World Cup Koksijde Cyclocross: Startlist, Map, Favorites, how to watch Mathieu van der Poel in the USA and UK
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Round 5 of the cyclocross World Cup will take place this Sunday, December 21st, in Koksijde. It is the second race of the 'Christmas Block' and will feature Mathieu van der Poel, who has just won the Antwerp World Cup. We take a look at the startlist of the Koksijde race, and where to watch it online, on TV, in the USA and UK.
Koksijde is one of the most iconic tracks on the cyclocross circuit, featuring in its course several moments where the riders go down its steep sand banks on the bike, whilst running back up on the other side. A technical track, very fast outside of its sand sectors.
Map Koksijde World Cup 2025
How to watch
In the morning, there will be junior races for the men (start at 09:30CET), women (start at 10:35CET) and men's under-23 (start at 12:00CET). In the beginning of the afternoon, the women's elite race will start at 13:40CET and should end at approximately 14:30CET. The men's race begins at 15:10CET and should end at around 16:15CET.
The race will be broadcast on Eurosport and HBO Max/Discover+ as is usual, as well as the UCI's Youtube channel live (subjected to geo-restriction). Furthermore this race will be broadcast in:
| Belgium | Sporza & Pickx+ Sports & RTBF |
| United States | FloBikes |
| Canada | FloBikes |
| United Kingdom | TNT Sports |
| France | L'ÉquipeTV |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| Czech Republic | Ceská Televise |
| Italy | RaiPlay |
| Denmark | TV2 Danmark |
| Slovakia | RTV: Sport Slovakia |
| Spain | RTVE |
| Hungary | M4-Sport |
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Men's race
Mathieu van der Poel is the man to beat, there isn't much math to do either, he is simply above the competition and with the absence of Wout van Aert and Thibau Nys, there are less riders who even on their very best day could potentially put up a fight.
Laurens Sweeck is the new world cup leader, and could increase it as Nys was pulled out of the race on team orders. Michael Vanthourenhout, Joris Nieuwenhuis and Niels Vandeputte are within striking distance and will want to move up the standings in the world cup. Sweeck has 116 points and mathematically speaking, van der Poel could move into the lead as he has 80 and is likely to already go up to 120 with this race.
The Dutch have Lars van der Haar, Pim Ronhaar, Tibor del Grosso, Ryan Kamp and Mees Hendrikx who can perform well here; the Belgians have Toon Aerts, Emiel Verstrynge, Jente Michels, Joran Wyseure, Toon Vandebosche and Victor van de Putte... Felipe Orts, Kevin Kuhn, Cameron Mason, Andrew Strohmeyer, Filippo Agostinacchio and Michael Boros will all also be at the start.
Startlist Men World Cup Koksijde
| Number | Rider |
| 1 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| 2 | VAN DER HAAR Lars |
| 3 | RONHAAR Pim |
| 4 | DEL GROSSO Tibor |
| 5 | KAMP Ryan |
| 6 | HENDRIKX Mees |
| 7 | VAN LIEROP Danny |
| 9 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael |
| 10 | NYS Thibau |
| 11 | VANDEPUTTE Niels |
| 12 | AERTS Toon |
| 13 | SWEECK Laurens |
| 14 | VERSTRYNGE Emiel |
| 15 | WYSEURE Joran |
| 16 | MICHELS Jente |
| 17 | VANDEBOSCH Toon |
| 18 | MEEUSSEN Witse |
| 19 | VAN DE PUTTE Victor |
| 22 | MENUT David |
| 23 | GROSLAMBERT Martin |
| 24 | BOMMENEL Nathan |
| 25 | THOMAS Théo |
| 26 | GABRIEL Timothé |
| 28 | VERRIER Tristan |
| 29 | ORTS Felipe |
| 30 | JUNQUERA Mario |
| 31 | INGUANZO Gonzalo |
| 32 | SUAREZ Kevin |
| 33 | ZAERA Javier |
| 34 | GOMEZ Marcos |
| 35 | KUHN Kevin |
| 36 | SOMMER Lars |
| 37 | ROUILLER Loris |
| 38 | BARD Nicolas |
| 39 | MASON Cameron |
| 40 | MEIN Thomas |
| 41 | STROHMEYER Andrew |
| 42 | VAN KEMPEN Jules |
| 43 | ZAKRAJSEK Dylan |
| 44 | JUNGE Frederick |
| 45 | HARTER Luca |
| 46 | HERRMANN Lukas |
| 47 | OBERTEICHER Matteo |
| 48 | HAMM Florian |
| 49 | GAßNER Michael |
| 50 | RAUTZENBERG Robin |
| 51 | CLARK Tyler |
| 52 | SCOTT Cody |
| 53 | CEOLIN Federico |
| 54 | FONTANA Filippo |
| 55 | AGOSTINACCHIO Filippo |
| 56 | BOROŠ Michael |
| 57 | FIALA Matyáš |
| 58 | KAJI Tetsuki |
| 59 | OKAYAMA Yuta |
| 60 | GROENENDAAL Bailey |
| 61 | BRUYNSEELS Dries |
| 62 | RISBERG David |
| 63 | HEIGL Philipp |
| 64 | LUKŠAS Dovydas |
| 65 | TURNER Jacob |
Women's race
With another win in the bank, Lucinda Brand is back to the lead of the world cup. She is the woman to beat, although the dominance isn't the same as in the men's field and in Antwerp she really had to fight hard for it. Aniek van Alphen follows closely, but Brand is in a strong position.
