Exact Cross Explained

Exact Cross
Date:	October–January
Region:	Belgium and the Netherlands
Discipline:	Cyclo-cross

The Exact Cross is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, formerly known as the Ethias Cross and the Brico Cross, consisting of 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of six season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Cyclo-cross Superprestige, the X²O Badkamers Trophy (formerly known as the DVV Trophy, before that the BPost Bank Trophy and before that as the Gazet van Antwerpen trophy), the EKZ CrossTour and the Toi Toi Cup. In contrary to the other competitions, the Ethias Cross does not award points or compose an overall ranking, but rather consists of separate races. Sponsored by the Belgian hardware chain Brico for the first three seasons and then by the Belgian insurance company Ethias from 2019 to 2022,^[1] its main sponsor is the enterprise software provider Exact.^[2]

Individual race winners

Men

Season	Geraardsbergen	Meulebeke	Kruibeke	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst	Only six races
2016–17							NA
Season	Eeklo	Meulebeke	Kruibeke	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst	Only six races
2017–18							NA
Season	Geraardsbergen	Meulebeke	Ronse	Lokeren	Essen	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst
2018–19
Season	Eeklo	Meulebeke	Kruibeke	Beringen	Essen	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst
2019–20
Season	Lokeren	Kruibeke	Beringen	Leuven	Essen	Bredene	Eeklo	Sint-Niklaas
2020–21
Season	Lokeren	Beringen	Bredene	Meulebeke	Leuven	Essen	Maldegem	Sint-Niklaas
2021–22
Season	Kruibeke	Beringen	Meulebeke	Essen	Mol	Loenhout	Zonnebeke	Sint-Niklaas
2022–23
Season	Beringen	Essen	Mol	Loenhout	Zonnebeke	Maldegem	Sint-Niklaas	Only seven races
2023–24								NA

Women

Season	Geraardsbergen	Meulebeke	Kruibeke	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst	Only six races
2016–17							NA
Season	Eeklo	Meulebeke	Kruibeke	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst	Only six races
2017–18							NA
Season	Geraardsbergen	Meulebeke	Ronse	Lokeren	Essen	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst
2018–19								^[3] ^[4]
Season	Eeklo	Meulebeke	Kruibeke	Beringen	Essen	Bredene	Maldegem	Hulst
2019–20
Season	Lokeren	Kruibeke	Beringen	Leuven	Essen	Bredene	Eeklo	Sint-Niklaas
2020–21
Season	Lokeren	Beringen	Bredene	Meulebeke	Leuven	Essen	Maldegem	Sint-Niklaas
2021–22
Season	Kruibeke	Beringen	Meulebeke	Essen	Mol	Loenhout	Zonnebeke	Sint-Niklaas
2022–23
Season	Beringen	Essen	Mol	Loenhout	Zonnebeke	Maldegem	Sint-Niklaas	Only seven races
2023–24								NA

Notes and References

1. Web site: cyclocrosss . 2019-08-28 . Ethias Cross – All you need to know about the Ethias Cyclocross / Veldrijden Series 2019 / 2020 . 2022-09-25 . Cyclocross Social . en-US.
2. Web site: L’Ethias Cross devient l’Exact Cross . 2022-09-25 . Videos de cyclisme . fr-FR.
3. https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/21/kijk-om-14u-naar-de-persconferentie-van-denise-betsema/ Betsema: "Toegelaten voedingssupplement was vervuild"
4. https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/20/uci-over-betsema/ UCI zet het licht op groen voor terugkeer van betrapte Betsema