Belgian Road Cycling Cup
The Belgian Road Cycling Cup (also known as Lotto Cycling Cup after its sponsor) is a road bicycle racing competition established in 2016 and consists of a number of standalone one-day races, mostly in Belgium but since 2022 some are held as well in the Netherlands. In each race, the top 15 riders score points and the rider scoring the most points in total is crowned the Belgian Cycling Cup champion. A separate classification was kept for the best youngster and best team, but these have been cancelled since 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Belgian Road Cycling Cup | |
| Sport | Road bicycle racing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Country | Belgium & Netherlands |
| Most recent champion(s) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tim Merlier (BEL) |
| Most titles | Timothy Dupont (2 wins) |
The lead sponsor changed regularly throughout the years, causing the official name to change often as well: from 2016 to 2018 it was known as the Napoleon Games Cycling Cup, from 2019 to 2021 as the Bingoal Cycling Cup, in 2022 as the Exterioo Cycling Cup, and since 2023 as the Lotto Cycling Cup.
Points distribution
For the individual rankings, points are awarded to all eligible riders each race according to the following table:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Additionally, during each race there are three intermediate sprints for which the top three riders receive three, two and one point respectively.
Until 2018, the positions of the first three riders of each team were added together to give the team position with only riders finishing in the top 50 taken into account. The team with the lowest team position was the winner of the team competition for that race. E.g.: a team having their first three riders all on the podium will have a team position score of 1+2+3=6 and since no other team will have a lower team position, this team won 12 points for the team standings. Note that first all teams with three (or more) riders finishing in the top 50 were ranked, then the teams with only two riders, then teams with only one rider. Finally, each race the team of the winning rider received two bonus points.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Winners
| Year | Individual Champion | Young Rider Champion | Teams' Champion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Team | Winner | Team | ||
| 2016 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Verandas Willems |  Fernando Gaviria (COL) | Etixx–Quick-Step | Lotto–Soudal |
| 2017 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | Not awarded | LottoNL–Jumbo | |
| 2018 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Wanty–Groupe Gobert | Not awarded | ||
| 2019 | Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) | Wallonie Bruxelles | Not awarded | ||
| 2020 | Not awarded[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 2021 | Tim Merlier (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | Not awarded | ||
| 2022 | Arnaud De Lie (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | Not awarded | ||
Statistics
- As of 10 March 2023, after the Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
Most event wins (individual)
| Rank | Cyclist | # Events | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | 4 | Heistse Pijl (2016), Tour de l'Eurométropole (2016), Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2018), Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic (2022) |
| 2 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | 3 | Halle–Ingooigem (2016 & 2019) & Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (2019) |
| Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | 3 | Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2020), Elfstedenronde (2022) & Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2022) | |
| Niki Terpstra (NED) | 3 | Le Samyn (2016 & 2018) & Dwars door het Hageland (2016) | |
| 5 | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) | 2 | Heistse Pijl (2017) & Binche–Chimay–Binche (2017) |
 Arnaud Démare (FRA) | 2 | Binche–Chimay–Binche (2016) & Halle–Ingooigem (2017) | |
| Timothy Dupont (BEL) | 2 | Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2016) & Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (2017) | |
| Tim Merlier (BEL) | 2 | Le Samyn (2021) & Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (2021) | |
| Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | 2 | Dwars door het Hageland (2017) & Antwerp Port Epic (2021) | |
| Danny van Poppel (NED) | 2 | Halle–Ingooigem (2018) & Binche–Chimay–Binche (2018) | |
| 11 | 34 riders | 1 |
Most event wins (nation)
| Rank | Country | # Events | Most recent winner | Most recent event | Different winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 21 | Gerben Thijssen | 2023 Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré | 16 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 16 | Fabio Jakobsen | 2022 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen | 7 |
| 3 | France | 7 | Christophe Laporte | 2021 Circuit de Wallonie | 6 |
| 4 |  Italy | 4 | Andrea Pasqualon | 2022 Circuit de Wallonie | 4 |
| 5 |  Norway | 3 | Alexander Kristoff | 2022 Circuit Franco–Belge | 3 |
| 6 | Colombia | 2 | Álvaro Hodeg | 2021 Grote Prijs Marcel Kint | 2 |
 Latvia | 2 | Krists Neilands | 2018 Dwars door het Hageland | 2 | |
| 8 |  Denmark | 1 | Mads Pedersen | 2018 Tour de l'Eurométropole | 1 |
 Germany | 1 | Jannik Steimle | 2019 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen | 1 | |
 Great Britain | 1 | Daniel McLay | 2017 Tour de l'Eurométropole | 1 | |
 Slovakia | 1 | Erik Baška | 2016 Handzame Classic | 1 |
Most event wins (team)
Defunct teams in italics
Notes
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several scheduled races were cancelled, reducing the list of remaining events to just two. The organisation decided not to determine an overall winner and kept the two remaining races as entirely separate events.
- Two wins as Etixx–Quick-Step, 3 as Quick-Step Floors, 3 as Deceuninck–Quick-Step and 2 as Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team.
- One win as Beobank–Corendon, 2 as Corendon–Circus and 6 as Alpecin–Fenix.
- Includes 3 wins under the name Wanty–Groupe Gobert and 2 as Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux.
- Includes 5 wins as Lotto–Soudal.
- All 6 wins under the name LottoNL–Jumbo.
- Includes 1 win as Total Direct Énergie.
- Includes 2 wins as Verandas Willems.
- Both wins as FDJ.
- Won as Fortuneo–Oscaro.
- Won as Vital Concept–B&B Hotels.
- Won as Israel Cycling Academy.
- Won as Joker Icopal.
- Won as Team BikeExchange–Jayco.