{"id":43351,"title":"Guide: Cyclocross teams and riders 2025-26","description":"Rijden\u2019s guide to the cyclocross riders and teams you can expect to watch on TV during the 2025-26 cyclocross season. From the dedicated professional cyclocross teams through to those individual riders that we anticipate appearing regularly on the start line of an Exact Cross, X\u00b2O Badkamers or Superprestige race.","content":"<p><strong>Published in<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/cyclocross-stories\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CYCLOCROSS<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rijden.uk\/use-of-cookies-and-disclaimer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>How we use cookies on the Rijden website<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Team changes from 1 January 2025<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li><p>Baloise Glowi Lions becomes <strong>Baloise Verzekeringen - Het Poetsbureau Lions<\/strong>.<\/p><p><\/p><\/li><li><p>Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery CX has merged with Deschacht - Hens CX Team to form <strong>Charles Li\u00e9geois-Deschacht<\/strong>. The members of the new team are:<\/p><\/li><li><p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Toon Aerts (Elites)<\/p><\/li><li><p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Julie Brouwers (Elites)<\/p><\/li><li><p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Robbe Marchand (U23)<\/p><\/li><li><p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Ilke Seynave (U23)<\/p><\/li><li><p>\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Keije Solen (U23)<\/p><\/li><li><p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Victor Van de Putte (Elites)<\/p><\/li><li><p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Sterre Vervloet (Elites)<\/p><p><\/p><\/li><li><p>Alpecin-Deceuninck becomes <strong>Alpecin-Premier Tech<\/strong> and Fenix-Deceuninck becomes <strong>Fenix-Premier Tech<\/strong>.<\/p><p><\/p><\/li><li><p>The Roodhooft brothers have created a new (not UCI registered) <strong>Team EKO\u00cf<\/strong> for <strong>Lauren Molengraaf<\/strong> (from Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery CX), <strong>Ryan Kamp<\/strong> (after riding as a sole rider for Fenix) and <strong>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Clauzel<\/strong> (unsponsored, but supported by the Roodhooft brothers). This is currently a temporary arrangement until the end of February 2026.<\/p><p><\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Amandine Fouquenet<\/strong> joins Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team from the disbanded Arkea- B and B<\/p><p><\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Gerben Kuypers<\/strong> joins Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team from Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery CX.<\/p><p><\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Yorben Lauryssen<\/strong> joins Tarteletto-Isorex from Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Lauren Molengraaf<\/strong> leaves Charles Li\u00e9geois-Deschacht<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><\/p><hr \/><p>Rijden\u2019s guide to the cyclocross riders and teams you can expect to watch on TV during the 2025-26 cyclocross season. From the dedicated professional cyclocross teams through to those individual riders that we anticipate appearing regularly on the start line of an Exact Cross, X\u00b2O Badkamers or Superprestige race.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/moyohniwmhatlwad7rxkxrr46tbwg4ksmaxf3gihwbndfmnd.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Image of professional cyclocross riders\" title=\"Image of professional cyclocross riders\" \/>Compiling a comprehensive list of cyclocross teams and riders is not a simplistic task:<\/p><ul><li><p>Not all of the riders who will appear on TV ride for UCI cyclocross teams (e.g. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Confusingly, not all riders registered with UCI cyclocross teams ever ride cyclocross (e.g. Maarten Verheyen).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Not all regular cyclocross riders are signed to a UCI-registered team (e.g. Alicia Franck).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Of the twenty-eight UCI-registered cyclocross teams, only a third are likely to appear regularly in the televised cyclocrosses.<\/p><p><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>This directory, therefore, is our best attempt to provide a complete list of teams and riders, but we only include those teams and\/or riders we expect to appear in the top fifteen places.<\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/gift-ideas-for-cyclists\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/kmgkbqkbornuuuz5sbzix0hkq3frwlv0n2lpj0ynthoahpfe.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;project=rijden-2-61247&amp;v=2\" alt=\"Cycling gifts by Rijden\" title=\"Cycling gifts by Rijden\" \/><\/u><\/a><\/p><h2 style=\"text-align:center;\">UCI Pro Cyclo-Cross teams<\/h2><p>The UCI recognises two categories of Cyclo-cross teams - UCI Pro Cyclo-cross teams and UCI Cyclo-cross teams. Since they were first introduced, there have been at least three UCI Pro Cyclo-cross teams, but this year, only Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team has registered at the Pro level.<\/p><p>Baloise Glowi Lions and Deschacht - Hens CX Team have, for this season, decided to drop down to the plain UCI Cyclo-cross team level.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>:<em> If you\u2019re a keen cycling fan, you\u2019re probably familiar with the different types of UCI road teams, including World Tour and Pro Continental, but cyclocross has its team structure too.