2023 Diegem Cyclocross (C-1),
Diegem (Flemish Brabant), Belgium
47th edition: Thursday, December 28, 2023
Diegem Cyclocross podium history | 2022 results | Course map
The Telenet Superprestige Diegem cyclocross race is run in the evening under lights. This year the women are scheduled to begin racing at 7:00 PM and the men start at 8:45 PM.
Weather at the race city of Diegem, Belgium, at 5:45 PM: 11C (51F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 26 km/hr (16 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
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Mathieu van der Poel wins under the lights. Photo: Lars Quix
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The race: Here's the report from second-place Tom Pidcock's Team INEOS Grenadiers.
Tom Pidcock overtook Eli Iserbyt in the closing moments of the final lap, to then sprint to second as Mathieu van der Poel took the victory in the night race.
The Yorkshire rider started on the second row and was able to move through the field to join a front group that quickly detached itself from the bunch.
Pidcock then pushed the pace at the end of the second lap and reduced the group further, which then stabilised in the following laps.
He was then one of two riders able to react when Van der Poel attacked on lap four with the race-winning move, and chased the world champion with Iserbyt.
The battle for second came down to the final lap, when Pidcock made a late move on the inside of Iserbyt to overtake the Belgian, before sprinting to the line to secure his fourth podium of the season.
Complete results:
| 1 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 55min 27sec |
| 2 | Tom Pidcock | INEOS Grenediers | @ 49sec |
| 3 | Eli Iserbyt | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 0:53 |
| 4 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 0:58 |
| 5 | Joris Nieuwenhuis | Baloise Trek Lions | 1:00 |
| 6 | Quinten Hermans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:26 |
| 7 | Emiel Verstrynge | Crelan-Corendon | 1:40 |
| 8 | Lander Loockx | TBT-Unibet | 1:43 |
| 9 | Ward Huybs | Baloise Trek Lions | 1:44 |
| 10 | Michael Boros | Credishop-Fristads | 1:45 |
| 11 | Marcel Meisen | Loot Kern Haus | s.t. |
| 12 | Thomas Mein | Hope Factory Racing | 2:02 |
| 13 | Niels Vandeputte | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:04 |
| 14 | Kevin Kuhn | Circus-Reuz-Technord | 2:06 |
| 15 | Gioele Bertolini | Fas Airport Services-Guerciotti | 2:09 |
| 16 | Aaron Dockx | Crelan-Corendon | 2:48 |
| 17 | Tom Meeusen | Loot-X-Oats Athletes for Hope | 3:07 |
| 18 | Mees Hendrikx | Crelan-Corendon | 3:10 |
| 19 | Clément Horny | BH-Wallonie | 3:15 |
| 20 | Arno Van Den Broeck | Van Den Plas-Hepa | 3:29 |
| 21 | Loris Rouiller | Heizomat Radteam-Kloster Kitchen | 3:33 |
| 22 | Matyás Fiala | CEZ Cyklo Team Tabor | 3:43 |
| 23 | Witse Meeussen | Crelan-Corendon | 3:49 |
| 24 | Sander De Vet | Basso Team Flanders | 3:55 |
| 25 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Dstny | 4:07 |
| 26 | Mario Junquera San Millan | Coque Uria E. C. | 4:23 |
| 27 | Mathijs Wuyts | Individual | 4:26 |
| 28 | Miguel Rodriguez Novoa | Supermercados Froiz G.D. | s.t. |
| 29 | Scott Funston | Blue Competition Cycle-Build | 4:51 |
| 30 | Joris Delbove | Team S1NEO Graal Bjorka | 4:54 |
| 31 | Ferre Geeraerts | Basso Team Flanders | 5:07 |
| 32 | Jarne Vandersteen | Orbea Gbikes | 5:17 |
| 33 | Silas Kuschla | Stevens Racing Team | 5:22 |
| 34 | Lukas Vanderlinden | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 5:27 |
| 35 | Ian Ackert | Canada National Team | 5:32 |
| 36 | Wout Vervoort | Stageco Cycling Team | 5:40 |
| 37 | Ugo Ananie | Dunkerque Grand Littoral | 5:41 |
