Benidorm secures a permanent spot on the Cyclocross World Cup Calendar for 2025-26

As happens every year, the UCI takes advantage of the dispute of the CX World Championship to meet and finalize the calendar of the World Cup for the next season, which will once again have Benidorm among the 12 venues that will host the event, maintaining its strategic location as the penultimate test that will take place on January 18, 2026.

12 races, including Benidorm, make up the calendar of the Cyclocross World Cup 2025-26

The UCI repeats the World Cup format premiered this year, with a calendar concentrated between December and January and definitively leaving behind the American races that a few years ago kicked off the calendar.

A Cyclocross World Cup calendar for 2025-26 that maintains, with only a few changes, the venues that have been usual in recent years, including Benidorm, a race that has become a public success, with no less than 16,000 people attending in the three editions held.

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"Three years ago, people thought we were crazy to organize a cyclocross race in Benidorm. Now we have shown the world that Benidorm, the Costa Blanca, and the Valencian Community are the best possible place to hold a World Cup of this increasingly popular cycling discipline," said Pascual Momparler, the main organizer of the race in Alicante.

The Cyclocross World Cup 2025-26 will start on November 23 with the return of a legendary race like Tabor, in the Czech Republic, followed by another new addition to the calendar with the race in Flamaville, France. From there, the competition will head to Sardinia to compete in the Cabras race, which had to be canceled this year due to adverse weather conditions.

In the UCI calendar, only the event scheduled for December 21 is pending confirmation, which would initially correspond to the Hulst race. However, this race is being considered to host the World Championships, so its place in the World Cup would have to be replaced by another race.

Cyclocross World Cup Calendar 2025-26

• 11/23/2025 - Tabor (Czech Republic)
• 11/30/2025 - Flamaville (France)
• 12/07/2025 - Cabras (Italy)
• 12/14/2025 - Namur (Belgium)
• 12/20/2025 - Antwerp (Belgium)
• 12/21/2025 - To be confirmed
• 12/26/2025 - Gavere (Belgium)
• 12/28/2025 - Dendermonde (Belgium)
• 01/04/2026 - Zonhoven (Belgium)
• 01/18/2026 - Benidorm (Spain)
• 01/24/2026 - Maasmechelen (Belgium)
• 01/25/2026 - Hoogerheide (Netherlands)