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X2O Trofee Herentals: Van der Poel and Pieterse the winners

In the women's race the Dutch Puck Pieterse dominates while in the men's race it is still a challenge between Van der Poel and Van Aert.

Written by

David Finetto

January 3 2023

Van Der Poel's attack

Another fight between the 2 phenomena Van der Poel and Van Aert, who lead the whole race and then play everything in the last lap, with an irresistible push from Van Der Poel. Nothing can Van Aert, who suffers a puncture right in the final part of the race. First of the humans, Eli Iserbyt.

I'm sorry he couldn't defend his chances to the fullest. That's why I didn't celebrate my victory in a flashy way at the finish line. I would have obviously preferred to beat Wout without that puncture. It would have been exciting because even today we were even more evenly matched. It was really a shame she couldn't play his cards to the fullest – Mathieu Van Der Poel

VIDEO AND ELITE MEN'S RANKING

1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK	59:45
2	VAN AERT Wout	JUMBO VISMA	0:21
3	ISERBYT Eli	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	0:31
4	VAN DER HAIR Lars	BALOISE TREK LIONS	0:32
5	MASON Cameron	TRINITY RACING CROSS	0:49
6	RONHAAR Pim	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:16
7	ADAMS Jens		1:22
8	HERMANS Quinten	ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK	1:38
9	MERLIER Tim		2:24
10	SOETE Daan	DESCHACHT - HENS - MAES	2:3

COMPLETE RANKING

VIDEOS AND ELITE FEMALE RANKING

1	PIETERSE Puck	ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK	51:31
2	BRAND Lucinda	BALOISE TREK LIONS	0:27
3	WORST Annemarie	777	1:13
4	ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen	ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK	1:17
5	SING Sanne	CRELAN - FRISTADS	2:07
6	VAN ALPHEN Aniek	777	3:11
7	VAS Blanka Kata		3:38
8	ROCHETTE Maghalie		3:54
9	BENTVELD Leonie	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	3:58
10	BETSHEMA Denise	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	4:23
11	BARONI Frances	PISSEI – GROEP TOM	5:17

COMPLETE RANKING

In this article:Anne Marie Worst, Cyclocross, Eli Iserbyt, Herentals, Lucinda Brand, Mathieu van der Poel, Racing World, Puck Pieterse, Wout van aert, x20 Trophies

Written by David Finetto

[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and 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').