<\/em><\/p><p><em>That might seem odd, given that cyclocross is much less of a team competition than road racing. <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/uci-cyclocross-teams-explained\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>We investigate the two-tier UCI cyclocross team structure<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> and try to explain why Mathieu van der Poel was registered with three UCI teams.<\/em><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/uci-cyclocross-teams-explained\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ucod4ioxmtxy34fi6qq3higt5nug2qrgdtgjauehyz5kgbmc.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Read more: UCI Cyclo-cross teams explained\" title=\"Read more: UCI Cyclo-cross teams explained\" \/><\/u><\/a><\/p><p>Note that teams are listed in order of their overall strength as a cyclocross team, although this is subjective, and riders are ordered based on their UCI ranking at the start of the season.<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/bqpxkahcxumao98mc34ukvh1mk6eavp95my7h6hsw4zezzjj.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team\" title=\"Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team\" \/>The only UCI Pro Cyclo-cross team is Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team, who have the first and third-ranked male riders in Michael Vanthourenhout and Eli Iserbyt. Iserbyt is likely to miss much of the season through injury.<\/p><p>Their top female rider is under-23 Leonie Bentveld. The Dutch youngster has picked up bronze medals as an under-23 at the last two World Championships.<\/p><p>The team is operated by Jurgen Mettepenningen, who has been running teams in cyclocross since at least 2007. He is also an organiser of races and previously a dance festival.<\/p><p>Rumour update: A merger between Ridley Racing Team is on the cards.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Pauwels Sauzen (sauces for chips) and Altez Industriebouw (constructs industrial buildings).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Ridley<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>VANTHOURENHOUT Michael<\/p><hr \/><p>ISERBYT Eli (out with injury)<\/p><hr \/><p>BENTVELD Leonie<\/p><hr \/><p>CORSUS Yordi<\/p><hr \/><p>DE BRUYCKERE Kay<\/p><hr \/><p>DE MOYER Kenay<\/p><hr \/><p>VANDENBERGHE Viktor<\/p><hr \/><p>LAURYSSEN Yorben<\/p><hr \/><p>DE BRAUWERE Sil<\/p><hr \/><p>DE SCHOESITTER Shanyl<\/p><hr \/><p>NUYENS Wies<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN SPEYBROEK Matti<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>UCI Cyclocross Teams<\/strong><\/h2><p>There are twenty-seven UCI Cyclo-cross teams registered for the 2025-26 season. We've included all eight of the Belgian-registered teams in this section, plus a few more you\u2019re likely to see on TV.<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Baloise Glowi Lions<\/strong><\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/aee9qwvoboec7esw0khflwkkq536pxy9jqmadsfizipyc10s.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Baloise Glowi Lions\" title=\"Baloise Glowi Lions\" \/>The team of cyclocross legend Sven Nys includes a mix of mature top talent in the form of Lucinda Brand and Lars van der Haar, and exciting prospects in Sven\u2019s son Thibau and Fleur Moors.<\/p><p>Under his tutelage, Lucinda Brand has developed from a strong but technically weak rider into a UCI Cyclo-cross World Champion in 2021 and consistently one of the top female riders. Together with Lars van der Haar, they have a combined age of seventy, but it doesn\u2019t seem to slow them down. Lars has announced that 2025-26 will be his last season in the field, and he will finally hang his bike on a hook.<\/p><p>Thibau Nys, at the tender age of twenty-two, has already captured the European and Belgian titles, plus a bronze medal at the World Championships. The only thing that could prevent him from becoming a dominant force in cyclocross is a switch of focus to the road. Cyclocross fans will be heartened to hear that he loves cyclocross too much to forsake the cross for the road.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Baloise (insurance, investments, etc.) and Glowi (cleaning and staffing agency).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Trek<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>BRAND Lucinda<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DER HAAR Lars<\/p><hr \/><p>NYS Thibau<\/p><hr \/><p>RONHAAR Pim<\/p><hr \/><p>HAVERDINGS David<\/p><hr \/><p>MOORS Fleur (Back at World Cup Tabor)<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DEN BOER Arthur<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN ANROOIJ Shirin (Starting at the World Cup Tabor 23 November 2025)<\/p><hr \/><p>VANDEN EYNDE Mats<\/p><hr \/><p>GODFROID Olivier (Rode one cyclocross in 2024-25)<\/p><hr \/><p>Non-cyclocross riders: HILLEN Michiel, LEDEGEN Dietmar, MARI\u00cbN Daan, VERHEYEN Maarten<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Ridley Racing Team<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/vi1va0swz33eot10egoz5m2cc9ddw8p0qd5r5idlytqwz7r2.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Ridley Racing Team\" title=\"Ridley Racing Team\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/ridley-racing-team\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ridley Bikes<\/strong><\/a> is one of the most common brands amongst professionals and amateurs. Up until 2024, they\u2019d only supplied frames to professional teams. The Ridley Racing team was established to develop its off-road presence.