Van der Poel wraps up the World Cup
Dutchman leaves Turgis and Jauregui behind
For the first time Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) won the GP Adrie van der Poel in Hoogerheide, the race organized by his legendary father.
The race was also the final round of the UCI World Cup for juniors, and Van der Poel launched a long solo effort in which he held off a surprisingly strong Anthony Turgis (France) to complete a clean sweep of the World Cups and take his 16th consecutive victory of the season. Another French rider, Quentin Jauregui (France) completed the podium.
Despite being a first-year junior, Van Der Poel – who only turned 17 three days earlier – has won all but three of the UCI junior races this season, but the home soil win was icing on the cake.
"It's really special to win here. My dad organizes this event so I gave it my best. It's the first time because last year I was out with a broken collarbone," Van der Poel said.
Late in the first lap Van der Poel surged forward in company of Turgis and Jauregui. They soon found out it wasn't possible to keep up with the unleashed Dutchman and were joined by Wout Van Aert (Belgium). The trio surprisingly managed to stay within a reasonable distance from Van der Poel after two laps of racing. Halfway through the race that changed, as the gap grew up to nearly twenty seconds with Silvio Herklotz (Germany) being the sole chaser at short distance.
Then a turnaround happened and Turgis quickly moved back up towards Van der Poel. With two more laps to go Turgis was only seven seconds down on the leader. "I think I started to ride a bit too defensively," Van der Poel said. "Once he started to gain ground on me it's a bit stressful because you here everybody shouting warnings and time gaps. From the penultimate lap on I rode much more aggressive and that worked out well."
Turgis was quickly set back to twenty seconds and that concluded the battle for the victory. The Frenchman didn't mind much about second place as he had the eye on the more important race from next week. "It's great to know that I can challenge him. I made a mistake that put me backwards and from there I took it easy to save energy for the world championships," Turgis told Cyclingnews.
In the battle for third place Jauregui sprinted just a little bit faster than Silvio Herklotz (Germany) and Wout Van Aert (Belgium), finishing half a minute behind the winner. Herklotz showed grit in the final laps and pushed Jauregui to the limit. "I didn't have a good start," Herklotz said. That was an understatement as the German champion got off the line outside the top 50
"The lights didn't work and I was caught by surprise; I didn't know what happened," Herklotz said. Somehow he managed to get back in the top 10 after only one lap. For the remainder of the race he rode shortly behind the first chase group but in the final lap he made contact. "In the sprint I didn't have much left also because I've been ill this week," Herklotz added.
In the overall standings of the World Cup the logical winner is Van der Poel with the maximum of 240 points. Jauregui is runner-up with 153 points, just ahead of compatriot Romain Seigle (France) who has 145 points.
Full results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands | 0:43:04 |
2 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) France | 0:00:20 |
3 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) France | 0:00:31 |
4 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Germany | |
5 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:33 |
6 | Romain Seigle (Fra) France | 0:01:15 |
7 | Daan Soete (Bel) Belgium | 0:01:36 |
8 | Quinten Hermans (Bel) Belgium | 0:01:55 |
9 | Martijn Budding (Ned) Netherlands | 0:02:07 |
10 | Yorben Van Tichelt (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:19 |
11 | Victor Koretzky (Fra) France | 0:02:20 |
12 | Daan Hoeyberghs (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:35 |
13 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Switzerland | 0:02:37 |
14 | Stan Wijkel (Ned) Netherlands | 0:02:41 |
15 | Dylan Kowalski (Fra) France | 0:02:47 |
16 | Ariesen Tim (Ned) Netherlands | 0:02:54 |
17 | Toki Sawada (Jpn) Japan | |
18 | Dominic Grab (Swi) Switzerland | 0:02:56 |
19 | Jan Vastl (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:03:03 |
20 | Johannes Siemermann (Ger) Germany | 0:03:09 |
21 | Koen Weijers (Ned) Netherlands | 0:03:15 |
22 | Curtis White (USA) United States | 0:03:19 |
23 | Matthias Van De Velde (Bel) Belgium | 0:03:25 |
24 | Jan Brezna (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:03:28 |
25 | Dominic Zumstein (Swi) Switzerland | 0:03:30 |
