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The 2019/20 Telenet UCI World Cup series returns with stop 5 this Sunday at the famed sands of Koksijde. Eleven young riders sponsored by the USA Cycling development program will have the opportunity to race at one of the sport’s iconic venues.

Located along the North Sea, Koksijde hosted the 2012 World Championships and it has hosted a World Cup or the World Champs every year since 2006, with the exception of 2016 when the race was canceled due to blisteringly high winds.

The sand dunes of Koksijde await this weekend. 2018 World Cup Koksijde. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

The sand dunes of Koksijde await this weekend. 2018 World Cup Koksijde. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

U.S. Junior and U23 Starters

World Cup Koksijde is part of the November European block run by USA Cycling. Eleven riders are racing as part of the program.

Junior/U23 Women

  • Shannon Mallory (Women’s Northwest Cyclocross Project)
  • Bridget Tooley (Easton / Giant p/b Transitions LifeCare)
  • Cassidy Hickey
  • Katja Freeburn
  • Abigail Yates (Matrix / RBM)
  • Kaia Schmid (New England Devo p/b Cadence Wealth Management)

U23 Men

  • Gage Hecht (Donnelly / Aevolo)

Junior Men

  • Tommy Servetas (Competitive Edge Racing)
  • Ian McDonald (Cycle-Smart)
  • Kyle Johnson (Giant Southwest)
  • Dylan Zakrajsek (Lake Geneva Youth Cycling)

Elite Women

Heading up the Elite Women’s start list is again the young Dutch trio of Annemarie Worst (777), Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Corendon – Circus) and Yara Kastelijn (777). Worst and Alvarado are fresh off a thrilling battle at Tabor that ultimately went to Worst in the last lap.

The sun shone upon Annemarie Worst in the last lap of Saturday's race. 2019 World Cup Tabor, Czech Republic. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

The sun shone upon Annemarie Worst in the last lap of Saturday’s race. 2019 World Cup Tabor, Czech Republic. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) returns as the World Cup overall leader with 231 points. Maghalie Rochette (Specialized x Feedback Sports) is second, but she is not racing this weekend. Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) is 3rd with 192 points.

Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight), Keough, Corey Coogan Cisek (CCC Racing) and Rebecca Gross (Zero D Racing) are the Elite U.S. women racing, and adopted Americans Caroline Mani (Pactimo / Colorado Proud) and Nash are set to start as well.

Elite Men

Last Saturday’s race in Tabor was a banger thanks in part to Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) starting on the third row, and thanks in part to Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal), Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal) and Lars van der Haar (Telenet Baloise Lions) giving him a tough fight into the last half of the last lap.

With his Tabor win, Van der Poel moved up to 24th in the World Cup overall, so he will again be starting on the 3rd row on Sunday.

Iserbyt returns as the World Cup overall leader. Toon Aerts (Telenet Baloise Lions) is in 2nd, 45 points behind.

Mathieu van der Poel hopped the uphill barriers. 2019 World Cup Tabor, Czech Republic. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel returns with a third-row start this Sunday. 2019 World Cup Tabor, Czech Republic. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

U.S. starters are Max Judelson (Voler / Easton / HRS / Rock Lobster), Tyler Cloutier (TCCX) and Andrew Juiliano (Voler Pro CX / Cure IBD p/b Shimano).

Full Elite start lists are below.

Sunday’s Elite Women’s race starts at 7:30 a.m. EST and the Elite Men’s at 9:00 a.m. The races will be available via NBC Gold in the U.S. and Flobikes in Canada.

