‘The Sport Is as Hard as It Always Has Been’ - Wout Van Aert’s Hope of a Podium Dashed by Flat Tyre in Antwerp

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The first duel between Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert took advantage of the Dutchman. For the first time in the cyclo-cross season, the two men were together on the muddy and sandy roads during the fifth round of the World Cup in Antwerp, Belgium. And without much surprise, it was still the racer of Alpecin-Premier Tech who disgusted his pursuers this Saturday.Vanqueur last weekend in Namur despite a fall after three months of absence, M…

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Mathieu van der Poel won the Antwerp Cyclocross World Cup by a landslide. The 30-year-old world champion broke away early in the race and was unstoppable for riders including Wout van Aert. Lucinda Brand was the strongest in the women's race.

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Wout van Aert launches his cyclo-cross season this Saturday in Antwerp, a recovery that asks three questions. ...

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Mathieu van der Poel convincingly won his first cyclocross duel of the season against Wout van Aert. The 30-year-old Dutchman triumphed Saturday in the World Cup race in Antwerp with a 24-second lead, while Van Aert had to settle for seventh place after a puncture. Van der Poel took an early lead on the sandy course near Sint-Anneke beach and steadily increased his advantage. Halfway through the eight-lap race, he was already 30 seconds ahead of…

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The duel was expected but it did not take place. On the sand of Antwerp, Mathieu van der Poel showed once again that he was the boss in cyclo-cross when Wout Van Aert made an applied recovery but without hanging the podium in front of his audience. While several riders went to the ground in the first straight line, Laurens Sweeck took advantage of his presence in the front line to get the best start. Forced to leave in the bulk of the peloton, M…