'I Just Wasn't at My Best' - Wout Van Aert's Hopes for a Cyclo-Cross Victory in Dendermonde Dashed by Lightning Fast Conditions
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BELGA / DAVID PINTENS On an ultra-fast track, Nys won the sprint after twelve laps ahead of Dutch champion Tibor del Grosso (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon). Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) had to settle for sixth place. This was the third World Cup victory of the season for the 23-year-old, after the ones won in Tabor, Czech Republic, and Flamanville, France. Also to read Lamentable: a fan cracks and vapotes on Mathi…
Van der Poel's absence truly opened up the possibilities, transforming the eighth round of the Elite World Cup in Dendermonde (Belgium) into a much more tactical and hard-fought race than usual. In the end, Belgian champion Thibau Nys (Baloise......) prevailed.
No first victory of the cyclocross season for Wout van Aert in Dendermonde. Thanks to the good weather of the past few days, we were treated to a lightning-fast edition instead of the usual mud-swept slog. In that drawn-out bunch sprint, Thibau Nys proved to be the best, skillfully moving to the front on the final lap and holding on in the sprint against Tibor Del Grosso.
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