Toon Aerts (Baloise Trek Lions) took his third victory of the cyclo-cross season at the X2O Trofee Urban Cross, soloing home over a minute ahead of Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) in Kortrijk to grab the overall series lead after two races.
Corné Van Kessel (Tormans-Circus) rounded out the podium in third place, 1:39 down on Aerts, who led the race from flag to flag.
"I suffered fantastically today," Aerts said after the race. "I had a very good day."
"I had made two plans for this match beforehand. With the first plan I felt less good and I would limit myself to following, with the other plan I felt strong and I had to go for it. It became plan number two.
"On the last lap I had to make sure I didn't make any more mistakes because I was really broken. When I crossed the finish line, I forgot to put my hands in the air."
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Results
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Toon Aerts (Baloise Trek Lions)
0:57:32
2
Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal)
0:01:07
3
Corne Van Kessel (Tormans-Circus Cyclo Cross Team)
0:01:39
4
Vincent Baestaens (Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes)
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