Mathieu van der Poel wins Cyclo-cross World Cup in Namur after clash with Wout van Aert

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Namur Cyclo-cross World Cup 2020 — Mathieu van der Poel wins Namur World Cup(Image credit: Getty Images)

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) won the second round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Namur after a thrilling battle against runner-up Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). Tom Pidcock (Trinity) finish third place at eleven seconds behind the day's winner.

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Full Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned)	1:03:59
2	Wout Van Aert (Bel)	0:00:03
3	Thomas Pidcock (GBr)	0:00:11
4	Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel)	0:01:07
5	Quinten Hermans (Bel)	0:02:09
6	Lars Van Der Haar (Ned)	0:02:17
7	Toon Aerts (Bel)	0:02:53
8	Daan Soete (Bel)	0:02:57
9	Corne Van Kessel (Ned)	0:03:25
10	Ryan Kamp (Ned)	0:03:31
11	Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned)	0:03:46
12	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel)	0:03:49
13	Joshua Dubau (Fra)	0:03:52
14	Thijs Aerts (Bel)	0:03:58
15	Kevin Kuhn (Swi)	0:04:01
16	Timo Kielich (Bel)	0:04:03
17	Mees Hendrikx (Ned)	0:04:30
18	Toon Vandebosch (Bel)	0:04:47
19	Laurens Sweeck (Bel)	0:04:54
20	Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa)	0:05:05
21	Marcel Meisen (Ger)	0:05:20
22	Timon Rüegg (Swi)	0:05:27
23	Ben Turner (GBr)	0:05:35
24	Diether Sweeck (Bel)	0:05:42
25	David Menut (Fra)	0:05:47
26	Michael Boroš (Cze)	0:05:49
27	Thomas Mein (GBr)	0:05:52
28	Curtis White (USA)	0:07:30
29	Sascha Weber (Ger)
30	Stan Godrie (Ned)
31	Eli Iserbyt (Bel)
32	Yan Gras (Fra)
33	Loris Rouiller (Swi)
34	Kevin Suarez Fernandez (Spa)
35	Rémi Lelandais (Fra)
36	Gilles Mottiez (Swi)
37	Pim Ronhaar (Ned)
38	Maik Van Der Heijden (Ned)
39	Dario Lillo (Swi)
40	Michael Van Den Ham (Can)
41	Valentin Guillaud (Fra)
42	Florian Richard Andrade (Fra)
43	Mathieu Morichon (Fra)
44	Kyle Agterberg (Ned)
45	Jakub Říman (Cze)
46	Nicolas Samparisi (Ita)
47	Jofre Cullell Estape (Spa)
48	Rory Mcguire (GBr)
49	David Van Der Poel (Ned)
50	Lucas Dubau (Fra)
51	Šimon Vaníček (Cze)
52	Daniel Mayer (Cze)
53	Lorenzo Samparisi (Ita)
54	Oliver Stockwell (GBr)
55	Daniel Barnes (GBr)
56	Mario Junquera San Millan (Spa)
57	Aurélien Philibert (Fra)
58	David Conroy (Irl)
59	Heinrich Haussler (Aus)
60	Andrew Giniat (USA)
61	Tom Couzens (GBr)
62	Jules Van Kempen (USA)
DNF	Steve Chainel (Fra)
DNF	Toby Barnes (GBr)
DNF	Tim Van Dijke (Ned)

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