26 | Felix Drumm (Ger) Germany | 0:03:39 |
27 | Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Italy | 0:03:42 |
28 | Pjotr Van Beek (Ned) Netherlands | |
29 | Kevin Suarez Fernandez (Spa) Spain | 0:03:48 |
30 | Karel Pokorny (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:03:52 |
31 | Steffen Müller (Ger) Germany | 0:03:58 |
32 | Andrew Dillman (USA) United States | 0:04:02 |
33 | Toon Wouters (Ned) Netherlands | 0:04:12 |
34 | Richard Cypress Gorry (USA) United States | 0:04:13 |
35 | Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland | |
36 | Hugo Robinson (GBr) Great Britain | 0:04:34 |
37 | Bryan Van Rooyen (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:04:45 |
38 | Bjorn Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:05:05 |
39 | Luca De Nicola (Ita) Italy | 0:05:09 |
40 | Tobin Ortenblad (USA) United States | 0:05:20 |
41 | Emil Linde (Swe) Sweden | 0:05:22 |
42 | Lehvi Braam (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:05:43 |
43 | Joseph Moses (GBr) Great Britain | 0:05:54 |
44 | Piotr Konwa (Pol) Poland | 0:05:59 |
45 | Alexander Welburn (GBr) Great Britain | 0:06:00 |
46 | Jakub Rydval (Cze) Czech Republic | |
47 | Yohan Patry (Can) Canada | 0:06:18 |
48 | Patryk Stosz (Pol) Poland | 0:06:22 |
49 | Niels Goeree (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:06:26 |
50 | Nicky Gieskens (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:06:28 |
51 | Kota Yokoyama (Jpn) Japan | 0:06:37 |
52 | Sven Fritsch (Lux) Luxembourg | 0:06:41 |
53 | Michimasa Nakai (Jpn) Japan | |
54 | Mats Lammertink (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:07:12 |
55 | Samuel Beaudoin (Can) Canada | 0:07:23 |
56 | Yannick Gruner (Ger) Germany | 0:07:24 |
57 (-1 lap) | Tobiasz Lis (Pol) Poland | |
58 | Dan Mangers (Lux) Luxembourg | |
59 | Mateusz Grabis (Pol) Poland | |
60 | Alec Lang (Lux) Luxembourg | |
61 (-2 laps) | Magnus Skjoth (Den) Denmark | |
62 | Francesco Pedante (Ita) Italy |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands | 240 | pts |
2 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) France | 153 | |
3 | Romain Seigle (Fra) France | 145 | |
4 | Daan Soete (Bel) Belgium | 131 | |
5 | Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Germany | 130 | |
6 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Belgium | 119 | |
7 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) France | 117 | |
8 | Daan Hoeyberghs (Bel) Belgium | 116 | |
9 | Yorben Van Tichelt (Bel) Belgium | 108 | |
10 | Quinten Hermans (Bel) Belgium | 77 | |
11 | Victor Koretzky (Fra) France | 60 | |
12 | Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Italy | 58 | |
13 | Matthias Van De Velde (Bel) Belgium | 57 | |
14 | Stan Wijkel (Ned) Netherlands | 51 | |
15 | Ariesen Tim (Ned) Netherlands | 50 | |
16 | Pjotr Van Beek (Ned) Netherlands | 47 | |
17 | Dylan Kowalski (Fra) France | 44 | |
18 | Martijn Budding (Ned) Netherlands | 44 | |
19 | Koen Weijers (Ned) Netherlands | 42 | |
20 | Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Switzerland | 37 | |
21 | Hugo Robinson (GBr) Great Britain | 36 | |
22 | Marco König (Ger) Germany | 32 | |
23 | Dominic Grab (Swi) Switzerland | 31 | |
24 | Nadir Colledani (Ita) Italy | 30 | |
25 | Jan Brezna (Cze) Czech Republic | 25 | |
26 | Johannes Siemermann (Ger) Germany | 25 | |
27 | Felix Drumm (Ger) Germany | 20 | |
28 | Dominic Zumstein (Swi) Switzerland | 19 | |
29 | Jan Vastl (Cze) Czech Republic | 17 | |
30 | Karel Pokorny (Cze) Czech Republic | 17 | |
31 | Toon Wouters (Ned) Netherlands | 16 | |
32 | Toki Sawada (Jpn) Japan | 14 | |
33 | Andrew Dillman (USA) United States | 14 | |
34 | Kevin Suarez Fernandez (Spa) Spain | 14 | |
35 | Simon Mateju (Cze) Czech Republic | 13 | |
36 | Stefano Valdrighi (Ita) Italy | 12 | |
37 | Ben Boets (Bel) Belgium | 11 | |
38 | Yannick Gruner (Ger) Germany | 11 | |
39 | Leo Vincent (Fra) France | 10 | |
40 | Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) Belgium | 10 | |
41 | Daniel Lukes (Cze) Czech Republic | 10 | |
42 | Curtis White (USA) United States | 9 | |
43 | Erik Kramer (Ned) Netherlands | 9 | |
44 | Tomas Novacek (Cze) Czech Republic | 9 | |
45 | Berne Vankeirsbilck (Bel) Belgium | 8 | |
46 | Michal Paluta (Pol) Poland | 6 | |
47 | Riccardo Redaelli (Ita) Italy | 5 | |
48 | Mathieu Morichon (Fra) France | 4 | |
49 | Din Van Den Driessche (Bel) Belgium | 4 | |
50 | Stefano Debellis (Ita) Italy | 4 | |
51 | Steffen Müller (Ger) Germany | 3 | |
52 | Clement Russo (Fra) France | 2 | |
53 | Francesco Pedante (Ita) Italy | 2 | |
54 | Jiri Rehak (Cze) Czech Republic | 1 | |
55 | Lubos Malovec (Svk) Slovakia | 1 |
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