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Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) might need introduced his new Lamborghini to the tractor pull of a UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Gavere however the world champion wasn’t spinning his wheels as he motored to one more solo triumph.
Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) prolonged his lead within the UCI World Cup, taking a robust second place, whereas European champion Thibau Nys (Baloise Trek) rallied to say third.
Nys claimed the outlet shot from the gun and went instantly into the pits to get the cleaner line by means of the opening part, however his nice technique got here aside when he took his fingers off the bars in an off-camber part to clear mud from his entrance wheel and promptly crashed.
He recovered to stick with Van der Poel and Vanthourenhout by means of the second lap, the place Ronhaar made too many errors and pale from view.
Much like Van der Poel has in nearly each cyclocross race he is accomplished over the previous two years, the Dutchman was untouchable by his rivals.
This time, nonetheless, Van der Poel graciously waited till his companions -Vanthourenhout, Nys and Pim Ronhaar (Baloise Trek) – started to point out fatigue earlier than he powered away.
Van der Poel turned within the quickest lap of the race, shaving an excellent 20 seconds off the earlier lap time to determine an unassailable hole.
Vanthourenhout remained the strongest, chasing at 20, then 30, then 40 seconds by lap 5. But the fatigue of a heavy ‘cross race started to point out as Van der Poel made a number of errors on the penultimate lap, and the Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal rider clawed the hole again to 25 seconds.
Meanwhile, Nys’ struggles continued and he was caught and handed by Lars van der Haar (Baloise-Trek) coming into the final lap, however he rallied to regain the rostrum spot within the dying moments of the race.
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