2022 Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Cross
(World Cup)
Overijse, Belgium

63rd edition: Sunday, November 20, 2022

Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Cross podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition | Course map

Weather at the race city of Overijse, Belgium, at 1:50 PM, local time: 8C (46F), raining, with the wind from the south at 19 km/hr (12 mph). Occasional rain is forecast to continue through 6:00 PM.

Results: Men | Women

Men: Start list

A muddy Michael Vanthourenhout wins a big one.

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The race: Here's the report from second-place Tom Pidcock's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Tom Pidcock bounced back from a mechanical on the start line and a late crash to finish just three seconds behind winner Michael Vanthourenhout in driving rain.

The World Champion suffered an early setback as he had a bike issue as the race started, dropping to 31st overall, but a superb effort saw him carve through the field to make the front group of three by the second lap.

Pidcock was joined by Vanthourenhout and Eli Iserbyt, until the latter was distanced in the following lap.

Pidcock then gained a small advantage over Vanthourenhout as the laps progressed, both riders managing the technical course in terrible conditions.

The pivotal moment occurred on the penultimate lap as Pidcock suffered a small crash, allowing his Belgian rival to take the lead.

Pidcock trailed by 11 seconds at the start of the final lap and managed to reduce the gap to just three seconds, but Vanthourenhout held on to take a hard-fought victory.

Complete results: Where no team is given, rider's country is listed.

20.40 kilometers raced at an average speed of 18.628 km/hr

1	Michael Vanthourenhout	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	1hr 5min 42sec
2	Tom Pidcock	INEOS GRENADIERS	@ 3sec
3	Lars Van Der Haar	BALOISE TREK LIONS	0:37
4	Laurens Sweeck	CRELAN-FRISTADS	1:09
5	Joris Nieuwenhuis	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:30
6	Thibau Nys	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:31
7	Eli Iserbyt	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	1:36
8	Pim Ronhaar	BALOISE TREK LIONS	2:02
9	Jens Adams	BELGIUM	2:35
10	Kevin Kuhn	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM	3:03
11	Ryan Kamp	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	3:14
12	Toon Vandebosch	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	3:17
13	Emiel Verstrynge	CRELAN-FRISTADS	3:34
14	Lander Loockx	DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES	3:56
15	Niels Vandeputte	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	4:09
16	Vincent Baestaens	BELGIUM	4:19
17	Witse Meeussen	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	s.t.
18	Felipe Orts Lloret	BUROS-BH	4:37
19	Marcel Meisen	GERMANY	4:49
20	Mees Hendrikx	CRELAN-FRISTADS	5:06
21	David Menut	AS BIKE RACING	5:25
22	Thijs Aerts	BALOISE TREK LIONS	5:36
23	Gilles Mottiez	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE	5:45
24	Michael Boros	ELKOV-KASPER	5:55
25	David Haverdings	BALOISE TREK LIONS	6:02
26	Luke Verburg	ABLOC CT	6:09
27	Gioele Bertolini	SELLE ITALIA-GUERCIOTTI-ELITE	6:19
28	Corné Van Kessel	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM	6:55
29	Matyás Fiala	CZECH REPUBLIC	7:08
30	Lucas Dubau	ROCKRIDER RACING TEAM	7:16
31	Nathan Bommenel	AS BIKE RACING	7:55
32	Stan Godrie	NETHERLANDS	8:15
33	Simon Vanicek	CZECH REPUBLIC	9:21
34	Lucas Janssen	BEAT CYCLING	9:32
35	Matteo Oppizzi	SWITZERLAND	9:52
36	Lorenzo Masciarelli	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	@ 1 lap
37	Henrik Jansson	SWEDEN	@ 2 laps
38	Silas Kuschla	GERMANY	@ 3 laps
39	Gabriele Cerato	SWITZERLAND	@ 3 laps
40	Arnau Pericas Figueras	SPAIN	@ 4 laps
41	Thomas Edhofer	GERMANY	@ 5 laps
DNF	Daan Soete	DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES
DNF	Cameron Jette	CANADA

 

Start list, November 19, 2022: Where no team is given, rider's country is listed.

