# UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships

The European Cyclo-cross Championships are organised by the Union Européenne de Cyclisme and crown the recognised European champions in the cycling discipline of cyclo-cross.
They have been held since 2003 in November, towards the start of the cyclo-cross season. Events are held for men and women, in junior, under-23 and elite classes.
A seventh medal event, a mixed relay, was introduced in 2023.

## Locations

| Year | Country | City |
| 2003 | Czech Republic | Tábor |
| 2004 | Belgium | Vossem |
| 2005 | France | Pontchâteau |
| 2006 | Netherlands | Huijbergen |
| 2007 | Switzerland | Hittnau |
| 2008 | France | Liévin |
| 2009 | Belgium | Hoogstraten |
| 2010 | Germany | Frankfurt |
| 2011 | Italy | Lucca |
| 2012 | United Kingdom | Ipswich |
| 2013 | Czech Republic | Mladá Boleslav |
| 2014 | Germany | Lorsch |
| 2015 | Netherlands | Huijbergen |
| 2016 | France | Pontchâteau |
| 2017 | Czech Republic | Tábor |
| 2018 | Netherlands | ’s-Hertogenbosch |
| 2019 | Italy | Silvelle di Trebaseleghe |
| 2020 | Netherlands | ’s-Hertogenbosch |
| 2021 | Netherlands | Wijster |
| 2022 | Belgium | Namur |
| 2023 | France | Pontchâteau |
| 2024 | Spain | Pontevedra |
| 2025 | Belgium | Middelkerke |
| 2026 | Netherlands | Zeddam |

## Palmarès

The full set of medalists in each race are set out below.

### Women
#### Elite women

Held since 2003, the most successful rider in the women's elite event is the Netherlands' Daphny van den Brand with four titles, followed by Hanka Kupfernagel of Germany, Sanne Cant of Belgium and Fem van Empel from the Netherlands with three each.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2003 | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Maryline Salvetat (FRA) |
| 2004 | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | Maryline Salvetat (FRA) | Laurence Leboucher (FRA) |
| 2005 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Daphny van den Brand (NED) | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) |
| 2006 | Daphny van den Brand (NED) | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | Marianne Vos (NED) |
| 2007 | Daphny van den Brand (NED) | Maryline Salvetat (FRA) | Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (FRA) |
| 2008 | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | Maryline Salvetat (FRA) | Kateřina Nash (CZE) |
| 2009 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Daphny van den Brand (NED) | Helen Wyman (GBR) |
| 2010 | Daphny van den Brand (NED) | Sanne van Paassen (NED) | Helen Wyman (GBR) |
| 2011 | Daphny van den Brand (NED) | Lucie Chainel-Lefèvre (FRA) | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) |
| 2012 | Helen Wyman (GBR) | Sanne van Paassen (NED) | Nikki Harris (GBR) |
| 2013 | Helen Wyman (GBR) | Nikki Harris (GBR) | Lucie Chainel-Lefèvre (FRA) |
| 2014 | Sanne Cant (BEL) | Pavla Havlíková (CZE) | Nikki Harris (GBR) |
| 2015 | Sanne Cant (BEL) | Jolien Verschueren (BEL) | Nikki Harris (GBR) |
| 2016 | Thalita de Jong (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Caroline Mani (FRA) |
| 2017 | Sanne Cant (BEL) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA) |
| 2018 | Annemarie Worst (NED) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Denise Betsema (NED) |
| 2019 | Yara Kastelijn (NED) | Eva Lechner (ITA) | Annemarie Worst (NED) |
| 2020 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | Annemarie Worst (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) |
| 2021 | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Kata Blanka Vas (HUN) | Yara Kastelijn (NED) |
| 2022 | Fem van Empel (NED) | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | Kata Blanka Vas (HUN) |
| 2023 | Fem van Empel (NED) | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | Sara Casasola (ITA) |
| 2024 | Fem van Empel (NED) | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) |

