Van Aert will join Van der Poel in the tachycardic final of the Superprestigio in Zolder

A save in the final third of the Heusden–Zolder circuit and removing the shoe from the cove at the finish line prevented Mathieu Van der Poel one by one the dispute over victory wout van aertthe Belgian achieved victory like glory after being second last Monday in the test of World Cup. Van der Poel’s countryman third, Lars Van Der Haarwho managed to defeat the British cyclocross world champion, Tom Pidcock.

He had a career of Super Prestige Heusden-Zolder, contested in an entertaining and demanding circuit, with climbs that have to be crowned with a kidney stroke, descents that are quite a challenge and the corresponding section of stairs, two well-differentiated parts, in a contested test for nine laps.

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A first with a van der poel top and a second where Van Aert He showed his best version. The race even came down to the last lap and a sprint result could be considered, which Van der Poel wanted to avoid. Mathieu gave Van Aert a gentleman’s ax blow in the last quarter of the circuit, but too much heat almost cost him dearly.

First he miraculously saved a fall when many had hit their bones on the ground. He recovered from the incident and stuck to the wheel of a Van Aert who either couldn’t keep up with his rival or didn’t believe he would reach his height.

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They tackled the final straight line one behind the other, with Van der Poel clinging to Van Aert’s wheel, and just as the Dutchman put all the force of his shoe on the cleat his foot came off, serving on the victory tray for a Van Aert who achieved his third win at Heusden-Zolder, the second in a row, and broke the dominance of a Van der Poel who was looking for his sixth victory at this beautiful circuit.

To highlight the 15th square of Felipe Orts (Burgos-BH).

In the women’s category, Dutch triplet, with Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado, Inge Van der Heijden and Lucinda Brand, first, second and third respectively. The best classified Spanish is Sofia Rodriguez and Lucia Gonzalez, 20th and 21st; while in junior the best is the Belgian Seppe Van der Boer.

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This Wednesday, a new Superprestigio test, this time Gullegem.

RANKINGS

male category
1. VAN AERT Wout (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) 1:02:30
2. VAN DER POEL Mathieu (PB/Alpecin-Deceuninck), 6″
3. VAN DER HAAR Lars (PB/Baloise Trek Lions), 16″
4. PIDCOCK Tom (Gbr/Ineos Grenadiers) at 20″
5. VANTHOURENHOUT Michael (Bel/Puwels Sauzen-Bingoal), 1’05” back
….
15. Felipe Orts (ESP/Burgos-BH), at 2’48”.
59. Mario Junquera (ESP/Unicaja Banco-Gijón)
80. Daniel González (ESP/Unicaja Banco-Gijón)
female category
1. Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado (PB/Alpecin-Deceuninck), 40’21”
2. Inge Van Der Heijden (PB/777), at 3″
3. Lucinda Brand (PB/Baloise Trek Lions), at 6″
4.Silvia Persico (Ita/-), at 11″
5. Denise Betsema (Ita/Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), at 18″
…
20. Sofia Rodríguez (ESP/Nesta-MMR CX Team), 2’56”
21. Lucía González (ESP/Nesta-MMR CX Team), id.
47. Irene Trabazo (ESP/-), at 6’04”
55. Sara Cueto (ESP/Unicaja Banco-Gijón), at 6’53”
61. Maria Filgueiras (ESP/-), at 7’25”
74. Aroa Otero (ESP/-)
78. Uxia Soto (ESP/-)