Seen and unseen. Even the fact of starting from the third row of the grid did not stop the Dutch Mathieu Van der Poel achieve a clear victory in his first cyclocross race of the season, in the test of CX World Cup which is disputed on the route of Zonhoventhat the corridor of Alpecin group he knows very well and where this Sunday he was able to win for the fifth time.
The runners found a ‘favourable’ route, where the rain that had fallen in the last hours had hardened the sand, both on the delicate descents and on the stretches of the track, leaving a compact which lane the runners took advantage of. .
1’10” long Mathieu Van der Poel to lead the test. He completed the first lap of the circuit in 7’25” with a margin of 25 seconds which reached 1’30” by the end of the test, after beating an average of 24.875 km/h. Van der Poel He quickly found himself in the lead and from that moment, as soon as he gained the margin over his rivals, he limited himself to maintaining a cruising speed and did not make fatal mistakes.
Behind him at the finish line, the Belgians Thibau Nys and Joran Wyseuresecond and third respectively, with a Felipe Orts unable to maintain the previous day’s pace to finish 23rd after compensating for a bad start due to having a mechanical problem.
“The race went much better than expected. I didn’t expect to do so well in my first race, but I felt very comfortable from the beginning,” Van der Poel said after finishing the race.
In the women’s category, victory for the Dutch Ceylin del Carmen Alvaradoahead of the British Zoe Backstedt and the Dutch too Lucinda brand.
The cyclocross competition never stops and this Monday the Superprestige Mol-Zilvermeercross (Belgium) andwhat will be Mathieu Van der Poelbut not the Belgian Wout Van Aert, suffering from an illness. It will also be Felipe Orts, that will fly after a bad result this Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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