#### Women under-23

Three women have won the under-23 race twice. One of them, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, is the only rider to have won both the under-23 race and the elite race, while another Puck Pieterse won both the under-23 and junior races. No rider has of 2023 won all three.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2013 | Annefleur Kalvenhaar (NED) | Sabrina Stultiens (NED) | Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA) |
| 2014 | Sabrina Stultiens (NED) | Martina Mikulášková (CZE) | Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA) |
| 2015 | Maud Kaptheijns (NED) | Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA) | Jana Czeczinkarová (CZE) |
| 2016 | Chiara Teocchi (ITA) | Hélène Clauzel (FRA) | Jana Czeczinkarová (CZE) |
| 2017 | Chiara Teocchi (ITA) | Laura Verdonschot (BEL) | Nikola Nosková (CZE) |
| 2018 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | Inge van der Heijden (NED) | Fleur Nagengast (NED) |
| 2019 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | Anna Kay (GBR) | Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA) |
| 2020 | Puck Pieterse (NED) | Kata Blanka Vas (HUN) | Manon Bakker (NED) |
| 2021 | Shirin van Anrooij (NED) | Puck Pieterse (NED) | Fem van Empel (NED) |
| 2022 | Puck Pieterse (NED) | Line Burquier (FRA) | Shirin van Anrooij (NED) |
| 2023 | Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR) | Marie Schreiber (LUX) | Kristýna Zemanová (CZE) |
| 2024 | Célia Gery (FRA) | Marie Schreiber (LUX) | Leonie Bentveld (NED) |

#### Women juniors

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2019 | Puck Pieterse (NED) | Olivia Onesti (FRA) | Shirin van Anrooij (NED) |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Zoë Bäckstedt (GBR) | Leonie Bentveld (NED) | Nienke Vinke (NED) |
| 2022 | Lauren Molengraaf (NED) | Valentina Corvi (ITA) | Xaydee van Sinaey (BEL) |
| 2023 | Célia Gery (FRA) | Cat Ferguson (GBR) | Viktória Chladoňová (SVK) |
| 2024 | Anja Grossmann (SUI) | Barbora Bukovska (CZE) | Giorgia Pellizotti (ITA) |

### Men
#### Men elite

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Wout Van Aert (BEL) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) |
| 2016 | Toon Aerts (BEL) | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Wout Van Aert (BEL) |
| 2017 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Toon Aerts (BEL) |
| 2018 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Laurens Sweeck (BEL) |
| 2019 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Laurens Sweeck (BEL) |
| 2020 | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) | Lars van der Haar (NED) |
| 2021 | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) |
| 2022 | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Laurens Sweeck (BEL) |
| 2023 | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) | Cameron Mason (GBR) | Lars van der Haar (NED) |
| 2024 | Thibau Nys (BEL) | Felipe Orts (ESP) | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) |

#### Men under-23

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2003 | Martin Zlámalík (CZE) | Martin Bína (CZE) | Steve Chainel (FRA) |
| 2004 | Lars Boom (NED) | Niels Albert (BEL) | Martin Bína (CZE) |
| 2005 | Niels Albert (BEL) | Jan Soetens (BEL) | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) |
| 2006 | Niels Albert (BEL) | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Rob Peeters (BEL) |
| 2007 | Niels Albert (BEL) | Philipp Walsleben (GER) | Lukáš Klouček (CZE) |
| 2008 | Philipp Walsleben (GER) | Aurélien Duval (FRA) | Kenneth Van Compernolle (BEL) |
| 2009 | Robert Gavenda (SVK) | Paweł Szczepaniak (POL) | Tom Meeusen (BEL) |
| 2010 | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Elia Silvestri (ITA) | Joeri Adams (BEL) |
| 2011 | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Mike Teunissen (NED) | Stan Godrie (NED) |
| 2012 | Mike Teunissen (NED) | Corné van Kessel (NED) | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) |
| 2013 | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) |
| 2014 | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Laurens Sweeck (BEL) | Jakub Skála (CZE) |
| 2015 | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | Daan Hoeyberghs (BEL) | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) |
| 2016 | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) | Sieben Wouters (NED) |
| 2017 | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | Sieben Wouters (NED) |
| 2018 | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Antoine Benoist (FRA) |
| 2019 | Mickaël Crispin (FRA) | Timo Kielich (BEL) | Antoine Benoist (FRA) |
| 2020 | Ryan Kamp (NED) | Thomas Mein (GBR) | Cameron Mason (GBR) |
| 2021 | Ryan Kamp (NED) | Niels Vandeputte (BEL) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 2022 | Emiel Verstrynge (BEL) | Thibau Nys (BEL) | Witse Meeussen (BEL) |
| 2023 | Jente Michels (BEL) | Emiel Verstrynge (BEL) | Rémi Lelandais (FRA) |
| 2024 | Jente Michels (BEL) | Filippo Agostinacchio (ITA) | Aubin Sparfel (FRA) |

