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After almost six months of cyclocross, the 2018/19 cyclocross series wrap up this weekend at Superprestige Middelkerke.

This season, we have been periodically checking in with the Telenet UCI World Cup, Telenet Superprestige and DVV Verzekeringen Trofee / Sack Zelfbouw Ladies Trophy series, and today, we take one last look at the overall series standings for the Superprestige and results for the other two series.

Telenet Superprestige

The last series to be decided is the Telenet Superprestige, which has its finale on Saturday at Middelkerke.

In the Elite Women’s overall standings, Sanne Cant (IKO – Beobank), who won last weekend at Hoogstraten, currently holds a two-point lead over Annemarie Worst (Steylaerts – 777). With points going from 15 to 1 in descending order, Worst needs to finish 3 spots better to take the overall—Cant has won more series races, so she holds the tiebreaker.

Cant and Worst head to Middelkerke looking for the Superprestige overall. 2018 Superprestige Gavere. © A. Yee / Cyclocross Magazine

Cant and Worst head to Middelkerke looking for the Superprestige overall. 2018 Superprestige Gavere. © A. Yee / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) is looking to wrap up a perfect Superprestige series. He currently leads Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) by 11 points, so the Belgian needs a Koppenberg-like disaster from the new World Champion to win the overall.

If Cant wins the Elite Women’s overall, she will take home significantly less money than her program-mate and fellow World Champion. The Women’s winner gets €10,000 and the Men’s €30,000. Total payouts for the Elite Women are €22,000 and for the Elite Men, they total €90,000.

Current standings are below. Rules and info on payouts can be found on the Superprestige website.

Women's Series Standings: 2018/19 Telenet Superprestige

PlaceRiderCountryTeamPoints
1Sanne CantBELIKO - Beobank90
2Annemarie WorstNEDSteylaerts - 77788
3Alice Maria ArzuffiITASteylaerts - 77769
4Denise BetsemaNEDMarlux - Bingoal68
5Ceylin del Carmen AlvaradoNEDCorendon - Circus65
6Nikki BrammeierGBRMudiiita50
Eva LechnerITACreafin TUV Sud50
8Maud KaptheijnsNEDRoompot - Charles43
9Ellen Van LoyBELTelenet Fidea Lions37
10Kim Van de SteeneBELTarteletto - Isorex35

Men's Overall Standings: 2018/19 Telenet Superprestige

PlaceNameCountryTeamPoints
1Mathieu van der PoelNEDCorendon - Circus105
2Toon AertsBELTelenet Fidea Lions94
3Lars van der HaarNEDTelenet Fidea Lions74
4Wout van AertBELCibel - Cebon Offroad Team66
5Quinten HermansBELTelenet Fidea Lions48
6Tom MeeusenBELCorendon - Circus47
7Jens AdamsBELPauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice46
8Michael VanthourenhoutBELMarlux - Bingoal44
9Gianni VermeerschBELSteylaerts - 77740
10Laurens SweeckBELPauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice37

Telenet UCI World Cup

The big story heading into the World Cup finale at Hoogerheide was the battle between Aerts and Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) for the overall. Also on the line was Tim Merlier’s spot on the Belgian Worlds team.

Aerts finished second at Hoogerheide to win the overall, while Van Aert got a bit of revenge for that and Belgian Nats by finishing second in Bogense.

Marianne Vos (CCC – Liv) locked up her first-ever World Cup overall at World Cup Pont-Château and went on to finish third at Hoogerheide before repeating that result at Worlds.

Vos wore the World Cup leader's jersey from start to finish. Elite Women. 2019 Hoogerheide World Cup, GP Adri van der Poel. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Vos wore the World Cup leader’s jersey from start to finish. Elite Women. 2019 Hoogerheide World Cup, GP Adri van der Poel. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

The Little Badger finished her season on a strong note and took fourth in the World Cup overall after finishing sixth at Hoogerheide.

This season, even though payouts for individual World Cups were not equal between the sexes, payouts for the overall series were equal at €30,000 for the overall winners. Payouts for the overall went 20 deep.

