Laurens Sweeck secures solo win at Maldegem Ethias Cross

Belgian Laurens Sweeck celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the mens elite race of the Parkcross Maldegem cyclocross race stage 7 out of 8 of the Ethias Cross trophy Saturday 05 February 2022 in MaldegemBELGA PHOTO DAVID STOCKMAN Photo by DAVID STOCKMANBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images

Belgian Laurens Sweeck celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the mens elite race of the Parkcross Maldegem (Image credit: Getty Images)

Laurens Sweeck (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) took a solo victory at the Maldegem Ethias Cross on Saturday. It was a 1-2 success for his team as Eli Iserbyt took second place ahead of Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) in third.

An early-race mishap over the barriers saw van der Haar struggle to gain back lost time to the front group. Sweeck and Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal teammate Michael Vanthourenhout went on to take the race lead, and pushed their lead out further to create a gap over their rivals behind.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:57:40
2	Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:00:08
3	Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Baloise Trek Lions
4	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin - Fenix	0:00:10
5	Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:00:12
6	Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa)	0:00:13
7	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes	0:00:28
8	Timon Rüegg (Swi) Cross Team Legendre	0:00:29
9	Daan Soete (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes	0:00:33
10	Thibau Nys (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions	0:00:53
11	Ryan Kamp (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:01:12
12	Stan Godrie (Ned)	0:01:22
13	Joran Wyseure (Bel) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team	0:01:25
14	Anton Ferdinande (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:01:26
15	Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:01:28
16	Diether Sweeck (Bel) Iko - Crelan	0:01:32
17	Lander Loockx (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes	0:01:35
18	Kevin Kuhn (Swi) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team	0:01:51
19	Julian Siemons (Bel)	0:02:03
20	Théo Thomas (Fra) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team	0:02:12
21	Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team	0:02:18
22	Kevin Suarez Fernandez (Spa) Nesta - Mmr Cx Team	0:02:22
23	David Menut (Fra) Cross Team Legendre	0:02:32
24	Mathijs Wuyts (Bel)	0:02:37
25	Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel)	0:02:38
26	Thijs Aerts (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions	0:02:40
27	Yentl Bekaert (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions	0:02:48
28	Steve Chainel (Fra) Cross Team Legendre	0:02:49
29	Noé Castille (Fra) Cross Team Legendre	0:02:51
30	Timo Kielich (Bel) Iko - Crelan	0:02:55
31	Kenny Roelandt (Bel)	0:03:00
32	Robin Alderweireld (Bel)	0:03:19
33	Ugo Ananie (Fra) Cross Team Legendre	0:03:32
34	Koen Van Dijke (Ned)	0:03:42
35	Marcel Meisen (Ger)	0:03:43
36	Arne Vrachten (Bel)	0:03:53
37	Thomas Verheyen (Bel)	0:03:55
38	Arne Baers (Bel)	0:04:12
39	Lorenzo Masciarelli (Ita) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:04:25
40	Grégory Careme (Bel)	0:04:37
41	Wout Vervoort (Bel)	0:04:59
42	Ferre Geeraerts (Bel)	0:05:08
43	Mickaël Crispin (Fra) Cross Team Legendre	0:05:32
44	Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel)	0:05:37
45	Tim De Schuyter (Bel)
46	Wout Janssen (Bel)
47	Elio Clarysse (Bel)
48	Senne D´Hollander (Bel)
49	Jonathan Anderson (USA)
50	Niels Dias (Bel)
51	Nicola Parenti (Ita)
52	Jaro Debruyne (Bel)
53	Mathias De Vriend (Bel)
54	Silas Schmid (Swi)
DNF	Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team

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