<\/p><p>Joris Nieuwenhuis is a former road racer who switched to cyclocross. He\u2019s developed into one of the world\u2019s best riders, having finished second at the 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. He missed most of the 2024-25 season due to shingles, returning only in January 2025. That didn\u2019t stop him from snatching victory at the Middelkerke round of the Superprestige and fourth at the World Championships.<\/p><p>Popular Felipe Orts is Spain\u2019s clear number one at cyclocross. He\u2019s been his nation\u2019s National Champion since 2019. Every year, he seems to improve, and in 202,4 he was the silver medallist at the European Championships.<\/p><p>Daan Soete will focus more on gravel racing and will join his colleagues in the field later in the season. His best results were a victory at the Rapencross and third in the Belgian National Championships in 2018.<\/p><p>Lore Sas was something of a surprise signing for the team, even to herself. She only rode five races in 2024-25 with disappointing results. Hopefully, she\u2019ll be able to bounce back and prove that she\u2019s not just on the team to meet <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/uci-cyclocross-teams-explained\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>the UCI\u2019s rules for cyclocross teams<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Rumour update<\/strong>: A possible merger with Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team is considered likely.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Ridley (Belgian bike brand that's closely associated with cyclocross).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Ridley<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>ORTS LLORET Felipe<\/p><hr \/><p>NIEUWENHUIS Joris<\/p><hr \/><p>SOETE Daan (May enter the field later in the season)<\/p><hr \/><p>SAS Lore (No known information for this season)<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery CX<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ovosoabkb4lpoblrjyvdvttkz6oto0nnhywxobvw0io8mreq.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery CX\" title=\"Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery CX\" \/>The future of the Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery team is in some doubt as the organisation that owns it also owns the Intermarch\u00e9 Wanty World Tour team, which is expected to merge with Lotto. Gerben Kuypers will leave the team and join the Pauwels Sauzen - Altez Industriebouw Cycling Team on the 1st January 2026.<\/p><p>The team will continue until the end of the season under the watchful eye of former World Champion Bart Wellens. The team\u2019s top-ranked rider is Julie Brouwers, who raced for the original incarnations of De Ceuster - Bouwpunt, which was established by her father. Both were ejected from the team with some acrimony.<\/p><p>Lauren Molengraaf was the European Under-19 Champion in 2022 and was twenty-first Under-23 at the 2025 World Championships.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Charles Li\u00e9geois Roastery (Belgian coffee producer).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Cube<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>BROUWERS Julie<\/p><hr \/><p>MOLENGRAAF Lauren<\/p><hr \/><p>SOLEN Keije<\/p><hr \/><p>KUYPERS Gerben (until 31 December 2025)<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DEN BROEK Axel<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Crelan - Corendon<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/huvpsqvtnb3colh5gyqzhv0bbetkh0dxdechzvkbyzdz016v.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Crelan - Corendon\" title=\"Crelan - Corendon\" \/>The first of the Roodhooft brothers\u2019 teams in our list is Crelan-Corendon. It's a well-balanced male and female team consisting of reigning female Belgian Champion Marion Norbert Riberolle and former male Champion Laurens Sweeck.<\/p><p>They're backed by hot prospects, former Italian Champion Sara Casasola, male and female winners at the opening Berencross, Joran Wyseure and Inge van der Heijden, as well as Under-23 World Champion runner-up Emile Verstrynge and Exact Cross Essen winner Toon Vandebosch.<\/p><p>Former Val di Sole Manon Bakker remains something of an enigma. The talent and skill she displayed in 2023 to defeat Ceylin Alvarado were phenomenal. It remains her only victory in one of the four televised series. Last season, her most notable result was disqualification at the Exact Cross Maldegem, although she bounced back with third at the Krawatencross a few days later.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Crelan (Crelan is a cooperative bank with its roots in Belgium and in agricultural lending), Corendon (Dutch holiday operator).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Stevens<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge<\/p><hr \/><p>SWEECK Laurens<\/p><hr \/><p>WYSEURE Joran<\/p><hr \/><p>BAKKER Manon<\/p><hr \/><p>NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion (Out with injury)<\/p><hr \/><p>CASASOLA Sara<\/p><hr \/><p>VERSTRYNGE Emiel<\/p><hr \/><p>VANDEBOSCH Toon<\/p><hr \/><p>MEEUSSEN Witse<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN SINAEY Xaydee<\/p><hr \/><p>LAURIJSSEN Sanne<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Seven Racing<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/fihjz62gyuridigekvotzpj38k3krxxyiasbpfndvz0srqgd.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Seven Racing\" title=\"Seven Racing\" \/>Aniek van Alphen is one of the few women in elite cyclocross who regularly bunny-hops the planks. Her sports career started in the Dutch game of Korfball. A dedicated cyclocrosser, the twenty-six-year-old last won a top race in 2022, but this season she looks close to her best. On a technical course, she could well come out on top.