Van der Poel’s World Cup replay in the sprint against a resigned Van Aert

New battle in the day between Mathieu Van der Poel and wout van aert, the two stars who bring passions and fire fans. But this Sunday was not just any new battle, but the mother of all battles, the World Cup cyclocross battle, which finally fell on the Dutch side. Mathieu van der Poel.

the corridor of Alpine He came from winning the game against his great rival in the last two appointments of World Cup and this Sunday he repeated the feat in the circuit of Hoogerheide. A circuit, full of public, with more than 30,000 spectators leaving their throats, where the sun shines, where green dominates, with a slight memory of mud, two sections of stairs, one of the boards and slopes on them. cost to maintain balance.

As expected, the two monsters of cyclocross did not take long to open a gap about their rivals and when the difference was achieved, they limited themselves to maintaining it. As it happened on previous occasions, both passed and reviewed on several occasions, but without the force of any previous test, the outcome of the World Cup is already known, where the champion of the previous event, the British Pidcock, it has to happen on the long straight in the sprint, just like before.

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The main moment of the race

As soon as they came out of the last corner, van der poel put the turbo, surprising a Van Aert that he did not expect his rival to dare to launch a sprint from now. And based on the kicks, Van der Poel achieved a great victory to the delirium of his fans, with what was his fifth World Cup title.

“This is without a doubt one of my three best victories and I will remember it for a long time,” said Mathieu Van der Poel after the World Cup and before taking the podium. Bronze for the Belgians too Eli Iserbyt.

RANKINGS

1.Mathieu Van der Poel (PB/Alpecin) 1h07’20”
​2. Wout Van Aert (Bel/Jumbo Visma), id
​3.Eli Iserbyt (Bel/Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), at 12″
​4.Lars Van der Haar (PB/Baloise Trek Lions), 13″
​5.Michal Vanthourenhout (Bel/Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), at 46″
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19. Felipe Orts (ESP/Burgos-BH), at 1’38”
​30.Kevin Suárez (ESP/Nesta-MMR CX Team), at 4’24”