Toon Aerts wins Krawatencross
By Kirsten Frattini published
Niels Vandeputte takes second, Lars van der Haar edges out Tom Meussen in sprint for third

Toon Aerts (Baloise Trek Lions) won the elite men's race at the penultimate round of the X02 Badkamers Trofee series at Krawatencross in Lille on Sunday.
The Belgian stretch out his lead to take a solo win ahead of Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Fenix) in second place.
Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) appeared to have a mechanical on the last lap that meant Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) and Tom Meussen (CX Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Maes Containers) caught and passed him.
In the sprint for third place, van der Haar edged out Meussen in the sprint at the line.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Toon Aerts (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions | 0:58:08 |
2 | Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin - Fenix | 0:00:48 |
3 | Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Baloise Trek Lions | 0:01:00 |
4 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes | |
5 | Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | 0:01:11 |
6 | Jens Adams (Bel) | 0:01:19 |
7 | Thijs Aerts (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions | 0:01:34 |
8 | Daan Soete (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes | 0:01:35 |
9 | Kevin Kuhn (Swi) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team | 0:01:36 |
10 | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | 0:01:39 |
11 | Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa) | 0:01:43 |
12 | Diether Sweeck (Bel) Iko - Crelan | 0:02:16 |
13 | Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | 0:02:24 |
14 | Timon Rüegg (Swi) Cross Team Legendre | |
15 | Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | 0:02:26 |
16 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) | 0:03:34 |
17 | Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team | 0:03:45 |
18 | Timo Kielich (Bel) Iko - Crelan | 0:03:48 |
19 | Lander Loockx (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes | 0:03:55 |
20 | Julian Siemons (Bel) | 0:04:01 |
21 | David Menut (Fra) Cross Team Legendre | 0:04:18 |
22 | Yentl Bekaert (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions | 0:04:38 |
23 | Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel) | 0:05:00 |
24 | Kevin Suarez Fernandez (Spa) Nesta - Mmr Cx Team | 0:05:08 |
25 | Ryan Kamp (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | 0:05:25 |
26 | Jens Gys (Bel) | 0:05:43 |
27 | Arne Vrachten (Bel) | 0:06:12 |
28 | Mickaël Crispin (Fra) Cross Team Legendre | 0:06:40 |
29 | Stan Godrie (Ned) | 0:06:55 |
30 | Nick Peers (Bel) | 0:07:16 |
31 | Thomas Verheyen (Bel) | 0:07:27 |
32 | Steve Chainel (Fra) Cross Team Legendre | 0:07:39 |
33 | Koen Van Dijke (Ned) | 0:08:16 |
34 | Senne De Meyer (Bel) | |
35 | Siebe Tormans (Bel) | |
36 | Jonathan Anderson (USA) | |
37 | Yelle Leaerts (Bel) | |
38 | Nicola Parenti (Ita) | |
39 | Tetsuki Kaji (Jpn) | |
40 | Silas Schmid (Swi) | |
41 | Sam Errens (Ned) | |
42 | Gauthier Heymes (Fra) | |
DNF | Grégory Careme (Bel) | |
DNF | Mathijs Wuyts (Bel) | |
DNF | Maarten Van Staeyen (Bel) |

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Kirsten Frattini is an honours graduate of Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto, Canada. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's WorldTour. She has worked in both print and digital publishing, and started with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. Moving into a Production Editor's role in 2014, she produces and publishes international race coverage for all men's and women's races including Spring Classics, Grand Tours, World Championships and Olympic Games, and writes and edits news and features. As the Women's Editor at Cyclingnews, Kirsten also coordinates and oversees the global coverage of races, news, features and podcasts about women's professional cycling.
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