Final series top 10 standings are below.

Women's Overall Results: 2019 Telenet UCI World Cup

PlaceRiderCountryTeamPoints
1Marianne VosNEDCCC - Liv559
2Sanne CantBELIKO - Beobank418
3Annemarie WorstNEDSteylaerts -0 777400
4Kaitie KeoughUSACannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld384
5Denise BetsemaNEDMarlux - Bingoal378
6Loes SelsBELPauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice367
7Ceylin del Carmen AlvaradoNEDCorendon - Cirucs357
8Katie ComptonUSAKFC Racing p/b Trek Knight349
9Eva LechnerITACreafin TUV Sud348
10Ellen Van LoyBELTelenet Fidea Lions347

Men's Overall Results: 2018/19 Telenet UCI World Cup

PlaceRiderNationTeamPoints
1Toon AertsBELTelenet Fidea Lions615
2Wout van AertBELCibel - Cebon Offroad Team613
3Mathieu van der PoelNEDCorendon - Circus480
4Corne van KesselNEDTelenet Fidea Lions445
5Quinten HermansNELTelenet Fidea Lions438
6Lars van der HaarNEDTelenet Fidea Lions436
7Laurens SweeckBELPauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice425
8Michael VanthourenhoutBELMarlux - Bingoal399
9Daan SoeteBELPauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice375
10Kevin PauwelsBELMarlux - Bingoal367

DVV Verzekeringen Trofee / Sack Zelfbouw Ladies Trophy

The one time-based series is the DVV Verzekeringen Trofee for the Men and Sack Zelfbouw Ladies Trophy for the Women.

Although she did not have the win total of previous seasons, Sanne Cant still rode consistently and won the series overall by a minute and a half over Loes Sels (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice).

If you were looking for some intrigue in the Elite Men’s races, the DVV Trofee series provided a little interest as Mathieu van der Poel tried to erase the massive time gap he was chasing after his poor showing on the Koppenberg.

Van der Poel bounced back from that race by winning the last seven series races and taking the overall title. As he did in the other two series, Toon Aerts finished second.

After a bad; race at the Koppenbergcross, Van der Poel rolled the rest of the series. 2019 Brussels Universities Cyclocross. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

After a bad; race at the Koppenbergcross, Van der Poel rolled the rest of the series. 2019 Brussels Universities Cyclocross. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Van der Poel’s prize from the DVV Trofee overall is also bigger than Cant’s, with the Elite Men’s winner getting €30,000 and the Elite Women’s winner only €10,000. Rules for the series can be found here.

Top 10 series results are below.

Women's Overall Results: 2018/19 Sack Zelfbouw Ladies Trophy

PlaceRiderCountryTeamTime Gap
1Sanne CantBELIKO - Beobank-----
2Loes SelsBELPauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice1:35
3Nikki BrammeierGBRMudiiita5:03
4Laura VerdonschotBELMarlux - Bingoal7:56
5Ellen Van LoyBELTelenet Fidea Lions9:42
6Katie ComptonUSAKFC Racing p/b Trek Knight14:58
7Eva LechnerITACreafin TUV Sud15:45
8Alice Maria ArzuffiITASteylaerts - 77720:50
9Denise BetsemaNEDMarlux - Bingoal21:51
10Ceylin del Carmen AlvaradoNEDCorendon - Circus23:11

Men's Overall Results: 2018/18 DVV Verzekeringer Trofee

PlaceRiderCountryTeamTime Gap
1Mathieu van der PoelNEDCorendon - Circus-----
2Toon AertsBELTelenet Fidea Lions1:26
3Michael VanthourenhoutBELMarlux - Bingoal5:50
4Laurens SweeckBELPauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice8:21
5Lars van der HaarNEDTelenet Fidea Lions8:39
6Corne van KesselNEDTelenet Fidea Lions9:46
7Tom MeeusenBELCorendon - Circus13:05
8Jens AdamsBELCorendon - Circus13:15
9Kevin PauwelsBELMarlux - Bingoal16:21
10Eli IserbytBELMarlux - Bingoal18:29