Van der Poel wins Superprestige Middelkerke
Van Aert makes the grand slam - takes overall after mid-race mechanical
Mathieu van der Poel (BKCP-Corendon) claimed the final Superprestige victory of the season in Middelkerke, soloing away on the slick, muddy course to beat Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea) and world champion Wout Van Aert (Crelan Vastgoedservice). Van Aert took out the overall classification for the series over Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink), who completed his final Superprestige race in fourth place.
The mishap-strewn race began with a dramatic mechanical to Laurens Sweeck, who snapped his chain in the start, and turned tense when Van Aert wrecked his derailleur on the second lap and was forced to run quite some distance to the pits for a fresh bike, dropping to 30th position.
The deficit put Nys in a strong position to unseat Van Aert in the overall standings - the veteran with 64 Superprestige wins and 13 final classification victories was riding well to maintain third, but could not withstand the comeback of the world champion.
Nys succumbed in the final lap, missing out on the race podium, but held onto second overall ahead of Lars van der Haar in the series.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Corendon | 1:05:01 |
2 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team | 0:00:22 |
3 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental | 0:00:43 |
4 | Sven Nys (Bel) Crelan AA Drink Team | 0:00:49 |
5 | Toon Aerts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team | 0:01:00 |
6 | Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant - Alpecin | 0:01:20 |
7 | Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 0:01:39 |
8 | Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team | 0:02:03 |
9 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team | 0:02:05 |
10 | Diether Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec | 0:02:08 |
11 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 0:02:11 |
12 | Joeri Adams (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental | 0:02:20 |
13 | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) BKCP-Corendon | 0:02:31 |
14 | Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 0:03:12 |
15 | Stephen Hyde (USA) Cannondale Cyclocrossworld | 0:03:22 |
16 | Twan Van Den Brand (Ned) Orange Babies Cyclingteam | 0:03:41 |
17 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Corendon | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga Ibanez (Spa) Mmr Cx Team / Cc Zuiano | 0:04:02 |
19 | Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Superano Ham - Isorex - Tarteletto | 0:04:09 |
20 | Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team | 0:04:20 |
21 | Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Crelan Aa Drink Team | 0:05:15 |
22 | David Van Der Poel (Ned) Bkcp-Corendon | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Niels Wubben (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team | 0:05:32 |
24 | Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) Kalas-H.Essers-Noff Cycling Team | 0:05:52 |
25 | Michael Boros (Cze) Bkcp-Corendon | 0:06:16 |
26 | Dave De Cleyn (Bel) Rs-Bikes Racing Team Pulderbos | 0:06:36 |
27 | Bart Hofman (Bel) Nodrugs Heroes Flanders | 0:07:26 |
28 | Stan Godrie (Ned) Rabobank Development Team | 0:07:39 |
29 | Antonin Marecaille (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Michael Van Den Ham (Can) Canada | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Niels Koyen (Bel) Bike Experience Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Quincy Vens (Bel) Superano Ham - Isorex - Tarteletto | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Yoann Corbihan (Fra) Hennebont Cyclisme | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Nicolas Le Besq (Fra) Ac Centuloise | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Edwin De Wit (Bel) Reno Systems Cycling Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Tony Le Bail (Fra) Vc Scaerois | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Camille Dubois (Fra) Uc Ifs Heronville | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Arnaud Martin (Fra) Uc Ifs Heronville | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Merlier (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Radomir Simunek (Cze) Era Real Estate-Murprotec | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Botrel (Fra) Vs Ploumagoar | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wout van Aert | 107 | pts |
2 | Sven Nys | 99 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Lars van der Haar | 87 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Kevin Pauwels | 84 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Klaas Vantornout | 70 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Tom Meeusen | 63 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Laurens Sweeck | 60 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Mathieu van der Poel | 49 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Corné van Kessel | 42 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tim Merlier | 40 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Toon Aerts | 36 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Rob Peeters | 28 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Gianni Vermeersch | 23 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | David van der Poel | 20 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Julien Taramarcaz | 19 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Diether Sweeck | 19 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Thijs van Amerongen | 14 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jim Aernouts | 14 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Joeri Adams | 13 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Philipp Walsleben | 11 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Vincent Baestaens | 11 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Michael Vanthourenhout | 9 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Michael Boros | 9 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Jens Adams | 7 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Clément Venturini | 7 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Jens Vandekinderen | 4 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Marcel Meisen | 4 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Radomir Simunek | 4 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Niels Wubben | 3 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Sven Vanthourenhout | 2 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Stan Godrie | 1 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Stephen Hyde | 1 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
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