2020–21 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup explained

2020–21 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Competition:	UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup
Rounds:	14 5
Previous:	2019–20
Next:	2021–22

The 2020–21 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup took place between 4 October 2020 and 24 January 2021. In 2020, the UCI redesigned the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, expanding the total number of races to 14 (initially aiming for 16).^[1] The defending champions were Toon Aerts in the men's competition and Annemarie Worst in the women's competition.

Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race. From this season, the points awarded are according to the same scale for all categories, but only the top 25 riders receive points rather than the top 50. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table:

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Elite riders	40	30	25	22	21	20	19	18	17	16

• Riders finishing in positions 11 to 25 also received points, going down from 15 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 25th place.
• Note that the points given here are entirely different from the UCI ranking points, which are distributed according to a different scale and determine starting order in races, but have no impact on World Cup standings.

Events

In comparison to last season, intention was to expand the season from nine to fourteen races. The calendar included new races in Antwerp, Besançon, Diegem, Dublin, Hulst, Overijse, Villars, Dendermonde and Zonhoven, while the races in Bern, Heusden-Zolder, Iowa and Nommay were dropped.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic however, the races in Besançon, Diegem, Dublin, Hoogerheide, Duinencross Koksijde, Villars, Waterloo and Zonhoven were cancelled and the cross in Antwerp was dropped from the World Cup and instead integrated into the X²O Badkamers Trophy. As a result, only five races remained.

Date	Race	Location	Winners
			Elite men	Elite women	Under-23 men	Junior men	Junior women
4 October 2020	World Cup Waterloo	Waterloo, United States	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2] ^[3]
18 October 2020	Cyclo-cross Dublin	Dublin, Ireland
25 October 2020	Cyclo-cross Zonhoven	Zonhoven, Belgium
22 November 2020	Duinencross Koksijde	Koksijde, Belgium
29 November 2020	Cyclo-cross Besançon	Besançon, France
29 November 2020	Cyklokros Tábor	Tábor, Czech Republic
13 December 2020	Scheldecross Antwerpen	Antwerp, Belgium	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
20 December 2020	Citadelcross	Namur, Belgium			colspan=3
27 December 2020	Cyclo-cross Diegem	Diegem, Belgium	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
27 December 2020	Cyclo-cross Dendermonde	Dendermonde, Belgium			colspan=3 rowspan=2
3 January 2021	Vestingcross	Perkpolder, Netherlands
17 January 2021	Cyclo-cross Villars	Villars, Switzerland	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
24 January 2021	Grand Prix Adri van der Poel	Hoogerheide, Netherlands
24 January 2021	Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse	Overijse, Belgium

Final points standings

Elite men

	Rider	TAB	NAM	DEN	HUL	OVE	Points
1		3	2	1	2	1	165
2		DNS	1	2	1	2	140
3		1	4	4	4	4	128
4		4	7	3	5	5	108
5		7	5	7	7	9	95
6		6	9	6	10	8	91
7		17	3	Ret	3	3	84
8		5	6	Ret	6	6	81
9		14	19	5	8	7	77
10		9	15	14	16	13	63
11		DNS	12	10	12	10	60
12		13	14	9	14	DNS	54
13		8	8	32	15	20	53
14		DNS	10	20	9	12	53
15		DNS	11	16	13	17	47
16		DNS	37	8	11	15	44
17		DNS	DNS	15	17	14	32
18		2	31	DNS	Ret	DNS	30
19		DNS	16	DNS	22	11	29
20		DNS	23	11	20	Ret	24
21		DNS	28	13	21	22	22
22		18	13	Ret	DNS	29	21
23		DNS	27	12	Ret	21	19
24		DNS	18	25	DNS	16	19
25		10	24	34	DNS	DNS	18
26		12	25	Ret	24	DNS	17
27		11	DNS	28	26	DNS	15
28		19	22	33	23	26	14
29		15	DNS	DNS	DNS	24	13
30		DNS	20	26	30	19	13
31		DNS	17	24	25	27	12
32		DNS	DNS	22	18	28	12
33		DNS	Ret	18	DNS	23	11
34		20	21	Ret	DNS	DNS	11
35		16	34	Ret	33	38	10
36		DNS	40	17	34	DNS	9
37		22	49	21	28	42	9
38		DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	18	8
39		DNS	DNS	DNS	19	DNS	7
40		27	32	19	DNS	33	7
41		21	Ret	39	DNS	DNS	5
42		23	DNS	DNS	DNS	25	4
43		26	26	23	29	30	3
44		24	30	27	42	35	2
45		25	46	31	40	DNS	1

Elite women

	Rider	TAB	NAM	DEN	HUL	OVE	Points
1		1	1	1	2	2	180
2		2	4	3	3	1	142
3		3	3	8	1	5	129
4		DNS	2	2	6	4	102
5		4	5	7	5	9	100
6		12	12	6	8	6	86
7		5	DNS	5	4	11	79
8		DNS	14	9	9	3	71
9		6	11	23	7	17	66
10		9	7	30	18	7	63
11		DNS	18	4	10	12	60
12		8	15	12	13	23	59
13		DNS	8	16	12	14	54
14		10	Ret	10	17	16	51
15		DNS	DNS	14	11	10	43
16		26	10	13	DNS	13	42
17		DNS	6	DNS	DNS	8	38
18		16	9	45	23	18	38
19		DNS	13	11	DNS	21	33
20		13	21	28	19	19	32
21		7	Ret	29	15	DNS	30
22		20	35	19	24	15	26
23		19	17	24	22	Ret	22
24		11	Ret	27	20	29	21
25		18	24	21	21	Ret	20
26		DNS	DNS	DNS	14	20	18
27		DNS	19	15	37	27	18
28		DNS	DNS	18	16	DNS	18
29		33	16	22	DNS	24	16
30		14	DNS	DNS	DNS	30	12
31		15	Ret	42	26	43	11
32		DNS	32	17	28	28	9
33		17	DNS	DNS	DNS	26	9
34		DNS	20	DNS	27	25	7
35		DNS	30	20	30	39	6
36		21	39	DNS	DNS	DNS	5
37		47	45	44	DNS	22	4
38		DNS	22	41	DNS	DNS	4
39		22	40	34	33	41	4
40		23	29	37	25	31	4
41		DNS	23	31	DNS	32	3
42		24	26	35	DNS	49	2
43		31	25	25	49	42	2
44		25	28	33	34	50	1

References

Sources

• Book: Part 5 Cyclo-cross. UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 28 June 2017. 27 December 2017. .

Notes and References

1. https://sporza.be/artikels/uci-maakt-14-crossen-van-nieuwe-wereldbeker-bekend-diegem-en-antwerpen-zijn-er-bij~1580468302903/ UCI maakt 14 crossen van nieuwe wereldbeker bekend: Diegem en Antwerpen zijn er bij
2. News: UCI scraps Waterloo, Dublin 2020 Cyclo-cross World Cup rounds. 6 October 2020. velonews.com. 1 July 2020.
3. News: Koksijde cyclocross World Cup called off due to COVID-19. 6 October 2020. velonews.com. 24 September 2020.
4. News: The UCI updates on the 2020-2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup calendar. 7 October 2020. velonews.com. 7 October 2020.