Elite Women Start List: 2019 World Cup Koksijde

BibNameCountryYOBUCI Rank
1CANT Sanne
BEL19902
2SELS Loes
BEL19858
3VAN LOY Ellen
BEL198018
4VERDONSCHOT Laura
BEL199621
5VANDERBEKEN Joyce
BEL198430
6FRANCK Alicia
BEL199452
7*TRUYEN Marthe
BEL199962
8*CRABBE Kiona
BEL2001192
9*BROUWERS Julie
BEL2002309
10*VERVLOET Sterre
BEL2003426
S 11VERHOEVEN Suzanne
BEL199674
12KASTELIJN Yara
NED199710
13BRAND Lucinda
NED19893
14WORST Annemarie
NED19951
15*ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen
NED19985
16*VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge
NED199911
17KAPTHEIJNS Maud
NED199415
18*BAKKER Manon
NED199931
19DE BOER Sophie
NED199032
20HOEKE Geerte
NED199042
21*PIETERSE Puck
NED200243
22*VAN ANROOIJ Shirin
NED200244
23COMPTON Katherine
USA197812
24KEOUGH Kaitlin
USA19927
25*MALLORY Shannon
USA1998140
26COOGAN CISEK Corey
USA1977150
27GROSS Rebecca
USA1980151
28*TOOLEY Bridget
USA2002214
29*HICKEY Cassidy
USA2003275
30*FREEBURN Katja
USA1999300
31*YATES Abigail
USA2002409
32*SCHMID Kaia
USA2003485
33*KAY Anna
GBR199925
34CRUMPTON Bethany
GBR199459
35*HARNDEN Harriet
GBR200168
36*SCOTT Katie
GBR200193
37*COUZENS Millie
GBR2003125
38*NELSON Josie
GBR2002134
39HAVLIKOVA Pavla
CZE198324
40NASH Katerina
CZE197727
41GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia
ESP199022
42TREVILLA SAMPERIO Sandra
ESP199269
43DIAZ LOPEZ Paula
ESP199785
44LECHNER Eva
ITA198517
45ARZUFFI Alice Maria
ITA199414
46GARIBOLDI Rebecca
ITA199675
47BARHOUMI Zina
SUI199661
48*RUEGG Noemi
SUI200171
49*WUTHRICH Svenja
SUI1998204
50*ROUILLER Melissa
SUI2002304
51*COTTIER Lucie
SUI2002308
52MANI Caroline
FRA198720
53PETIT Marlene
FRA199133
54*NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion
FRA199934
55FOUQUENET Amandine
FRA200165
56*CURINIER Lea
FRA200186
57DELHAYE Pauline
FRA1989111
58*MORICHON Anais
FRA1999185
59MAJERUS Christine
LUX198726
60PAUL Stefanie
GER1986148
61HEIGL Nadja
AUT199629
62*FOMINA Daria
RUS2002
63*DEVIGNE Camille
FRA2001

Elite Men Start List: 2019 World Cup Koksijde

BibNameCountryYOBUCI Rank
1VAN DER POEL Mathieu
NED19951
2VAN DER HAAR Lars
NED19916
3VAN KESSEL Corne
NED199110
4NIEUWENHUIS Joris
NED199614
5VAN DER POEL DavidNED199223
6GODRIE Stan
NED199338
7WOUTERS Sieben
NED199646
8VAN DER HEIJDEN Maik
NED199748
S 9VAN DER MEER Gosse
NED199557
10AERTS Toon
BEL19932
11ISERBYT Eli
BEL19973
12VANTHOURENHOUT Michael
BEL19934
13SWEECK Laurens
BEL19937
14HERMANS Quinten
BEL19958
15VERMEERSCH Gianni
BEL19929
16ADAMS Jens
BEL199215
17MERLIER Tim
BEL199218
18AERNOUTS Jim
BEL198919
19AERTS Thijs
BEL199620
20MEEUSEN Tom
BEL198822
21CLEPPE Nicolas
BEL199528
22SOETE Daan
BEL199429
23SWEECK Diether
BEL199330
24BAESTAENS Vincent
BEL198931
25VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter
BEL198533
26LOOCKX Lander
BEL199734
27MERLIER Braam
BEL199444
28MEISEN Marcel
GER198911
29MULLER Manuel
GER1995131
31MENUT David
FRA199240
32DUBAU Joshua
FRA199667
33GRAS Yan
FRA199683
34DUBAU Lucas
FRA199687
S 35HUMBERT Valentin
FRA1996216
36PHILIBERT Aurelien
FRA1995295
S 37PASQUET Audric
FRA1990540
38JOUFFROY Arnaud
FRA1990
39TURGIS Jimmy
FRA1991
40ORTS LLORET FelipeESP199512
41SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin
ESP199436
42JUDELSON Max
USA1987202
43CLOUTIER Tyler
USA1989243
44JUILIANO Andrew
USA1988336
45RUEGG Timon
SUI199635
46ZAHNER Simon
SUI198355
47SAGESSER Severin
SUI199288
48MOTTIEZ Gilles
SUI1997147
49BOROS Michael
CZE199216
50NESVADBA Jan
CZE199145
51SAMPARISI Nicolas
ITA199285
52SAMPARISI Lorenzo
ITA1993218
53PIDCOCK Thomas
GBR199913