# 2018–19 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

The 2018–19 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 23 September 2018 and 27 January 2019, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Mathieu van der Poel in the men's competition and Sanne Cant in the women's competition.
Three of the five titles were secured at the penultimate round in France; with her fourth race victory, seven-time world champion Marianne Vos clinched her first World Cup title, leaving the round 132 points clear of her next closest competitor, compatriot Annemarie Worst. With his fourth win in five starts, British rider Tom Pidcock took the under-23 men's title for the second consecutive season – sealing a maximum possible points tally of 240 – while a second-place finish was enough for Belgium's Witse Meeussen to claim the junior men's title.
At the final event in the Netherlands, home rider Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado sealed the women's under-23 ranking victory, finishing in seventh place overall in the elite standings. The back-and-forth battle between Belgians Toon Aerts and Wout van Aert in the elite men standings was decided in the favour of Aerts – with 615 points, to van Aert's 613; the two riders took three victories between them as van der Poel won all six races he started in the World Cup season, finishing third overall.

## Points distribution

Points were awarded to all eligible riders 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 last season, the races in Bogense, Nommay and Zeven were replaced by Bern, Pontchâteau and Tábor. The race in Bern will be the first Cyclo-cross World Cup race in Switzerland since the 2010–11 season.
| Date | Race | Location | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners |
| Date | Race | Location | Elite men | Elite women | Under-23 men | Junior men |
| 24 September | World Cup Waterloo | Waterloo, United States | Toon Aerts (BEL) | Marianne Vos (NED) | No under-23 or junior race | No under-23 or junior race |
| 29 September | Jingle Cross | Iowa City, United States | Toon Aerts (BEL) | Kaitlin Keough (USA) | No under-23 or junior race | No under-23 or junior race |
| 21 October | Cyclo-cross Bern | Bern, Switzerland | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Witse Meeussen (BEL) |
| 17 November | Cyklokros Tábor | Tábor, Czech Republic | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | Witse Meeussen (BEL) |
| 25 November | Duinencross Koksijde | Koksijde, Belgium | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Denise Betsema (NED) | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | Pim Ronhaar (NED) |
| 23 December | Citadelcross | Namur, Belgium | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | Ryan Cortjens (BEL) |
| 26 December | Grand Prix Eric De Vlaeminck | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Ryan Cortjens (BEL) |
| 20 January | Cyclo-cross Pontchâteau | Pontchâteau, France | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | Thibau Nys (BEL) |
| 27 January | Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel | Hoogerheide, Netherlands | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Lucinda Brand (NED) | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | Witse Meeussen (BEL) |

## Final points standings
### Elite men

| Pos. | Rider | WAT | JIN | BER | TAB | KOK | NAM | ZOL | PON | HOO | Points |
| 1 | Toon Aerts (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 615 |
| 2 | Wout van Aert (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 613 |
| 3 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 480 |
| 4 | Corné van Kessel (NED) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 445 |
| 5 | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 438 |
| 6 | Lars van der Haar (NED) | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 436 |
| 7 | Laurens Sweeck (BEL) | 3 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 425 |
| 8 | Michael Vanthourenhout (BEL) | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | DNS | 399 |
| 9 | Daan Soete (BEL) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 376 |
| 10 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | 12 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 367 |
| 104 riders scored points ||||||||||||

### Elite women

| Pos. | Rider | WAT | JIN | BER | TAB | KOK | NAM | ZOL | PON | HOO | Points |
| 1 | Marianne Vos (NED) | 1 | 3 | 1 | | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 559 |
| 2 | Sanne Cant (BEL) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | | 4 | 418 |
| 3 | Annemarie Worst (NED) | | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 400 |
| 4 | Kaitlin Keough (USA) | 19 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 384 |
| 5 | Denise Betsema (NED) | | | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 378 |
| 6 | Loes Sels (BEL) | 5 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 367 |
| 7 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | | | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 357 |
| 8 | Katie Compton (USA) | Ret | 15 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 349 |
| 9 | Eva Lechner (ITA) | 16 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 348 |
| 10 | Ellen Van Loy (BEL) | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 8 | DNS | 29 | 5 | 25 | 347 |
| 127 total riders scored points ||||||||||||

