The 2020–21 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 4 October 2020 and 24 January 2021. In 2020, the UCI redesigned the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, expanding the total number of races to 14 (initially aiming for 16).UCI maakt 14 crossen van nieuwe wereldbeker bekend: Diegem en Antwerpen zijn er bij The defending champions were Toon Aerts in the men's competition and Annemarie Worst in the women's competition.
Points distribution Points were awarded to all eligible riders at each race. From this season, the points awarded are according to the same scale for all categories, but only the top 25 riders receive points rather than the top 50. 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 40 30 25 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 Riders finishing in positions 11 to 25 also received points, going down from 15 points for 11th place by one point per place to 1 point for 25th place. Note that the points given here are entirely different from the UCI ranking points, which are distributed according to a different scale and determine starting order in races, but have no impact on World Cup standings.
Events In comparison to last season, intention was to expand the season from nine to fourteen races. The calendar included new races in Antwerp, Besançon, Diegem, Dublin, Hulst, Overijse, Villars, Dendermonde and Zonhoven, while the races in Bern, Heusden-Zolder, Iowa and Nommay were dropped.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic however, the races in Besançon, Diegem, Dublin, Hoogerheide, Duinencross Koksijde, Villars, Waterloo and Zonhoven were cancelled and the cross in Antwerp was dropped from the World Cup and instead integrated into the X²O Badkamers Trophy. As a result, only five races remained.
Date Race Location Winners Elite men Elite women Under-23 men Junior men Junior women 4 October 2020 World Cup Waterloo Waterloo, United StatesCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 18 October 2020 Cyclo-cross Dublin Dublin, Ireland 25 October 2020 Cyclo-cross Zonhoven Zonhoven, Belgium 22 November 2020 Duinencross Koksijde Koksijde, Belgium 29 November 2020 Cyclo-cross Besançon Besançon, France 29 November 2020 Cyklokros Tábor Tábor, Czech Republic 13 December 2020 Scheldecross Antwerpen Antwerp, BelgiumCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 20 December 2020 Citadelcross Namur, Belgium colspan=3 27 December 2020 Cyclo-cross Diegem Diegem, BelgiumCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 27 December 2020 Ambiancecross Dendermonde, Belgium colspan=3 rowspan=2 3 January 2021 Vestingcross Perkpolder, Netherlands 17 January 2021 Cyclo-cross Villars Villars, SwitzerlandCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 24 January 2021 Grand Prix Adri van der Poel Hoogerheide, Netherlands 24 January 2021 Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Overijse, Belgium colspan=3 rowspan=1
Final points standings Elite men Rider TAB NAM DEN HUL OVE Points 1 3 2 1 2 1 165 2 DNS 1 2 1 2 140 3 1 4 4 4 4 128 4 4 7 3 5 5 108 5 7 5 7 7 9 95 6 6 9 6 10 8 91 7 17 3 Ret 3 3 84 8 5 6 Ret 6 6 81 9 14 19 5 8 7 77 10 9 15 14 16 13 63 11 DNS 12 10 12 10 60 12 13 14 9 14 DNS 54 13 8 8 32 15 20 53 14 DNS 10 20 9 12 53 15 DNS 11 16 13 17 47 16 DNS 37 8 11 15 44 17 DNS DNS 15 17 14 32 18 2 31 DNS Ret DNS 30 19 DNS 16 DNS 22 11 29 20 DNS 23 11 20 Ret 24 21 DNS 28 13 21 22 22 22 18 13 Ret DNS 29 21 23 DNS 27 12 Ret 21 19 24 DNS 18 25 DNS 16 19 25 10 24 34 DNS DNS 18 26 12 25 Ret 24 DNS 17 27 11 DNS 28 26 DNS 15 28 19 22 33 23 26 14 29 15 DNS DNS DNS 24 13 30 DNS 20 26 30 19 13 31 DNS 17 24 25 27 12 32 DNS DNS 22 18 28 12 33 DNS Ret 18 DNS 23 11 34 20 21 Ret DNS DNS 11 35 16 34 Ret 33 38 10 36 DNS 40 17 34 DNS 9 37 22 49 21 28 42 9 38 DNS DNS DNS DNS 18 8 39 DNS DNS DNS 19 DNS 7 40 27 32 19 DNS 33 7 41 21 Ret 39 DNS DNS 5 42 23 DNS DNS DNS 25 4 43 26 26 23 29 30 3 44 24 30 27 42 35 2 45 25 46 31 40 DNS 1
Elite women Rider TAB NAM DEN HUL OVE Points 1 1 1 1 2 2 180 2 2 4 3 3 1 142 3 3 3 8 1 5 129 4 DNS 2 2 6 4 102 5 4 5 7 5 9 100 6 12 12 6 8 6 86 7 5DNS 5 4 11 79 8 DNS 14 9 9 3 71 9 6 11 23 7 17 66 10 9 7 30 18 7 63 11 DNS 18 4 10 12 60 12 8 15 12 13 23 59 13 DNS 8 16 12 14 54 14 10 Ret 10 17 16 51 15 DNS DNS 14 11 10 43 16 26 10 13 DNS 13 42 17 DNS 6 DNS DNS 8 38 18 16 9 45 23 18 38 19 DNS 13 11 DNS 21 33 20 13 21 28 19 19 32 21 7 Ret 29 15 DNS 30 22 20 35 19 24 15 26 23 19 17 24 22 Ret 22 24 11 Ret 27 20 29 21 25 18 24 21 21 Ret 20 26 DNS DNS DNS 14 20 18 27 DNS 19 15 37 27 18 28 DNS DNS 18 16 DNS 18 29 33 16 22 DNS 24 16 30 14 DNS DNS DNS 30 12 31 15 Ret 42 26 43 11 32 DNS 32 17 28 28 9 33 17 DNS DNS DNS 26 9 34 DNS 20 DNS 27 25 7 35 DNS 30 20 30 39 6 36 21 39 DNS DNS DNS 5 37 47 45 44 DNS 22 4 38 DNS 22 41 DNS DNS 4 39 22 40 34 33 41 4 40 23 29 37 25 31 4 41 DNS 23 31 DNS 32 3 42 24 26 35 DNS 49 2 43 31 25 25 49 42 2 44 25 28 33 34 50 1
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