A cornerstone of the Belgian winter.
Aardbeiencross
Aardbeiencross: Merksplas rewards speed through its fast changing surfaces.
Next edition Nov 14, 2026
- Location
- Merksplas, 🇧🇪 Belgium
- When
- Mid November
- Course
- Merksplas rewards speed through its fast changing surfaces.
- Category
- Telenet Superprestige
About Aardbeiencross
A Telenet Superprestige round is part of one of cyclocross’s defining season-long competitions, rooted in the close, intense racing culture of Belgium and the Netherlands. Merksplas offers a quick course that moves between grass, dirt and technical turns. Riders who can maintain momentum through the transitions gain time every lap.
A Telenet Superprestige round is part of one of cyclocross’s defining season-long competitions, rooted in the close, intense racing culture of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Merksplas offers a quick course that moves between grass, dirt and technical turns. Riders who can maintain momentum through the transitions gain time every lap.
Superprestige has made a calendar of local races feel like one continuous contest, with each venue contributing its own style.
The series turns familiar winter venues into repeated tests of form and nerve. Riders have to race for the win while protecting every point in the overall table.
2026 edition
Nov 14, 2026. Aardbeiencross returns to Merksplas on 14 November 2026. The program includes Elite Women, Elite Men.
Aardbeiencross course
Merksplas offers a quick course that moves between grass, dirt and technical turns. Riders who can maintain momentum through the transitions gain time every lap. The strongest rides combine a measured opening lap with the ability to repeat the key effort when the race starts to split.