Brutal hand-to-hand between Van Aert and Pidcock in Diegem with Van der Poel as a spectator

night came diegem and the fans are preparing to enjoy the best cyclocross that will be represented on a different, difficult and selective track, with the presence of the best specialists at the starting line and there is a question in the air who will go to the this occasion the best of the three tenors. The Dutchman likes it Mathieu Van der Poel victory for the seventh time in a row diegem And will it dominate with an iron fist this season? Belgians can Van Aert stormed the throne of van der poel? Like the world champion of the specialty, the British tom pidcock to sneak into the party of his two rivals and become the king of the track?

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Everything is in the air and the emotion will be maintained until the end, after a chaotic start that caused more than one bottleneck, which hurt some cyclists but did not hinder the Pidcock, Van Aert and Van de Poel They have reached the top group, full of fans, no impossible ramps, but delicate descents due to mud and slippery grass, with the obligatory mud, with stairs and a section of sand that is real torture. .

Sand and ladder sections, keys

The three wizards led the test, but in its final part, with a total distance of eight laps, Mathieu Van der Poel lost gas, when in the previous moments it seemed that he could go it alone for the victory. Glory belongs to two, Van Aert and Pidcock. The numbers don’t lie and of the 35 times the two have seen each other’s faces, 32 have been the winner, the Belgian, who this Wednesday will have to make the most of himself against a Pidcock who is selling his defeat dearly.

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The final lap offered by both riders was quite a spectacle. The race, after both Van Aert and Pidcock checked each other several times, was decided along the sand, where Pidcock had to lose a priori, and on the stairs, whose exit was key to get to the a better position. a short finish line that Van Aert tackled with the necessary comfort to cross the finish line first and earn his fourth victory of the cyclocross season.

Felipe Orts (Burgos-BH) He is the best Spaniard, the 19th.

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Previously, the women’s event was held, with a clear victory for Puck Pieterse and the Dutch runners occupying the first four positions. Sara Cueto This is the best Spanish, the 55th; and the dutch senna remijn the first junior

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