Cyclocross World Cup standings post-Dendermonde after Lucinda Brand & Wout van Aert emerge victorious in the mud

Another round of World Cup action is in the books. In an absolute mudfest at World Cup Dendermonde, Lucinda Brand and Wout van Aert emerged victorious in their respective races, so let's take a look at how it has effected the overall World Cup standings. 

As mentioned, Lucinda Brand emerged victorious in Dendermonde, extending her World Cup lead over world champion Fem van Empel to 61 points. Further down, the likes of Zoe Backstedt, Marie Schreiber, Blanka Kata Vas and Inge van der Heijden are all very closely locked together in the fight for places lower down in the top 10.

See the top 15 down below!

1 BRAND Lucinda Baloise Glowi Lions 255

2 VAN EMPEL Fem 194

3 BACKSTEDT Zoe 174

4 SCHREIBER Marie 163

5 VAS Blanka 162

6 VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge 160

7 ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen 139

8 BENTVELD Leonie 129

9 PIETERSE Puck 126

10 NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion 121

11 BAKKER Manon 116

12 VAN ALPHEN Aniek 93

13 BETSEMA Denise Pauwels 93

14 WORST Annemarie 78

15 FOUQUENET Amandine 78

In the men's race, as mentioned, Wout van Aert dominated in the Dendermonde mud, taking victory by over a minute from second placed Emiel Verstrynge. In the overall standings though, Van Aert doesn't crack the top 15 as Michael Vanthourenhout continues to lead the way ahead of Toon Aerts, Joran Wyseure.

See the top 15 down below!

1 VANTHOURENHOUT Michael 210

2 AERTS Toon 186

3 WYSEURE Joran 151

4 RONHAAR Pim 142

5 ISERBYT Eli Pauwels 139

6 VANDEPUTTE Niels 128

7 ORTS Felipe 124

8 VAN DER HAAR Lars 122

9 VAN DER POEL Mathieu 120

10 VERSTRYNGE Emiel 118

11 NYS Thibau 112

12 SWEECK Laurens 106

13 KUHN Kevin 104

14 HENDRIKX Mees 90

15 MASON Cameron 77