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SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium—As the season winds to a close, the final Bpost Bank Trofee race was held yesterday. Waaslandcross in Sint-Niklaas was a mostly Belgian affair as riders hoped to round out their season's with some solid results.

In the Junior Men's race it was World Champion Jens Dekker of The Netherlands against a field of Belgians. Dekker was able to handily take the win, besting Florian Vermeersch by 1:19 and Reno Bauters, who took third and stood another 5 seconds in arrears after the finish.

For the U23 Men, Daan Soete got some Worlds revenge and took the win ahead of countrymen Berne Vankiersbilk and Nicolas Cleppe, who sprinted for the second place spot with Cleppe having to settle for third. World Champion Eli Iserbyt finished sixth. Scott Smith of the United States was 25th.

It was the Elite Women's World Champion on the front at Waaslandcross, easily taking the victory ahead of British National Champion Nikki Harris and Sanne Cant. Harris' countrywoman Helen Wyman was 5th while Britlee Bowman and Corey Coogan Cisek came in 17th and 23rd, respectively for the Americans.

And in the Elite Men's contest, perennial fast starter Laurens Sweeck held on for the win ahead of the reigning World Champion Wout van Aert and now elder statesman Sven Nys. For the Americans, Stephen Hyde finished 17th while Canadian Mark McConnell was 31st.

Scroll through the slide show to see the full results from each race.

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2016 Bpost Bank Trofee Waaslandcross U23 Men's Results

PlNameNationalityAgeResult
1Daan SOETEBEL2255:59
2Berne VANKEIRSBILCKBEL2256:21
3Nicolas CLEPPEBEL2156:21
4Thijs AERTSBEL2056:35
5Yannick PEETERSBEL2056:43
6Eli ISERBYTBEL1956:46
7Yorben VAN TICHELTBEL2257:00
8Quinten HERMANSBEL2157:08
9Stijn CALUWEBEL2057:13
10Braam MERLIERBEL2257:17
11Adam TOUPALIKCZE2057:33
12Thomas JOSEPHBEL2058:07
13Lander LOOCKXBEL1958:28
14Yves COOLENBEL2158:42
15Daan HOEYBERGHSBEL2258:48
16Loïc HENNAUXBEL2058:58
17Gert SMETSBEL1959:32
18Richard JANSENNED2159:41
19Jonas DEGROOTEBEL211:00:05
20Jelle SCHUERMANSBEL201:00:25
21Dario TIELENBEL221:00:47
22Han DEVOSBEL191:01:33
23Erik BOERNED19 
24Julien KAISEBEL21 
25Scott SMITHUSA22 
26Briek HERMANSBEL19 
27Kyle DE PROOSTBEL21 
28Stefano MUSEEUWBEL19 
29Tim JANSSENNED20 
30Elias VAN HECKEBEL20 
31Wesley FLORENNED19 
32Dorian DE MAEGHTBEL19 
33Yelle LEARTSBEL22 
34Mathias DECLERCKBEL20 
35Gianni VERMEIRENITA20 
36Jens Van der BorghtBEL20 
37Laurens DE JONGHEBEL20 
38Vincent OGERBEL22 
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