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2023 Heusden-Zolder - GP Eric de Vlaeminck Cyclocross (C-1)
Heusden-Zolder, Belgium

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

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Weather at Zolder at 2:15 PM, local time: 10C (50F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

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Men

Another win for Wout van Aert. Jumbo-Visma photo

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The race: Here's the report from winner Wout van Aert's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Wout van Aert has won at Heusden-Zolder for the third year in a row. On the fast track, the 29-year-old rider from Team Jumbo-Visma took a convincing victory in the sixth round of the Superprestige classification. Eli Iserbyt and Joris Nieuwenhuis completed the podium. It was the second victory in five races for the former world champion.

Van Aert, who became cyclo-cross world champion at Heusden-Zolder in 2016, quickly established himself in the lead group on the Terlaemen circuit. The Flemish rider accelerated with three laps to go. Only Eli Iserbyt could follow and the battle between the two continued until the final lap. In the last technical section, Van Aert used a blistering acceleration to cross the line solo.

"It was another beautiful stage. I am happy to have won here again”, a delighted Van Aert said. "I wanted to build up the race slowly today and didn't mind riding together for a bit longer. I've been building up my stamina over the last few cyclo-cross races, and I knew that the last fifteen minutes were often in my favour. So, I am happy that I was able to make a difference here.”

Next Saturday Van Aert will ride his last race of the year in Hulst. "It's a nice circuit, and I'm looking forward to racing there. It is an intense course with a lot of steep climbs. I'll try to recover for two days now so that I can take on Pidcock and Van der Poel on Saturday.”

Complete results:

1 Wout Van Aert Jumbo-Visma 57min 5sec
2 Eli Iserbyt Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal @ 8sec
3 Joris Nieuwenhuis Baloise Trek Lions 0:34
4 Niels Vandeputte Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:38
5 Tibor Del Grosso Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:44
6 Joran Wyseure Crelan-Corendon 0:46
7 Ward Huybs Baloise Trek Lions 1:01
8 Kevin Kuhn Circus-Reuz-Technord 1:05
9 Thijs Aerts Circus-Reuz-Technord 1:06
10 Aaron Dockx Crelan-Corendon s.t.
11 Quinten Hermans Alpecin-Deceuninck s.t.
12 Anton Ferdinande Deschacht-Hens-Maes 1:07
13 Lander Loockx TBT-Unibet 1:31
14 Clément Venturini Ag2r-La mondiale 1:38
15 Arne Baers Circus-Reuz-Technord 1:42
16 Ryan Kamp Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 1:48
17 Seppe Van Den Boer Baloise Trek Lions 2:44
18 Yordi Corsus Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 2:45
19 Tom Meeusen Crelan-Corendon 2:57
20 Corné Van Kessel Deschacht-Hens-Maes 3:20
21 Bailey Groenendaal WV Schijndel s.t.
22 Zdenek Stybar Jayco-AlUla 3:22
23 Arne Vrachten ACROG-Tormans 3:50
24 Kay De Bruyckere Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 3:52
25 Clément Horny BH-Wallonie 4:05
26 Dario Lillo Deschacht-Hens-Maes 4:16
27 Jakub Riman TJ AS ML. Boleslav 4:27
28 Florian Vermeersch Lotto Destny 4:44
29 Klaas Groenen Cycloteam.NL 4:46
30 Luke Wiedmann Thomas Maxon s.t.
31 Robbe Marchand Deschacht-Hens-Maes s.t.
32 Vaclav Jezek Brilon Racing Team 4:57
33 Maximilian Kerl Auto Skoda Mlada Boleslav 5:07
34 Florian Hamm RSV Garching 5:12
35 Marcis Shelton EuroCrossAcademy 5:13
36 Joris Delbove S1NEO Graal Bjorka 5:18
37 Lorenzo Marasco Sebmotobikes Cx Team s.t.
38 Ferre Geeraerts Basso Team Flander 5:20
39 Matéo Jot Ardennes Cross Team Gecibat 5:24
40 Stan Van Grieken ACROG-Tormans 5:42
41 Matej Stransky Brilon Racing Team 5:53
42 Raul Mira Bonastre Grupeta La Safor 5:56
43 Koen Van Dijke TWT Het Snelle 6:05
44 Simon Wyllie Team Spectra Cannondale-Das 6:12
45 Miles Gevaert Tomabel-Inofec 6:14
46 Eliote Ponchon Albi Velo Sport Leroy Merlin 6:17
47 Michael Gassner RSV Moosberg 6:35
48 Luke Verburg 2Moso 6:57
49 Dean Harvey Trinity Racig 7:16
50 Jenno Berckmoes Flanders-Baloise 7:46
51 Cody Scott Competitive Edge Racing @ 1 Lap
52 Rémon Delnoije TWC De Kempen 1 lap
53 Floris Van Tricht EFC-L&L-Van Mossel 1 lap
54 Jakub Kuba TJ Auto Skoda 1 lap
55 Quentin Navarro Charvieu Chavagneaux Isere 1 lap
56 Simon Vanicek EZ Cyklo Team Tabor 2 laps
57 Szymon Pomian Polish Cycliong Federation 2 laps
58 Antoine Tran Van Albi Velo Sport Leroy Merlin 2 laps
59 Ville Merlov Astorps CK 2 laps
60 Federico Ceolin Bibione Cycling Team 2 laps
61 Dylan Zakrajsek USA Cycling Mudfund 2 laps
62 Florian Anderle RSV Stadtilm 2 laps
63 David Risberg Evolite Cycling Club 2 laps
64 Casey Hildebrandt Broken Spoke 3 laps
65 Matthieu Lavignac Albi Velo Sport Leroy Merlin 3 laps
66 Travis Harkness Scott Bright motor Group 3 laps
67 Flynn Gregory Wheelbase Cabtech 3 laps
68 Philipp Heigl SU Bikestor.cc 3 laps
69 Ethan Delgrosso Competitive Edge Racing 3 laps
70 Darnell Moore Team Caldwell Cycles 3 laps
71 Carlos Gamez Ferrer CDE Bikery 4 laps
72 Tijay Heinen UC Dippach 4 laps
73 Fabian Merino Broad Street Breakaway 4 laps
74 Dries Bruynseels Bruvo Dukla Bratislava 4 laps
75 Aiden Mapel Competitive Edge Racing 4 laps
76 Nicholas Lando Competitive Edge Racing 5 laps
77 Paul Oldham Hope Facotry Racing 6 laps