#### Men juniors

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2003 | Niels Albert (BEL) | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Clément Lhotellerie (FRA) |
| 2004 | Julien Taramarcaz (SUI) | Ricardo van der Velde (NED) | Christoph Pfingsten (GER) |
| 2005 | Robert Gavenda (SVK) | Yannick Martinez (FRA) | Dries Govaerts (BEL) |
| 2006 | Vincent Baestaens (BEL) | Joeri Adams (BEL) | Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) |
| 2007 | Lubomír Petruš (CZE) | Arnaud Jouffroy (FRA) | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
| 2008 | Tijmen Eising (NED) | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Sean De Bie (BEL) |
| 2009 | Émilien Viennet (FRA) | Laurens Sweeck (BEL) | Michiel van der Heijden (NED) |
| 2010 | Lars Forster (SUI) | Jakub Skála (CZE) | Quentin Jaurégui (FRA) |
| 2011 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Quentin Jaurégui (FRA) | Romain Seigle (FRA) |
| 2012 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Clément Russo (FRA) | Yannick Peeters (BEL) |
| 2013 | Yannick Peeters (BEL) | Adam Ťoupalík (CZE) | Yan Gras (FRA) |
| 2014 | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Jappe Jaspers (BEL) | Johan Jacobs (SUI) |
| 2015 | Jens Dekker (NED) | Mitch Groot (NED) | Thomas Bonnet (FRA) |
| 2016 | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | Nicolas Guillemin (FRA) | Timo Kielich (BEL) |
| 2017 | Loris Rouiller (SUI) | Tomáš Kopecký (CZE) | Ben Tulett (GBR) |
| 2018 | Pim Ronhaar (NED) | Witse Meeussen (BEL) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 2019 | Thibau Nys (BEL) | Jente Michels (BEL) | Dario Lillo (SUI) |
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Aaron Dockx (BEL) | David Haverdings (NED) | Luca Paletti (ITA) |
| 2022 | Léo Bisiaux (FRA) | Daniel Weis (DEN) | Guus van den Eijnden (NED) |
| 2023 | Aubin Sparfel (FRA) | Zsombor Takács (HUN) | Jules Simon (FRA) |
| 2024 | Mattia Agostinacchio (ITA) | Valentin Hofer (AUT) | Mats Vanden Eynde (BEL) |

### Mixed
#### Mixed relay

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2023 | France Aubin Sparfel Remi Lelandais Celia Gery Electa Gallezot Helene Clauzel Joshua Dubau | Great Britain Anna Kay Daniel Barnes Imogen Wolff Oscar Amey Cat Ferguson Cameron Mason | Belgium Yorben Lauryssen Naud Declarcq Xaydee van Sinaey Shanyl de Schoesitter Sanne Cant Witse Meeussen |
| 2024 | Italy Federico Ceolin Mattia Agostinacchio Lucia Bramati Giorgia Pellizotti Francesca Baroni Filippo Agostinacchio | France Théophile Vassal Célia Gery Lise Revol Hélène Clauzel Rémi Lelandais Aubin Sparfel | Spain Miguel Rodriguez Novoa Benjamin Noval Suarez Lorena Patiño Villanueva Felipe Orts Aroa Otero Taboas Sofia Rodriguez Revert |