<\/p><p>British cyclocross champion Cameron Mason has yet to win a top cyclocross race. He achieved a slightly surprising second place at the 2023 European Championships in the muddy and slippery conditions in which he excels. At twenty-five, he still has time to develop the horsepower of his rivals. Mason is currently sporting an unfashionable moustache that has to go.<\/p><p>Annemarie Worst has more ups and downs in her career than most. She ended the last road season with a crash that fractured her collarbone and damaged tendons. At twenty-nine, time is running out to recapture her previous form that netted her the UCI World Cup, the European Championships and a string of victories. Only a World Championship is missing from her honours, having finished twice in second place.<\/p><p>The youth on the squad is provided by Guus van den Eijden. The Under-23 rider has yet to make his mark at the elite level, and time will tell whether he can compete at the top level.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: 777 is a Belgian betting company, but because sponsorship by betting outfits is banned in Belgium, the team is named Seven Racing.<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Stevens<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>VAN ALPHEN Aniek<\/p><hr \/><p>MASON Cameron<\/p><hr \/><p>WORST Annemarie (Made her return at the Flandriencross)<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DEN EIJNDEN Guus<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Deschacht - Hens CX Team<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3152lkbafyelm17h6ptpxfkonkjodhixageetpbn5bwf91sc.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Deschacht - Hens CX Team\" title=\"Deschacht - Hens CX Team\" \/>Toon Aerts is the standout rider for the Deschacht-Hens team. Since returning from<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/toon-aerts-is-back\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong> his two-year doping ban<\/strong><\/a>, he appears to have lost neither his form nor his fan base. He\u2019s the world number two-ranked rider and has previously triumphed at the European and National Championships and the UCI World Cup. He\u2019s also taken three bronze medals in the World Championships in an era dominated by Mathieu van der Poel.<\/p><p>Already a winner at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/ardooie-2021\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Kermiscross<\/strong><\/a>, the big question is whether he will stay with the team or move to the merged Lotto-Intermarche team. Without him, his current team will rely upon a youthful squad. The oldest of which is twenty-three-year-old Victor Van De Putte. He doesn\u2019t have any top victories yet, but was second in the Exact Cross Essen behind Toon Vendebosch.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Deschacht (Antwerp-based construction company), Hens (earthmoving, construction and demolition).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Orbea<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>AERTS Toon (European Champion)<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DE PUTTE Victor<\/p><hr \/><p>VERVLOET Sterre<\/p><hr \/><p>MARCHAND Robbe<\/p><hr \/><p>SEYNAVE Ilken<\/p><hr \/><p>CROKET Maxime<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Heizomat - Cube<\/h3><p>German team Heizomat - Cube\u2019s top riders are Swiss Champion Kevin Kuhn and Dutchman Mees Hendrix. The team\u2019s Sports Director is former Tour de France stage winner Nico Verhoeven, and father of ex-crosser Suzanne Verhoeven, who runs the Essec team.<\/p><p>Almost all of Kuhn\u2019s victories have taken place in Switzerland, and he hasn\u2019t quite lived up to the promise he showed as an Under-23 rider. Interestingly, his second place in the Under-23 World Championships was achieved in D\u00fcbendorf, again in Switzerland. He often appears to perform better in rounds of the World Cup.<\/p><p>Mees Hendrikx was one place behind Kuhn at D\u00fcbendorf, and their careers have followed similar trajectories. So far this season, he looks on track to be a regular finisher in the top fifteen without ever challenging for the podium.<\/p><p>Briton Ella Maclean-Howell rode a limited cyclocross season last year and is unlikely to make her debut until later. A real talent who could achieve so much if she focused on cyclocross, but mountain biking appears to be her priority.<\/p><p>Mae Cabaca has joined the team part way through the season after having parted company with Deschacht-Hens-FSP in acrimonious circumstances last season.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Heizomat (wood chip and biomass heating) and Cube (bikes)<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Cube<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong>:<\/p><hr \/><p>KUHN Kevin<\/p><hr \/><p>HENDRIKX Mees<\/p><hr \/><p>BIERENS Jamie<\/p><hr \/><p>DEGENKOLB Hannes<\/p><hr \/><p>MACLEAN-HOWELL Ella<\/p><hr \/><p>TREUDLER Finn<\/p><hr \/><p>CABACA Mae Joined December 2025.<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">AS Bike Racing \/ France Literie<\/h3><p>In C\u00e9lia Gery, AS Bike Racing has one of the most exciting female prospects. Already a junior World Champion and Under-23 European Champion at cyclocross, she's also the reigning Under-23 World Champion on the road, where she rides for FDJ-Suez.<\/p><p>Her cyclocross season has already started well with second place behind Lucinda Brand at the Koppenbergcross.<\/p><p>Amandine Muller rides on the road for the AG Insurance - Soudal development team. She was the French junior time trial Champion last year and has a string of strong performances in cyclocross.