One week after the world cyclocross championships, racing continued this weekend with the ultimate occasion of the Superprestige collection in Middelkerke on Saturday and the second-to-last spherical of the X2O Trofee in Lille on Sunday.
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The heavy rain turned the often sandy Middelkerke course right into a mud fest within the closing occasion of the Superprestige on Saturday.
Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) received by a large margin, crossing the end line 1:15 forward of second place Laura Verdonschot. Ceylin Alvarado (Alpecin-Deceuninck) rounded out the rostrum in third place.
Brand took management straight from the beginning, and a small mistake by Alvarado was sufficient for the Dutch rider to get a niche. After the primary lap, Brand had 25 seconds on Alvarado and Annemarie Worst. On the second lap, Alvarado dropped Worst whereas Verdonschot was steadily shifting ahead by riders.
With two laps to go, Brand was on her approach to victory with Verdonschot in second place. Fire is inimitable. With two laps to go, she has nearly doubled her lead over Verdonschot, who’s at the moment in second place and Alvarado in third. Worst completed in fifth place.
Alvarado received the ultimate classification of the Telenet Superprestige for the third time in her profession.
Eli Iserbyt claimed the forty ninth cyclocross victory of his profession forward of his Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal teammate Michael Vanthourenhout who was second. Joris Nieuwenhuis (Baloise Trek Lions) completed third.
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Nieuwenhuis accelerated off the entrance within the first lap and established a small hole to chasers which included Iserbyt, Niels Vandeputte, and Jens Adams. Halfway by the race, the Dutch champion solely had 25 seconds on the chasers whereas Vanthourenhout was shifting up with Lars van der Haar on his wheel.
The Belgian champion made his transfer on the sixth lap, catching and passing riders till he related and dropped Nieuwenhuis one lap later. European champion Vanthourenhout handed Nieuwenhuis to take second place.
It was the fourth Superprestige victory for Iserbyt, and he additionally received the classification of the Telenet Superprestige for the second time.
Fem van Empel and Niels Vandeputte win X2O Trofee Lille
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Fem van Empel (Visma-Lease a Bike) made it 19 wins for the season on the X2O Trofee Lille – Krawatencross on Sunday. The world champion soloed to victory in her closing cyclocross race of the season, forward of Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) who completed second. Laura Verdonschot rounded off the rostrum.
Van Empel set a excessive tempo early, with solely Brand capable of briefly maintain her wheel. After just one and a half laps, Van Empel took off solo and Brand then had to focus on the second podium spot.
Verdonschot fought her approach to the third spot after a poor begin and was initially joined by Annemarie Worst and Leonie Bentveld, however Verdonschot’s tempo proved to be too excessive. The Deceuster-Bonache rider regularly closed the hole to Brand, however was unable to attach.
With her seventh X2O Trofee victory, Van Empel secured the general title within the collection regardless that she is going to miss the eighth and closing spherical in Brussels.
In the boys’s race, Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Decueninck) claimed the primary UCI C1 cyclocross victory of his profession forward of Joris Nieuwenhuis and Joran Wyseure. X2O Trofee chief Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) completed fourth, and retains the collection lead.
Van der Haar had began effectively and fashioned the main group along with 5 different riders till regularly, cracks began to look within the entrance group underneath strain by the work of Nieuwenhuis and Wyseure. Only Vandeputte might observe the duo, Van der Haar was pressured to chase.
Halfway by the race, Nieuwenhuis crashed leaving Wyseure and Vandeputte on the entrance. Nieuwenhuis briefly joined Van der Haar within the chase group earlier than as soon as once more catching the 2 riders within the entrance. The trio was collectively as they entered the bell lap. Vandeputte put in a powerful assault and was capable of maintain it to the end line.