The 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the 76th edition of UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. It was the annual edition of the world championships in the cycling discipline of cyclo-cross and was organized by UCI between 31 January and 2 February 2025 in Liévin, in France.
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The event was organized in the Val de Souchez park just outside Liévin. It was held at the site of Cyclo-cross Liévin, which had earlier hosted National Championships and 2008 European Cyclo-cross Championships and had been used to organize UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup four times in the past; last time being during the 2011âÂÂ12 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup. However, this was the first time the World Championships were held in Liévin.
The course had a length of 2.95 km and an elevation of 68 m.
All times are local, CET ().
During the start, the riders were positioned in the rows containing 8 riders each. The row in which a rider was positioned was determined from the front row to the back based on the ranking of the riders in the 2024âÂÂ25 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and other UCI rankings. The riders that finished up to the place 16 in the final World Cup classification started on the first two rows. After those the rest of the riders were positioned based on their latest UCI Cyclo-cross ranking. For Elite riders the places from 33 to 40 (5th start row) were allocated to the riders in the top 10 of the UCI mountain bike cross country ranking or the top 20 of the UCI road ranking.
The Elite Women's race took place on Saturday in 6 laps over a total distance of 16.95 km. 35 riders from 12 nations took part in the race.
The Under-23 Women's race took place on Sunday in 5 laps over a total distance of 14.15 km. 45 riders from 19 nations took part in the race.
The Junior Women's race took place on Saturday in 5 laps over a total distance of 14.15 km. 42 riders from 15 nations took part in the race.
The Elite Men's race took place on Sunday in 8 laps over a total distance of 22.55 km. 45 riders from 15 nations took part in the race.
The Under-23 Men's race took place on Saturday in 7 laps over a total distance of 19.75 km. 49 riders from 17 nations took part in the race.
The Junior Men's race took place on Sunday in 6 laps over a total distance of 16.95 km. 68 riders from 22 nations took part in the race.
The Mixed Team Relay race took place on Friday 31 January 2025 over a total distance of 16.95 km and 10 nations took part. This was the 4th edition of the Mixed Team relay event at the world championships. Each relay team consisted of 6 riders which could be made up of:
Each rider rode one lap. The countries were free to choose the starting order of their riders.
<sup>ME</sup> Elite Men<br /> <sup>MJ</sup> Junior Men<br /> <sup>MU</sup> Under-23 Men<br /> <sup>WE</sup> Elite Women<br /> <sup>WJ</sup> Junior Women<br /> <sup>WU</sup> Under-23 Women