12 races, from November to January, will make up the Cyclocross World Cup 2026-27

Coinciding with the World Championship held last weekend, the UCI announced the calendar for the Cyclocross World Cup for the upcoming season. A list of races that includes Benidorm, now established as a must-attend event, and which is even starting to sound like a potential host for the World Championship in the coming years.

12 races, from November to January, will make up the Cyclocross World Cup 2026-27

November 27, 2026, mark the date when a new edition of the Cyclocross World Cup will begin, a competition that will again feature 12 races, with the novelty that its first two races will be hosted by the Czech Republic, with just one day of rest between them to make the most of the travel. Undoubtedly, a much more intense start than usual, where consecutive races were only seen during the Christmas marathon or, as this year, as a finale to the season.

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The two Czech events will be Ostrava, which is already being discussed, will take place at night, and a couple of days later, an essential classic, the Tabor race. After this start, the Cyclocross World Cup will have two weeks of absence before diving into the whirlwind of Christmas races.

The calendar published by the UCI shows a race on December 13, but without an associated venue, although everything points to it being held outside the usual circuits of Belgium and the Netherlands. From there, a non-stop series of other regular events such as Antwerp, Koksijde, Gavere, or Namur will follow. Even before 2026 ends, the Cyclocross World Cup will travel to France, returning to Besançon, a town that already hosted an event of this competition in the 2024-25 season.

Four races will remain for the conclusion during January, starting, as this year, with the always spectacular Zonhoven, followed by Benidorm on January 17, leading to a finale with two races on the same weekend, Hamme, a new addition to the World Cup, and the closing in Hoogerheide on January 23 and 24 as a prelude to the World Championship that will take place in Ostend.

Cyclocross World Cup 2026-27 Calendar

• Friday, November 27, 2026 - Ostrava
• Sunday, November 29, 2026 - Tabor
• Sunday, December 13, 2026 – Pending confirmation
• Saturday, December 19, 2026 - Antwerp
• Sunday, December 20, 2026 - Koksijde
• Saturday, December 26, 2026 - Gavere
• Sunday, December 27, 2026 - Namur
• Tuesday, December 29, 2026 - Besançon
• Sunday, January 3, 2027 - Zonhoven
• Sunday, January 17, 2027 - Benidorm
• Saturday, January 23, 2027 - Hamme
• Sunday, January 24, 2027 - Hoogerheide