Cyclo-cross Superprestige

The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three major season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and the Cyclo-cross Trophy. A season consist of several races in the categories Elite Men and Elite Women. Riders can win points in each race and at the end of the season the rider with the highest point tally in each category is considered the winner. Until 2020 Superprestige had separate classification for Under 23 Men, Under-23 Women and Junior Men.

Superprestige
2024–25 Cyclo-cross Superprestige
Race details
DateOctober–January
Region Belgium
DisciplineCyclo-cross
TypeSeries
OrganiserFlanders Classics
Web sitewww.superprestigecyclocross.be Edit this at Wikidata
History (men)
First edition1983 (1983)
Editions43 (as of season 2024–25)
First winner Hennie Stamsnijder (NED)
Most wins Sven Nys (BEL) (13 wins)
Most recent Eli Iserbyt (BEL)
History (women)
First edition2015 (2015)
Editions10 (as of season 2024–25)
First winner Sanne Cant (BEL)
Most wins Sanne Cant (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)


The first Superprestige took place in 1982–1983 and was won by Hennie Stamsnijder of the Netherlands. The Superprestige is organised for trade teams, not national teams. Since 2018 Superprestige has been organised by Flanders Classics.


Only two riders have won all eight Superprestige races in one season, Sven Nys in 2006–07 and Mathieu van der Poel in 2018–19. The 2022–2023 season only contains seven races due to the race in Gieten being removed from the calendar.

Points

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During each race the Superprestige classification points are awarded based on the following table.

Allocation of Superprestige points
Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Winners

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Elite Men

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Year First Second Third
1982–83   Hennie Stamsnijder   Johan Ghyllebert   Paul De Brauwer
1983–84   Hennie Stamsnijder   Rein Groenendaal   Albert Zweifel
1984–85   Roland Liboton   Hennie Stamsnijder   Rein Groenendaal
1985–86   Roland Liboton   Hennie Stamsnijder   Paul De Brauwer
1986–87   Hennie Stamsnijder   Frank van Bakel   Martin Hendriks
1987–88   Roland Liboton   Hennie Stamsnijder   Paul De Brauwer
1988–89   Hennie Stamsnijder   Paul De Brauwer   Henk Baars
1989–90   Danny De Bie   Paul De Brauwer   Henk Baars
1990–91   Radomír Šimůnek   Danny De Bie   Kurt De Roose
1991–92   Radomír Šimůnek   Danny De Bie   Frank van Bakel
1992–93   Daniele Pontoni   Thomas Frischknecht   Danny De Bie
1993–94   Daniele Pontoni   Marc Janssens   Thomas Frischknecht
1994–95   Radomír Šimůnek   Richard Groenendaal   Adrie van der Poel
1995–96   Luca Bramati   Richard Groenendaal   Adrie van der Poel
1996–97   Adrie van der Poel   Mario De Clercq   Richard Groenendaal
1997–98   Richard Groenendaal   Adrie van der Poel   Mario De Clercq
1998–99   Sven Nys   Bart Wellens   Adrie van der Poel
1999–00   Sven Nys   Richard Groenendaal   Adrie van der Poel
2000–01   Richard Groenendaal   Bart Wellens   Erwin Vervecken
2001–02   Sven Nys   Erwin Vervecken   Bart Wellens
2002–03   Sven Nys   Bart Wellens   Mario De Clercq
2003–04   Bart Wellens   Sven Nys   Erwin Vervecken
2004–05   Sven Nys   Richard Groenendaal   Sven Vanthourenhout
2005–06   Sven Nys   Gerben de Knegt   Bart Wellens
2006–07   Sven Nys   Erwin Vervecken   Bart Wellens
2007–08   Sven Nys   Bart Wellens   Niels Albert
2008–09   Sven Nys   Klaas Vantornout   Bart Wellens
2009–10   Zdeněk Štybar   Niels Albert   Sven Nys
2010–11   Sven Nys   Kevin Pauwels   Zdeněk Štybar
2011–12   Sven Nys   Kevin Pauwels   Zdeněk Štybar
2012–13   Sven Nys   Niels Albert   Klaas Vantornout
2013–14   Sven Nys   Niels Albert   Tom Meeusen
2014–15   Mathieu van der Poel   Kevin Pauwels   Lars van der Haar
2015–16   Wout van Aert   Sven Nys   Lars van der Haar
2016–17   Mathieu van der Poel   Wout van Aert   Laurens Sweeck
2017–18   Mathieu van der Poel   Wout van Aert   Laurens Sweeck
2018–19   Mathieu van der Poel   Toon Aerts   Lars van der Haar
2019–20   Laurens Sweeck   Eli Iserbyt   Lars van der Haar
2020–21   Toon Aerts   Eli Iserbyt   Michael Vanthourenhout
2021–22   Eli Iserbyt   Toon Aerts   Lars van der Haar
2022–23   Lars van der Haar   Eli Iserbyt   Michael Vanthourenhout
2023–24   Eli Iserbyt   Joris Nieuwenhuis   Niels Vandeputte

