2024-2025 Cyclocross Cups current standings - Who leads the World Cup, Superprestige and X2O Badkamers?
Cyclocross
The 2024 year is coming to a close, and in the cyclocross season this means that we have just passed the halfway mark on the season. All the cups are ongoing and we've got interesting battles for the several titles. We take a look at all of the current situations.
World Cup
Michael Vanthourenhout leads the World Cup after a very consistent set of results and a few wins, and he has a strong lead over Toon Aerts despite his disaster in Zonhoven. He has 189 points against Aerts' 164, and there is a meaningful gap then to many riders. With four races remaining the tables could still turn however and Mathieu van der Poel himself in there in the middle, with 120 points and a three more races where he could very likely win another 120 points - and the world cup!
| 1 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | 189 |
| 2 | AERTS Toon | 164 |
| 3 | WYSEURE Joran | 126 |
| 4 | VANDEPUTTE Niels | 125 |
| 5 | ISERBYT Eli | 124 |
| 6 | RONHAAR Pim | 122 |
| 7 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | 120 |
| 8 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | 115 |
| 9 | ORTS LLORET Felipe | 110 |
| 10 | SWEECK Laurens | 106 |
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In the women's side, consistency is king, and Lucinda Brand is at the top with 215 points. Fem van Empel has had to miss races and thus follows distantly with 169 points. Youngsters Zoe Bäckstedt, Marie Schreiber and Blanka Kata Vas are in the fight for the podium right after, but a few others are also present in the fight.
| 1 | BRAND Lucinda | 215 |
| 2 | VAN EMPEL Fem | 169 |
| 3 | BACKSTEDT Zoe | 153 |
| 4 | SCHREIBER Marie | 149 |
| 5 | VAS Blanka Kata | 147 |
| 6 | VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge | 140 |
| 7 | ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen | 139 |
| 8 | BENTVELD Leonie | 110 |
| 9 | NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion | 103 |
| 10 | PIETERSE Puck | 96 |
Superprestige
Niels Vandeputte and Lars van der Haar were evenly matched throughout several races, but a small gaphas appeared of 5 points in favour of the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider. 74 against van der Haar's 69 points with two races to go make the Belgian the prime favourite for the win, whilst Laurens Sweeck and Michael Vanthourenhout headline the fight for third place.
| 1 | VANDEPUTTE Niels | 74 |
| 2 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | 69 |
| 3 | SWEECK Laurens | 60 |
| 4 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | 57 |
| 5 | ORTS LLORET Felipe | 53 |
| 6 | WYSEURE Joran | 48 |
| 7 | ISERBYT Eli | 46 |
| 8 | NYS Thibau | 43 |
| 9 | KUHN Kevin | 32 |
| 10 | MICHELS Jente | 32 |
The women's competition is truly a battle between two champions who don't give each other any room to breathe. Both have finished with a win or close in every single race and with two races remaining Alvarado has a lead of 1 point. If in Gullegem Brand beats Alvarado they will literally go into the final race tied in points. Inge van der Heijden is isolated in third place.
| 1 | ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen | 86 |
| 2 | BRAND Lucinda | 85 |
| 3 | VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge | 65 |
| 4 | CASASOLA Sara | 49 |
| 5 | VAN ALPHEN Aniek | 45 |
| 6 | BENTVELD Leonie | 38 |
| 7 | CANT Sanne | 33 |
| 8 | VERDONSCHOT Laura | 33 |
| 9 | VAN EMPEL Fem | 28 |
| 10 | NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion | 23 |
X2O Trofee Badkamers
Eli iserbyt, despite his recent health issues, is still within a shot of winning a cup. After 4 out of 8 rounds he leads the competition with 41 seconds over Lars van der Haar - the duo battled for the win last year already. But the two are not alone here and the tables could turn, as Michael Vanthourenhout and Toon Aerts are just over 2 minutes behind and this could quickly come down. Niels Vandeputte and Pim Ronhaar are also within a chance of a podium depending on how the second half of the cup goes.
| 1 | ISERBYT Eli | 4:05:19 |
| 2 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | 0:41 |
| 3 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | 2:12 |
| 4 | AERTS Toon | 2:48 |
| 5 | VANDEPUTTE Niels | 4:23 |
| 6 | RONHAAR Pim | 5:37 |
| 7 | SWEECK Laurens | 7:01 |
| 8 | ADAMS Jens | 7:05 |
| 9 | NYS Thibau | 7:21 |
| 10 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | 7:24 |
Few women have taken this competition to full ambition and this does not include either Fem van Empel or Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, who remain high in the standings due to their strong performances when they did race, but if Lucinda Brand doesn't miss any race she will win the cup. She leads Annemarie Worst by a whole 4:40 minutes and Alvarado by 5:25 minutes.
| 1 | BRAND Lucinda | 2:53:34 | |
| 2 | WORST Annemarie | 4:40 | |
| 3 | ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen | 5:25 | |
| 4 | CASASOLA Sara | 7:04 | |
| 5 | VAN EMPEL Fem | 9:39 | |
| 6 | VERDONSCHOT Laura | 10:20 | |
| 7 | NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion | 12:10 | |
| 8 | BAKKER Manon | 12:11 | |
| 9 | BACKSTEDT Zoe | 12:47 | |
| 10 | BETSEMA Denise | 13:00 |
WHAT A RACE 😮
— Eurosport (@eurosport) December 30, 2024
History made as Laurens Sweeck claims an EPIC victory in the men's elite race at Superprestige Diegem, becoming the first rider in over a decade not named Mathieu van der Poel or Wout van Aert to take the win! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/64D3MxkMyC
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