 


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Women

Fem van Empel beats Ceylin Alvarado for the win. Telenet photo

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The race: Here's the report from winner Fem van Empel's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Fem van Empel has won the sixth round of the Superprestige championship. The 21-year-old rider of Jumbo-Visma proved too strong for the competition at Heusden-Zolder. It is Van Empel's twelfth victory in thirteen races.

The former F1 circuit at Heusden-Zolder provided a fast track for the riders on Wednesday afternoon. Van Empel made an energetic start, and the reigning European and world champion opened up a gap on Alvarado. On the third lap, the 21-year-old tried to break away, but a crash forced her to chase. Van Empel caught up and fought for the win right to the line. In a neck-and-neck race, she proved the strongest.

The young yellow and black rider crashed on a descent halfway through the race. "There are a lot of small potholes on the descent. My front wheel went into one of them, and I crashed”, Van Empel said. "I didn't suffer too much damage and was able to continue. Luckily, I had a target before me, but I still had to get back into the rhythm.”

The final lap saw a thrilling duel between Van Empel and Alvarado. It was decided in a sprint. "I tried to force Alvarado into first position before we hit the asphalt. It was a risk to make it a sprint because Alvarado is also fast. Fortunately, it worked out well. I wanted to do well today, and I think Alvarado and I had a great battle.”

Complete results:

