Cyclo-cross Superprestige explained

Superprestige
Current Event:	2024–25 Cyclo-cross Superprestige
Date:	October–January
Region:
Discipline:	Cyclo-cross
Type:	Series
Organiser:	Flanders Classics
Number:	43 (as of season 2024–25)
Mostwins:	(13 wins)
Number Women:	10 (as of season 2024–25)
Mostwins Women:	(4 wins)

The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three major season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and the Cyclo-cross Trophy. A season consist of several races in the categories Elite Men and Elite Women. Riders can win points in each race and at the end of the season the rider with the highest point tally in each category is considered the winner. Until 2020 Superprestige had separate classification for Under 23 Men, Under-23 Women and Junior Men.

The first Superprestige took place in 1982–1983 and was won by Hennie Stamsnijder of the Netherlands. The Superprestige is organised for trade teams, not national teams. Since 2018 Superprestige has been organised by Flanders Classics.

Only two riders have won all eight Superprestige races in one season, Sven Nys in 2006–07 and Mathieu van der Poel in 2018–19. The 2022–2023 season only contains seven races due to the race in Gieten being removed from the calendar.

Points

During each race the Superprestige classification points are awarded based on the following table.

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Winners

Elite Men

1982–83	Hennie Stamsnijder	Johan Ghyllebert	Paul De Brauwer
1983–84	Hennie Stamsnijder	Rein Groenendaal	Albert Zweifel
1984–85	Roland Liboton	Hennie Stamsnijder	Rein Groenendaal
1985–86	Roland Liboton	Hennie Stamsnijder	Paul De Brauwer
1986–87	Hennie Stamsnijder	Frank van Bakel	Martin Hendriks
1987–88	Roland Liboton	Hennie Stamsnijder	Paul De Brauwer
1988–89	Hennie Stamsnijder	Paul De Brauwer	Henk Baars
1989–90	Danny De Bie	Paul De Brauwer	Henk Baars
1990–91	Radomír Šimůnek	Danny De Bie	Kurt De Roose
1991–92	Radomír Šimůnek	Danny De Bie	Frank van Bakel
1992–93	Daniele Pontoni	Thomas Frischknecht	Danny De Bie
1993–94	Daniele Pontoni	Marc Janssens	Thomas Frischknecht
1994–95	Radomír Šimůnek	Richard Groenendaal	Adrie van der Poel
1995–96	Luca Bramati	Richard Groenendaal	Adrie van der Poel
1996–97	Adrie van der Poel	Mario De Clercq	Richard Groenendaal
1997–98	Richard Groenendaal	Adrie van der Poel	Mario De Clercq
1998–99	Sven Nys	Bart Wellens	Adrie van der Poel
1999–00	Sven Nys	Richard Groenendaal	Adrie van der Poel
2000–01	Richard Groenendaal	Bart Wellens	Erwin Vervecken
2001–02	Sven Nys	Erwin Vervecken	Bart Wellens
2002–03	Sven Nys	Bart Wellens	Mario De Clercq
2003–04	Bart Wellens	Sven Nys	Erwin Vervecken
2004–05	Sven Nys	Richard Groenendaal	Sven Vanthourenhout
2005–06	Sven Nys	Gerben de Knegt	Bart Wellens
2006–07	Sven Nys	Erwin Vervecken	Bart Wellens
2007–08	Sven Nys	Bart Wellens	Niels Albert
2008–09	Sven Nys	Klaas Vantornout	Bart Wellens
2009–10	Zdeněk Štybar	Niels Albert	Sven Nys
2010–11	Sven Nys	Kevin Pauwels	Zdeněk Štybar
2011–12	Sven Nys	Kevin Pauwels	Zdeněk Štybar
2012–13	Sven Nys	Niels Albert	Klaas Vantornout
2013–14	Sven Nys	Niels Albert	Tom Meeusen
2014–15	Mathieu van der Poel	Kevin Pauwels	Lars van der Haar
2015–16	Wout van Aert	Sven Nys	Lars van der Haar
2016–17	Mathieu van der Poel	Wout van Aert	Laurens Sweeck
2017–18	Mathieu van der Poel	Wout van Aert	Laurens Sweeck
2018–19	Mathieu van der Poel	Toon Aerts	Lars van der Haar
2019–20	Laurens Sweeck	Eli Iserbyt	Lars van der Haar
2020–21	Toon Aerts	Eli Iserbyt	Michael Vanthourenhout
2021–22	Eli Iserbyt	Toon Aerts	Lars van der Haar
2022–23	Lars van der Haar	Eli Iserbyt	Michael Vanthourenhout
2023–24	Eli Iserbyt	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Niels Vandeputte

