Exact Cross Zonnebeke: Marion Norbert Riberolle powers to solo victory

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Hartog and Honsinger complete podium

Marion Norbert Riberolle
Marion Norbert Riberolle (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Marion Norbert Riberolle (Crelan-Corendon) was an emphatic winner of Exact Cross Zonnebeke, forging clear on the opening lap to win by 34 seconds from Larissa Hartog, while Clara Honsinger took third at 1:46.

With so many absentees ahead of Sunday’s World Cup in Benidorm, the Belgian was the favourite and she lived up to her billing. Norbert Riberolle was in complete control on a course flecked with snow after a week of frigid temperatures across northern Europe.

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