Van der Poel wins Superprestige Diegem elite men
World champion dominates sixth round of series in Belgium
Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) continued his domination of European cyclo-cross on Sunday, riding alone to victory in Diegem, Belgium, to take the sixth round of the Telenet Superprestige series.
The reigning world champion shed his counterparts halfway through the race despite a valiant effort by Belgian Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) to take the race to the Dutchman.
Van der Poel opened up his lead on the flat sections of the course during lap four of eight and then left his former companions to fight for the lesser placings as they were never in reach of the rainbow jersey again.
Iserbyt fought off challenges from fellow Belgians Michael Vanthourenhout and Tim Merlier to hang on for second place, nine seconds behind Van der Poel, while Vanthourenhout came in at 28 seconds and Merlier at 38.
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned) Corendon - Circus | 0:59:41 |
2 | Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:00:09 |
3 | Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:00:28 |
4 | Tim Merlier (Bel) Creafin – Fristads | 0:00:38 |
5 | Lars Van der Haar (Ned) Telenet Baloise Lions | 0:00:41 |
6 | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:00:50 |
7 | Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet Baloise Lions | 0:01:09 |
8 | Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions | 0:01:33 |
9 | David Van der Poel (Ned) Corendon - Circus | 0:01:49 |
10 | Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Trinity Racing | 0:02:23 |
11 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Creafin – Fristads | 0:02:33 |
12 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon - Circus | 0:02:38 |
13 | Ben Turner (GBr) Creafin – Fristads | 0:02:43 |
14 | Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) | 0:02:47 |
15 | Jakob Dorigoni (Ita) Selle Italia - Guerciotti - Elite | 0:02:49 |
16 | Zdeněk Štybar (Cze) | 0:03:15 |
17 | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Group Hens - Maes Containers | 0:03:40 |
18 | Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:03:46 |
19 | Cameron Mason (GBr) Trinity Racing | 0:03:53 |
20 | Curtis White (USA) Cannondale Cyclocrossworld | 0:04:13 |
21 | Tomas Kopecký (Cze) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:04:19 |
22 | Loris Rouiller (Swi) Corendon - Circus | 0:04:20 |
23 | Arno Van den Broeck (Bel) | 0:04:27 |
24 | Michael Van den Ham (Can) Easton - Giant p / b Transitions Lifecare | 0:04:33 |
25 | Ben Tulett (GBr) Corendon - Circus | 0:04:40 |
26 | Bart Artz (Ned) | 0:04:44 |
27 | Gage Hecht (USA) | 0:05:40 |
28 | Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Cycling Cafe' Racing Team | 0:05:47 |
29 | Sascha Weber (Ger) | 0:06:11 |
30 | Eric Brunner (USA) | |
31 | Callum Macleod (GBr) | |
32 | Stephen Hyde (USA) Cannondale Cyclocrossworld | |
33 | Alex Morton (USA) | |
34 | Mario Junquera san Millan (Spa) | |
35 | Kenny Roelandt (Bel) | |
36 | Henrik Lunder Aalrust (Nor) | |
37 | Maxime Gagnaire (Fra) | |
38 | Cyprien Gilles (Fra) | |
39 | Lewis Askey (GBr) | |
40 | Edwin De Wit (Bel) | |
41 | Max Judelson (USA) | |
42 | David Conroy (Irl) | |
43 | Steven James (GBr) | |
44 | Malcolm Barton (Can) | |
45 | Nick Peers (Bel) | |
46 | Lane Maher (USA) | |
47 | Tom Couzens (GBr) | |
48 | Senna Van Cutsem (Bel) | |
49 | Raphaël Kockelmann (Lux) | |
50 | Brody Sanderson (Can) | |
51 | Albert Poblet Dot (Spa) | |
52 | Gilles Mottiez (Swi) | |
53 | Yelle Leaerts (Bel) | |
54 | Axel Laurance (Fra) | |
55 | Sam Noel (USA) | |
56 | Joe Williams (GBr) | |
57 | Andrew Giniat (USA) | |
58 | Tony Le Bail (Fra) | |
59 | Raul Baldestein (Ita) Cycling Cafe' Racing Team | |
60 | Clément Guilbert (Fra) | |
61 | Patrick Mersch (Lux) | |
62 | Cameron Jette (Can) | |
63 | James Madgwick (GBr) | |
64 | Finn Mansfield (GBr) | |
65 | Joseph Taylor (GBr) | |
66 | Lukas Mörtsell Rörfors (Swe) | |
67 | Elias Nilsson (Swe) | |
68 | Carlos Miguel Moreira Cardoso (Lux) | |
69 | Harry Mcgarvie (GBr) | |
70 | Vincent Oger (Bel) | |
71 | Clarke James (GBr) | |
72 | Loris Tursi (Ita) | |
73 | Dennis Brouwer (Ned) | |
74 | Lenn Verdijck (Bel) | |
75 | Ryan Middlemiss (GBr) | |
76 | Kevin Dalla Pieta' (Ita) | |
DNF | Yannick Peeters (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | |
DNF | Ryan Cortjens (Bel) Corendon - Circus | |
DNF | Gauthier Heymes (Fra) | |
DNF | Miguel Llaneza Arguelles (Spa) | |
DNF | Toby Barnes (GBr) | |
DNF | Tyla Loftus (GBr) | |
DNS | Jonatan Östlund (Swe) |
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