Belgian Road Cycling Cup (original) (raw)

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Belgian Road Cycling Cup

Current season, competition or edition:Current sports event 2024 Belgian Road Cycling Cup
Sport Road bicycle racing
Founded 2016
Country Belgium & Netherlands
Most recentchampion(s) Caleb Ewan (AUS)
Most titles Timothy Dupont (2 wins)

The Belgian Road Cycling Cup (also known as Lotto Cycling Cup after its sponsor) is a road bicycle racing competition established in 2016 and consists of a number of standalone one-day races, mostly in Belgium but since 2022 some are held as well in the Netherlands. In each race, the top 15 riders score points and the rider scoring the most points in total is crowned the Belgian Cycling Cup champion. A separate classification was kept for the best youngster and best team, but these have been cancelled since 2017 and 2018 respectively.

The lead sponsor changed regularly throughout the years, causing the official name to change often as well: from 2016 to 2018 it was known as the Napoleon Games Cycling Cup, from 2019 to 2021 as the Bingoal Cycling Cup, in 2022 as the Exterioo Cycling Cup, and since 2023 as the Lotto Cycling Cup.

Points distribution

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For the individual rankings, points are awarded to all eligible riders each race according to the following table:

Points distribution

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Additionally, during each race there are three intermediate sprints for which the top three riders receive three, two and one point respectively.

Until 2018, the positions of the first three riders of each team were added together to give the team position with only riders finishing in the top 50 taken into account. The team with the lowest team position was the winner of the team competition for that race. E.g.: a team having their first three riders all on the podium will have a team position score of 1+2+3=6 and since no other team will have a lower team position, this team won 12 points for the team standings. Note that first all teams with three (or more) riders finishing in the top 50 were ranked, then the teams with only two riders, then teams with only one rider. Finally, each race the team of the winning rider received two bonus points.

Team points distribution

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points 12 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Year Individual Champion Young Rider Champion Teams' Champion
Winner Team Winner Team
2016 Timothy Dupont (BEL) Verandas Willems Fernando Gaviria (COL) Etixx–Quick-Step Lotto–Soudal
2017 Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Not awarded LottoNL–Jumbo
2018 Timothy Dupont (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert Not awarded
2019 Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) Wallonie Bruxelles Not awarded
2020 Not awarded[a]
2021 Tim Merlier (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix Not awarded
2022 Arnaud De Lie (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Not awarded
2023 Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Dstny Not awarded
2024 Emilien Jeannière (FRA) Team TotalEnergies Not awarded

As of 3 October 2024, after the 2024 Belgian Road Cycling Cup

Most event wins (individual)

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Rank Cyclist # Events Events
1 Dylan Groenewegen (NED) 5 Heistse Pijl (2016), Tour de l'Eurométropole (2016), Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2018), Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic (2022 & 2023)
2 Dries De Bondt (BEL) 4 Halle–Ingooigem (2016 & 2019) & Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (2019), Antwerp Port Epic (2023)
Arnaud De Lie (BEL) 4 Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2022), Grote Prijs Marcel Kint (2022), Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (2023) & Circuit de Wallonie (2024)
4 Fabio Jakobsen (NED) 3 Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2020), Elfstedenronde (2022) & Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2022)
Alexander Kristoff (NOR) 3 Circuit Franco-Belge (2022), Elfstedenronde (2024) & Antwerp Port Epic (2024)
Tim Merlier (BEL) 3 Le Samyn (2021), Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2021) & Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2024)
Jasper Philipsen (BEL) 3 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2021 & 2023) & Elfstedenronde (2023)
Niki Terpstra (NED) 3 Le Samyn (2016 & 2018) & Dwars door het Hageland (2016)
9 Jasper De Buyst (BEL) 2 Heistse Pijl (2017) & Binche–Chimay–Binche (2017)
Arnaud Démare (FRA) 2 Binche–Chimay–Binche (2016) & Halle–Ingooigem (2017)
Timothy Dupont (BEL) 2 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2016) & Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (2017)
Rasmus Tiller (NOR) 2 Dwars door het Hageland (2021 & 2023)
Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2 Dwars door het Hageland (2017) & Antwerp Port Epic (2021)
Danny van Poppel (NED) 2 Halle–Ingooigem (2018) & Binche–Chimay–Binche (2018)
11 37 riders 1

Most event wins (nation)

