Mathieu Van der Poel wins again at Ambiancecross
World champion bests Merlier, Hermans and Pidcock in Belgium
World champion Mathieu van der Poel (Correndon-Circus) continued his romp through the cyclo-cross calendar Saturday in Belgium, handily winning the Ambiancecross ahead of Tim Merlier (Creafin-Fristands), Quinten Hermans (Telent Baloise Lions) and Tom Pidcock (Trinity Racing).
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned) Corendon-Circus | 0:58:15 |
| 2 | 2 Tim Merlier (Bel) Creafin – Fristads | 0:00:14 |
| 3 | 3 Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions | 0:00:23 |
| 4 | 4 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Trinity Racing | 0:00:43 |
| 5 | 5 Diether Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:00:55 |
| 6 | 6 Toon Aerts (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions | 0:01:09 |
| 7 | 7 Jim Aernouts (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions | 0:01:11 |
| 8 | 8 Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa) Cyclo-Cross Team Teika-Gsport-Bh | 0:01:30 |
| 9 | 9 Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:01:43 |
| 10 | 10 Daan Soete (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | |
| 11 | 11 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Creafin – Fristads | 0:01:49 |
| 12 | 12 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:02:16 |
| 13 | 13 Gage Hecht (USA) | 0:02:24 |
| 14 | 14 Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:02:26 |
| 15 | 15 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:02:59 |
| 16 | 16 Mathijs Wuyts (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:03:24 |
| 17 | 17 Sander Lemmens (Bel) | 0:03:42 |
| 18 | 18 Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:03:53 |
| 19 | 19 Thibaut De Smet (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | 0:04:09 |
| 20 | 20 Pieter-Jan Vliegen (Bel) | 0:04:14 |
| 21 | 21 Jarno Liessens (Bel) | 0:04:15 |
| 22 | 22 Gert Smets (Bel) Creafin – Fristads | 0:04:24 |
| 23 | 23 Joran Wyseure (Bel) | 0:04:40 |
| 24 | 24 Joachim Van Looveren (Bel) | 0:04:42 |
| 25 | 25 Kenny Roelandt (Bel) | 0:04:57 |
| 26 | 26 Victor Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal | 0:05:08 |
| 27 | 27 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Group Hens-Maes Containers | 0:05:22 |
| 28 | 28 Robin Alderweireld (Bel) | 0:05:34 |
| 29 | 29 Dolf Pemen (Bel) | 0:05:35 |
| 30 | 30 Mick Van Dijke (Ned) | 0:05:37 |
| 31 | 31 Mathieu Willemyns (Bel) | 0:05:52 |
| 32 | 32 Yente Peirens (Bel) | 0:06:00 |
| 33 | 33 Senne De Meyer (Bel) | 0:06:16 |
| 34 | 34 Dario Tielen (Bel) | 0:06:25 |
| 35 | 35 Nicolas De Smet (Bel) | 0:06:30 |
| 36 | 36 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) | 0:06:46 |
| 37 | 37 Jarno Jordens (Bel) | 0:07:14 |
| 38 | 38 Maximilian Möbis (Ger) | |
| 39 | 39 Arno Van den Broeck (Bel) | |
| 40 | 40 Sander De Vet (Bel) | |
| 41 | 41 Tomas De Laet (Bel) | |
| 42 | 42 Yoni De Bock (Bel) | |
| 43 | 43 Maxim Vanluchene (Bel) | |
| 44 | 44 Jason Van Compernolle (Bel) | |
| 45 | 45 Stan Godrie (Ned) | |
| 46 | 46 Wannes Vanden Bussche (Bel) | |
| 47 | 47 Wouter Goosen (Bel) | |
| 48 | 48 Joe Williams (GBr) | |
| 49 | 49 Jari Merveillie (Bel) | |
| 50 | 50 Tyler Cloutier (USA) | |
| 51 | 51 Gianni Quintelier (Bel) | |
| 52 | 52 Siebe Tormans (Bel) | |
| 53 | 53 Maarten Clauwaert (Bel) | |
| 54 | 54 Lennick Van der Smissen (Bel) | |
| 55 | 55 Jelle De Bock (Bel) | |
| 56 | 56 Niels Koyen (Bel) | |
| 57 | 57 William Weatherill (GBr) | |
| 58 | 58 Felix Barker (GBr) | |
| 59 | 59 Vincent Oger (Bel) | |
| 60 | 60 Ylber Sefa (Alb) | |
| 61 | 61 Senna Van Cutsem (Bel) | |
| 62 | 62 Jenko Bonne (Bel) Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| DNF | DNF Mees Hendrikx (Ned) | |
| DNF | DNF Lennert Meulemans (Bel) | |
| DNF | DNF Nick Peers (Bel) | |
| DNF | DNF Andres Verdonck (Bel) | |
| DNS | DNS Bart Artz (Ned) |
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