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competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three major season-long competitions, alongside the

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and the

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. A season consist of several races in the categories Elite Men and Elite Women. Riders can win points in each race and at the end of the season the rider with the highest point tally in each category is considered the winner. Until 2020 Superprestige had separate classification for Under 23 Men, Under-23 Women and Junior Men. The first Superprestige took place in 1982–1983 and was won by Hennie Stamsnijder of the Netherlands. The Superprestige is organised for trade teams, not national teams. Since 2018 Superprestige has been organised by

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in 2006–07 and

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in 2018–19. The 2022–2023 season only contains seven races due to the race in

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being removed from the calendar.

Points

During each race the Superprestige classification points are awarded based on the following table.

Winners

Elite Men

Elite Women

Under-23 Men

Until the 2019-20 season there was a separate classification for Under-23 Men.

Under-23 Women

In the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons there was a separate classification for Under-23 Women.

Junior Men

Until the 2019-20 season there was a separate classification for Junior Men riders.

External links

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