How to watch

There will be a men’s junior race at 09:30CET, women’s junior race starting at 10:35CET and men’s under-23 race starting at 12:00CET; each finishing their respective classifications.

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:

CountryMediaBelgiumTelenet Play Sports, Pickx+ Sports & RTBFUnited StatesFloBikesCanadaFloBikesUnited KingdomTNT SportsFranceL’ÉquipeTVNetherlandsNOSCzech RepublicCeská TeleviseItalyRaiPlayDenmarkTV2 DanmarkSlovakiaRTV: Sport SlovakiaHungaryM4-SportSpainRTVEMen’s raceThis is Mathieu van der Poel‘s playground and there’s little reason to expect anyone else to take the win. I do believe it’s a track that suits Thibau Nys well, but as we have seen today, the Alpecin rider may well just do what they please with the race, with Tibor del Grosso and Niels Vandeputte both racing at their top level.

Joris Nieuwenhuis, Lars van der Haar, Mees Hendrikx, Ryan Kamp, Pim Ronhaar, Toon Aerts, Jente Michels, Toon Vandebosch, Gerben Kuypers, Martin Groslambert, Felipe Orts, Kevin Kuhn, Andrew Strohmeyer and Cameron Mason will also be present.

Startlist Men World Cup HoogerheideNumberRider1Mathieu van der Poel2Joris Nieuwenhuis3Tibor Del Grosso4Lars van der Haar5Mees Hendrikx6Ryan Kamp7Pim Ronhaar8Danny van Lierop9Remon Delnoije11Niels Vandeputte12Thibau Nys13Toon Aerts14Joran Wyseure15Jente Michels16Toon Vandebosch19Gerben Kuypers20Anton Ferdinande21Martin Groslambert22Nathan Bommenel23David Menut24Rémi Lelandais25Théo Thomas26Timothé Gabriel27Ugo Ananie28Tristan Verrier29Felipe Orts Lloret30Mario Junquera San Millan31Kevin Suarez Fernandez32Kevin Kuhn33Lars Sommer34Nicolas Bard35Loris Rouiller36Cameron Mason37Thomas Mein38Andrew Strohmeyer39Jules Van Kempen40Luca Harter41Lukas Herrmann42Jonas Köpsel43Cody Scott44Cameron Jette45Gioele Bertolini46Filippo Fontana47Federico Ceolin48Filippo Agostinacchio49Nadir Colledani50Lorenzo Dallarosta51Nicola Parenti52Michael Boroš53Matyas Fiala54Yuta Okayama55Bailey Groenendaal56Karl-Erik Rosendahl57Dries Bruynseels58David Risberg59Loïc Bettendorff60Felipe Timoteo Nystrom Spencer61Jacob TurnerWomen’s race

Ultimately there is going to be an open race in Hoogerheide, without the climbs where Lucinda Brand would usually make the difference. However, the veteran’s decision to race a full schedule may be starting to be felt as she was nowhere near the front in Maasmechelen. Hence, we can expect there to be a battle for the win again, and not a dominating race.

Puck Pieterse and Amandine Fouquenet were the strongest today and we can expect these two to be up there once again, taking into consideration the circuit isn’t overly different. Inge van der Heijden, Aniek van Alphen, Manon Bakker, Leonie Bentveld, Shirin van Anrooij, Célia Gery, Marion Norbert Riberolle, Sara Casasola, Blanka Kata Vas, Zoe Bäckstedt and Marie Schreiber will also be present.

Startlist Women World Cup HoogerheideNumberRider2Lucinda Brand3Inge van der Heijden4Aniek van Alphen5Manon Bakker6Puck Pieterse7Leonie Bentveld8Denise Betsema9Shirin van Anrooij10Annemarie Worst11Larissa Hartog12Mae Cabaca13Bloeme Kalis14Puck Langenbarg17Amandine Fouquenet18Hélène Clauzel19Célia Gery20Amandine Muller21Perrine Clauzel22Lison Desprez23Lauriane Duraffourg24Camille Devigne25Marion Norbert Riberolle26Julie Brouwers27Laura Verdonschot28Kiona Crabbé29Fleur Moors30Jinse Peeters31Alicia Franck32Shanyl De Schoesitter33Emeline Detilleux34Sanne Laurijssen35Sara Casasola36Lucia Bramati37Rebecca Gariboldi38Elisa Ferri39Sofia Rodriguez Revert40Lucia Gonzalez Blanco41Sara Cueto Vega42Lorena Patiño Villanueva43Sidney McGill44Maghalie Rochette45Rafaelle Carrier46Nico Knoll47Dorothee Perron48Zuzanna Krzystala49Lizzy Gunsalus50Mia Aseltine51Lauren Zoerner52Lidia Cusack53Anna Megale54Kaya Musgrave55Alyssa Sarkisov56Raylyn Nuss57Vida Lopez De San Roman58Katherine Sarkisov59Kata Blanka Vas60Regina Bruchner61Kaija Budde62Tomke Windelband63Diana Steffenhagen64Friederike Michels65Julia-Katharina Pfeil66Nadja Heigl67Ann-Dorthe Lisbygd68Mille Nielsen69Kristýna Zemanová70Kateřina Hladíkova71Amálie Gottwaldová72Zoe Backstedt73Xan Crees74Marie Schreiber75Liv Wenzel76Maïté Barthels77Layla Barthels78Viktória Chladoňová79Thea Persson