| 38 | Seppe Van Den Boer | Baloise Trek Lions | 5:50 |
| 39 | Alain Suarez Fernandez | Nesta MMR Cx Team | 6:20 |
| 40 | Federico Ceolin | Bibione Cycling Team | 6:25 |
| 41 | Quentin Navarro | Charvieu Chavagneux Isere Cyclisme | 6:26 |
| 42 | Paul Greijus | Bauhaus Sportklubb | s.t. |
| 43 | Arthur Soontjens | Van Den Plas-Hepa | 6:46 |
| 44 | Michael Gassner | RSV Moosburg | @ 1 lap |
| 45 | Marco Pavan | Team Cingolani | 1 lap |
| 46 | Antoine Jamin | BH-Wallonie | 1 lap |
| 47 | Anton Ferdinande | Deschacht-Hens-Maes | 1 lap |
| 48 | Antoine Tran Van | Albi Velo Sport Leroy Merlin | 2 laps |
| 49 | Florian Hamm | RSVM Garching | 2 laps |
| 50 | Huub Artz | Metec-Solarwatt | 2 laps |
| 51 | Tommaso Cafueri | ASD DP66 | 2 laps |
| 52 | Joseph Ramirez Venegas | Individual | 2 laps |
| 53 | Arthur Tropardy | USSAPB | 2 laps |
| 54 | Nicolas Bard | La Pedale Bulloise | 2 laps |
| 55 | Mathieu Kockelmann | CC Chevigny | 2 laps |
| 56 | Szymon Pomian | Polish Cycling Federation | 2 laps |
| 57 | Matthieu Lavignac | Albi Velo Sport Leroy Merlin | 2 laps |
| 58 | Matteo Oppizzi | Cannondale-Iland | 2 laps |
| 59 | Darnell Moore | Team Caldwell Cycles | 3 laps |
| 60 | Garry Millburn | Maap Enve | 3 laps |
| 61 | Simon Wyllie | Team Spectra Cannondale-Das | 3 laps |
| 62 | Carlos Gamez Ferrer | CDE Bikery | 3 laps |
| 63 | Casey Hildebrandt | Broken Spoke | 3 laps |
| 64 | Florian Anderle | RSV Stadthilm | 3 laps |
| 65 | Flynn Gregory | Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli | 3 laps |
| 66 | Corentin Dejardin | Wilink Brussels | 3 laps |
| 67 | Scott Fisher | Hope Factory Racing | 3 laps |
| 68 | Travis Harkness | Scott Bright motor Group | 3 laps |
| 69 | Maxime St Onge | Canada | 3 laps |
| 70 | Gabriel Ochando Escudero | Bikery-Denpros Cx Team | 3 laps |
| 71 | Philipp Heigl | SU Bikestore | 3 laps |
| 72 | Hannes De Neve | Koninklijke VC 't Meetjesland | 4 laps |
| 73 | Fabian Merino | Broad Street Breakaway | 4 laps |
| 74 | Tijay Heinen | UC Dippach | 4 laps |
| 75 | Aiden Mapel | Competitive Edge Racing | 4 laps |
| 76 | Felipe Spencer | Individual | 4 laps |
| 77 | Milan Lenaers | LRG Cycling Team | 4 laps |
| 78 | Nicholas Lando | Competitive Edge Racing | 5 laps |
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Puck Pieterse takes a solo win under the lights. Photo: Photopress.
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The race: Here's the race report from Global Cycling Network:
After waiting several weeks to pick up her first win of the season - which she did in Gavere on Tuesday - Puck Pieterse quickly picked up her second with a solo victory in Diegem.
Unlike the slightly more patient Van der Poel, Pieterse attacked in the very first lap, taking advantage of the first off-camber section to move away from the field. Initially, the Dutch champion was joined by Inge van der Heijden (Crelan-Corendon) but she soon rode her off her wheel and went solo.
Pieterse was fast and smooth even through the most difficult parts of the technical course, building up a lead of around 20 seconds over the first three laps, with Van der Heijden chasing, followed by Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
You can read the entire report here.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Puck Pieterse | Fenex-Deceuninck | 47min 6sec |
| 2 | Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 27sec |
| 3 | Inge Van Der Heijden | Crelan-Corendon | 0:34 |
| 4 | Kata Blanka Vas | SD Worx | 0:42 |
| 5 | Sanne Cant | Crelan-Corendon | 0:50 |
| 6 | Marie Schreiber | SD Worx | 1:06 |
| 7 | Zoe Backstedt | EF Education-Tibco-SVB | 1:09 |
| 8 | Sara Casasola | Fas Airport Services-Guerciotti | 2:24 |
