# 2019–20 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

The 2019–20 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup took place between 14 September 2019 and 26 January 2020, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Toon Aerts in the men's competition and Marianne Vos in the women's competition.

## Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table:
Points awarded :
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Elite riders | 80 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 |
| U23/Junior riders | 60 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
* Elite riders finishing in positions 11 to 50 also received points, going down from 40 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 50th place.
* For the age group riders (excluding under-23 women), those finishing in positions 11 to 30 also received points, going down from 20 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 30th place. As well as this, only the top four scores for each rider count towards the World Cup standings.

## Events

In comparison to the previous season, the race in Pontchâteau was replaced by the Cyclo-cross de Nommay and the two American races were swapped around.
| Date | Race | Location | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners |
| Date | Race | Location | Elite men | Elite women | Under-23 men | Junior men |
| 14 September | Jingle Cross | Iowa City, United States | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Maghalie Rochette (CAN) | No under-23 or junior race | No under-23 or junior race |
| 22 September | World Cup Waterloo | Waterloo, United States | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Kateřina Nash (CZE) | No under-23 or junior race | No under-23 or junior race |
| 20 October | Cyclo-cross Bern | Bern, Switzerland | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Annemarie Worst (NED) | Kevin Kuhn (SUI) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 16 November | Cyklokros Tábor | Tábor, Czech Republic | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Annemarie Worst (NED) | Thomas Mein (GBR) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 24 November | Duinencross Koksijde | Koksijde, Belgium | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | Niels Vandeputte (BEL) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 22 December | Citadelcross | Namur, Belgium | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Kevin Kuhn (SUI) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 26 December | Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Kevin Kuhn (SUI) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 19 January | Cyclo-cross de Nommay | Nommay, France | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Annemarie Worst (NED) | Ryan Kamp (NED) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 26 January | Grand Prix Adri van der Poel | Hoogerheide, Netherlands | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Ryan Kamp (NED) | Dario Lillo (SUI) |

## Points standings
### Elite men

| Pos. | Rider | JIN | WAT | BER | TAB | KOK | NAM | ZOL | NOM | HOO | Points |
| 1 | Toon Aerts (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 577 |
| 2 | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 1 | 3 | 531 |
| 3 | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 492 |
| 4 | Laurens Sweeck (BEL) | 5 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 473 |
| 5 | Lars van der Haar (NED) | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 467 |
| 6 | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 444 |
| 7 | Corne van Kessel (NED) | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 417 |
| 8 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 400 |
| 9 | Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) | 4 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 393 |
| 10 | Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) | 26 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 340 |

### Elite women

| Pos. | Rider | JIN | WAT | BER | TAB | KOK | NAM | ZOL | NOM | HOO | Points |
| 1 | Annemarie Worst (NED) | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 495 |
| 2 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 480 |
| 3 | Kateřina Nash (CZE) | 2 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 430 |
| 4 | Inge van der Heijden (NED) | 4 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 388 |
| 5 | Katie Compton (USA) | 22 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 377 |
| 6 | Maghalie Rochette (CAN) | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 375 |
| 7 | Lucinda Brand (NED) | | | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 370 |
| 8 | Anna Kay (GBR) | 12 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 346 |
| 9 | Caroline Mani (FRA) | 8 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 335 |
| 10 | Manon Bakker (NED) | 13 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 333 |