<\/p><p>Now in her second year as an Under-23, she's already impressed with sixth at the Koppenbergcross. Muller was knocked off by Gery\u2019s team car at the junior National Championships, causing both riders to fall. Upon remounting, Gery went on to win with Muller second.<\/p><p>Thirty-three-year-old David Menut was the bronze medallist in the 2021 French National Cyclocross Championships. He has won six UCI races, with all but one in France. Last season, he was sixth at the European Championships.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: AS Bike (bike shop) and France Literie (beds).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Specialized<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong>:<\/p><hr \/><p>GERY C\u00e9lia<\/p><hr \/><p>MENUT David<\/p><hr \/><p>MULLER Amandine<\/p><hr \/><p>ROUILLER Loris<\/p><hr \/><p>SIMON Jules<\/p><hr \/><p>DEBORD Romain<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">De Ceuster-Bouwpunt<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/m6ad9io1rk1whdvtwjzi3vew4e6drz5a73irioxen8cqml6g.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"De Ceuster-Bouwpunt\" title=\"De Ceuster-Bouwpunt\" \/>The Deceuster-Bouwpunt team was originally established by Julie Brouwers\u2019s dad to support her cyclocross ambitions. Both left the team in 2023 on somewhat acrimonious terms.<\/p><p>The team has been slimmed down and is now UCI-registered. Its aim was stated to build a strong, all-female and Belgian team. It was a surprise, therefore, when they signed the Dutch rider Denise Betsema, who was let go by Pauwels Sauzen.<\/p><p>The sand specialist and mother of two lives on the island of Texel. She failed a dope test in 2019 and was banned for six months after it was accepted that it was inadvertent. She finished third in the 2021 World Championships, but hasn't won a top race since 2023.<\/p><p>Laura Verdonschot is another sand specialist and has the potential to get back to her best. Unfortunately, she always seems beset by illness or injury. The perennial runner-up in the Belgian Championship may have seen her best years. I would love to be proved wrong.<\/p><p>Jinse Peeters is best known for her altercation with Mannon Bakker at Maldegem. Nothing to date suggests the twenty-six-year-old will ever be anything but a solid top fifteen rider.<\/p><p>Lotte Baele is the baby of the team, riding her first season as an elite. She's yet to score a UCI victory, and her best result to date is probably eleventh last year at the Belgian National Championships.<\/p><p>Former World Champion Roland Liboton has joined the team to act as a \u201cgodfather\u201d and offer his support.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: De Ceuster (Specialist contractor for horticulture, public green spaces and the construction of natural and artificial grass sports fields), Bouwpunt (building materials supplier).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Ridley<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>BETSEMA Denise<\/p><hr \/><p>VERDONSCHOT Laura<\/p><hr \/><p>PEETERS Jinse<\/p><hr \/><p>BAELE Lotte<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Brilon Racing Team MB<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Brilon (heating solutions)<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Ridley<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>JE\u017dEK V\u00e1clav<\/p><hr \/><p>HLAD\u00cdKOV\u00c1 Kate\u0159ina<\/p><hr \/><p>PANU\u0160OV\u00c1 Anna<\/p><hr \/><p>KRISTL Luk\u00e1\u0161<\/p><hr \/><p>SEDL\u00c1\u010cKOV\u00c1 Veronika<\/p><hr \/><p>H\u00c1JEK Tom\u00e1\u0161<\/p><hr \/><p>KOL\u00c1\u0158 David<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">CXD Trek Bikes<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Trek (bikes)<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Trek<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>STROHMEYER Andrew<\/p><hr \/><p>CUSACK Lidia<\/p><hr \/><p>BRENNEMAN Ella<\/p><hr \/><p>CUSACK Nathan<\/p><hr \/><p>MATTERN Miles<\/p><hr \/><p>MCNEILL Dillon<\/p><hr \/><p>SARKISOV Alyssa<\/p><hr \/><p>SARKISOV Katherine<\/p><hr \/><p>SONNEMANN Lyllie<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Sebmotobikes CX Team<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Seb Moto Bikes (ebike dealer)<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Stevens<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>GALLEZOT Electa<\/p><hr \/><p>Perrine CLAUZEL<\/p><hr \/><p>GROSLAMBERT Martin<\/p><hr \/><p>THOMAS Th\u00e9o<\/p><hr \/><p>MARASCO Lorenzo<\/p><hr \/><p>KOCKELMANN Rapha\u00ebl<\/p><hr \/><p>WENZEL Liv<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Pure Energy Drink \/Haro Bikes by Corego<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>:<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>MUSGRAVE Kaya<\/p><hr \/><p>BUDDE Kaija<\/p><hr \/><p>WALTER Luke<\/p><hr \/><p>OBERTEICHER Matteo<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Nesta - MMR CX Team<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Nesta (wheels) and MMR (bikes)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>GONZALEZ BLANCO Lucia<\/p><hr \/><p>RODRIGUEZ REVERT Sofia<\/p><hr \/><p>SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin<\/p><hr \/><p>GONZALEZ BLANCO Alicia<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Velopro - EGS Group - Alphamotorhomes<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Velopro (Dutch bike products), EGS Group (solar panels, air conditioning, batteries and heat pumps), Alphamotorhomes (motor homes).