Start Lists: 2018 World Cup Koksijde, Vos Returns, 15 North Americans

After a bit of a break following the European Championships, Marianne Vos (WaowDeals Pro Cycling) is back headlining the start list for the 2018 World Cup Koksijde.

Even though she did not race last Saturday in Tabor, Vos retains the Telenet UCI World Cup leader’s jersey for the race in Koksijde. Vos retains an 18-point lead over Sanne Cant (IKO – Beobank) in the overall series standings. [We will do a look at updated standings for all European series soon]

Tabor winner Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) returns looking for a second-straight win.

The Elite Women’s start list includes a host of North Americans. Canadian champ Maghalie Rochette (CX Fever p/b Specialized) is joined by Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight), Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Ellen Noble (Trek Factory Racing CX), Elle Anderson (Milwaukee – Alpha Motorhomes), Clara Honsinger (Team S&M CX), Regina Legge (Trek Cyclocross Collective) and Corey Coogan Cisek (Amy D. Foundation).

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) is back looking to stay perfect in the World Cups after rolling to a dominant win on Saturday in Tabor. Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) retains the leader’s jersey after finishing third in Bern and fourth in Tabor.

Brian Matter (Linear Sport Racing) is the lone North American Elite male.

Six U.S. Juniors are set to race. Magnus Sheffield (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Nick Carter (KCCX Elite Cycling Team), Alex Morton (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld), Jared Scott (Boulder Junior Cycling), Torin Bickmore (Boulder Junior Cycling) and Jules Van Kempen (Tri-Cyclists BRC) are all racing on Sunday.

Full Elite start lists are below. The Elite Women’s race is at 7:30 a.m. EST and the Elite Men’s is at 9:00 a.m. EST on Sunday.

Featured image: Bart Hazen

Elite Women's Start List: 2018 World Cup Koksijde

Bib	Name	Country	YOB	UCI Rank
1	CANT Sanne	BEL	1990	1
2	VAN LOY Ellen	BEL	1980	6
3	SELS Loes	BEL	1985	9
4	VERDONSCHOT Laura	BEL	1996	23
5	VANDERBEKEN Joyce	BEL	1984	35
6	VAN DE STEENE Kim	BEL	1986	38
7	*BELLAERT Axelle	BEL	1997	108
8	*TRUYEN Marthe	BEL	1999	150
9	*BROUWERS Julie	BEL	2002
10	*CRABBE Kiona	BEL	2001
11	COMPTON Katherine	USA	1978	2
12	KEOUGH Kaitlin	USA	1992	4
13	NOBLE Ellen	USA	1995	11
14	ANDERSON Elle	USA	1988	25
15	*HONSINGER Clara	USA	1997	37
16	LEGGE Regina	USA	1984	75
17	COOGAN CISEK Corey	USA	1977	233
18	WORST Annemarie	NED	1995	7
19	BRAND Lucinda	NED	1989	15
20	VOS Marianne	NED	1987	5
21	*DEL CARMEN ALVARADO Ceylin	NED	1998	18
22	KAPTHEIJNS Maud	NED	1994	21
23	*NAGENGAST Fleur	NED	1998	31
24	BETSEMA Denise	NED	1993	28
25	*VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge	NED	1999	33
26	*BAKKER Manon	NED	1999	39
27	DE BOER Sophie	NED	1990	42
28	*KASTELIJN Yara	NED	1997	110
29	PETIT Marlene	FRA	1991	32
30	*NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion	FRA	1999	44
31	MOREL PETITGIRARD Marlene	FRA	1988	68
32	DELHAYE Pauline	FRA	1989	106
33	*FOUQUENET Amandine	FRA	2001	303
34	*DURAFFOURG Lauriane	FRA	2002	305
35	*MOULLEC Louise	FRA	2002	412
36	WYMAN Helen	GBR	1981	8
37	*RICHARDS Evie	GBR	1997	14
38	BRAMMEIER Nikki	GBR	1986	17
39	*KAY Anna	GBR	1999	60
40	*WADSWORTH Emily	GBR	1999	148
41	*WADSWORTH Maddie	GBR	2002	246
42	*SCOTT Katie	GBR	2001	271
43	*NELSON Josie	GBR	2002	334
44	ROCHETTE Maghalie	CAN	1993	16
45	NUNO PALACIO Aida	ESP	1983	20
46	GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia	ESP	1990	24
47	TREVILLA SAMPERIO Sandra	ESP	1992	154
48	*DIAZ LOPEZ Paula	ESP	1997	270
49	LECHNER Eva	ITA	1985	3
50	ARZUFFI Alice Maria	ITA	1994	10
51	HAVLIKOVA Pavla	CZE	1983	19
52	NASH Katerina	CZE	1977	12
53	*UNGERMANOVA Elizabeth	CZE	1999	67
54	*BAJGEROVA Nikola	CZE	1997	70
55	PAUL Stefanie	GER	1986	116
56	*KUDERLE Nina	GER	1999	176
57	*HINZ Katharina Julia	GER	1997	214
58	STEFFENHAGEN Diana	GER	1985
59	*MOTTUS Mari-Liis	EST	1997	105
60	*RUEGG Noemi	SUI	2001	87
61	BARHOUMI Zina	SUI	1996	82
62	*ROUILLER Melissa	SUI	2002	329
63	*COTTIER Lucie	SUI	2002	442

