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How to watch

In the morning, there will be junior races for the men (start at 09:30CET), women (start at 10:35CET) and men’s under-23 (start at 12:00CET). In the beginning of the afternoon, 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 (subjected to geo-restriction). Furthermore this race will be broadcast in:

BelgiumSporza & Pickx+ Sports & RTBFUnited StatesFloBikesCanadaFloBikesUnited KingdomTNT SportsFranceL’ÉquipeTVNetherlandsNOSCzech RepublicCeská TeleviseItalyRaiPlayDenmarkTV2 DanmarkSlovakiaRTV: Sport SlovakiaSpainRTVEHungaryM4-SportMen’s race

Mathieu van der Poel is the man to beat, there isn’t much math to do either, he is simply above the competition and with the absence of Wout van Aert and Thibau Nys, there are less riders who even on their very best day could potentially put up a fight.

Laurens Sweeck is the new world cup leader, and could increase it as Nys was pulled out of the race on team orders. Michael Vanthourenhout, Joris Nieuwenhuis and Niels Vandeputte are within striking distance and will want to move up the standings in the world cup. Sweeck has 116 points and mathematically speaking, van der Poel could move into the lead as he has 80 and is likely to already go up to 120 with this race.

The Dutch have Lars van der Haar, Pim Ronhaar, Tibor del Grosso, Ryan Kamp and Mees Hendrikx who can perform well here; the Belgians have Toon Aerts, Emiel Verstrynge, Jente Michels, Joran Wyseure, Toon Vandebosche and Victor van de Putte… Felipe Orts, Kevin Kuhn, Cameron Mason, Andrew Strohmeyer, Filippo Agostinacchio and Michael Boros will all also be at the start.

Startlist Men World Cup KoksijdeNumberRider1 VAN DER POEL Mathieu2 VAN DER HAAR Lars3 RONHAAR Pim4 DEL GROSSO Tibor5 KAMP Ryan6 HENDRIKX Mees7 VAN LIEROP Danny9 VANTHOURENHOUT Michael10 NYS Thibau11 VANDEPUTTE Niels12 AERTS Toon13 SWEECK Laurens14 VERSTRYNGE Emiel15 WYSEURE Joran16 MICHELS Jente17 VANDEBOSCH Toon18 MEEUSSEN Witse19 VAN DE PUTTE Victor22 MENUT David23 GROSLAMBERT Martin24 BOMMENEL Nathan25 THOMAS Théo26 GABRIEL Timothé28 VERRIER Tristan29 ORTS Felipe30 JUNQUERA Mario31 INGUANZO Gonzalo32 SUAREZ Kevin33 ZAERA Javier34 GOMEZ Marcos35 KUHN Kevin36 SOMMER Lars37 ROUILLER Loris38 BARD Nicolas39 MASON Cameron40 MEIN Thomas41 STROHMEYER Andrew42 VAN KEMPEN Jules43 ZAKRAJSEK Dylan44 JUNGE Frederick45 HARTER Luca46 HERRMANN Lukas47 OBERTEICHER Matteo48 HAMM Florian49 GAßNER Michael50 RAUTZENBERG Robin51 CLARK Tyler52 SCOTT Cody53 CEOLIN Federico54 FONTANA Filippo55 AGOSTINACCHIO Filippo56 BOROŠ Michael57 FIALA Matyáš58 KAJI Tetsuki59 OKAYAMA Yuta60 GROENENDAAL Bailey61 BRUYNSEELS Dries62 RISBERG David63 HEIGL Philipp64 LUKŠAS Dovydas65 TURNER JacobWomen’s race

With another win in the bank, Lucinda Brand is back to the lead of the world cup. She is the woman to beat, although the dominance isn’t the same as in the men’s field and in Antwerp she really had to fight hard for it. Aniek van Alphen follows closely, but Brand is in a strong position.

The Dutchwoman will mainly have to face her compatriots, a few of them coming in with great form into the Christmas block, and with much less racing and fatigue from earlier in the winter. Inge van der Heijden, Manon Bakker, Puck Pieterse, Leonie Bentvelt, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado and Shirin van Anrooij are all part of the Dutch block to the race.

Amandie Fouquenet, Célia Gery, Marion Norbert Riberolle, Sara Casasola, Lucia Bramati, Lizzy Gunsalus, Kristyna Zemanova and Marie Schreiber will all be present in the race.

Startlist Women World Cup KoksijdeNumberRider2Lucinda Brand3Inge van der Heijden4Aniek van Alphen5Manon Bakker6Puck Pieterse7Leonie Bentveld8Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado9Denise Betsema10Larissa Hartog11Lauren Molengraaf12Annemarie Worst14Shirin van Anrooij15Bloeme Kalis17Amandine Fouquenet18Hélène Clauzel19Célia Gery20Amandine Muller21Anaïs Morichon22Electa Gallezot23Perrine Clauzel24Lison Desprez26Noemie Garnier28Marion Norbert Riberolle29Julie Brouwers30Laura Verdonschot31Jinse Peeters32Kiona Crabbé33Sterre Vervloet34Fleur Moors35Kim Van De Steene36Xenna De Bruyckere37Lotte Baele38Alexe De Raedemaeker39Ilken Seynave40Sara Casasola41Carlotta Borello42Lucia Bramati43Giorgia Secchi44Sofia Rodriguez Revert45Lucia Gonzalez Blanco46Sara Cueto Vega47Ana Lopez Burgos48Alicia Gonzalez Blanco49Luna Carrio Hernandez50Carla Jimenez Vera Y Frias51Sidney McGill52Maghalie Rochette53Rafaelle Carrier54Nico Knoll55Katja Verkerk56Maja Jozkowicz57Lizzy Gunsalus58Lidia Cusack59Lauren Zoerner60Mia Aseltine61Alyssa Sarkisov62Lyllie Sonnemann63Emily Shields64Jorja Bond65Kaija Budde66Stefanie Paul67Tomke Windelband68Katharina Hinz69Nadja Heigl70Mille Nielsen71Kristýna Zemanová72Kateřina Douděrová73Anna Panušová74Xan Crees75Lea Stern76Rebekka Estermann77Jana Glaus78Marie Schreiber79Liv Wenzel