<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>HURTELOUP Ad\u00e8le<\/p><hr \/><p>SELS Loes<\/p><hr \/><p>KALIS Bloeme<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DEN EEDE Chlo\u00eb<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Hope Factory Racing<\/h3><p>Thomas Mein is the former British National Cyclocross Champion and will split his time between racing in the UK\u2019s National Trophy series and riding the televised crosses. He's an accomplished road racer, winning a stage and the points competition at the 2025 Fl\u00e8che du Sud.<\/p><p>Thomas was the Under-23 UCI World Cup winner in 2021, when, due to COVID, only the round at Tabor was contested, which he won from Ben Turner<\/p><p>His best result in a round of the elite World Cup was last season at Besan\u00e7on when he finished sixth, seven seconds ahead of Michael Vanthourenhout.<\/p><p>First year Under-23 Declan Oldham was third in last year's junior British title. He's the son of former British Champion and four-time Three Peaks winner Paul.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Hope Technology (produces highly regarded bike components).<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>MEIN Thomas<\/p><hr \/><p>OLDHAM Declan<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h2 style=\"text-align:center;\">Riders on other UCI-registered teams<\/h2><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Alpecin-Deceuninck<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Alpecin (hair products for the follicly challenged, Deceuninck (windows and doors). For 2025, the canny Roodhooft brothers that run the team have signed Premier Tech as a new sponsor.<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Canyon<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DER POEL Mathieu - World Tour team (The World Champion will be back on 14 December, at Namur, and is scheduled to ride up to 13 races)<\/p><hr \/><p>VANDEPUTTE Niels - Development Team<\/p><hr \/><p>DEL GROSSO Tibor - World Tour team (Expected back at the World Cup Namur on 14 December)<\/p><hr \/><p>MICHELS Jente - Development Team<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Fenix-Deceuninck<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Fenix (materials for interior design - everything including the kitchen sink), Deceuninck (see Alpecin-Deceuninck).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Canyon<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen - World Tour team (Back at the World Cup Flamanville)<\/p><hr \/><p>PIETERSE Puck - World Tour team (won't be entering the field until 14 December at the earliest)<\/p><hr \/><p>LANGENBARG Puck - Development Team<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Team Visma | Lease a Bike<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/dwtkkxz0q8wdvv3okrvbyjjeciujxstgzqm3hptron1lyigu.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Team Visma | Lease a Bike\" title=\"Team Visma | Lease a Bike\" \/><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Visma (software) and Lease a Bike (lease bikes via your employer).<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>VAN EMPEL Fem - Women\u2019s World Tour team. It was announced on 19 December 2025 that Fem van Empel is taking an indefinite break from racing and will leave the team at the end of the year.<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN AERT Wout - Men\u2019s World Tour team (Wout will ride eight cyclocross races starting at the world Cup Antwerpen on 20 December)<\/p><hr \/><p>CHLADONOV\u00c1 Vikt\u00f3ria<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Team SD Worx - Protime<\/h3><p>Although a World Tour road team, SD Worx - Protime has recruited former World Champion <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/sanne-cant-cyclocross-legend\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sanne Cant<\/strong><\/a> to act as skills and technique coach to Blanka Vas and Marie Schreiber.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: SD Worx (HR &amp; payroll solutions) and Protime (workforce management).<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>VAS Blanka<\/p><hr \/><p>SCHREIBER Marie (made her return at the Flandriencross)<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Canyon\/\/Sram Zondacrypto<\/h3><p>Welsh rider Zoe Backstedt is currently out with a fractured hand following a training crash.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Canyon (bikes), SRAM (bike equipment) and Zondacrypto (something to do with bitcoins).<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>BACKSTEDT Jane <strong>Zoe<\/strong> (out with injury)<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Arkea - B&amp;B Hotels Woman<\/h3><p>The French National Champion Amandine Fouquenet will be without a team from the first of January 2026 when Arkea - B&amp;B ceases to operate.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Arkea (Banking and finance) and B&amp;B Hotels (obviously, hotels)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>FOUQUENET Amandine<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h2 style=\"text-align:center;\">Non-UCI teams and individuals<\/h2><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">OGT p\/b USE<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/o4rbhifdrmw4vyjvlizbjrtj1pa4gxteqoikakdlh3z4n5uj.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Xan Crees rides for OGT p\/b USE\" title=\"Xan Crees rides for OGT p\/b USE\" \/><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: OGT (energy bars) and USE (bike components)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>CREES Xan<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Lotto X-Oats Athletes for Hope<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/l9zg6xcycnyfcas6u4p7mgfnqgb3ny8ogvfb3yrgicksoa9t.