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The 2019/20 Telenet UCI World Cup resumes this Saturday at one of the sport’s storied locations in Tabor, Czech Republic.

Home of the 2001, 2010 and 2015 World Championships and the 2003 and 2017 European Championships, Tabor has also hosted 9 World Cups this millennium. After taking a 3-year World Cup break following the 2015 World Championships, the series returned to Tabor last year.

The city of Tabor dates back to the 15th century, and the city is located about an hour’s drive south of Prague. Saturday’s World Cup course is located at the Komora Sports Complex situated south of the city proper.

2019 World Cup Tabor course map

2019 World Cup Tabor course map

Last year’s races featured a Dutch sweep, with Lucinda Brand (Telenet Baloise Lions) taking the Elite Women’s win and Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) winning race 4 of what is now his current 29-race winning streak.

Elite Women Preview

Brand returns as a favorite in the Elite Women’s race. She will be joined by a number of young Dutch stars, including the toast of 2019 thus far Yara Kastelijn (777), who will be showing off her new Euro Champ’s jersey, U23 Euros winner Ceylin Alvarado (Corendon – Circus) and last year’s Tabor runner-up Annemarie Worst (777).

Lucinda Brand returns looking to defend her title at Tabor. 2018 Tabor UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © Bart Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Lucinda Brand returns looking to defend her title at Tabor. 2018 Tabor UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © Bart Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) returns home in the World Cup leader’s jersey after her first and second at the U.S. World Cups and 7th at World Cup Bern. Nash has 198 points through 3 races, and Maghalie Rochette (Specialized x Feedback Sports) is in 2nd with 175 and Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b Cyclocross World) is in 3rd with 146.

Other American Elite Women joining Keough are Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight), Anna Megale (Trek Cyclocross Collective), Rebecca Gross (Zero D Racing) and Corey Coogan Cisek (CCC Racing).

Elite Men Preview

Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal) enters Tabor with a perfect sheet in the World Cups thus far. He swept the two contests in the U.S. and then won at World Cup Bern.

What’s different this time around? Mathieu van der Poel.

Van der Poel returns for his first World Cup of the 2019/20 season. He is coming off a hard-fought win at the Euro Championships in Italy and a bit easier victory back in Belgium at Jaarmarktcross on Monday.

Van der Poel and his brother David will take the start line with a heavy heart after the passing of their grandfather Raymond Poulidor on Wednesday at age 83. The Van der Poel brothers will start Saturday’s World Cup and Sunday’s Flandriencross before attending Poulidor’s funeral on Tuesday.

Mathieu van der Poel will take the Tabor start line with a heavy heart after the passing of his grandfather Raymond Poulidor. 2018 Telenet UCI World Cup Nommay. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel will take the Tabor start line with a heavy heart after the passing of his grandfather Raymond Poulidor. 2018 Telenet UCI World Cup Nommay. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Toon Aerts (Telenet Baloise Lions) is second in the World Cup standings and Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal) third.

Max Judelson (Voler / Easton / HRS / Rock Lobster) and Tyler Cloutier (TCCX) are representing for North America.

The Elite Women’s race takes place at 7 a.m. EST and the Elite Men’s at 8:30 a.m. EST. Coverage in the U.S. is available via the NBC Sports Gold app, and in Canada via FloBikes.

Full Elite start lists are below.

