2017–18 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

2017–18 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

Details
Location	United States Belgium Denmark Germany Netherlands
Races	9

The 2017–18 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup is a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup is taking place between 17 September 2017 and 28 January 2018, over a total of nine events. The defending champions are Wout van Aert in the men's competition and Sophie de Boer in the women's competition.

Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders each race. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table:

Points distribution

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	80	70	65	60	55	50	48	46	44	42

Riders finishing in positions 11 to 50 also received points, going down from 40 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 50th place.

Events

In comparison to last season, the races in Las Vegas, Rome (Fiuggi) and Valkenburg were replaced by Bogense, Nommay and Waterloo. The race in Bogense marked the first ever Cyclo-cross World Cup in Denmark, as a precursor to the 2019 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships being held there.

Date	Race	Location	Winners
			Elite men	Elite women	Under-23 men	Junior men
17 September	Jingle Cross	Iowa City, United States	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Kateřina Nash (CZE)	No under-23 or junior race
24 September	World Cup Waterloo	Waterloo, United States	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Sanne Cant (BEL)
2 October	Duinencross Koksijde	Koksijde, Belgium	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Maud Kaptheijns (NED)	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Pim Ronhaar (NED)
19 November	CrossDenmark	Bogense, Denmark	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Sanne Cant (BEL)	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Tomáš Kopecký (CZE)
25 November	Poldercross Zeven	Zeven, Germany	Wout van Aert (BEL)	Sanne Cant (BEL)	Eli Iserbyt (BEL)	Pim Ronhaar (NED)
17 December	Citadelcross	Namur, Belgium	Wout van Aert (BEL)	Evie Richards (GBR)	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Loris Rouiller (SUI)
26 December	Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Sanne Cant (BEL)	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Tomáš Kopecký (CZE)
21 January	Grand Prix Nommay	Nommay, France
28 January	Grand Prix Adri van der Poel	Hoogerheide, Netherlands

Points standings

Standings after Heusden-Zolder.

Men

Rank	Name	Points
1	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	535
2	Wout van Aert (BEL)	445
3	Toon Aerts (BEL)	380
4	Laurens Sweeck (BEL)	356
5	Corné van Kessel (NED)	356
6	Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL)	354
7	Lars van der Haar (NED)	351
8	Kevin Pauwels (BEL)	340
9	Daan Soete (BEL)	319
10	Tim Merlier (BEL)	298

Women

Rank	Name	Points
1	Sanne Cant (BEL)	489
2	Kaitlin Keough (USA)	376
3	Eva Lechner (ITA)	358
4	Sophie de Boer (NED)	337
5	Kateřina Nash (CZE)	325
6	Nikki Brammeier (GBR)	318
7	Helen Wyman (GBR)	309
8	Ellen Van Loy (BEL)	295
9	Katie Compton (USA)	291
10	Maud Kaptheijns (NED)	277

Under-23

Rank	Name	Points
1	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	240
2	Eli Iserbyt (BEL)	210
3	Adam Ťoupalík (CZE)	151
4	Thijs Aerts (BEL)	151
5	Sieben Wouters (NED)	141
6	Toon Vandebosch (BEL)	120
7	Joshua Dubau (FRA)	111
8	Yannick Peeters (BEL)	109
9	Thomas Joseph (BEL)	100
10	Jelle Schuermans (BEL)	87

Junior

Rank	Name	Points
1	Tomáš Kopecký (CZE)	215
2	Pim Ronhaar (NED)	193
3	Loris Rouiller (SUI)	165
4	Jarno Bellens (BEL)	160
5	Mees Hendrikx (NED)	155
6	Ryan Kamp (NED)	152
7	Ben Tulett (GBR)	115
8	Niels Vandeputte (BEL)	115
9	Luke Verburg (NED)	104
10	Ryan Cortjens (BEL)	96