Mathieu van der Poel will start his cyclocross season at Namur World Cup
Mathieu van der Poel has announced his schedule for the 2025-26 cyclocross season. The eleventy-time (OK, seven) elite cyclocross World Champion will likely debut at the Namur World Cup round on December 14. According to the plan, he'll aim to race 13 times total, with seven (or eight, depending on if you count the weekend after January 1) of those in the packed "Kerstperiode" portion of the calendar through January 4.
Three more World Cup events follow in January before he pursues a seventh World Championship on February 1 on a home course in Hulst, the Netherlands. An eighth elite title would surpass Erik De Vlaeminck for most all time in the sport.
The full schedule:
- World Cup – Namur: December 14 (TBC)
- World Cup – Antwerp: December 20
- World Cup – Koksijde: December 21
- X2O Badkamers – Hofstade: December 22
- World Cup – Gavere: December 26
- X2O Badkamers – Azencross, Loenhout: December 29
- X2O Badkamers – GP Sven Nys: January 1
- Exact Cross – Mol: January 2
- World Cup – Zonhoven: January 4
- World Cup – Benidorm: January 18 (TBC)
- World Cup – Maasmechelen: January 24
- World Cup – Hoogerheide: January 25
- World Championships – Hulst: February 2