### Under-23 men

| Pos. | Rider | BER | TAB | KOK | NAM | ZOL | PON | HOO | Points |
| 1 | Tom Pidcock (GBR) | (4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 240 |
| 2 | Eli Iserbyt (BEL) | 1 | (DNS) | (8) | 3 | 1 | (5) | 1 | 225 |
| 3 | Antoine Benoist (FRA) | (3) | 3 | 2 | (4) | | 2 | 2 | 195 |
| 4 | Jakob Dorigoni (ITA) | (12) | 2 | (15) | 2 | (6) | 3 | 4 | 185 |
| 5 | Eddy Finé (FRA) | 2 | 10 | (12) | 5 | (20) | 8 | (17) | 133 |
| 6 | Niels Vandeputte (BEL) | 8 | 4 | 7 | (34) | (14) | | 5 | 129 |
| 7 | Maik van der Heijden (NED) | 5 | 14 | (DSQ) | (24) | 2 | 10 | (22) | 124 |
| 8 | Ben Turner (GBR) | | | 4 | 9 | 27 | | 3 | 113 |
| 9 | Lander Loockx (BEL) | 7 | 7 | (Ret) | (14) | (10) | 9 | 8 | 106 |
| 10 | Loris Rouiller (SUI) | (22) | 11 | (22) | 7 | 8 | | 6 | 104 |
| 69 riders scored points ||||||||||

### Under-23 women

| Pos. | Rider | WAT | JIN | BER | TAB | KOK | NAM | ZOL | PON | HOO | Points |
| 1 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) | | | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 357 |
| 2 | Fleur Nagengast (NED) | 11 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 323 |
| 3 | Inge van der Heijden (NED) | 9 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 301 |
| 4 | Manon Bakker (NED) | 23 | 30 | 16 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 35 | 219 |
| 5 | Evie Richards (GBR) | 4 | 2 | | 15 | 9 | DNS | DNS | | | 210 |
| 6 | Clara Honsinger (USA) | 14 | 19 | | 28 | 32 | | | 23 | 19 | 171 |
| 7 | Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA) | | | 30 | 30 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 30 | 28 | 165 |
| 8 | Jana Czeczinkarová (CZE) | | | 34 | 16 | | 28 | 14 | DNS | 50 | 113 |
| 9 | Marthe Truyen (BEL) | | | 32 | 35 | 30 | | 35 | 22 | 40 | 112 |
| 10 | Nicole Koller (SUI) | | | 22 | | | 22 | 20 | | | 89 |
| 59 riders scored points ||||||||||||

### Junior men

| Pos. | Rider | BER | TAB | KOK | NAM | ZOL | PON | HOO | Points |
| 1 | Witse Meeussen (BEL) | 1 | 1 | (2) | (3) | (7) | 2 | 1 | 230 |
| 2 | Ryan Cortjens (BEL) | (25) | (26) | 10 | 1 | 1 | (29) | 4 | 182 |
| 3 | Thibau Nys (BEL) | (18) | 2 | 7 | (17) | 4 | 1 | (Ret) | 178 |
| 4 | Luke Verburg (NED) | 2 | (21) | (20) | 7 | 2 | 5 | (12) | 163 |
| 5 | Tom Lindner (GER) | (39) | 3 | 3 | (36) | 9 | | 5 | 149 |
| 6 | Pim Ronhaar (NED) | 10 | 5 | 1 | | | (38) | 7 | 145 |
| 7 | Jan Zatloukal (CZE) | (23) | 7 | | 5 | 6 | | 8 | 119 |
| 8 | Wout Vervoort (BEL) | (16) | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | | | 104 |
| 9 | Jakub Ťoupalík (CZE) | 11 | 4 | 8 | (19) | 16 | (25) | (33) | 101 |
| 10 | Lennert Belmans (BEL) | | | 17 | (24) | 18 | 7 | 3 | 100 |
| 70 riders scored points ||||||||||