Laurens Sweeck wins alone at GP Leuven

Belgian Laurens Sweeck pictured in action during the men's elite race of the Krawatencross in Lille (Image credit: Getty Images)

Laurens Sweeck (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) dominated the GP Leuven on Saturday, taking advantage of the absence of many of his rivals who had opted to travel to Tabor early for Sunday’s World Cup race.

Toon Aerts, Quinten Hermans, Eli Iserbyt and new European champion Lars van der Haar were all absent but Sweeck enjoyed victory in front of his local fans and then flew to Tabor with a morale-boosting victory in his pocket.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:54:56
2	Tom Meeusen (Bel) CX Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes	0:00:17
3	Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa)	0:00:27
4	Daan Soete (Bel) CX Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes	0:00:46
5	Marcel Meisen (Ger) Alpecin - Fenix	0:00:57
6	Joran Wyseure (Bel) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team	0:01:02
7	Lennert Belmans (Bel) Iko - Crelan	0:01:11
8	Lander Loockx (Bel) CX Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes	0:01:28
9	Gerben Kuypers (Bel) Proximus - Alphamotorhomes - Doltcini CT	0:02:08
10	Jarno Bellens (Bel)	0:02:22
11	Yentl Bekaert (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions	0:02:36
12	Sander De Vet (Bel)	0:03:11
13	Ward Huybs (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions	0:03:26
14	Rory Mcguire (GBr)	0:03:32
15	Wout Vervoort (Bel)	0:03:39
16	Mathijs Wuyts (Bel)	0:03:50
17	Arno van den Broeck (Bel)	0:04:24
18	Grégory Careme (Bel)	0:04:28
19	Lukas Vanderlinden (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal	0:04:40
20	Dolf Pemen (Bel) Proximus - Alphamotorhomes - Doltcini CT	0:05:48
21	Maarten Clauwaert (Bel)	0:06:14
22	Siebe Tormans (Bel)
23	Jens Clynhens (Bel)
24	Twan van der Drift (Ned)
25	Raphaël Kockelmann (Lux)
26	Simon Wyllie (GBr)
27	Lukas van der Vleuten (Ned)
28	Yelle Leaerts (Bel)
29	Stef Janse (Bel)
30	Robbe Mellaerts (Bel)
31	Rune Ceusters (Bel)
DNF	Vincent Baestaens (Bel) CX Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes
DNF	Thijs Aerts (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions
DNF	Len Dejonghe (Bel) CX Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes
DNF	Julian Siemons (Bel)
DNF	Marco Ehlert (Ned)
DNF	Dylan Strik (Ned)

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