Michael Vanthourenhout beats Laurens Sweeck to score Belgian cyclocross title

Michael Vanthourenhout (Bingoal-Pauwels Sauzen) added a first Belgian championship title to his palmares in an epic edition in Loenhout. The European champion cemented his status as top-mudder by riding Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Fristads) off his wheel in the final lap.

Sweeck seemed to have the measure of Vanthourenhout but, in the heavy rain-soaked race, one small mix-up in the material zone proved to be enough to swing the race in favour of the Bingoal rider after all the other competitors had fallen behind.

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