World Cup Dendermonde Cyclocross: Startlist, Map, Favorites, how to watch Wout van Aert in the USA and UK

Round 6 of the cyclocross World Cup will take place this Sunday, December 28th, in Dendermonde. It is the second race after Christmas and the continuation of the Christmas block, with Mathieu van der Poel absent and Wout van Aert headlining in a course he's dominated in the past. We take a look at the startlist of the Gavere race, and where to watch it online, on TV, in the USA and UK.

Dendermonde is known to be a race marked by the mud. In a flat field ,with canals surrounding it, it is a track that is often turned into a swamp and is a race where riders have to run a lot, as well as pedal extremely low cadences to keep themselves moving through the mud. This year, with the weather conditions extremely dry, it should be a much faster race however, and a technical one at that.

In the morning there will be a men's junior race starting at 09:30CET, women junior at 10:35CET, and men's under-23 World Cup at 12:00CET.

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. Furthermore this race will be broadcast in:

The battle for the world cup becomes complicated for the full-timers, with Laurens Sweeck and Michael Vanthourenhout the two men that have a slight shot at preventing Mathieu van der Poel from winning it. Sweeck continues to lead, by 1 point, but van der Poel - who is not present - should win all the rounds he still takes part in this winter. Thus, he must score as much as possible in this opportunity.

But that will be hard with Wout van Aert looking for his first win of the winter, Tibor del Grosso who is on great form, Thibau Nys who is eager to prove himself, and plenty other quality riders who are likely to take big points. Lars van der Haar, Pim Ronhaar, Ryan Kamp and Mees Hendrikx are also riding for the Dutch; the Belgian have Niels Vandeputte, Toon Aerts, Emiel Verstrynge, Joran Wyseure, Toon Vandebosch and Jente Michels to fill up positions in the Top10; whilst the likes of Felipe Orts, Kevin Kuhn, Cameron Mason, Andrew Strohmeyer, Filippo Agostinacchio and Michael Boros are also all present.

Lucinda Brand has a firm hold of the cup lead and is dominating virtually every race she starts. There's little doubt the same will happen again here. But the field is extremely strong... Her compatriots in the race include Inge van deer Heijden, Aniel van Alphen, Manon Bakker, Puck Pieterse, Leonie Bentveld, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado and Shirin van Anrooij.

Amandine Fouquenet, Célia Gery, Marion Nortbert Riberolle, Sara Casasola, Lucia Bramati, Kristyna Zemanova, Zoe Backstedt, Jollanda Neff and Marie Schreiber are all taking to the start in this race.