1	PIDCOCK Thomas	INEOS GRENADIERS
2	ADAMS Jens	BELGIUM
3	AERTS Thijs	BALOISE TREK LIONS
4	BAESTAENS Vincent	BELGIUM
5	ISERBYT Eli	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
6	LOOCKX Lander	DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES
7	MEEUSSEN Witse	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
8	NYS Thibau	BALOISE TREK LIONS
9	SOETE Daan	DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES
10	SWEECK Laurens	CRELAN - FRISTADS
11	VANDEBOSCH Toon	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
12	VANDEPUTTE Niels	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
13	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
14	VERSTRYNGE Emiel	CRELAN - FRISTADS
15	JETTE Cameron	CANADA
16	BOMMENEL Nathan	AS BIKE RACING
17	DUBAU Lucas	ROCKRIDER RACING TEAM
18	MENUT David	AS BIKE RACING
19	GODRIE Stan	NETHERLANDS
20	HAVERDINGS David	BALOISE TREK LIONS
21	HENDRIKX Mees	CRELAN - FRISTADS
22	JANSSEN Lucas	BEAT CYCLING
23	KAMP Ryan	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
24	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	BALOISE TREK LIONS
25	RONHAAR Pim	BALOISE TREK LIONS
26	VAN DER HAAR Lars	BALOISE TREK LIONS
27	VAN KESSEL Corne	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM
28	VERBURG Luke	ABLOC CT
29	CERATO Gabriele	SWITZERLAND
30	KUHN Kevin	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM
31	MAILLEFER Simon	SWITZERLAND
32	MOTTIEZ Gilles	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE
33	OPPIZZI Matteo	SWITZERLAND
34	RÜEGG Timon	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE
35	ORTS LLORET Felipe	BURGOS-BH
36	PERICAS FIGUERAS Arnau	SPAIN
37	BOROŠ Michael	ELKOV - KASPER
38	FIALA Matyáš	CZECH REPUBLIC
39	VANÍČEK Šimon	CZECH REPUBLIC
40	EDHOFER Thomas	GERMANY
41	HARTER Luca	GERMANY
42	KUSCHLA Silas	GERMANY
43	MEISEN Marcel	GERMANY
44	BERTOLINI Gioele	SELLE ITALIA - GUERCIOTTI- ELITE
45	MASCIARELLI Lorenzo	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
46	JANSSON Henrik	SWEDEN

 

Women: Start list

Puck Pieterse finishes more than a minute ahead of her nearest chaser.

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The race: Marianne Vos did not start.

Here's the UCI's race report:

Puck Pieterse was able to win the 'Mother of all crosses' in Overijse after a clever solo. The young Dutchwoman from the Alpecin-Deceuninck team took off from the start, eventually putting her competitors at more than a minute in the results.

France's Hélène Clauzel was the first to turn onto the red carpet in Overijse. A minor crash by Lucia Bramati held up Belgian champion Sanne Cant, the Italian's chain broke in two leaving no escape from a fall. Of course, World Cup leader Fem van Empel and World Undertakers champion Puck Pieterse were immediately at the front. Lucinda Brand was less lucky, having to click out during the start, losing a good position to start her race.

Pieterse seemed to have set her sights on this race and immediately found her turn on the first technical and slippery descent. She immediately turned the knob there and seemed to glide full downhill without fear. That was slightly less the case with Van Empel, she had been introduced to the surface earlier during reconnaissance and thus seemed to build some caution into her descent. Meanwhile, Shirin Van Anrooij, who just last week managed to win the World Cup race in the Beekse Bergen, moved up to third place.

After 1 lap, Pieterse already put her next competitor Van Empel at 19 seconds. Van Empel looked back for a moment and so seemed to quickly make peace with a possible second place. Van Anrooij, Betsema and Van Alphen who were fighting for place three all slid down in the same corner. This again highlighted the slippery course. Van Empel also made a mistake on a descent moments later and was unable to avoid touching the surface.

Pieterse did not seem to be bothered by slips at all. After the second lap, she was already riding around with a lead of 45 seconds over Van Empel and a minute over Van Anrooij. Mistakes were piling up in the background but Pieterse seemed to be able to keep her balance perfectly in the slippery mud like a tightrope walker. Lap after lap, the young Dutchwoman built her lead and behind her, Van Empel and Shirin Van Anrooij seemed certain of a podium place.

Offscreen, Brand made a tremendously strong remount. From a lost position, she still managed to ride towards 4th place. But of course the strong Pieterse no longer had to take that into account. A beaming smile appeared on her muddy face at the finish line arch. Van Empel crossed the finish line in second place at 1 minute and three seconds and remains the leader in the World Cup standings. Van Anrooij completed the podium.

Complete results: Where no team is given, rider's country is listed.

