# Belgian Road Cycling Cup

The Belgian Road Cycling Cup (also known as Lotto Cycling Cup after its sponsor) is a road bicycle racing competition established in 2016 and consists of a number of standalone one-day races, mostly in Belgium but since 2022 some are held as well in the Netherlands. In each race, the top 15 riders score points and the rider scoring the most points in total is crowned the Belgian Cycling Cup champion. A separate classification was kept for the best youngster and best team, but these have been cancelled since 2017 and 2018 respectively.
The lead sponsor changed regularly throughout the years, causing the official name to change often as well: from 2016 to 2018 it was known as the Napoleon Games Cycling Cup, from 2019 to 2021 as the Bingoal Cycling Cup, in 2022 as the Exterioo Cycling Cup, and since 2023 as the Lotto Cycling Cup.

## Points distribution

For the individual rankings, points are awarded to all eligible riders each race according to the following table:
Points distribution :
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Points | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Additionally, during each race there are three intermediate sprints for which the top three riders receive three, two and one point respectively.
Until 2018, the positions of the first three riders of each team were added together to give the team position with only riders finishing in the top 50 taken into account. The team with the lowest team position was the winner of the team competition for that race. E.g.: a team having their first three riders all on the podium will have a team position score of 1+2+3=6 and since no other team will have a lower team position, this team won 12 points for the team standings. Note that first all teams with three (or more) riders finishing in the top 50 were ranked, then the teams with only two riders, then teams with only one rider. Finally, each race the team of the winning rider received two bonus points.
Team points distribution :
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Points | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## Winners

| Year | Individual Champion | Individual Champion | Young Rider Champion | Young Rider Champion | Teams' Champion |
| Year | Winner | Team | Winner | Team | Teams' Champion |
| 2016 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Verandas Willems | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | Etixx–Quick-Step | Lotto–Soudal |
| 2017 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | Not awarded | Not awarded | LottoNL–Jumbo |
| 2018 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Wanty–Groupe Gobert | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2019 | Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) | Wallonie Bruxelles | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2020 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2021 | Tim Merlier (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2022 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2023 | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Lotto–Dstny | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2024 | Emilien Jeannière (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |

## Statistics

    As of 3 October 2024, after the 2024 Belgian Road Cycling Cup

### Most event wins (individual)

| Rank | Cyclist | # Events | Events |
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | 5 | Heistse Pijl (2016), Tour de l'Eurométropole (2016), Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2018), Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic (2022 & 2023) |
| 2 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | 4 | Halle–Ingooigem (2016 & 2019) & Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (2019), Antwerp Port Epic (2023) |
| 2 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | 4 | Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2022), Grote Prijs Marcel Kint (2022), Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (2023) & Circuit de Wallonie (2024) |
| 4 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | 3 | Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2020), Elfstedenronde (2022) & Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2022) |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | 3 | Circuit Franco-Belge (2022), Elfstedenronde (2024) & Antwerp Port Epic (2024) |
| 4 | Tim Merlier (BEL) | 3 | Le Samyn (2021), Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2021) & Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2024) |
| 4 | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) | 3 | Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2021 & 2023) & Elfstedenronde (2023) |
| 4 | Niki Terpstra (NED) | 3 | Le Samyn (2016 & 2018) & Dwars door het Hageland (2016) |
| 9 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | 2 | Heistse Pijl (2017) & Binche–Chimay–Binche (2017) |
| 9 | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | 2 | Binche–Chimay–Binche (2016) & Halle–Ingooigem (2017) |
| 9 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | 2 | Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2016) & Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (2017) |
| 9 | Rasmus Tiller (NOR) | 2 | Dwars door het Hageland (2021 & 2023) |
| 9 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | 2 | Dwars door het Hageland (2017) & Antwerp Port Epic (2021) |
| 9 | Danny van Poppel (NED) | 2 | Halle–Ingooigem (2018) & Binche–Chimay–Binche (2018) |
| 11 | 37 riders | 1 | |

### Most event wins (nation)

| Rank | Country | # Events | Most recent winner | Most recent event | Different winners |
| 1 | Belgium | 32 | Tim Merlier | 2024 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen | 20 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 17 | Dylan Groenewegen | 2023 Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic | 7 |
| 3 | France | 7 | Christophe Laporte | 2021 Circuit de Wallonie | 6 |
| 3 | Norway | 7 | Markus Hoelgaard | 2024 Tour of Leuven | 4 |
| 5 | Italy | 4 | Andrea Pasqualon | 2022 Circuit de Wallonie | 4 |
| 6 | Colombia | 2 | Álvaro Hodeg | 2021 Grote Prijs Marcel Kint | 2 |
| 6 | Latvia | 2 | Krists Neilands | 2018 Dwars door het Hageland | 2 |
| 8 | Australia | 1 | Caleb Ewan | 2023 Grote Prijs Marcel Kint | 1 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1 | Mads Pedersen | 2018 Tour de l'Eurométropole | 1 |
| 8 | Eritrea | 1 | Biniam Girmay | 2024 Circuit Franco-Belge | 1 |
| 8 | Germany | 1 | Jannik Steimle | 2019 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen | 1 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | Daniel McLay | 2017 Tour de l'Eurométropole | 1 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 1 | Erik Baška | 2016 Handzame Classic | 1 |

### Most event wins (team)

Defunct teams in italics
| Rank | Team | # Events | Most recent winner | Most recent event |
| 1 | Alpecin–Deceuninck | 13 | Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) | 2024 Dwars door het Hageland |
| 2 | Soudal–Quick-Step | 11 | Tim Merlier (BEL) | 2024 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen |
| 3 | Lotto–Dstny | 10 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | 2024 Circuit de Wallonie |
| 4 | Intermarché–Wanty | 8 | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | 2024 Circuit Franco-Belge |
| 5 | Visma–Lease a Bike | 6 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | 2018 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen |
| 6 | Uno-X Mobility | 5 | Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) | 2024 Tour of Leuven |
| 7 | Cofidis | 4 | Christophe Laporte (FRA) | 2021 Circuit de Wallonie |
| 8 | Team TotalEnergies | 3 | Dries Van Gestel (BEL) | 2022 Ronde van Drenthe |
| 8 | Vérandas Willems–Crelan | 3 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | 2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens |
| 10 | Groupama–FDJ | 2 | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | 2017 Halle–Ingooigem |
| 10 | Team Jayco–AlUla | 2 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | 2023 Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic |
| 10 | Lidl–Trek | 2 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | 2018 Tour de l'Eurométropole |
| 13 | Arkéa–B&B Hotels | 1 | Daniel McLay (GBR) | 2017 Tour de l'Eurométropole |
| 13 | B&B Hotels–KTM | 1 | Bryan Coquard (FRA) | 2019 Grote Prijs Marcel Kint |
| 13 | Bora–Hansgrohe | 1 | Jordi Meeus (BEL) | 2023 Circuit de Wallonie |
| 13 | Israel–Premier Tech | 1 | Krists Neilands (LAT) | 2018 Dwars door het Hageland |
| 13 | Joker Fuel of Norway | 1 | Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) | 2017 Handzame Classic |
| 13 | ONE Pro Cycling | 1 | Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) | 2018 Heistse Pijl |
| 13 | Tinkoff | 1 | Erik Baška (SVK) | 2016 Handzame Classic |
| 13 | UAE Team Emirates | 1 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | 2022 Le Samyn |