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Lotto X-Oats Athletes for Hope team kit\" title=\"Lotto X-Oats Athletes for Hope team kit\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/alicia-franck\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Alicia Franck<\/strong><\/a>, like her former teammate at De Ceuster-Bouwpunt, Laura Verdonschot, seems to be plagued by illness and injury. She\u2019s currently suffering from Glandular Fever. In her absence, it\u2019s an opportunity for twenty-four-year-old Kiona Crabb\u00e9 to step out of her shadow.<\/p><p>This season, she\u2019s shown she can regularly make the top ten. Her only victory came in 2024 at the Grand Prix Bensheim in Germany, where she outpaced Julie Brouwers.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Lotto (Belgian lottery), X-Oats (breakfast drink), and supports Athletes for Hope (charity)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>FRANCK Alicia (out with Glandular Fever)<\/p><hr \/><p>CRABBE Kiona<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Fenix<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ocng8c3mzn2usjqeddyhyowuqayp6lne873pckit6csm9dqb.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Fenix\" title=\"Fenix\" \/>Solo rider Ryan Kamp is riding for the Roodhoft brothers, who own Alpecin-Deceuninck, Crelan-Corendon and more. The Dutchman was a former teammate of Eli Iserbyt and Michael Vanthourenhout, but his contract was not renewed at the end of 2023.<\/p><p>The Roodhoft brothers moved him on to their Alpecin-Deceuninck Development road team, where, during the summer, he rides with the likes of Laurens Sweeck and Niels Vandeputte. In the cross season, he rides as a one-man-band with sponsorship from Fenix, frames from Colnago and, unusually for cyclocross, Campagnolo.<\/p><p>At the Under-23 level, he is a former World, European and National Champion. Prior to the start of the season, he had scored four victories as an elite, although none have been in one of the televised series.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Fenix (see Fenix - Deceuninck)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>KAMP Ryan<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Clauzel<\/h3><p>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Clauzel has been riding as an unsponsored rider in plain black kit since the start of the season. However, that will change soon as she has now come under the wing of the Roodhoft brothers, and they will be supporting her going forward.<\/p><p>Whether she\u2019ll join one of their many teams or ride as a solo sponsored rider like Ryan Kamp is yet to be revealed, but she\u2019s already riding a Colnago like Kamp, so it seems unlikely she\u2019ll be joining an existing Roodhoft team.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: none<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>CLAUZEL H\u00e9l\u00e8ne<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">VIF Cycling Team<\/h3><p>VIF Cycling Team is the first all-female professional cycling team in the Czech Republic. Kristyna Zemanov\u00e1 has started her first season as an elite rider in the same manner as her last in the Under-23 category, when she picked up a silver medal at the World Championships.<\/p><p>She\u2019s already taken five UCI victories in Czech and Slovakian events. At the Rapencross, her first Belgian televised cross of the season, she placed eighth one second down on Manonn Bakker. She\u2019s won the Czech National title for the last four years and has scored thirty-five UCI wins, although none of them have been in Belgium.<\/p><p>Last year, she finished sixteenth in the Tour de Feminin, but it was a cross-season beset by injury, and she was not at her best. She's been approached by World Tour teams. At present, however, she's sticking with The VIF Cycling Team.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: VIF (sunglasses).<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Liv<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>ZEMONOVA Krist\u00fdna<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Cyclis Van Den Plas Cycling<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/km2hqav6skjqe4wnqtlvx3gjihbxe8bpqdh8yl31y31zfdj9.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Cyclis Van Den Plas Cycling\" title=\"Cyclis Van Den Plas Cycling\" \/><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Cyclis (bike leasing) and Van Den Plas (come back to me on that one)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong>:<\/p><hr \/><p>JANSSEN Wout<\/p><hr \/><p>MEEUSEN Tom<\/p><hr \/><p>MAES Fabian<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Team Shifting Gears Strategica<\/h3><p>Twenty-five-year-old Anton Ferdinande previously rode for Deschat-Hens-Maes and Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal. He\u2019s scored three UCI victories as an elite in the US, Spain and the Czech Republic. As an Under-23, he was seventh in the 2021 World Championships in Oostende.<\/p><p>A crash in December 2023 at Diegem ended his season early, and he was let go by Deschat-Hens-Maes at the end of the year. Since then, he has ridden as an individual and now for the amateur Team Shifting Gears.<\/p><p>Last season, he achieved six top-ten results in televised crosses, with his best position seventh at the Kortrijk Urban Cross.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Shifting Gears (Belgian bike shop)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>FERDINANDE Anton<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Orange Babies Cycling Team<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Raises awareness for Orange Babies (charity)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>HARTOG Larissa<\/p><hr \/><p>SONNEMANS Sara<\/p><hr \/><p>VAN LIEROP Danny<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Wold Top Pactimo<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/aseo7yd6ffjf4qro8yjcprhvgzbzngroxkoqylgnnd1bvqaa.