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Antwerp Cyclocross: Van der Poel on Van Aert. Pidcock falls

Van der Poel dominates demonstrating crazy form. Among the women, Fem Van Empel wins while, among the Juniors, 2nd place goes to the Italian Stefano Viezzi.

Written by

David Finetto

23 December 2023

The winner of the cycling race crossed the finish line and celebrated enthusiastically in front of the spectators.

It was a highly anticipated round of the World Cup, with fans expecting a battle between the so-called "big three". However, Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) finished a distant second with world cup leader Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) in third. Tom Pidcock finished eighth more than a minute behind after crashing at the start.

I missed the beginning a bit. I let off the pedal, got caught up in the chaos and had to take my time to get back into the lead. I felt like my legs were fine, so I didn't panic and took my time to regain the leadership – Van der Poel

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Written by David Finetto

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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1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK	1:00:20
2	VAN AERT Wout	JUMBO VISMA	0:29
3	ISERBYT Eli	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	0:37
4	SWEECK Laurens	CRELAN – CORENDON	0:43
5	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	BALOISE TREK LIONS	0:46
6	VAN DER HAIR Lars	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:00
7	VANDEPUTTE Niels	ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK	1:07
8	PIDCOCK Tom	INEOS GRENADIERS	1:14
9	NYS Thibau	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:22
10	VANDEBOSCH Toon	CRELAN – CORENDON	1:26

1	VAN EMPEL Fem	JUMBO VISMA	52:00
2	BRAND Lucinda	BALOISE TREK LIONS	0:18
3	PIETERSE Puck		0:55
4	ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen	ALPECIN - DECEUNINCK	1:26
5	VERDONSCHOT Laura	DE CEUSTER-BONACHE	1:36
6	VAN ANROOIJ Shirin	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:47
7	VAN DER HEIJDEN Eng	CRELAN – CORENDON	2:06
8	SCHREIBER Marie		2:17
9	BENTVELD Leonie	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	2:35
10	BACKSTEDT Zoe		2:42

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