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UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships: Ostend pairs beach sand with a championship-pressure circuit.

Next edition Jan 29–31, 2027

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Location
Ostend, 🇧🇪 Belgium
When
Late January
Course
Ostend pairs beach sand with a championship-pressure circuit.
Category
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

About UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is the sport’s title race, bringing elite, under-23, junior and team-relay competition into one decisive weekend. Ostend uses the Wellington Hippodrome and beach to create a championship course of sand, exposure and technical transitions. The terrain will reward riders who can stay calm while the stakes rise.

The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is the sport’s title race, bringing elite, under-23, junior and team-relay competition into one decisive weekend.

Ostend uses the Wellington Hippodrome and beach to create a championship course of sand, exposure and technical transitions. The terrain will reward riders who can stay calm while the stakes rise.

The first UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships took place in Paris in 1950. Eric De Vlaeminck set the elite men’s standard with seven titles, and Mathieu van der Poel matched that record in 2025. A rainbow jersey carries the memory of every winter that came before it.

Worlds makes history visible in one weekend. Van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Marianne Vos, Sanne Cant, and generations of Belgian champions give the rainbow jersey a weight that no points table can match.

2027 edition

Jan 29–31, 2027. UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships returns to Ostend on 29 January–31 January 2027. The program includes Team Relay, Women Junior, Men Under 23, Elite Women, Men Junior, Women Under 23, Elite Men.

UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships course

Ostend uses the Wellington Hippodrome and beach to create a championship course of sand, exposure and technical transitions. The terrain will reward riders who can stay calm while the stakes rise. The strongest rides combine a measured opening lap with the ability to repeat the key effort when the race starts to split.