Elite Women

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Year First Second Third
2015–16   Sanne Cant   Nikki Harris   Jolien Verschueren
2016–17   Sanne Cant   Sophie de Boer   Ellen Van Loy
2017–18   Sanne Cant   Maud Kaptheijns   Annemarie Worst
2018–19   Sanne Cant   Annemarie Worst   Denise Betsema
2019–20   Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado   Yara Kastelijn   Annemarie Worst
2020–21   Lucinda Brand   Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado   Denise Betsema
2021–22   Lucinda Brand   Denise Betsema   Annemarie Worst
2022–23   Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado   Inge van der Heijden   Denise Betsema
2023–24   Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado   Annemarie Worst   Aniek van Alphen

Under-23 Men

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Until the 2019-20 season there was a separate classification for Under-23 Men.


Year First Second Third
2002–03   Thijs Verhagen   Bart Aernouts   Wesley Van Der Linden
2003–04   Wesley Van Der Linden   Klaas Vantornout   Martin Zlámalík
2004–05   Niels Albert   Radomír Šimůnek jr   Lars Boom
2005–06   Niels Albert   Eddy van IJzendoorn   Dieter Vanthourenhout
2006–07   Niels Albert   Zdeněk Štybar   Rob Peeters
2007–08   Thijs van Amerongen   Jempy Drucker   Julien Taramarcaz
2008–09   Philipp Walsleben   Kenneth Van Compernolle   Tom Meeusen
2009–10   Tom Meeusen   Jim Aernouts   Kenneth Van Compernolle
2010–11   Jim Aernouts   Lars van der Haar   Vincent Baestaens
2011–12   Lars van der Haar   Wietse Bosmans   Stan Godrie
2012–13   Wout van Aert   Jens Adams   Gianni Vermeersch
2013–14   Mathieu van der Poel   Wout Van Aert   Gianni Vermeersch
2014–15   Michael Vanthourenhout   Laurens Sweeck   Toon Aerts
2015–16   Eli Iserbyt   Quinten Hermans   Daan Hoeyberghs
2016–17   Quinten Hermans   Joris Nieuwenhuis   Nicolas Cleppe
2017–18   Sieben Wouters   Adam Ťoupalík   Jens Dekker
2018–19   Tom Pidcock   Ben Turner   Eli Iserbyt
2019–20   Tom Pidcock   Ben Turner   Ryan Kamp

Under-23 Women

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In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons there was a separate classification for Under-23 Women.

Year First Second Third
2018–19   Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado   Inge van der Heijden   Fleur Nagengast
2019–20   Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado   Inge van der Heijden   Shirin van Anrooij

Junior Men

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Until the 2019-20 season there was a separate classification for Junior Men riders.

Year First Second Third
2001–02   Kevin Pauwels   Dieter Vanthourenhout   Nick Sels
2002–03   Lars Boom   Eddy van IJzendoorn   Dieter Vanthourenhout
2003–04   Niels Albert   Thijs van Amerongen   Jempy Drucker
2004–05   Ricardo van der Velde   Tom Meeusen   Jan Van Dael
2005–06   Tom Meeusen   Kevin Cant   Kenneth Van Compernolle
2006–07   Ramon Sinkeldam   Joeri Adams   Vincent Baestaens
2007–08   Stef Boden   Tijmen Eising   Geert van der Horst
2008–09   Tijmen Eising   Lars van der Haar   Wietse Bosmans
2009–10   David van der Poel   Laurens Sweeck   Mike Teunissen
2010–11   Laurens Sweeck   Diether Sweeck   Jens Vandekinderen
2011–12   Mathieu van der Poel   Wout Van Aert   Daan Soete
2012–13   Mathieu van der Poel   Quinten Hermans   Martijn Budding
2013–14   Yannick Peeters   Thomas Joseph   Thijs Aerts
2014–15   Eli Iserbyt   Johan Jacobs   Maik van der Heijden
2015–16   Jens Dekker   Jappe Jaspers   Seppe Rombouts
2016–17   Jelle Camps   Toon Vandebosch   Thymen Arensman
2017–18   Tomáš Kopecký   Ryan Kamp   Pim Ronhaar
2018–19   Witse Meeussen   Ryan Cortjens   Lennert Belmans
2019–20   Thibau Nys   Lennert Belmans   Ward Huybs

See also

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