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

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

Season Men's winner Women's winner Short race winner U-23 winner
1982–83 Belgium Leon Schots — — —
1983–84 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Francine Peeters — —
1984–85 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Betty van Steenbroek — —
1985–86 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Betty van Steenbroek — —
1986–87 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Ingrid Delagrange — —
1987–88 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Véronique Collard — —
1988–89 United Kingdom Roger Hackney Belgium Véronique Collard — —
1989–90 Belgium Ruddy Walem Belgium Ingrid Delagrange — —
1990–91 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Véronique Collard — —
1991–92 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Lieve Slegers — —
1992–93 Belgium Vincent Rousseau Belgium Ingrid Delagrange — —
1993–94 Belgium William Van Dijck Belgium Ingrid Delagrange — —
1994–95 Belgium Ruddy Walem Belgium Lieve Slegers — —
1995–96 Belgium William Van Dijck Lithuania Stefanija Statkuviené — —
1996–97 Belgium Mohammed Mourhit Belgium Marleen Renders — —
1997–98 Belgium Mohammed Mourhit Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere — —
1998–99 Belgium Ruddy Walem Belgium Anja Smolders — —
1999–2000 Belgium Tom Compernolle Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere — —
2000–01 Belgium Tom van Hooste Belgium Anja Smolders — —
2001–02 Belgium Tom van Hooste Belgium Anja Smolders Belgium Tim Clerbout —
2002–03 Belgium Tom van Hooste Belgium Fatiha Baouf Belgium Ridouane Es-Saadi —
2003–04 Belgium Tom van Hooste Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere Belgium Ridouane Es-Saadi —
2004–05 Belgium Tom van Hooste Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere Belgium Tim Clerbout Belgium Pieter Desmet
2005–06 Belgium Tom van Hooste Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere Belgium Dries Busselot Belgium Kristof Mouton
2006–07 Belgium Pieter Desmet Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere Belgium Dries Busselot Belgium Michael Brandenbourg
2007–08 Belgium Pieter Desmet Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere Belgium Kim Ruell Belgium Sanne Torfs
2008–09 Belgium Pieter Desmet Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere Belgium Kim Ruell Belgium Atelaw Yeshetela
2009–10 Belgium Pieter Desmet Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere
2010–11 Belgium Jeroen D'Hoedt Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere
2011–12 Belgium Atelaw Bekele Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere
2012–13 Belgium Koen Naert Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere
2013–14 Belgium Jeroen D'Hoedt Belgium Veerle Dejaeghere
2014–15 Belgium Isaac Kimeli Belgium Louise Carton

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ European Athletics Cross Country Permit Races 2009/10. European Athletics (2010). Retrieved on 2010-02-06.
  2. ↑ IAAF Cross Country Permit Meeting. 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. 1 2 Règlement 2009/10 (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.

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