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

Past series winners

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