Van der Poel won in Antwerp the day after his fall at Boom

The Dutch Mathieu van der Poel, world champion of cyclocross in 2021, obtained this Sunday on Antwerp (Belgium) his second straight victory at World Cup of discipline after dominating the eighth round of the World Cup from the third round.

The grandson of French cyclist Raymond Poulidor won with a 23 second lead over WVan Aert show (Jumbo Visma), who led a Belgian trio followed, in order of arrival, by Michael Vanthourenhout and Laurens Sweek.

kevin suarez is the best Spanish (eighteenth, 3:22 behind the winner), while Philip Orts he came six places later, at 4:34.

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With 143 victories on his record, Van der Poel had suffered a fall in the Belgian classic just 24 hours earlier. Superprestige Boom (won by Tom Pidcock), that he injured his left knee and shoulder, but the injuries did not prevent him from starting in Antwerp.

On the contrary, the corridor of Alpecin-Deceuninckdespite starting relatively late, he climbed the positions until he was in control of the second round of the test launched by the Belgian Wout Van Aert, eager to achieve the victory that had eluded him for almost a year.

Winner last Sunday at Hulst (Netherlands)Van der Poel was half a minute ahead of Van Aert on the sixth lap and did not let the victory slip away.

the britishor Tom Pidcockthe reigning cyclocross world champion, gave up almost all of his options on a bad start and finished eighth.

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An hour ago, in the women’s event, the Dutch Fem Van Empel (Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal), The World Cup leader, leading the first turn with compatriot Puck Pieterse (Alpecin – Deceuninck), who has already won two events this year. Both, 20 years old, got a few meters ahead of another Dutch woman, Shirin Van Anroij.

Pieterse was left alone at the top, with a seven-second lead after Van Empel crashed on the second lap, but Van Empel overtook him again on the next lap. This is already a classic rivalry despite the youth of the litigants, who have tied five of their last ten encounters.

Empel launched his winning attack on the fourth lap. From then until the end, he was more dominant, until reaching, with a margin of 34 seconds on Pieterse, his eighth World Cup victory, increasing his overall advantage over his compatriot to 90 points. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, absent here.

The Spanish Lucia Gonzalez and Sofia RodriguezNesta MMR CX Team partners, finished 25th and 29th respectively, six minutes behind the winner.