Elite Men's Start List: 2018 World Cup Koksijde

Bib	Name	Country	YOB	UCI Rank
1	VAN AERT Wout	BEL	1994	1
2	AERTS Toon	BEL	1993	3
3	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	BEL	1993	4
4	SWEECK Laurens	BEL	1993	5
5	MERLIER Tim	BEL	1992	9
6	HERMANS Quinten	BEL	1995	7
7	SOETE Daan	BEL	1994	12
8	PAUWELS Kevin	BEL	1984	14
9	AERTS Thijs	BEL	1996	19
10	MEEUSEN Tom	BEL	1988	20
11	AERNOUTS Jim	BEL	1989	23
12	SWEECK Diether	BEL	1993	25
13	VERMEERSCH Gianni	BEL	1992	29
14	BAESTAENS Vincent	BEL	1989	30
15	CLEPPE Nicolas	BEL	1995	26
16	ADAMS Jens	BEL	1992	33
17	MERLIER Braam	BEL	1994	40
18	VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter	BEL	1985	45
19	BOSMANS Wietse	BEL	1991	48
20	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	NED	1995	2
21	VAN KESSEL Corne	NED	1991	6
22	VAN DER HAAR Lars	NED	1991	8
23	VAN DER POEL David	NED	1992	10
24	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	NED	1996	35
25	GODRIE Stan	NED	1993	50
26	WOUTERS Sieben	NED	1996	53
27	VAN DER MEER Gosse	NED	1995	83
S 28	BAKX Kelvin	NED	1996	166
29	BOULO Matthieu	FRA	1989	21
30	CANAL Fabien	FRA	1989	24
31	GRAS Yan	FRA	1996	59
32	DUBAU Joshua	FRA	1996	73
33	FALENTA Alois	FRA	1989	77
34	MENUT David	FRA	1992	82
35	DUBAU Lucas	FRA	1996	93
36	HUMBERT Valentin	FRA	1996	328
37	ZAHNER Simon	SUI	1983	49
38	SAGESSER Severin	SUI	1992	51
39	RUEGG Timon	SUI	1996	89
40	BOROS Michael	CZE	1992	18
41	NESVADBA Jan	CZE	1991	27
42	PAPRSTKA Tomas	CZE	1992	44
43	TOUPALIK Adam	CZE	1996	47
44	BERTOLINI Gioele	ITA	1995	28
45	ESTEBAN AGUERO Ismael	ESP	1983	41
46	ORTS LLORET Felipe	ESP	1995	16
47	SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin	ESP	1994	68
48	MATTER Brian	USA	1978	275
49	MEISEN Marcel	GER	1989	13
50	EDHOFER Thomas	GER	1985
51	FIELD Ian	GBR	1986	66