Van der Poel dominates in the sand at Gieten Superprestige

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) won the first round of the 2018 Superprestige Trophy in Gieten, beating his long-time rival Wout Van Aert (Cibel-Cebon) by 31 seconds after the pair broke away from the peloton on the opening lap. Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) rounded off the podium 1:30 down on the winner.

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)0:48:03
2Wout Van Aert (Bel)0:00:31
3Toon Aerts (Bel)0:01:30
4Lars Van Der Haar (Ned)0:01:40
5Marcel Meisen (Ger)0:01:49
6Daan Soete (Bel)0:02:03
7David Van Der Poel (Ned)0:02:17
8Kevin Pauwels (Bel)0:02:23
9Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned)0:02:26
10Gianni Vermeersch (Bel)0:02:52
11Jens Adams (Bel)0:03:00
12Tom Meeusen (Bel)0:03:14
13Michael Boroš (Cze)0:03:22
14Diether Sweeck (Bel)0:03:36
15Braam Merlier (Bel)0:03:45
16Tim Merlier (Bel)0:03:59
17Thijs Aerts (Bel)0:04:18
18Nicolas Cleppe (Bel)0:04:28
19Toon Vandebosch (Bel)0:04:34
20Stan Godrie (Ned)lap
21Sieben Wouters (Ned)lap
22Thomas Pidcock (GBr)lap
23Roel Van Der Stegen (Ned)lap
24Jakob Dorigoni (Ita)lap
25Wietse Bosmans (Bel)lap
26Kyle Agterberg (Ned)lap
27Gosse Van Der Meer (Ned)lap
28Thymen Arensman (Ned)lap
29Maik Van Der Heijden (Ned)lap
30Kelvin Bakx (Ned)lap
31Mees Hendrikx (Ned)lap
32Gioele Bertolini (Ita)lap
33Loris Rouiller (Swi)lap
34Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned)lap
35Bart Artz (Ned)lap
36Daniel Tulett (GBr)lap
37Tomas Kopecky (Cze)lap
38Tijmen Eising (Ned)lap
39Yorben Van Tichelt (Bel)lap
40Ryan Kamp (Ned)lap
41Cameron Mason (GBr)lap
42Martin Mijnten (Ned)lap
43Yu Takenouchi (Jpn)lap
44Koen Van Helvoirt (Ned)lap
45Bart Barkhuis (Ned)lap
46Jakub Ríman (Cze)lap
47Felix Holst (Ger)lap
48Niels Bakker (Ned)lap
49Marco Oberteicher (Ger)lap
50Tim Rieckmann (Ger)lap
DNFLaurens Sweeck (Bel)Row 50 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Vanthourenhout (Bel)Row 51 - Cell 2
DNFQuinten Hermans (Bel)Row 52 - Cell 2
DNFAdam Toupalík (Cze)Row 53 - Cell 2
DNFMaarten Visker (Ned)Row 54 - Cell 2
DNFEli Iserbyt (Bel)Row 55 - Cell 2
DNFJens Dekker (Ned)Row 56 - Cell 2
DNFBen Turner (GBr)Row 57 - Cell 2
DNFJirí Štepáník (Cze)Row 58 - Cell 2
DNSDieter Vanthourenhout (Bel)Row 59 - Cell 2
DNSJoshua Dubau (Fra)Row 60 - Cell 2
DNSLucas Dubau (Fra)Row 61 - Cell 2
DNSThomas Joseph (Bel)Row 62 - Cell 2
DNSEddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned)Row 63 - Cell 2
DNSSergio Ivan Fernandez Rodriguez (Spa)Row 64 - Cell 2
DNSMika Van Gestel (Ned)Row 65 - Cell 2
DNSCarlos Schreuder (Ned)Row 66 - Cell 2
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Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.

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