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Lotto Cross Cup

The Lotto Cross Cup is an annual series of international cross country running competitions in Belgium. The inaugural season was in 1982–1983. The series comprises Belgium's foremost cross country competitions, including the IAAF permit meeting in Brussels (Lotto Cross Cup Brussels) and the European Athletics sanctioned meeting in Roeselare (Lotto Cross Cup van West-Vlaanderen) – Belgium's only world and European level meetings.[1][2]

The series previously featured six meetings (legs),[3] but this expanded after 2003 and by 2009 the series had eight competitions in its schedule. The series typically begins in October and concludes in March.[4] Throughout the series, athletes can earn points based on their performance, ranging from 25 points for first place and one point for fifteenth place. These points are then combined at the end of the series and the male and female athletes with the greatest totals are declared the winners.[5]

In addition to the main men's and women's senior races, there are junior, masters and student competitions, as well as an under-23s competition sponsored by EuroMillions. There are also short-course cross country competitions, which are worth half the prize money of the longer races.[5]

The series attracts mainly Belgian athletes, although British athlete Roger Hackney won the men's series in the 1988–89 edition. Furthermore, the meetings in Brussels, Roeselare and Hannut often attract many high-calibre international athletes.[6][7][8]

Competitions edit

Lotto Cross Cup 2009–10 calendar[9]
Leg Date Meeting Location City Status
1st 25 October Lotto Cross Cup Gent Blaarmeersen Ghent
2nd 7 November Lotto Cross Cup Mol Provinciaal Domein Zilvermeer Mol
3rd 29 November Lotto Cross Cup van West-Vlaanderen Schiervelde Stadion Roeselare EAA meeting
4th 20 December Lotto Cross Cup Brussels Park van Laken Brussels IAAF permit meeting
5th 3 January Lotto Cross Cup Hulshout Sportcentrum Sportiva Hulshout
6th 14 February Lotto Cross Cup Hannut Stade Lucien Gustin Hannut
7th 27 February Lotto Cross Cup Dour Site de la Machine à Feu Dour
8th 14 March Lotto Cross Cup Ostend De Schorre (Quartier Stene) Ostend Lotto Cross Cup Final/
Belgian Cross Country Championships
Past meetings
Meeting Location City Years
Lotto Cross Cup Wachtebeke Provinciaal Domein Puyenbroeck Wachtebeke 2005, 2006

Past series winners edit

Season Men's winner Women's winner Men's short race winner Women's short race winner Men's U-23 winner
1982–83   Leon Schots — — — —
1983–84   Vincent Rousseau   Francine Peeters — — —
1984–85   Vincent Rousseau   Betty van Steenbroek — — —
1985–86   Vincent Rousseau   Betty van Steenbroek — — —
1986–87   Vincent Rousseau   Ingrid Delagrange — — —
1987–88   Vincent Rousseau   Véronique Collard — — —
1988–89   Roger Hackney   Véronique Collard — — —
1989–90   Ruddy Walem   Ingrid Delagrange — — —
1990–91   Vincent Rousseau   Véronique Collard — — —
1991–92   Vincent Rousseau   Lieve Slegers — — —
1992–93   Vincent Rousseau   Ingrid Delagrange — — —
1993–94   William Van Dijck   Ingrid Delagrange — — —
1994–95   Ruddy Walem   Lieve Slegers — — —
1995–96   William Van Dijck   Stefanija Statkuviené — — —
1996–97   Mohammed Mourhit   Marleen Renders — — —
1997–98   Mohammed Mourhit   Veerle Dejaeghere — — —
1998–99   Ruddy Walem   Anja Smolders — — —
1999–2000   Tom Compernolle   Veerle Dejaeghere — — —
2000–01   Tom van Hooste   Anja Smolders — — —
2001–02   Tom van Hooste   Anja Smolders   Tim Clerbout — —
2002–03   Tom van Hooste   Fatiha Baouf   Ridouane Es-Saadi — —
2003–04   Tom van Hooste   Veerle Dejaeghere   Ridouane Es-Saadi — —
2004–05   Tom van Hooste   Veerle Dejaeghere   Tim Clerbout —   Pieter Desmet
2005–06   Tom van Hooste   Veerle Dejaeghere   Dries Busselot —   Kristof Mouton
2006–07   Pieter Desmet   Veerle Dejaeghere   Dries Busselot —   Michael Brandenbourg
2007–08   Pieter Desmet   Veerle Dejaeghere   Kim Ruell —   Sanne Torfs
2008–09   Pieter Desmet   Veerle Dejaeghere   Kim Ruell —   Atelaw Yeshetela Bekele
2009–10   Pieter Desmet   Veerle Dejaeghere   Wesley De Kerpel —   Sanne Torfs
2010–11   Jeroen D'Hoedt   Veerle Dejaeghere   Tom Van Rooy —   Jeroen D'Hoedt
2011–12   Atelaw Yeshetela Bekele   Veerle Dejaeghere   Maarten Van Steen —   Koen Naert
2012–13   Koen Naert   Veerle Dejaeghere   Kim Ruell —   Dries Basemans
2013–14   Jeroen D'Hoedt   Veerle Dejaeghere   Isaac Kimeli —   Dries Basemans
2014–15   Isaac Kimeli   Louise Carton   Franky Hernould —   Isaac Kimeli
2015–16   Isaac Kimeli   Louise Carton   Dieter Kersten —   Isaac Kimeli
2016–17   Isaac Kimeli   Louise Carton   Ismael Debjani —   Dieter Kersten
2017–18   Souffiane Bouchiki   Imana Truyers   Jeroen D'Hoedt —   Simon Debognies
2018–19   Isaac Kimeli   Nina Lauwaert   Valère Hustin —   Dorian Boulvin
2019–20   Dieter Kersten   Hanna Verbruggen   Robin Hendrix —   Tim Van de Velde
2020–21   John Heymans   Mieke Gorissen   Ruben Querinjean —   Guillaume Grimard
2021–22   Michael Somers   Mieke Gorissen   Ruben Querinjean   Elise Vanderelst   Arnaud Collard
2022–23   Isaac Kimeli   Lisa Rooms   Maxim Delvoie   Mariska Parewyck   Yorick Van De Kerkhove
2023–24   Guillaume Grimard   Jana Van Lent   Audah Ziad   Charlotte Van Hese   Noah Konteh

References edit

General
  • Palmares (in French). Lotto Cross Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
Specific
  1. ^ European Athletics Cross Country Permit Races 2009/10 Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2010). Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  2. ^ IAAF Cross Country Permit Meeting Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2010). Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  3. ^ Lotto Cross Cup. Sport.be (2003). Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  4. ^ Lotto Cross Cup 2009. Sport.be. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  5. ^ a b Règlement 2009/10 (in French). Sport.be. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  6. ^ Hendrix, Ivo (2007-12-27). Lornah Kiplagat top of the bill in Brussels Lotto Iris Cross Cup. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  7. ^ Hendrix, Ivo (2009-12-30). Kiprotich and Felix the winners in Roeselare XC. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  8. ^ Hannut Cross. ARRS (2009-11-28). Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  9. ^ Lotto Cross Cup Joggings. Sport.be. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.

External links edit

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