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Exact Cross Leonhout: Van Aert again on Van der Poel and Pidcock

New battle between the big three: Van der Poel was highly motivated but once again a few too many mistakes benefited the opponents who come back playing everything in the final sprint.

van aert on van der poel
He achieved victory on the road with a smile tinged by mud and sweat, surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd and enveloped in the woods.

Today challenge on Loenhout's course in the Exact Cross: course with many artificial sections and lots of mud. But the protagonists do not change.

Again today Mathieu Van Der Poel was super on the ball and put Pidcock and Van Aert to the whip, often forced to chase. Tom Pidcock's race was very nice, and even today he managed to keep up with the 2 purebred horses. Everything was played in the last lap, as usual with a heart-pounding pace, in which everyone wanted to take the lead. Van der Poel didn't want to get to the sprint and with his explosiveness in the technical sections it seemed sufficient to win but, in the muddy section, he missed the trajectory risking a crash and Van Aert and Pidcock returned.

It's the final sprint with Van Aert narrowly winning over Van der Poel and Pidcock.

Podium Exact Cross Leonhout men 2022

MEN'S ELITE RANKING

1Belgium flagVAN AERT Wout JUMBO VISMA59:40
2Netherlands flagVAN DER POEL MathieuALPECIN - DECEUNINCK0:01
3Great Britain flagPIDCOCK Tom INEOS GRENADIERS"
4Great Britain flagMASON CameronTRINITY RACING CROSS1:08
5Belgium flagKUYPERS Gerben 1:36
6Great Britain flagMEIN ThomasHOPE FACTORY RACING1:48
7Belgium flagAERTS ThijsBALOISE TREK LIONS1:51
8Belgium flagMEEUSSEN WitsePAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL1:54
9Belgium flagKIELICH TimoCRELAN - FRISTADS2:13
10Belgium flagVANDEPUTTE NielsALPECIN - DECEUNINCK2:20
COMPLETE RANKING

Among the women, the Dutch Shirin Van Anrooij wins again ahead of the very young Marie Schreiber and Manon Bakker. First of the Italians, Sara Casasola (17th) of Selle Italia Guerciotti.

ELITE WOMEN RANKING

1Netherlands flagVAN ANROOIJ ShirinBALOISE TREK LIONS49:50
2Luxembourg flagSCHREIBER MarieTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM0:59
3Netherlands flagBAKKER ManonCRELAN - FRISTADS1:29
4Netherlands flagMOLENGRAAF Lauren 1:43
5Flag of FranceBURQUIER Line 1:48
6Netherlands flagBENTVELD LeoniePAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL"
7Czech Republic flagZEMANOVA KristynaBRILON RACING TEAM MB"
8Great Britain flagKAY Anna7772:32
9Flag of FranceFOUQUENET Amandines 2:37
10Belgium flagFRANCK Alicia 2:48
COMPLETE RANKING


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ppgad@pucrs.br I am passionate about everything that has 2 wheels: in my youth I practiced competitive cycling on the road and on the track with good results. At the age of 18 I moved to cross country competing at national/international level as U23. Once I passed Elite, I made the choice to take things easier from the training point of view, and that's how my love for gravity disciplines was born, training as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made my passion my profession by managing 3 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way, everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube 'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').

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