Seylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Phoenix) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) headline the women's and men's entries in the 2020-2021 UCI Cyclocross World Cup opener in Tabor, Czech Republic, on Sunday.

The women's race will feature 54 entries from 13 countries, with 10 from Belgium, including former world champion Sanne Canto (IKO-Crelan).

The star of the women's race is the world champion who has dominated this year's truncated cyclocross season, winning the European Championships and rounds of the Telenet Superpresitge in Jaarmarktcross, Geiten and Ruddervoorde. Alvarado.

Alvarado leads the world rankings, but has competition from compatriot and world runner-up Annemarie Worst (777), third-place Lucinda Brand (Telenet Baloise), and fifth-place Yara Castellain (Credishop Fristadz). Magali Rochette (Specialized), fifth in the ranking, will also be on the start line.

Van Aert will make his return to cyclocross at the X²O Badkamer Trofee (formerly DVV Trofee) in Kortrijk on Saturday, November 28, the day before the World Cup.

The men's elite race will feature 40 riders from 10 countries, including Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sausen), Laurens Sweck (Pauwels Sausen), and Michael Van Tulenhout (Pauwels Sausen) from Belgium, Toon Arts (Terrenette Baloise), and 10 others.

Mathieu van der Pol will not be at the starting line, but his Dutch compatriots, including Lars van der Haar (Telenet Baloise), Korne van Kessel (Tormans), and David van der Pol (Alpecin Phoenix) will run.

Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, this year's World Cup series will have only five races.

Individual World Cup races will gain importance due to the UCI's revised season rules. The starting order for the World Cyclocross Championships will be determined by the ranking at the end of the World Cup.

At the Cyclocross World Cup in Tabor, the women's race will start at 13:10 CET and the men's race at 14:30 CET. stream, Cyclingnews has published a guide on how to watch the 2020-2021 cyclocross season live via ExpressVPN (opens in new tab).

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