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Ffion Drake of Wold Top Pactimo team\" title=\"Ffion Drake of Wold Top Pactimo team\" \/><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Wold Top (brewery based in Yorkshire, UK) and Pactimo (custom cycling kit).<\/p><p>For someone who only made their cyclocross debut in 2022 astride a mountain bike, twenty-six-year-old British medical doctor Ffion Drake has made rapid progress.<\/p><p>She's leading the UK\u2019s National Trophy cyclocross series, and in her first Belgian UCI race at Overijse, she finished twelfth, one place ahead of Blanka Vas. A late starter, but an exciting prospect who we hope to see more often on our TV screens this year.<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>Ffion Drake<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">De Ceuster Acrog Cycling Team<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/lkoypytttk9wm6vzp1pichcjkuyd3hkhzfcnuua8z8tqfqry.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"De Ceuster Acrog Cycling Team\" title=\"De Ceuster Acrog Cycling Team\" \/>De Ceuster-Acrog is the development team of De Ceuster-Bouwpunt. Its aim is to develop young female Belgians.<\/p><p>The team is coached by cyclocross legend <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/tot-ziens-ellen-van-loy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ellen van Looy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: De Ceuster (see De Ceuster-Bouwpunt) and Acrog (accountants)<\/p><p><strong>Bikes<\/strong>: Bianchi<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>COPPENS Nette<\/p><hr \/><p>DE BRUYCKERE Xenna<\/p><hr \/><p>PEETERS Zita (Under-19)<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Essec Cycling Team<\/h3><p>The Essec team was established by former De Ceuster-Bouwpunt rider Suzanne Verhoeven when she retired from cyclocross. Like the De Ceuster - Acrog team, it aims to support young Belgian female riders.<\/p><p>Suzanne is the daughter of former professional Nico Verhoeven, who works on the Heizomat - Cube team. Suzanne opted for Belgian citizenship despite being born to Dutch parents.<\/p><p>Their top rider is former British rider Anna Kay, who has given up on her ambition to be a professional cyclocross rider and will act as a mentor to the younger riders.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3hsp2fhweupep8hn9q9ncpzgeebhd3pjwj1tlmbyj2zfqjgg.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Essec Cycling Team\" title=\"Essec Cycling Team\" \/><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Essec (telecoms)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>KAY Anna<\/p><hr \/><p>DE RAEDEMAEKER Alexe<\/p><hr \/><p>SCHEVENELS Lies'l<\/p><hr \/><p>HUYBRECHTS Laure<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Team Never Give Up by Jolien Verschueren<\/h3><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/pccdjxdsp4rabcmyinwaop9nnkeom63ryshdmmhfpa1ifrau.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"Team Never Give Up by Jolien Verschueren\" title=\"Team Never Give Up by Jolien Verschueren\" \/>Jolien Verschueren combined her job as a school teacher with racing at the highest level. She took eight top-level wins, including the Koppenbergcross in 2015 and 2016. She would have undoubtedly won more, but sadly, she died of brain cancer aged only thirty-one.<\/p><p>The team was created to honour her memory, and they continue to ride at all levels within Belgian cyclocross. Their best rider is Kim Van de Steene, who was also a winner of the Koppenbergcross in 2018 whilst racing for Tarteletto-Isorex.<\/p><p>At the time, she combined working full-time on her family farm with racing and training. Now the thirty-nine-year-old mother of three just races for fun, but is capable of a top fifteen placing.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: The team was founded in memory of Jolien Verschueren<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>VAN DE STEENE Kim<\/p><hr \/><p>DE VOS Nele<\/p><hr \/><p>POLFLIET Alana<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Team Wilink Brussels Cycling<\/h3><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Wilink (financial investments and advice)<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>DELCOMMUNE Juline<\/p><hr \/><p><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Jana Dobbelaere (individual)<\/h3><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/blog\/jana-dobbelaere\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jana Doobelaere<\/strong><\/a> combines racing with working as a software developer. She prefers the mud, which was ably demonstrated by her fourth place in the 2023 Kasteelcross. Last year, she was preoccupied with renovating her house.<\/p><p>Jana injured her hand at the Koppenbergcross and may skip a few rounds.<\/p><p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: None<\/p><p><strong>Riders<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>DOBBELAERE Jana (compound fractures in her hand have brought an end to her season)<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>15 October 2025, Tim Costello<\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>All images and text are the copyright of Rijden unless stated otherwise.<\/em><\/p><hr \/><h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>NEVER MISS OUT<\/strong><\/h2><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rijden.uk\/keep-in-touch\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SUBSCRIBE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<em>to get all our latest stories and news. We won't bombard you with special offers. 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