The Jumbo Visma champion, Wout Van Aert, won the cyclo-cross World Cup event just held in Ireland in Dublin (READ THE REPORT). However, Van Aert was the author of 2 unfortunate episodes. The 1st was a very dangerous skid on a curve made slippery by ice. This episode led him to lose precious seconds and chase after the leading group.
Race under the sun in Dublin, Ireland, but still heavy ground conditions due to the frozen ground which then gradually turned into mud during the day. Too bad for the lack of Mathieu Van Der Poel, in Spain to train for the road season, although he has made it clear that he would have preferred to take part in the cyclo-cross season in a complete way.
VIDEO CRUSH WOUT VAN AERT
But the most problematic event occurred just 3 laps from the end, where he lost around 30 seconds due to a rag inadvertently left on a fence, in the pit area, by a mechanic. A lot of bad luck but Wout's leg then resolved everyone, going to recover the leading group and launching the decisive attack (Read the full race report).
VIDEO VAN AERT BOX AREA PROBLEM
MEN'S ELITE RANKING
| 1 |  VAN AERT Wout | JUMBO VISMA | 59:36 |
| 2 | SWEECK Laurens | CRELAN - FRISTADS | 0:14 |
| 3 |  PIDCOCK Tom | INEOS GRENADIERS | 0:17 |
| 4 |  VAN DER HAIR Lars | BALOISE TREK LIONS | 0:19 |
| 5 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL | 0:22 |
| 6 | ADAMS Jens | 0:33 | |
| 7 | ISERBYT Eli | PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL | 0:35 |
| 8 | RONHAAR Pim | BALOISE TREK LIONS | 0:37 |
| 9 | VAN KESSEL Corné | TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM | 0:46 |
| 10 | MASON Cameron | TRINITY RACING CROSS | 0:58 |