| 9 | Annemarie Worst | Cyclocross Reds | 2:52 |
| 10 | Aniek Van Alphen | Cyclocross Reds | 3:37 |
| 11 | Ava Holmgren | Hardwood Next | 3:43 |
| 12 | Denise Betsema | Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal | 4:00 |
| 13 | Cat Ferguson | Hope Factory Racing | 4:12 |
| 14 | Marthe Truyen | Crelan-Fristads | 4:19 |
| 15 | Yara Kastelijn | Crelan-Fristads | 4:37 |
| 16 | Rebecca Gariboldi | Team Cingolani | 4:43 |
| 17 | Judith Krahl | Heizomat Radteam-Kloster Kitchen | 4:46 |
| 18 | Electa Gallezot | Sebmotobikes Cx Team | 4:49 |
| 19 | Asia Zontone | a.s.d. Jams Bike Team Buja | 4:55 |
| 20 | Barbora Jerabkova | Brilon Racing Team Mb | 5:06 |
| 21 | Rafaelle Carrier | Canada | 5:25 |
| 22 | Carlotta Borello | ASD DP66 | 5:39 |
| 23 | Julie De Wilde | Crelan-Fristads | 5:48 |
| 24 | Amandine Vidon | Team Fima-RDV Bikeshop Alian | 5:50 |
| 25 | Imogen Wolff | Trinity Racing | 5:51 |
| 26 | Marlene Petitgirard | VC Omans | 6:03 |
| 27 | Simona Spesná | JB Brunex | @ 1 lap |
| 28 | Elena Day | Spectra Cannondale-DAS | 1 lap |
| 29 | Lucia Bramati | Star Casino CX Team | 1 lap |
| 30 | Tereza Vanicková | Brilon Racing Team MB | 1 lap |
| 31 | Giada Borghesi | Lapierre Trentino | 1 lap |
| 32 | Febe De Smedt | Acrog-Tormans | 1 lap |
| 33 | Malwina Mul | MAT Atom | 1 lap |
| 34 | Sterre Vervloet | Lotto Destny Ladies | 1 lap |
| 35 | Rose Marois Lily | Canada | 1 lap |
| 36 | Adèle Hurteloup | Proximus-Cyclis-Alphamotorhomes | 1 lap |
| 37 | Nico Knoll | Canada | 1 lap |
| 38 | Wendy Bunea | CS Next Sports | 1 lap |
| 39 | Alice Colling | EVO Devo Racing | 1 lap |
| 40 | Fauve Bastiaenssen | Lotto Destny Ladies | 1 lap |
| 41 | Lise Klaes | AS Treport | 1 lap |
| 42 | Alice Papo | ASD DP66 | 1 lap |
| 43 | Lara Defour | Jade-LDL | 2 laps |
| 44 | Nadja Heigl | KTM Alchemist-Brenta Brakes | 2 laps |
| 45 | Ella Brenneman | Cxd Trek Bikes | 2 laps |
| 46 | Aislin Hallahan | Stimulus Orbea | 2 laps |
| 47 | Katherine Sarkisov | Cxd Trek Bikes | 2 laps |
| 48 | Lies'L Schevenels | De Ceuster-Bonache | 2 laps |
| 49 | Rozalia Dutczak | LKS Trasa Zielona Gora | 2 laps |
| 50 | Ishbel Strathdee | Wheelbase Cabtech Castelli | 2 laps |
| 51 | Keira Bond | CXD Trek Bikes | 2 laps |
| 52 | Christiane Bilodeau | Cycling Canada | 2 laps |
| 53 | Anna Panusová | Jaroslav Kulhavy | 2 laps |
| 54 | Camille Devigne | AWOL Oshea | 2 laps |
| 55 | Lea Bonnafous | Albi Velo Sport Leroy Merlin | 2 laps |
| 56 | Antonina Bialek | Polish Cycling Federation | 2 laps |
| 57 | Alexe De Raedemaeker | AA Drink-Young Lions | 2 laps |
| 58 | Gwennig Le Dantec | Roue d'Or Conflanaise | 2 laps |
| 59 | Florence Lissaman | Newark Castle | 2 laps |
| 60 | Marie Fay St Onge | Stimulus Orbea | 2 laps |
| 61 | Aine Doherty | VC Glendale | 2 laps |
| 62 | Esther Wong | Shibden Cycling Club | 3 laps |
| 63 | Amy Perryman | Tekkerz CC | 3 laps |
| 64 | Kaija Budde | AC Adler Luttringhausen | 3 laps |
| 65 | Mia Rutterford | Iceni Velo | 3 laps |
| 66 | Madeleine Pollock | Devo Team | 3 laps |
| 67 | Diana Steffenhagen | RSV Sheeheim 1971 | 3 laps |
| 68 | Beatrix Kiehlmann | Royal Albert CC | 3 laps |
| 69 | Mia De Martin | Canada | 3 laps |
| 70 | Lucie Adam | Team Avesnos | 3 laps |
| 71 | Carla Almansa | Albi Velo Sport Leroy Merlin | 3 laps |
| 72 | Prisca Jaquet | VTT Balcon du Jura | 3 laps |
| 73 | Roisin Lally | Loughborough Lightening | 3 laps |
| 74 | Larissa Rossner | VC Eschenbach | 3 laps |
| 75 | Amelia Cleathero | Reifen Racing | 3 laps |
| 76 | Maja Jozkowicz | K.S. Klif Chlapowo | 4 laps |
| 77 | Zélie Graux | Wilink Brussels | 4 laps |
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2023 Diegem Cyclocross course map:
