Aardbeiencross

A cornerstone of the Belgian winter.
LocationMerksplas, 🇧🇪 Belgium
WhenSecond Saturday in November
CourseMerksplas rewards speed through its fast changing surfaces.
CategoryRace
Why watch?

Aardbeiencross: Merksplas rewards speed through its fast changing surfaces.

Overview

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.

Superprestige has made a calendar of local races feel like one continuous contest, with each venue contributing its own style.

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.

Race Notes
UpdatedSeptember 18, 2026
MarketUnited States
Road calendarWhere to Watch

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Why this race matters

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.

Route DNA

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.