 2 | Wout van Aert | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 96 |
| 3 | Laurens Sweeck | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 76 |
| 4 | Toon Aerts | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 71 |
| 5 | Lars van der Haar (Ned) | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 69 |
| 6 | Quinten Hermans | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 52 |
| 7 | Kevin Pauwels | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 45 |
| 8 | David van der Poel | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| 9 | Jens Adams | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 39 |
| 9 | Tim Merlier | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 39 |
| 11 | Michael Vanthourenhout | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 38 |
| 12 | Tom Meeusen | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 13 | Michael Boros | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Gianni Vermeersch | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 |
| 15 | Diether Sweeck | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Klaas Vantornout | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Marcel Meisen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | Eli Iserbyt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | Vincent Baestaens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Dieter Vanthourenhout | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Joris Nieuwenhuis | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Wietse Bosmans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
