Exact Cross
{{Short description|Belgian cyclo-cross competition}}
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| date = October–January
| region = Belgium and the Netherlands
| discipline = Cyclo-cross
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The Exact Cross is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, formerly known as the Ethias Cross and the Brico Cross, consisting of 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of five season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, Cyclo-cross Superprestige, the X²O Badkamers Trophy (formerly known as the DVV Trophy, before that the BPost Bank Trophy and before that as the Gazet van Antwerpen trophy) and the HSF System Cup. In contrast to the other competitions, the Exact Cross does not award points or compose an overall ranking, but rather consists of separate races. Sponsored by the Belgian hardware chain Brico for the first three seasons and then by the Belgian insurance company Ethias from 2019 to 2022,{{Cite web |last=cyclocrosss |date=2019-08-28 |title=Ethias Cross – All you need to know about the Ethias Cyclocross / Veldrijden Series 2019 / 2020 |url=https://cyclocross.social/2019/08/28/ethias-cross-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-ethias-cyclocross-veldrijden-series-2019-2020/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Cyclocross Social |language=en-US}} its main sponsor is the enterprise software provider Exact.{{Cite web |title=L’Ethias Cross devient l’Exact Cross |url=https://videosdecyclisme.fr/lethias-cross-devient-lexact-cross/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Videos de cyclisme |language=fr-FR}}
Individual race winners
=Men=
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
! Season ! Geraardsbergen ! Kruibeke ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |colspan=2|Only six races |
2016–17
| {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | colspan=2|NA |
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! Season ! Eeklo ! Kruibeke ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |colspan=2|Only six races |
2017–18
| {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Laurens Sweeck|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | colspan=2|NA |
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! Season ! Geraardsbergen ! Ronse ! Lokeren ! Essen ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |
2018–19
| {{flagathlete|Lars van der Haar|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Daan Soete|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Laurens Sweeck|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} |
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! Season ! Eeklo ! Kruibeke ! Beringen ! Essen ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |
2019–20
| {{flagathlete|Laurens Sweeck|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Quinten Hermans|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Quinten Hermans|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} |
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! Season ! Lokeren ! Kruibeke ! Beringen ! Leuven ! Essen ! Bredene ! Eeklo |
2020–21
| {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Toon Aerts|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Toon Aerts|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Laurens Sweeck|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Quinten Hermans|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} |
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! Season ! Lokeren ! Beringen ! Bredene ! Leuven ! Essen ! Maldegem |
2021–22
| {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Laurens Sweeck|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Laurens Sweeck|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} |
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! Season ! Kruibeke ! Beringen ! Essen ! Mol ! Loenhout |
2022–23
| {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Gerben Kuypers|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Tim Merlier|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Laurens Sweeck|BEL}} |
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! Season ! Beringen ! Essen ! Mol ! Loenhout ! Maldegem | Only seven races |
2023–24
| {{flagathlete|Thibau Nys|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Eli Iserbyt|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Michael Vanthourenhout|BEL}} |NA |
=Women=
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
! Season ! Geraardsbergen ! Kruibeke ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |colspan=2|Only six races |
2016–17
| {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Ellen Van Loy|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Jolien Verschueren|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Thalita de Jong|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | colspan=2|NA |
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! Season ! Eeklo ! Kruibeke ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |colspan=2|Only six races |
2017–18
| {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Katie Compton|USA}} | {{flagathlete|Alice Maria Arzuffi|ITA}} | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Laura Verdonschot|BEL}} | colspan=2|NA |
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! Season ! Geraardsbergen ! Ronse ! Lokeren ! Essen ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |
2018–19
| {{flagathlete|Eva Lechner|ITA}} | {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Maud Kaptheijns|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Lucinda Brand|NED}} | | |
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! Season ! Eeklo ! Kruibeke ! Beringen ! Essen ! Bredene ! Maldegem ! Hulst |
2019–20
| {{flagathlete|Maud Kaptheijns|NED}} | {{flagathlete|C. del Carmen Alvarado|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Annemarie Worst|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Annemarie Worst|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Annemarie Worst|NED}} | {{flagathlete|C. del Carmen Alvarado|NED}} |
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! Season ! Lokeren ! Kruibeke ! Beringen ! Leuven ! Essen ! Bredene ! Eeklo |
2020–21
| {{flagathlete|Aniek van Alphen|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Lucinda Brand|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Denise Betsema|NED}} | {{flagathlete|C. del Carmen Alvarado|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Marianne Vos|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Kata Blanka Vas|HUN}} | {{flagathlete|Denise Betsema|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Denise Betsema|NED}} |
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! Season ! Lokeren ! Beringen ! Bredene ! Leuven ! Essen ! Maldegem |
2021–22
| {{flagathlete|Denise Betsema|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Yara Kastelijn|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Denise Betsema|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Anna Kay|GBR}} | {{flagathlete|Zoe Bäckstedt|GBR}} | {{flagathlete|Annemarie Worst|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Lucinda Brand|NED}} |
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! Season ! Kruibeke ! Beringen ! Essen ! Mol ! Loenhout |
2022–23
| {{flagathlete|Fem van Empel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Fem van Empel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Lucinda Brand|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Aniek van Alphen|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Shirin van Anrooij|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Shirin van Anrooij|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Denise Betsema|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Annemarie Worst|NED}} |
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! Season ! Beringen ! Essen ! Mol ! Loenhout ! Maldegem | Only seven races |
2023–24
| {{flagathlete|Fem van Empel|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Marion Norbert-Riberolle|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Lucinda Brand|NED}} | {{flagathlete|Sanne Cant|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Marion Norbert-Riberolle|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Laura Verdonschot|BEL}} | {{flagathlete|Lucinda Brand|NED}} |NA |
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.ethiascross.be//}} {{in lang|nl}}