Wout Van Aert (Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace) dominated the sandy Zilvermeercross in Mol, Belgium, on Saturday. The fight for second place came down to a dual between world champion Mathieu van der Poel (BKCP-Corendon) and Laurens Sweeck (Era Real Estate-Muprotec), with van der Poel taking second.
Van Aert and van der Poel separated themselves from a front group of 12 riders on the third lap, and they were later joined by Sweeck. Riders eventually caught up with Sven Nys, Rob Peeters and Tom Meeusen among the front riders. None were strong enough to contend Van Aert's pace and he pulled away to take the win.
Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Pa... | 1:03:32 |
| 2 | Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Corendon | 0:00:20 |
| 3 | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Cibel | 0:00:27 |
| 4 | Sven Nys (Bel) Crelan - AA-Drink | 0:00:35 |
| 5 | Rob Peeters (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Pa... | |
| 6 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 0:00:58 |
| 7 | Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:34 |
| 8 | David Van Der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Corendon | 0:01:48 |
| 9 | Daan Hoeyberghs (Bel) BKCP-Corendon | 0:01:53 |
| 10 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Corendon | 0:02:17 |
| 11 | Diether Sweeck (Bel) Cibel | 0:02:28 |
| 12 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games | 0:02:31 |
| 13 | Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Pa... | 0:03:24 |
| 14 | Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Crelan - AA-Drink | 0:03:50 |
| 15 | Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Colba-Superano Ham | 0:03:59 |
| 16 | Yannick Peeters (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Pa... | 0:04:20 |
| 17 | Jens Adams (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Pa... | 0:04:26 |
| 18 | Stijn Caluwe (Bel) Enertherm-BCKP | 0:04:51 |
| 19 | Dave De Cleyn (Bel) Cycling Team Zemst VZW | 0:05:12 |
| 20 | Vinnie Braet (Bel) Colba-Superano Ham | 0:05:31 |
| 21 | Kevin Cant (Bel) Cibel | 0:06:35 |
| 22 | Jelle Schuermans (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Pa... | |
| 23 | Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) Cibel | |
| 24 | Niels Koyen (Bel) Bike Experience Cycling T... | |
| 25 | Gert Smets (Bel) Cycling Team 99 VZW Schri... | |
| 26 | Michael Van Den Ham (Can) Canada | |
| 27 | Onno Verheyen (Bel) Cycling Team Zemst VZW | |
| 28 | Quincy Vens (Bel) Colba-Superano Ham | |
| 29 | Yelle Leaerts (Bel) Cycling Team Zemst VZW | |
| 30 | Garry Millburn (Aus) Australia | |
| 31 | Dario Kloeck (Bel) Cycling Team 99 VZW Schri... | |
| 32 | Martin Eriksson (Swe) Sweden | |
| 33 | Curtis White (USA) Optum-Kelly Benefit Strat... | |
| 34 | Dario Tielen (Bel) Individual | |
| 35 | Siebe Lievens (Bel) Zannata Cycling Team | |
| 36 | Gerrit Henrich (Ger) Germany | |
| 37 | Sean Dunlea (Gbr) Great Britain |
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