Elite Women Start List: 2019 World Cup Tabor

BibNameCountryYOBUCI Rank
1CANT Sanne
BEL19902
2SELS Loes
BEL19857
3VAN LOY Ellen
BEL198015
4VERDONSCHOT Laura
BEL199619
5VANDERBEKEN Joyce
BEL198430
6*TRUYEN Marthe
BEL199959
7FRANCK Alicia
BEL199455
8*CRABBE Kiona
BEL2001251
9KASTELIJN Yara
NED199717
10BRAND Lucinda
NED19894
11WORST Annemarie
NED19951
12*ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen
NED19985
13*VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge
NED199914
14KAPTHEIJNS Maud
NED199413
15*BAKKER Manon
NED199931
16DE BOER Sophie
NED199032
17HOEKE Geerte
NED199045
18*PIETERSE Puck
NED200246
19*VAN ANROOIJ Shirin
NED200248
20COMPTON Katherine
USA197812
21KEOUGH Kaitlin
USA19929
22MEGALE Anna
USA1991142
23GROSS Rebecca
USA1980162
24COOGAN CISEK Corey
USA1977184
25*KAY Anna
GBR199928
26*HARNDEN Harriet
GBR200173
27*SCOTT Katie
GBR200195
28*FLYNN Anna
GBR2002101
29*NELSON Josie
GBR2002179
30*COUZENS Millie
GBR2003185
31HAVLIKOVA Pavla
CZE198322
32NASH Katerina
CZE197726
33CZECZINKAROVA Jana
CZE199752
34BAJGEROVA NikolaCZE199757
35*UNGERMANOVA Elizabeth
CZE199979
36*SVIHALKOVA Tereza
CZE199996
37*VANICKOVA Tereza
CZE2000106
38*JANU Kamila
CZE2000110
39*BEDRNIKOVA KarolIna
CZE2003127
40*NOVOTNA Aneta
CZE2003196
41GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia
ESP199024
42LECHNER Eva
ITA198518
43ARZUFFI Alice Maria
ITA199410
44MANI Caroline
FRA198725
45*NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion
FRA199933
46*FOUQUENET Amandine
FRA200168
47*SEIDEL Clea
GER2002154
48LUTTUSCHKA Larissa
GER1997205
49*KRAHL Judith
GER2001282
50HEIGL Nadja
AUT199629
51MOTTUS Mari-Liis
EST199753
52*KUKK Katlin
EST2001158
53KESEG STEVKOVA Janka
SVK197669
54JASEKOVA Tatiana
SVK1988221
55*KURNICKA Tereza
SVK2003146
56*PAULECHOVA Radka
SVK2001235
57*VAS Kata Blanka
HUN200149
58ROCHETTE Maghalie
CAN19936

Elite Men Start List: 2019 World Cup Tabor

PlaceNameCountryYOBUCI Rank
1VAN DER POEL Mathieu
NED19951
2VAN DER HAAR Lars
NED19916
3VAN KESSEL Corne
NED199110
4NIEUWENHUIS Joris
NED199614
5VAN DER POEL David
NED199219
6GODRIE Stan
NED199338
7WOUTERS Sieben
NED199648
8VAN DER HEIJDEN Maik
NED199750
9VAN DER MEER Gosse
NED199553
10AERTS Toon
BEL19932
11VANTHOURENHOUT Michael
BEL19933
12ISERBYT Eli
BEL19975
13SWEECK Laurens
BEL19937
14HERMANS Quinten
BEL19958
15VERMEERSCH Gianni
BEL19929
16ADAMS Jens
BEL199215
17MEEUSEN Tom
BEL198818
18AERNOUTS Jim
BEL198920
19MERLIER Tim
BEL199221
20SOETE Daan
BEL199424
21SWEECK Diether
BEL199331
22CLEPPE Nicolas
BEL199526
23AERTS Thijs
BEL199622
24LOOCKX Lander
BEL199733
25VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter
BEL198534
26MERLIER Braam
BEL199441
27MEISEN Marcel
GER198911
28MULLER Manuel
GER1995136
29HAHNEL Frederik
GER1996240
30CHAINEL Steve
FRA198329
31HUMBERT Valentin
FRA1996242
32GOSSARD Maxime
FRA1995460
33ORTS LLORET FelipeESP199512
34SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin
ESP199436
35JUDELSON Max
USA1987246
36CLOUTIER Tyler
USA1989332
37RUEGG Timon
SUI199642
38WILDHABER Marcel
SUI198552
39ZAHNER Simon
SUI198356
40SAGESSER Severin
SUI199289
41MOTTIEZ Gilles
SUI1997191
42BOROS Michael
CZE199216
43PAPRSTKA Tomas
CZE199243
44NESVADBA Jan
CZE199144
45MAYER Daniel
CZE1997290
46PIDCOCK Thomas
GBR199913
47GLAJZA Ondrej
SVK199472
48ULIK Matej
SVK199797
49KURTY Jakub
SVK1997237
50VOZAR Simon
SVK1995419
51HEIGL Philipp
AUT1993140