2020 Cyclocross World Championships Dubendorf
Predictions Round Up
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February Predictions Round Up

After predicting over 20 races, including 18 National Championships, in January, things return to a bit of normalcy for the final month of the season. We start off by predicting the podiums for all six World Championship races, followed by the final round of the Superprestige series. We then end things with Vestingcross, one of the final races of the season, and the last race in the Netherlands.

Here’s how we did:

World Championships

Junior Women

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Shirin van Anrooij (NED)
    1
    2
  2. Puck Pieterse (NED)
    2
    2
  3. Madigan Munro (USA)
    3
    2

U23 Men

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Kevin Kuhn (SWI)
    2
    1
  2. Ryan Kamp (NED)
    1
    1
  3. Ben Tulett (GBR)
    32
    0

Elite Women

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Annemarie Worst (NED)
    2
    1
  2. Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado (NED)
    1
    1
  3. Lucinda Brand (NED)
    3
    2

Junior Men

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Thibau Nys (BEL)
    1
    2
  2. Dario Lillo (SWI)
    4
    0
  3. Lennert Belmans (BEL)
    2
    1

U23 Women

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Inge van der Heijden (NED)
    6
    0
  2. Kata Blanka Vas (HUN)
    2
    2
  3. Anna Kay (GBR)
    3
    2

Elite Men

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
    1
    2
  2. Toon Aerts (BEL)
    3
    1
  3. Eli Iserbyt (BEL)
    10
    0

Total Points: 22

Superprestige Middelkerke

Elite Men

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Quinten Hermans
    7
    0
  2. Toon Aerts
    2
    1
  3. Laurens Sweeck
    1
    1

Elite Women

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Annemarie Worst
    3
    1
  2. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado
    1
    1
  3. Shirin van Anrooij
    4
    0

Total Points: 4

Vestingcross

Elite Men

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Toon Aerts
    3
    1
  2. Quinten Hermans
    0
    0
  3. Laurens Sweeck
    5
    0

Elite Women

Prediction
Result
Points
  1. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado
    1
    2
  2. Annemarie Worst
    2
    2
  3. Yara Kastelijn
    0
    0

Total Points: 5

Our goal for the month was to get 60% of our podium predictions correct. While we did well at Worlds, the our final two predictions of the season were poor at best. Out of a total of 60 points, we got 31, which is good for 52%. While we were far from our goal of 60%, it also marks a dip for us as we got 54% right last month.

Our only 100% correct podium was the Junior Women’s race at the World Championships. We did get the Elite Women’s podium correct, just in the wrong order. Interestingly, the Middelkerke round of the Superprestige was our worst race, scoring only four points.

As usual, our season long race predictions have been a lot of fun. We will provide a season long wrap up with some stats and statistics some time soon.

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