Strong victory for Van der Poel at Gavere, ahead of Van Aert and Pidcock

Mathieu Van der Poel He is the tenor who best focuses his voice on the difficult and demanding circuit of Gavere (Belgium)where this Monday a test of Cyclocross World Cup. In a layout full of fans, and where the sun changes the terrain conditions as the minutes pass, Mathieu Van der Poel He proved to be stronger and better adapted to this circuit, without elements such as stairs, where the mud became less, with painful ascents, with delicate descents and with many section where the best thing is to get off the bike, put it on your shoulder and walk or run as fast as possible.

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The three Tenors, Mathieu Van der Poel, Van Aert and Tom Pidcock topped the exam once Gaverebut of the three, the one with the most beautiful ‘face’ is the one with the corridor of Alpine.

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The one time world champion came in the last two laps to lead the race, that was a moment van der poel Seized the opportunity to take a breather and finish playing for a while to go straight to the third win of the four events held in World Cupwhich in turn shows a great ability to master the bike and surf the mud on some tricky descents.

SWEECK, STILL LEAD

After the 11th round of the World Cup, Belgian Laurens Sweeck remains at the head of the general classification, with three races to go. 20th this Monday in Gavere, Sweeck, who has won two World Cup events, has a total of 308 points, compared to 287 for his compatriot Michael Vanthourenhout and 249 for Eli Iserbyt, also Belgian, who won the first three world cup races .

Pidcock had a bit of a slump which he took advantage of Van Aert to overtake the world champion and move into second, 27 seconds behind van der poel.

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“I want to win. I am determined to try to get a good result. The circuit is difficult and technical. I enjoyed the public, I am happy with my victory”, Van der Poel pointed out after winning the 11th round of this World Cup, th 2 in the Gavere in 2020-2021 behind Pidcock and as of Monday he now has three wins at this track: 2022-2023, 2018-2019 and 2016-2017.

Philip Orts He was the best of the eight Spaniards in Gavere and finished 24th, 6’55” behind Van der Poel.

GAVERE CLASSIFICATIONS

1. Mathieu Van der Poel (PB/Alpecin-Deceuninck), 57’14”
2. Wout Van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma), 27″
3.Tom Pidcock (Gbr/Ineos-Grenadiersd), at 54″
4.Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel/Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), at 1’53”
5. Lars Van der Haar (PB/Baloise Trek Lions), at 2’20”
6. Laurens Sweeck (Bel/Crelan-Fristads), at 2’55”
7. Thibau Nys (Bel/Baloise Trek Lions), at 3’50”
8. Toon Vandebosch (Bel/Alpecin-Deceunincck), at 3’57”
9.Cameron Mason (GBR/Trinity Racing Cross), 4’02”
10. Gerben Kuypersd (Bel/-), at 4’10”
…
24. Felipe Orts (ESP/Burgos-BH), at 6’55”
31. Kevin Suarez (ESP/Nesta-MMR CX Team), 7’47”
42. Miguel Rodríguez (ESP-)
70. Julio Perez (ESP-)
74. Mario Junquera (ESP/Unicaja Banco-Gijón)
77. Gonzalo Inguanzo (ESP-)
85. Daniel González (ESP/Unicaja Banco-Gijón)
DNF. Alain Suarez (ESP/Nesta-MMR CX Team)