The 2016–2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup – also known as the Telenet UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup for sponsorship reasons – was a season long cyclo-cross competition, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The competition took place between 21 September 2016 and 22 January 2017, over a total of nine events. The defending champions were Wout van Aert in the men's competition and Sanne Cant in the women's competition.
Van Aert was able to defend his World Cup title with a round to spare, not finishing any lower than second in the seven races – four wins and three second-place finishes – prior to his crowning. His main rival Mathieu van der Poel was the only other rider to take victories prior to the title being won, taking three straight wins during the season, but he missed several meetings, including the Memorial Romano Scotti in Rome, which allowed van Aert to take the title.
With six different winners in as many races, the women's competition proved competitive. After a win at CrossVegas, Dutch rider Sophie de Boer held the leaders' jersey and despite Katie Compton taking the jersey after the following round at the Jingle Cross, de Boer was able to regain the jersey with consistent finishing. Over the next five races – despite not winning any races – de Boer achieved finishes of second, fourth, third and sixth, and with Cant missing the round in Rome, another third-place finish gave de Boer her first Cyclo-cross World Cup title.
Points distribution Points were awarded to all eligible riders each race. The top ten finishers received points according to the following table: + Points distribution Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 80 70 65 60 55 50 48 46 44 42
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.
Events In comparison to last season's seven races, this season was scheduled to have nine. Lignières-en-Berry was taken out of the programme – while Rome (Fiuggi), Iowa and Zeven were added.
Date Race Location Winners Elite men Elite women Under-23 men Junior men 21 September CrossVegas Las Vegas, United States colspan=2 rowspan=2 24 September Jingle Cross Iowa City, United States 23 October Caubergcross Valkenburg, Netherlands 20 November Duinencross Koksijde, Belgium colspan=4 26 November Poldercross Zeven Zeven, Germany 18 December Citadelcross Namur, Belgium 26 December Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 15 January Memorial Romano Scotti Fiuggi, Italy 22 January Grand Prix Adri van der Poel Hoogerheide, Netherlands
Final individual standings Men
RankNamePoints1 5302 4743 4474 3845 3736 3457 3448 3049 30110 297
Women
RankNamePoints1 4842 3953 3934 3535 2986 2827 2798 2709 24910 246
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