Mathieu van der Poel wins Vlaamse Druivencross

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) bounced back from an off day at Saturday's Hotondcross to win Vlaamse Druivencross held in Overijse on Sunday. The world champion rode away with the victory ahead of Tom Pidcock (Trinity Racing) and Quinten Hermans (Telenet-Baloise).

The race started with Pidcock and Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) taking the early lead. At the start of the second lap a stray dog ventured on course and was seen running along the finish-line straightaway as the riders raced through to start the second lap.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Corendon - Circus	1:00:54
2	Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Trinity Racing	0:00:14
3	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions	0:00:27
4	Toon Aerts (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions	0:01:10
5	Tim Merlier (Bel) Creafin – Fristads	0:01:43
6	Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal	0:02:14
7	Wietse Bosmans (Bel)	0:02:36
8	Daan Soete (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal	0:02:55
9	Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon - Circus	0:03:24
10	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Corendon - Circus	0:03:33
11	Thijs Aerts (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions	0:04:24
12	Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal	0:04:31
13	Ben Turner (GBr) Creafin – Fristads	0:04:33
14	Timo Kielich (Bel) Creafin – Fristads	0:04:39
15	Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions	0:04:41
16	Cameron Mason (GBr) Trinity Racing	0:05:09
17	Sascha Weber (Ger)	0:05:31
18	Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Group Hens - Maes Containers	0:05:41
19	Lander Loockx (Bel) Group Hens - Maes Containers	0:05:48
20	Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal	0:06:02
21	Braam Merlier (Bel) Creafin – Fristads	0:06:19
22	Yannick Peeters (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal
23	Mathijs Wuyts (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex
24	Maik Van Der Heijden (Ned)
25	Jens Gys (Bel)
26	Gert Smets (Bel) Creafin – Fristads
27	Bart Artz (Ned)
28	Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel)
29	Thomas Verheyen (Bel)
30	Senne De Meyer (Bel)
31	Anton Ferdinande (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal
32	Edwin De Wit (Bel)
33	Nick Peers (Bel)
34	Kelvin Bakx (Ned)
35	Floris Van Tricht (Bel)
36	Yelle Leaerts (Bel)
37	Max Judelson (USA)
38	Lennert Meulemans (Bel)
39	Mikkel Jørgensen (Den)
40	Wouter Goosen (Bel)
41	Siebe Tormans (Bel)
42	Stan Godrie (Ned)
43	Vincent Oger (Bel)
DNF	Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Telenet Baloise Lions
DNF	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Creafin – Fristads
DNF	Jim Aernouts (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions
DNF	Senna Van Cutsem (Bel)
DNF	Thomas Mein (GBr) Tarteletto - Isorex
DSQ	Grégory Careme (Bel)

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