# 2015–16 Cyclo-cross Superprestige

The 2015–2016 Cyclo-cross Superprestige events and season-long competition started on 4 October 2015 and concluded on 13 February 2016. Due to injury, defending champion Mathieu van der Poel missed the start of the season.

## Results

| Date | Venue | Winner | Second | Third | Classification Leader |
| 4 October | Gieten | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Lars van der Haar (NED) | Tim Merlier (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| 25 October | Zonhoven | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| 8 November | Ruddervoorde | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Sven Nys (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| 15 November | Gavere | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Sven Nys (BEL) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| 13 December | Spa-Francorchamps | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Sven Nys (BEL) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| 27 December | Diegem | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Lars Van der Haar (NED) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| 7 February | Hoogstraten | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Tom Meeusen (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| 13 February | Middelkerke | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Tom Meeusen (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |

## Season standings

In each race, the top 15 riders gain points, going from 15 points for the winner decreasing by one point per position to 1 point for the rider finishing in 15th position. In case of ties in the total score of two or more riders, the following tie breakers exist: most races started, most races won, best result in the last race.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | GIE | ZON | RUD | GAV | SPA | DIE | HOO | MID | Points |
| 1 | Wout van Aert | Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 107 |
| 2 | Sven Nys | Crelan-AA Drink | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 99 |
| 3 | Lars van der Haar | Team Giant–Alpecin | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 87 |
| 4 | Kevin Pauwels | Sunweb–Napoleon Games | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 84 |
| 5 | Klaas Vantornout | Sunweb–Napoleon Games | 5 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 70 |
| 6 | Tom Meeusen | Telenet–Fidea | 16 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 63 |
| 7 | Laurens Sweeck | ERA Real Estate–Murprotec ERA–Murprotec | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 60 |
| 8 | Mathieu van der Poel | BKCP–Powerplus | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Corné van Kessel | Telenet–Fidea | 15 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | Tim Merlier | Sunweb–Napoleon Games | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 40 |
| 11 | Toon Aerts | Telenet–Fidea | 19 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 36 |
| 12 | Rob Peeters | Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace | 9 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 16 | 25 | 17 | Ret | 28 |
| 13 | Gianni Vermeersch | Sunweb–Napoleon Games | 6 | 17 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 23 |
| 14 | David van der Poel | BKCP–Powerplus | 22 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 20 |
| 15 | Diether Sweeck | ERA Real Estate–Murprotec ERA–Murprotec | 18 | 11 | 8 | 16 | Ret | 16 | DNS | 10 | 19 |
| 16 | Julien Taramarcaz | ERA Real Estate–Murprotec ERA–Murprotec | 10 | 8 | Ret | 17 | DNS | 11 | 24 | Ret | 19 |
| 13 | Thijs van Amerongen | Telenet–Fidea | DSQ | 13 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
| 14 | Jim Aernouts | Sunweb–Napoleon Games | DNS | 15 | Ret | 19 | DNS | DNS | 10 | 9 | 14 |
| 15 | Joeri Adams | Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace | 23 | 12 | 13 | 20 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| 16 | Vincent Baestaens | BKCP–Powerplus | 8 | 16 | DNS | Ret | 18 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| 17 | Philipp Walsleben | BKCP–Powerplus | 12 | Ret | 20 | Ret | DNS | 9 | DNS | 17 | 11 |
| 18 | Michael Boros | BKCP–Powerplus | 21 | 18 | 22 | 10 | DNS | 13 | 22 | 25 | 9 |
| 19 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Sunweb–Napoleon Games | DNS | DNS | Ret | 7 | DNS | DNS | | | 9 |
| 20 | Jens Adams | Vastgoedservice–Golden Palace | 25 | 9 | 16 | 18 | DNS | DNS | | | 7 |
| 21 | Clément Venturini | Cofidis | DNS | DNS | 11 | DNS | DNS | 14 | | | 7 |
| 22 | Radomír Šimůnek | ERA Real Estate–Murprotec ERA–Murprotec | 28 | 23 | Ret | 22 | Ret | 17 | 12 | | 4 |
| 23 | Marcel Meisen | Team Kuota-Lotto | 26 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 15 | 24 | | | 4 |
| 24 | Jens Vandekinderen | Kalas-Noff | DNS | 21 | 12 | 21 | DNS | 50 | 20 | 24 | 4 |
| 25 | Niels Wubben | Telenet–Fidea | 13 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 20 | DNS | 23 | 3 |
| 26 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan-AA Drink | 14 | Ret | 19 | DNS | 20 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 2 |
| 27 | Stan Godrie | Rabobank Development Team | 20 | 20 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 1 |
| 28 | Stephen Hyde | | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 26 | 15 | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Team | GIE | ZON | RUD | GAV | SPA | DIE | HOO | MID | Points |
* ^ Thijs van Amerongen finished in 12th place in the Superprestige Gieten but was later disqualified as UCI regulations did not allow the small camera with was mounted onto his bike during the race. The organisation of the superprestige agreed to hand him 4 points as if he had finished 12th position.