German cyclocross squadSmall squad for World Championships

Andreas Kublik

 · 24.01.2026

German cyclocross squad: Small squad for World ChampionshipsPhoto: dpa/pa
Champion: Eike Behrens is the current German cross-country champion in the U23 class
The German Cycling Federation has announced a small line-up for the Cyclocross World Championships from 30 January to 1 February 2026. The German champions are not included.

The German Cycling Federation has announced its line-up for the cyclo-cross world championships in Hulst, Netherlands. The German champions will be missing from the title fights from 30 January to 1 February. Marcel Meisen, who ended his international career after the 2024/25 season, will only compete nationally. Judith Krahl has to complete important exams for her studies. The German national team will be led by mountain biker Fabian Eder from Töging, who recently finished second behind Meisen at the German Championships in Bensheim.



There will be no German starter in the women's elite race. The junior classes, on the other hand, are well-staffed: In the men's U23 class, the German U23 title winner Eike Behrens from Hamburg, the third of the DM elite race Hannes Degenkolb (Lauter-Bernsbach), Silas Kuschla (Hanover) and Max Heiner Oertzen (Hamburg) are to start. The nominees in the U19 class are: juniors Alwin Beyer (Neuhausen)
Niclas Look (Haag) and Jan Prell (Halle/Saale) as well as juniors Beatrix Attelmann (Munich) and Amandine Jakob (Eisenach)

Winter sportsman: mountain biker Fabian Eder (front left) competes in the World Championships on a cross bike in FebruaryPhoto: dpa/paWinter sportsman: mountain biker Fabian Eder (front left) competes in the World Championships on a cross bike in February

Andreas Kublik has been travelling the world's race courses as a professional sports expert for TOUR for a quarter of a century - from the Ironman in Hawaii to countless world championships from Australia to Qatar and the Tour de France as a permanent business trip destination. A keen cyclist himself with a penchant for suffering - whether it's mountain bike marathons, the Ötztaler or a painful self-awareness trip on the Paris-Roubaix pavé.

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