The 2018–19 Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the

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(UCI). The

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took place between 23 September 2018 and 27 January 2019, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were

Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Belgian-born Dutch professional Cycle sport, cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, mountain biking, Gravel cycling, gravel and road bicyc ...

in the men's competition and

Sanne Cant Sanne Cant (born 8 October 1990) is a Belgian former Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who last competed in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross Crelan–Corendon, and in road cycling for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's Continental Team . Cant's cousin Loes ...

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 Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior c ...

clinched her first World Cup title, leaving the round 132 points clear of her next closest competitor, compatriot

Annemarie Worst Annemarie Worst (born 19 December 1995) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently competes in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross Team , and in road cycling for UCI Women's Continental Team . She became world under-23 cyclo-cross champion in 2017. For the ...

. With his fourth win in five starts, British rider

Tom Pidcock Thomas Pidcock (born 30 July 1999) is a British cyclist who competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for the Swiss . Prior to his release in December 2024, he rode for UCI WorldTeam . After a p ...

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 Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (born 6 August 1998) is a Dominican-born Dutch cyclist, who currently competes in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross Team , and in road cycling for UCI Women's Continental Team . In 2018, she won the gold medal in the U ...

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 Toon Aerts (born 19 October 1993 in Malle) is a Belgian professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Aerts is a two-time winner of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup standings ( 2018–19, 2019–20), and also won t ...

and

Wout van Aert Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross Cycle sport, racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in ...

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: * 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

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, Nommay and

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were replaced by

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and

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. The race in Bern will be the first Cyclo-cross World Cup race in Switzerland since the 2010–11 season.

Final points standings

Elite men

Elite women

Under-23 men

Under-23 women

Junior men

Notes

References

Sources

External links

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