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Rank Country # Events Most recent winner Most recent event Different winners
1 Belgium 32 Tim Merlier 2024 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 20
2 Netherlands 17 Dylan Groenewegen 2023 Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic 7
3 France 7 Christophe Laporte 2021 Circuit de Wallonie 6
Norway 7 Markus Hoelgaard 2024 Tour of Leuven 4
5 Italy 4 Andrea Pasqualon 2022 Circuit de Wallonie 4
6 Colombia 2 Álvaro Hodeg 2021 Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 2
Latvia 2 Krists Neilands 2018 Dwars door het Hageland 2
8 Australia 1 Caleb Ewan 2023 Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 1
Denmark 1 Mads Pedersen 2018 Tour de l'Eurométropole 1
Eritrea 1 Biniam Girmay 2024 Circuit Franco-Belge 1
Germany 1 Jannik Steimle 2019 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1
Great Britain 1 Daniel McLay 2017 Tour de l'Eurométropole 1
Slovakia 1 Erik Baška 2016 Handzame Classic 1

Most event wins (team)

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Defunct teams in italics

Rank Team # Events Most recent winner Most recent event
1 Alpecin–Deceuninck[b] 13 Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) 2024 Dwars door het Hageland
2 Soudal–Quick-Step[c] 11 Tim Merlier (BEL) 2024 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
3 Lotto–Dstny[d] 10 Arnaud De Lie (BEL) 2024 Circuit de Wallonie
4 Intermarché–Wanty[e] 8 Biniam Girmay (ERI) 2024 Circuit Franco-Belge
5 Visma–Lease a Bike[f] 6 Dylan Groenewegen (NED) 2018 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
6 Uno-X Mobility[g] 5 Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) 2024 Tour of Leuven
7 Cofidis 4 Christophe Laporte (FRA) 2021 Circuit de Wallonie
8 Team TotalEnergies[h] 3 Dries Van Gestel (BEL) 2022 Ronde van Drenthe
Vérandas Willems–Crelan[i] 3 Timothy Dupont (BEL) 2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
10 Groupama–FDJ[j] 2 Arnaud Démare (FRA) 2017 Halle–Ingooigem
Team Jayco–AlUla[k] 2 Dylan Groenewegen (NED) 2023 Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
Lidl–Trek[l] 2 Mads Pedersen (DEN) 2018 Tour de l'Eurométropole
13 Arkéa–B&B Hotels[m] 1 Daniel McLay (GBR) 2017 Tour de l'Eurométropole
B&B Hotels–KTM[n] 1 Bryan Coquard (FRA) 2019 Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
Bora–Hansgrohe 1 Jordi Meeus (BEL) 2023 Circuit de Wallonie
Israel–Premier Tech[o] 1 Krists Neilands (LAT) 2018 Dwars door het Hageland
Joker Fuel of Norway[p] 1 Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) 2017 Handzame Classic
ONE Pro Cycling 1 Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) 2018 Heistse Pijl
Tinkoff 1 Erik Baška (SVK) 2016 Handzame Classic
UAE Team Emirates 1 Matteo Trentin (ITA) 2022 Le Samyn
  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several scheduled races were cancelled, reducing the list of remaining events to just two. The organisation decided not to determine an overall winner and kept the two remaining races as entirely separate events.
  2. ^ Includes 1 win as Beobank–Corendon, 2 as Corendon–Circus and 6 as Alpecin–Fenix.
  3. ^ Includes 2 wins as Etixx–Quick-Step, 3 as Quick-Step Floors, 3 as Deceuninck–Quick-Step and 2 as Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team.
  4. ^ Includes 5 wins as Lotto–Soudal.
  5. ^ Includes 3 wins under the name Wanty–Groupe Gobert, 2 as Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux and 1 as Intermarché–Circus–Wanty.
  6. ^ All 6 wins under the name LottoNL–Jumbo.
  7. ^ Includes 2 wins as Uno-X Pro Cycling Team.
  8. ^ Includes 1 win as Total Direct Énergie.
  9. ^ Includes 2 wins as Verandas Willems.
  10. ^ Both wins as FDJ.
  11. ^ Includes one win as Team BikeExchange–Jayco.
  12. ^ Both wins as Trek–Segafredo.
  13. ^ Won as Fortuneo–Oscaro.
  14. ^ Won as Vital Concept–B&B Hotels.
  15. ^ Won as Israel Cycling Academy.
  16. ^ Won as Joker Icopal.