The Dutchwoman will mainly have to face her compatriots, a few of them coming in with great form into the Christmas block, and with much less racing and fatigue from earlier in the winter. Inge van der Heijden, Manon Bakker, Puck Pieterse, Leonie Bentvelt, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado and Shirin van Anrooij are all part of the Dutch block to the race.
Amandie Fouquenet, Célia Gery, Marion Norbert Riberolle, Sara Casasola, Lucia Bramati, Lizzy Gunsalus, Kristyna Zemanova and Marie Schreiber will all be present in the race.
Startlist Women World Cup Koksijde
| Number | Rider |
| 2 | Lucinda Brand |
| 3 | Inge van der Heijden |
| 4 | Aniek van Alphen |
| 5 | Manon Bakker |
| 6 | Puck Pieterse |
| 7 | Leonie Bentveld |
| 8 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado |
| 9 | Denise Betsema |
| 10 | Larissa Hartog |
| 11 | Lauren Molengraaf |
| 12 | Annemarie Worst |
| 14 | Shirin van Anrooij |
| 15 | Bloeme Kalis |
| 17 | Amandine Fouquenet |
| 18 | Hélène Clauzel |
| 19 | Célia Gery |
| 20 | Amandine Muller |
| 21 | Anaïs Morichon |
| 22 | Electa Gallezot |
| 23 | Perrine Clauzel |
| 24 | Lison Desprez |
| 26 | Noemie Garnier |
| 28 | Marion Norbert Riberolle |
| 29 | Julie Brouwers |
| 30 | Laura Verdonschot |
| 31 | Jinse Peeters |
| 32 | Kiona Crabbé |
| 33 | Sterre Vervloet |
| 34 | Fleur Moors |
| 35 | Kim Van De Steene |
| 36 | Xenna De Bruyckere |
| 37 | Lotte Baele |
| 38 | Alexe De Raedemaeker |
| 39 | Ilken Seynave |
| 40 | Sara Casasola |
| 41 | Carlotta Borello |
| 42 | Lucia Bramati |
| 43 | Giorgia Secchi |
| 44 | Sofia Rodriguez Revert |
| 45 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco |
| 46 | Sara Cueto Vega |
| 47 | Ana Lopez Burgos |
| 48 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco |
| 49 | Luna Carrio Hernandez |
| 50 | Carla Jimenez Vera Y Frias |
| 51 | Sidney McGill |
| 52 | Maghalie Rochette |
| 53 | Rafaelle Carrier |
| 54 | Nico Knoll |
| 55 | Katja Verkerk |
| 56 | Maja Jozkowicz |
| 57 | Lizzy Gunsalus |
| 58 | Lidia Cusack |
| 59 | Lauren Zoerner |
| 60 | Mia Aseltine |
| 61 | Alyssa Sarkisov |
| 62 | Lyllie Sonnemann |
| 63 | Emily Shields |
| 64 | Jorja Bond |
| 65 | Kaija Budde |
| 66 | Stefanie Paul |
| 67 | Tomke Windelband |
| 68 | Katharina Hinz |
| 69 | Nadja Heigl |
| 70 | Mille Nielsen |
| 71 | Kristýna Zemanová |
| 72 | Kateřina Douděrová |
| 73 | Anna Panušová |
| 74 | Xan Crees |
| 75 | Lea Stern |
| 76 | Rebekka Estermann |
| 77 | Jana Glaus |
| 78 | Marie Schreiber |
| 79 | Liv Wenzel |
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