Van der Poel imperious in Zolder

The opening race at the cyclo-cross World Cup round in Zolder was won by Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands). Once again the world champion crushed his rivals. Already during the opening lap Van der Poel made the difference. Lap after lap he extended his lead on the relatively fast course at the Terlaemen car circuit. Logan Owen (USA) proved to be best of the rest. The US champion won the sprint of a four-man chase group at two minutes from the untouchable winner.

In the World Cup standings, Van der Poel maintains his maximum amount of points after four World Cup rounds. Owen moves from fourth into second place, just ahead of Martijn Budding (Netherlands). Three times runner-up Quinten Hermans (Belgium) is injured and didn't take the start in Zolder. He drops from second to fourth place in the World Cup standings. The next World Cup round is held in Rome, Italy on January 6, with the World Cup finale following two weeks later in the Netherlands.

Full Results

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Junior men
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands0:43:27
2Logan Owen (USA) United States0:01:58
3Martijn Budding (Ned) Netherlands0:02:01
4Clement Russo (Fra) France0:02:02
5Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Belgium0:02:05
6Marco König (Ger) Germany0:02:12
7Kobe Goossens (Bel) Belgium0:02:14
8Richard Jansen (Ned) Netherlands0:02:23
9Dominic Grab (Swi) Switzerland0:02:27
10Leo Vincent (Fra) France0:02:28
11Mathieu Morichon (Fra) France0:02:31
12Adam Toupalik (Cze) Czech Republic0:02:45
13Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Italy0:02:55
14Jonas Degroote (Bel) Belgium0:02:57
15Jan Vastl (Cze) Czech Republic0:02:58
16Thijs Aerts (Bel) Belgium0:03:00
17Stan Wijkel (Ned) Netherlands0:03:01
18Stijn Caluwe (Bel) Belgium-B0:03:08
19Karel Pokorny (Cze) Czech Republic0:03:12
20Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland0:03:18
21Ben Boets (Bel) Belgium0:03:28
22Yannick Peeters (Bel) Belgium0:03:38
23Thomas Joseph (Bel) Belgium-B0:03:47
24Curtis White (USA) United States0:03:50
25Alexander Ameel (Bel) Belgium-B0:03:52
26Lukas Meiler (Ger) Germany0:04:07
27Ward Van Laer (Bel) Belgium-B0:04:09
28Bjorn Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands0:05:27
29Maxx Chance (USA) United States0:05:29
30Martin Dejmek (Cze) Czech Republic0:05:36
31Nathaniel Morse (USA) United States0:05:50
32Manuel Müller (Ger) Germany0:06:06
33Karel Svrcina (Cze) Czech Republic0:06:34
34Elias Van Hecke (Bel) Belgium-B0:06:57
-1lapLucas Wollenhaupt (Ger) GermanyRow 34 - Cell 2
-1lapSpencer Downing (USA) United StatesRow 35 - Cell 2
-1lapRemigiusz Gil (Pol) PolandRow 36 - Cell 2
-1lapStephen Bassett (USA) United StatesRow 37 - Cell 2
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Junior men World Cup standings after four rounds
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands240pts
2Logan Owen (USA) United States165Row 1 - Cell 3
3Martijn Budding (Ned) Netherlands160Row 2 - Cell 3
4Quinten Hermans (Bel) Belgium150Row 3 - Cell 3
5Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Belgium130Row 4 - Cell 3
6Karel Pokorny (Cze) Czech Republic111Row 5 - Cell 3
7Kobe Goossens (Bel) Belgium98Row 6 - Cell 3
8Clement Russo (Fra) France84Row 7 - Cell 3
9Marco König (Ger) Germany79Row 8 - Cell 3
10Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Italy76Row 9 - Cell 3
11Richard Jansen (Ned) Netherlands71Row 10 - Cell 3
12Dominic Grab (Swi) Switzerland65Row 11 - Cell 3
13Adam Toupalik (Cze) Czech Republic63Row 12 - Cell 3
14Ben Boets (Bel) Belgium62Row 13 - Cell 3
15Jan Vastl (Cze) Czech Republic60Row 14 - Cell 3
16Yannick Peeters (Bel) Belgium49Row 15 - Cell 3
17Curtis White (USA) United States49Row 16 - Cell 3
18Bjorn Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands45Row 17 - Cell 3
19Leo Vincent (Fra) France39Row 18 - Cell 3
20Thomas Joseph (Bel) Belgium39Row 19 - Cell 3
21Elie Gesbert (Fra) France38Row 20 - Cell 3
22Thijs Aerts (Bel) Belgium35Row 21 - Cell 3
23Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland35Row 22 - Cell 3
24Stijn Caluwe (Bel) Belgium33Row 23 - Cell 3
25Elias Van Hecke (Bel) Belgium32Row 24 - Cell 3
26Lukas Meiler (Ger) Germany28Row 25 - Cell 3
27Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) France27Row 26 - Cell 3
28Mathieu Morichon (Fra) France20Row 27 - Cell 3
29Jonas Degroote (Bel) Belgium20Row 28 - Cell 3
30Karel Svrcina (Cze) Czech Republic20Row 29 - Cell 3
31Moreno Pellizzon (Ita) Italy17Row 30 - Cell 3
32Stan Wijkel (Ned) Netherlands14Row 31 - Cell 3
33Simon Vozar (Svk) Slovakia13Row 32 - Cell 3
34Ward Van Laer (Bel) Belgium13Row 33 - Cell 3
35Adrian Auerbacher (Ger) Germany12Row 34 - Cell 3
36Giulio Franzolin (Ita) Italy10Row 35 - Cell 3
37Manuel Müller (Ger) Germany9Row 36 - Cell 3
38Martin Dejmek (Cze) Czech Republic9Row 37 - Cell 3
39Filip Kubin (Cze) Czech Republic8Row 38 - Cell 3
40Gianni Van Donink (Bel) Belgium7Row 39 - Cell 3
41Alexander Ameel (Bel) Belgium6Row 40 - Cell 3
42Jack Ravenscroft (GBr) Great Britain6Row 41 - Cell 3
43Dominik Vrana (Cze) Czech Republic6Row 42 - Cell 3
44Adam King (GBr) Great Britain5Row 43 - Cell 3
45Roman Lehky (Cze) Czech Republic5Row 44 - Cell 3
46Sébastien Havot (Fra) France4Row 45 - Cell 3
47Simon Vitzthum (Swi) Switzerland4Row 46 - Cell 3
48Kamil Malecki (Pol) Poland3Row 47 - Cell 3
49Manuel Todaro (Ita) Italy3Row 48 - Cell 3
50Maxx Chance (USA) United States2Row 49 - Cell 3
51Lukasz Manski (Pol) Poland1Row 50 - Cell 3

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