Elite Women

2015–16	Sanne Cant	Nikki Harris	Jolien Verschueren
2016–17	Sanne Cant	Sophie de Boer	Ellen Van Loy
2017–18	Sanne Cant	Maud Kaptheijns	Annemarie Worst
2018–19	Sanne Cant	Annemarie Worst	Denise Betsema
2019–20	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado	Yara Kastelijn	Annemarie Worst
2020–21	Lucinda Brand	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado	Denise Betsema
2021–22	Lucinda Brand	Denise Betsema	Annemarie Worst
2022–23	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado	Inge van der Heijden	Denise Betsema
2023–24	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado	Annemarie Worst	Aniek van Alphen

Under-23 Men

Until the 2019-20 season there was a separate classification for Under-23 Men.

2002–03	Thijs Verhagen	Bart Aernouts	Wesley Van Der Linden
2003–04	Wesley Van Der Linden	Klaas Vantornout	Martin Zlámalík
2004–05	Niels Albert	Radomír Šimůnek jr	Lars Boom
2005–06	Niels Albert	Eddy van IJzendoorn	Dieter Vanthourenhout
2006–07	Niels Albert	Zdeněk Štybar	Rob Peeters
2007–08	Thijs van Amerongen	Jempy Drucker	Julien Taramarcaz
2008–09	Philipp Walsleben	Kenneth Van Compernolle	Tom Meeusen
2009–10	Tom Meeusen	Jim Aernouts	Kenneth Van Compernolle
2010–11	Jim Aernouts	Lars van der Haar	Vincent Baestaens
2011–12	Lars van der Haar	Wietse Bosmans	Stan Godrie
2012–13	Wout van Aert	Jens Adams	Gianni Vermeersch
2013–14	Mathieu van der Poel	Wout Van Aert	Gianni Vermeersch
2014–15	Michael Vanthourenhout	Laurens Sweeck	Toon Aerts
2015–16	Eli Iserbyt	Quinten Hermans	Daan Hoeyberghs
2016–17	Quinten Hermans	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Nicolas Cleppe
2017–18	Sieben Wouters	Adam Ťoupalík	Jens Dekker
2018–19	Tom Pidcock	Ben Turner	Eli Iserbyt
2019–20	Tom Pidcock	Ben Turner	Ryan Kamp

Under-23 Women

In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons there was a separate classification for Under-23 Women.

2018–19	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado	Inge van der Heijden	Fleur Nagengast
2019–20	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado	Inge van der Heijden	Shirin van Anrooij

Junior Men

Until the 2019-20 season there was a separate classification for Junior Men riders.

2001–02	Kevin Pauwels	Dieter Vanthourenhout	Nick Sels
2002–03	Lars Boom	Eddy van IJzendoorn	Dieter Vanthourenhout
2003–04	Niels Albert	Thijs van Amerongen	Jempy Drucker
2004–05	Ricardo van der Velde	Tom Meeusen	Jan Van Dael
2005–06	Tom Meeusen	Kevin Cant	Kenneth Van Compernolle
2006–07	Ramon Sinkeldam	Joeri Adams	Vincent Baestaens
2007–08	Stef Boden	Tijmen Eising	Geert van der Horst
2008–09	Tijmen Eising	Lars van der Haar	Wietse Bosmans
2009–10	David van der Poel	Laurens Sweeck	Mike Teunissen
2010–11	Laurens Sweeck	Diether Sweeck	Jens Vandekinderen
2011–12	Mathieu van der Poel	Wout Van Aert	Daan Soete
2012–13	Mathieu van der Poel	Quinten Hermans	Martijn Budding
2013–14	Yannick Peeters	Thomas Joseph	Thijs Aerts
2014–15	Eli Iserbyt	Johan Jacobs	Maik van der Heijden
2015–16	Jens Dekker	Jappe Jaspers	Seppe Rombouts
2016–17	Jelle Camps	Toon Vandebosch	Thymen Arensman
2017–18	Tomáš Kopecký	Ryan Kamp	Pim Ronhaar
2018–19	Witse Meeussen	Ryan Cortjens	Lennert Belmans
2019–20	Thibau Nys	Lennert Belmans	Ward Huybs