1 Fem van Empel Jumbo-Visma 49min 4sec
2 Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:01
3 Inge Van Der Heijden Crelan-Corendon 0:16
4 Sanne Cant Crelan-Corendon 0:40
5 Kristyna Zemanová Brilon Racing Team 0:58
6 Annemarie Worst Cyclocross Reds 1:10
7 Marie Schreiber SD Worx 2:05
8 Aniek Van Alphen Cyclocross Reds 2:26
9 Lauren Molengraaf Circus-Reuz-Technord 2:35
10 Marion Norbert Riberolle Crelan-Corendon 3:03
11 Judith Krahl Heizomat Radteam-Kloster Kitchen 3:08
12 Julie Brouwers Circus-Reuz-Technord 3:31
13 Francesca Baroni Hubo-Remotive 3:46
14 Fleur Moors Baloise Trek Lions 4:14
15 Marthe Truyen Crelan Fristads 4:31
16 Lucia Gonzalez Blanco Nesta-MMR 4:43
17 Sofia Rodriguez Revert Nesta-MMR 4:54
18 Vida Lopez De San Roman USA 5:00
19 Barbora Jerabkova Brilon Racing Team 5:10
20 Rebecca Gariboldi Team Cingolani 5:16
21 Loes Sels Proximus-Cyclis-Alphamotorhomes 5:28
22 Iris Offerein Deschacht-Hens-Maes 5:40
23 Alyssa White USA 5:47
24 Shanyl De Schoesitter Starbikes-Bert Containers 5:49
25 Marlene Petitgirard VC Omans 5:50
26 Puck Langenbarg WV Schundel 6:01
27 Asia Zontone a.s.d. JAM's s.t.
28 Yara Kastelijn Crelan Fristads 6:09
29 Elisabeth Brandau Germany 6:10
30 Adèle Hurteloup Proximus-Cyclis-Alphamotorhomes 6:21
31 Liv Wenzel Sebmotobikes s.t.
32 Antonina Bialek Polish Cycling Federation 6:30
33 Katerina Hladiková Brilon Racing Team 6:31
34 Sara Sonnemans ZZPR.NL 6:34
35 Giada Borghesi Lapierre Trentino 6:39
36 Maité Barthels Hess Cycling 6:49
37 Lauren Zoerner USA Mudfund 6:51
38 Febe De Smedt Acrog-Tormans 6:52
39 Nadja Heigl KTM Alchemist-Brenta Brakes s.t.
40 Lidia Cusack USA 7:03
41 Lorena Patino Villanueva Spain 7:15
42 Xan Crees Spectra Cannondale-DAS 7:55
43 Irene Trabazo Bragado C.C. Marin-Ottoman @ 1 lap
44 Tereza Vanicková Brilon Racing Team 1 lap
45 Lise Klaes AS Treport 1 lap
46 Zina Barhoumi Hubo-Remotive 1 lap
47 Mae Cabaca CX Team Deschutes 1 lap
48 Alyssa Sarkisov USA 1 lap
49 Malwina Mul KLKS Azalia 1 lap
50 Jorja Bond EuroCrossAcademy 1 lap
51 Isla Short Short Factory Racing 1 lap
52 Wendy Bunea Romania 1 lap
53 Anna Panusová Jaroslav Kulhavy 2 laps
54 Mia Aseltine Competitive Edge Racing 2 laps
55 Rachel Lev-Tov Boulder Junior 2 laps
56 Alice Papo ASD DP66 2 laps
57 Anna Vanderaerden WAC Team VZW 2 laps
58 Xenna De Bruyckere Acrog-Tormans 2 laps
59 Ishbel Strathdee Great Britain 2 laps
60 Madeline Moorhouse Smith Shibden 2 laps
61 Alice Colling EVO Devo 2 laps
62 Aroa Otero Taboas GD Supermercados Froiz 2 laps
63 Kaija Budde RV Adler 2 laps
64 Lies'L Schevenels De Ceuster-Bonache 2 laps
65 Tereza Tvaruzková Expres-TZ 2 laps
66 Meg De Bruyne Proximus-Cyclis-Alphamotorhomes 2 laps
67 Lyllie Sonnemann USA 2 laps
68 Nina Berton CT Aterdaul 2 laps
69 Marta Estevez Alonso XSM CC 2 laps
70 Cahill Rylie Boulder Junior Cycling 2 laps
71 Finley Aspholm EuroCrossAcademy 2 laps
72 Katelyn Walcroft Cycling Canada 2 laps
73 Kacey Eyeington Derwentside CC 2 laps
74 Siobhan Kelly Black Dog Racing 3 laps
75 Ellen Davis EuroCrossAcademy 3 laps
76 Maria Larkin Donkey Label Racing 3 laps
77 Layla Barthels Hess Cycling Team 3 laps
78 Rozalia Dutczak LKS Trasa 3 laps
79 Madeline Fisher US Olympic Development 3 laps
80 Aine Doherty VC Glendale 3 laps
81 Bridget Wilson EuroCrossAcademy 3 laps
82 Penelope Aguillon US Vern Cyclisme 3 laps
83 Lucie Adam Avesnois-Anaick 3 laps
84 Larissa Rossner VC Eschenbach 3 laps
85 Florence Lissaman Newark Castle

 


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