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2025 Scheldecross (World Cup),
Antwerp, Belgium

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Scheldecross cyclo-cross podium history | 2022 edition (race not covered in 2023 & 2024) | Course map

Complete Results: men | women

Men:

Mathieu van der Poel wins again. (sam caption I ran in the 2022 race).

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The race: Here's the report from seventh-place Wout van Aert's Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

Wout van Aert crossed the line in seventh place at the Antwerp cyclocross. The Belgian rider of Team Visma | Lease a Bike suffered an unfortunate incident halfway through the race and was forced to change bikes due to a puncture. Mathieu van der Poel won the race.

Van Aert took plenty of positives from his return to the mud. “The first one is out of the way. Above all, I’m tired afterwards, because it remains a very demanding discipline. It looked like I had a chance at the podium, but unfortunately the puncture set me back. My legs are at a good level. Beforehand, I hoped I would come away from this race with the feeling I have now. There’s still work to do on the technical side, and I hope to improve that in the coming weeks. This was a nice cross to start with. Today’s efforts will help me reach a higher level again. It was great to be back,” the Belgian concluded.

Van Aert began his cyclocross campaign in Antwerp with fresh motivation. Starting from the third row, the Belgian quickly worked his way forward thanks in part to a strong start, soon finding himself battling for the front positions.

He clearly enjoyed the huge crowd that had turned out in force. Halfway through the race, however, the home rider’s comeback was struck by bad luck. Van Aert punctured and had to ride some distance on a flat tyre before he could change bikes in the pit area. As a result, the fight for second place slipped away, and the 31-year-old eventually had to settle for seventh.

Complete results:

26.47 kilometers raced at an average speed of 26.47 km/hr

91 entries from 21 nations, 46 finsihed, 38 lapped, 6 did not finish, 1 did not start.

Where no team is given, rider's country is listed.

Women:

Lucinda Brand beats Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado for the win.

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The race: Here's the short report from thrid-place Aniek van Alphen's Team Seven Racing.

Aniek van Alphen took a flying start and led the race for two laps. But in the end it was Lucinda Brand and Ceylin Alvarado that battled it out for the win, while Aniek van Alphen fought her way to a very nice 3rd place! The world cup leader jersey slips away, but tomorrow we go again in Koksijde.

Complete results:

19.87 kilometers raced at an average speed of 22.154 km/hr

81 entries from 16 nations, 65 finished, 15 lapped, 1 did not start.

Where no team is given, rider's country is listed.

Course map: