Find out what will the 2025/26 World Cup calendar look like: Two new rounds, another chance for Sardegna and... no Dublin?

The 2024/2025 cyclocross season was first with the "new" format that saw riders compete over 12 rounds for the overall trophy as well as highly-valued starting positions at the Cyclocross World Championships. Clearly, UCI was content with how the season unfolded and, despite some changes, will approach the 2025/26 calendar with mostly same ideology.

First of all, we notice that not one but two new destinations were added at the beginnning of the winter. I say new, but Tábor is a popular cyclocross destination where the penultimate World Championships were held. Organisers took a year off the calendar to come back stronger than before in 2025.

The following weekend will see riders travel to another new location - Flamanville, which will replace Besancon. Once again this is not a new course to the more experienced crossers, because it's only after a year-long break that the French round returns on the World Cup calendar. The last edition was won by Eli Iserbyt.

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Sardinian Cabras will be then given another opportunity by UCI at the start of December. The debut this winter must've been cancelled because of heavy floodings on the island which made the race impossible to host. However the organisers are confident that 2025/26 season will finally see riders compete on the new course in Cabras.

And that's about it for "less traditional" places. After Cabras, a block of "more traditional" rounds will follow with five stops in Belgium: Namur, Antwerp, Gavere, Dendermonde and Zonhoven. Spanish Benidorm also won't be left out. Just like this winter, the World Cup will come to a wrap with a weekend packed with action in Maasmechelen and subsequently Hoogerheide.

Those who did the Maths will notice that right now we have only 11 rounds on the menu. UCI is still keeping the appointment of Sunday, December 21 open and whether there will be truly 12 rounds or just 11 we should learn soon.

Compared to last year, missing from the calendar are Dublin and Hulst. Dublin may be opting to skip a year due to financial complications for all riders and teams to participate "overseas". On the other hand Hulst won't appear on the World Cup calendar, but won't disappear from the radar. In fact, the Dutch municipality will host the World Championships in 2026.

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The preliminary 2025/26 World Cup calendar:

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