New appearance of Van Aert ahead of Van der Poel in the mud of the Exact Cross

What last lap was seen in the men’s test of Exactly Cross argued in town of Loenhout, in Belgiumah! After seven dizzying turns, the eighth and final lap of the track was spectacular, in a new close fight between the three cyclocross wizards, the Belgian. wout van aertthe dutch Mathieu Van der Poel and the british Tom Pidcock.

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Each of them had their leading role and their moments of glory, until the last lap saw a brutal show. Pidcock world championwho had been making rubber in the earlier laps and seemed to be having the most trouble maintaining the devilish rhythm he was leaving, began to pull the trident, a movement that van der poel He didn’t leave any margin, to the point that he was the runnerhe is Alpecin put directly and quickly reached a few meters, with about ten seconds left.

Van der Poel’s mistake weighed heavily on him

From behind, Van Aert is chasing van der poel Y pidcock He seemed resigned to being third, but in cyclocross you don’t have to give up because anything can happen on its circuits, especially in this one with stretches of mud where it’s hard to even walk or keep your balance. In fact, in one of them van der poel he lost control of his bike and almost fell, he avoided falling but the movement allowed Van Aert to cling to his rear wheel.

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After swapping bikes in the technical area, Van der Poel and Van Aert were together and as a result of much studying between them, Pidcock connected. The race will be decided in a sprint. Van Aert dropped head to tail first and surprised his rivals with a deadly attack that neither Van der Poel nor Pidcock could counter.

Unmistakable victory for Van Aert in another exciting race on a circuit that has it all: lots of mud, stairs, a drop area, dubbies and asphalt. kevin suarez He is the best classified Spanish rider, 30th.

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In this way, Van Aert repeated the success achieved last year. This Friday in the Belgian’s fourth victory, for the three that Mathieu Van der Poel has.

In the women’s category, victory for the Dutch Shirin Van Anrooij, its fourth cyclocross season, leads the Luxembourger Marie Schreiber and the Dutch too baker man. Meritorious 13th position of the Spanish Lucia Gonzalez White.