Exact Cross

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Exact Cross
Exact Cross.svg
Race details
DateOctober–January
Region Belgium and the Netherlands
Discipline Cyclo-cross
Web site exactcross.be OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition2016-17 (2016-17)

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, [1] its main sponsor is the enterprise software provider Exact. [2]

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Individual race winners

Men

SeasonGeraardsbergen Meulebeke Kruibeke Bredene Maldegem Hulst Only six races
2016–17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)NA
Season Eeklo Meulebeke Kruibeke Bredene Maldegem Hulst Only six races
2017–18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens Sweeck  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)NA
SeasonGeraardsbergen Meulebeke Ronse Lokeren Essen Bredene Maldegem Hulst
2018–19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lars van der Haar  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Daan Soete  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens Sweeck  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)
Season Eeklo Meulebeke Kruibeke Beringen Essen Bredene Maldegem Hulst
2019–20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens Sweeck  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Quinten Hermans  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Quinten Hermans  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)
Season Lokeren Kruibeke Beringen Leuven Essen Bredene Eeklo Sint-Niklaas
2020–21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Toon Aerts  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Toon Aerts  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens Sweeck  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Quinten Hermans  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)
Season Lokeren Beringen Bredene Meulebeke Leuven Essen Maldegem Sint-Niklaas
2021–22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens Sweeck  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens Sweeck  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)
Season Kruibeke Beringen Meulebeke Essen Mol Loenhout Zonnebeke Sint-Niklaas
2022–23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gerben Kuypers  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Merlier  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens Sweeck  (BEL)
Season Beringen Essen Mol Loenhout Zonnebeke Maldegem Sint-Niklaas Only seven races
2023–24 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Thibau Nys  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Eli Iserbyt  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michael Vanthourenhout  (BEL)NA

Women

SeasonGeraardsbergen Meulebeke Kruibeke Bredene Maldegem Hulst Only six races
2016–17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ellen Van Loy  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jolien Verschueren  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Thalita de Jong  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)NA
Season Eeklo Meulebeke Kruibeke Bredene Maldegem Hulst Only six races
2017–18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Compton  (USA)Flag of Italy.svg  Alice Maria Arzuffi  (ITA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laura Verdonschot  (BEL)NA
SeasonGeraardsbergen Meulebeke Ronse Lokeren Essen Bredene Maldegem Hulst
2018–19 Flag of Italy.svg  Eva Lechner  (ITA)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Maud Kaptheijns  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED) [3] [4]
Season Eeklo Meulebeke Kruibeke Beringen Essen Bredene Maldegem Hulst
2019–20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Maud Kaptheijns  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  C. del Carmen Alvarado  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemarie Worst  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemarie Worst  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemarie Worst  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  C. del Carmen Alvarado  (NED)
Season Lokeren Kruibeke Beringen Leuven Essen Bredene Eeklo Sint-Niklaas
2020–21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aniek van Alphen  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  C. del Carmen Alvarado  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED)Flag of Hungary.svg  Kata Blanka Vas  (HUN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED)
Season Lokeren Beringen Bredene Meulebeke Leuven Essen Maldegem Sint-Niklaas
2021–22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Yara Kastelijn  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Anna Kay  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Zoe Bäckstedt  (GBR)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemarie Worst  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED)
Season Kruibeke Beringen Meulebeke Essen Mol Loenhout Zonnebeke Sint-Niklaas
2022–23 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Fem van Empel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Fem van Empel  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Aniek van Alphen  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Shirin van Anrooij  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Shirin van Anrooij  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Denise Betsema  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemarie Worst  (NED)
Season Beringen Essen Mol Loenhout Zonnebeke Maldegem Sint-Niklaas Only seven races
2023–24 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Fem van Empel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marion Norbert-Riberolle  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sanne Cant  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marion Norbert-Riberolle  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laura Verdonschot  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED)NA

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  4. ↑ UCI zet het licht op groen voor terugkeer van betrapte Betsema (in Dutch)
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