14.60 kilometers raced at an average speed of 16.610 km/hr

1	Puck Pieterse	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	52min 44sec
2	Fem Van Empel	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	@ 1min 3sec
3	Shirin Van Anrooij	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:36
4	Lucinda Brand	BALOISE TREK LIONS	1:51
5	Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	1:56
6	Aniek Van Alphen	777	2:09
7	Clara Honsinger	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	2:16
8	Hélene Clauzel	AS BIKE RACING	2:32
9	Inge Van Der Heijden	777	3:03
10	Denise Betsema	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	3:06
11	Zoe Backstedt	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	3:30
12	Amandine Fouquenet	ARKEA Pro Cycling	3:48
13	Line Burquier	CANYON CLLCTV	4:01
14	Marion Norbert Riberolle	CRELAN-FRISTADS	4:14
15	Marie Schreiber	TORMANS	4:29
16	Olivia Onesti	AS BIKE RACING	4:30
17	Sanne Cant	CRELAN-FRISTADS	5:04
18	Alicia Franck	PROXIMUS-ALPHAMOTORHOMES-DOLTCINI	5:37
19	Sara Casasola	SELLE ITALIA-GUERCIOTTI-ELITE	5:43
20	Laura Verdonschot	BELGIUM	6:08
21	Julia Kopecky	CZECH REPUBLIC	6:59
22	Suzanne Verhoeven	BELGIUM	7:00
23	Jinse Peeters	PROXIMUS-ALPHAMOTORHOMES-DOLTCINI	7:12
24	Leonie Bentveld	PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL	7:23
25	Sidney McGill	CANADA	7:27
26	Marthe Truyen	CRELAN-FRISTADS	8:01
27	Ella Maclean-Howell	GREAT BRITAIN	8:15
28	Julie Brouwers	BELGIUM	8:27
29	Jana Dobbelaere	BELGIUM	8:47
30	Francesca Baroni	PISSEI-GROEP T.O.M.	8:57
31	Kiona Crabbé	CRELAN-FRISTADS	9:06
32	Ellen Van Loy	BELGIUM	9:46
33	Fauve Bastiaenssen	PISSEI-GROEP T.O.M.	@ 1 lap
34	Zina Barhoumi	BORN TO WIN G20 AMBEDO	@ 1 lap
35	Larissa Hartog	NETHERLANDS	@ 1 lap
36	Xan Crees	SPECTRA WIGGLE-VITUS	@ 1 lap
37	Karen Verhestraeten	BELGIUM	@ 2 laps
38	Evelyne Trepte	SWITZERLAND	@ 2 laps
39	Manon Bakker	CRELAN-FRISTADS	@ 2 laps
40	Corey Coogan Cisek	USA	@ 2 laps
41	Roisin Lally	IRELAND	@ 2 laps
42	Lies'L Schevenels	BELGIUM	@ 2 laps
43	Prisca Jaquet	SWITZERLAND	@ 2 laps
44	Diana Steffenhagen	GERMANY	@ 2 laps
DNF	Lucia Bramati	TRINX FACTORY TEAM

 

Start list, November 19, 2022: Where no team is given, rider's country is listed.

1	VOS Marianne	TEAM JUMBO-VISMA
2	ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
3	BAKKER Manon	CRELAN - FRISTADS
4	BENTVELD Leonie	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
5	BETSEMA Denise	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
6	BRAND Lucinda	BALOISE TREK LIONS
7	HARTOG Larissa	NETHERLANDS
8	KAPTHEIJNS Maud	DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES
9	PIETERSE Puck	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
10	VAN ALPHEN Aniek	777
11	VAN ANROOIJ Shirin	BALOISE TREK LIONS
12	VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge	777
13	VAN EMPEL Fem	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
14	BURQUIER Line	CANYON CLLCTV
15	CLAUZEL Hélène	AS BIKE RACING
16	FOUQUENET Amandine	ARKEA PRO CYCLING TEAM
17	ONESTI Olivia	AS BIKE RACING
18	COOGAN CISEK Corey	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
19	HONSINGER Clara	EF EDUCATION - TIBCO - SVB
20	MCGILL Sidney	CANADA
21	BARONI Francesca	PISSEI - GROEP T.O.M
22	BRAMATI Lucia	TRINX FACTORY TEAM
23	CASASOLA Sara	SELLE ITALIA - GUERCIOTTI – ELITE
24	CORVI Valentina	TRINX FACTORY TEAM
25	BASTIAENSSEN Fauve	PISSEI - GROEP T.O.M
26	BROUWERS Julie	BELGIUM
27	CANT Sanne	CRELAN - FRISTADS
28	CRABBÉ Kiona	CRELAN - FRISTADS
29	DOBBELAERE Jana	BELGIUM
30	FRANCK Alicia	PROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT
31	NORBERT RIBEROLLE Marion	CRELAN - FRISTADS
32	PEETERS Jinse	PROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT
33	SCHEVENELS Lies´L	BELGIUM
34	TRUYEN Marthe	CRELAN - FRISTADS
35	VAN LOY Elle	BELGIUM
36	VERDONSCHOT Laura	BELGIUM
37	VERHESTRAETEN Karen	BELGIUM
38	VERHOEVEN Suzanne	BELGIUM
39	STEFFENHAGEN Diana	GERMANY
40	KOPECKY Julia	CZECH REPUBLIC
41	LALLY Roisin	IRELAND
42	BACKSTEDT Zoe	EF EDUCATION - TIBCO - SVB
43	CREES Xan	TEAM SPECTRA WIGGLE P/B VITUS GBR
44	KAY Anna	777
45	MACLEAN-HOWELL Ella	GREAT BRITAIN
46	BARHOUMI Zina	BORN TO WIN G20 AMBEDO
47	JAQUET Prisca	SWITZERLAND
48	ROSSNER Larissa	SWITZERLAND
49	TREPTE Evelyne	SWITZERLAND
50	SCHREIBER Marie	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM

 

Course map:

2022 Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Cross map