2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results: Cant on Top, Van der Poel Injured

The 2018 Brico Cross stop in Lokeren today certainly delivered plenty of drama, but not the kind most cyclocross fans crave.

While the event was just a UCI C2 race for the Elites, held just one day before Sunday’s start of the Superprestige series, many big names took the start of the Brico Cross event to put on a show and perhaps use it as an opener for Sunday.

For one big star, that decision would prove fateful.

In the Elite Women’s race, after an Ellen Van Loy (Telenet Fidea) holeshot, Sanne Cant (IKO Beobank) resumed her winning ways after Marianne Vos disrupted her season’s momentum at Brico Cross Hotondcross.

The course featured a wooded, undulating course, one sand pit and multiple ditch crossings, not unlike the infamous wheel-breaking one in Reno, but deeper and without the rocks.

Cant was patient for the first half of the race, following Laura Verdonschot (Marlux Bingoal) before putting in an attack. Verdonschot rejoined, as did Loes Sels (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice), but on the final lap Cant surged again, and this time kept the gap for the win. The top three made for an all-Belgian podium.

In the Elite Men’s race, the race started off as expected, with Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) and Wout van Aert (Cibel-Cebon Offroad Team) battling for the holeshot.

However, the course’s ditch may have buried at least one former world champion’s season. Van der Poel landed awkwardly after the drop-off, rolling his right ankle.

The cyclocross fan base gasped as Van der Poel could not walk it off, let alone resume the race or his undefeated season. He briefly tried to rejoin the race, but had to one-leg pedal off the course. The Dutch star appeared to injure his ankle or achilles, and had to be removed from the course on a stretcher. Update: According to gva.be, Van der Poel’s initial diagnosis is a sprained ankle, not a fracture as originally suspected.

Van Aer seized the chance to take control of the race, but his chances of victory fell into a hole as he flatted and shot backward through the field.

Daan Soete (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice) escaped such misfortune, and kept it smooth ahead of a chasing Telenet Fidea train to claim victory. Teammate Laurens Sweeck outkicked Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea) for second. Van Aert chased furiously after a bike exchange, and even looked to be bringing back Soete after moving up to second, but then faded dramatically on the final laps to finish sixth.

Daan Soete wins the 2018 Brico Cross Lokeren.

The Brico Cross Lokeren stop also featured UCI Junior Men and U23 Men’s racing. Joran Wyseure and Toon Vandebosch took the wins in the Belgian-dominated events. Great Britain’s reigning Junior World Champ Ben Tullet took the start, finishing eighth.

Full results below.

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - Elite Women - UCI C2

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Team	Age	Result
1	1	CANT	Sanne	BEL	CORENDON - CIRCUS	28	0:47:50
2	7	VERDONSCHOT	Laura	BEL	MARLUX - BINGOAL	22	0:47:57
3	5	SELS	Loes	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	33	0:48:01
4	6	ARZUFFI	Alice Maria	ITA	STEYLAERTS - 777	24	0:48:35
5	2	VAN LOY	Ellen	BEL	TELENET FIDEA LIONS	38	0:49:12
6	4	BRAMMEIER	Nikki	GBR		32	0:49:23
7	9	VANDERBEKEN	Joyce	BEL		34	0:49:42
8	8	VAN DE STEENE	Kim	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	32	0:50:14
9	30	KAY	Anna	GBR		19	0:50:35
10	11	NORBERT RIBEROLLE	Marion	FRA		19	0:50:57
11	15	VERHESTRAETEN	Karen	BEL		27	0:51:11
12	17	WITLOX	Lizzy	NED		23	0:51:42
13	12	DELHAYE	Pauline	FRA		29	0:51:57
14	13	BELLAERT	Axelle	BEL		21	0:52:18
15	16	VAN ANROOIJ	Lindy	NED		22	0:52:27
16	20	PEETERS	Jinse	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	19	0:52:56
17	14	VERHOEVEN	Suzanne	BEL		22	0:53:18
18	19	NOBUS	Anja	BEL		44	0:54:19
19	35	TURNBULL	Fiona	GBR		18	0:54:42
20	29	HINZ	Katharina Julia	GER		21	0:55:08
21	36	WADSWORTH	Emily	GBR	TP RACING	19	0:55:15
22	23	KUIJPER	Elodie	NED		18	0:55:30
23	22	VAN LOY	Tess	BEL		17	0:55:58
24	32	STEFFENHAGEN	Diana	GER		33	-1 LAP
25	24	ALLART	Océane	FRA		18	-1 LAP
26	27	DE VOS	Nele	BEL		20	-2 LAPS
27	31	ROMBOUTS	Tine	BEL		18	-2 LAPS
28	34	STRATHDEE	Ishbel	GBR		17	-2 LAPS
29	21	DE BRUYNE	Meg	BEL		22	-2 LAPS
30	25	BLANCHAERT	Jo	BEL		48	-4 LAPS
	18	VAN DER BURG	Esther	NED		20	DNF

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - Elite Men - UCI C2

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Team	Age	Result
1	9	SOETE	Daan	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	24	1:01:58
2	4	SWEECK	Laurens	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	25	1:02:03
3	3	AERTS	Toon	BEL	TELENET FIDEA LIONS	25	1:02:08
4	5	VANTHOURENHOUT	Michael	BEL	MARLUX - BINGOAL	25	1:02:35
5	18	VERMEERSCH	Gianni	BEL	STEYLAERTS - 777	26	1:02:39
6	1	VAN AERT	Wout	BEL		24	1:02:55
7	21	AERNOUTS	Jim	BEL	TELENET FIDEA LIONS	29	1:03:15
8	11	VAN DER POEL	David	NED	CORENDON - CIRCUS	26	1:03:55
9	19	AERTS	Thijs	BEL	TELENET FIDEA LIONS	22	1:04:11
10	28	BAESTAENS	Vincent	BEL		29	1:04:23
11	7	VAN KESSEL	Corne	NED	TELENET FIDEA LIONS	27	1:04:31
12	17	MEEUSEN	Tom	BEL	CORENDON - CIRCUS	30	1:04:37
13	15	BOROŠ	Michael	CZE	CREAFIN TÜV SUD	26	1:04:50
14	14	PAUWELS	Kevin	BEL	MARLUX - BINGOAL	34	1:05:09
15	16	ADAMS	Jens	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	26	1:05:27
16	26	MERLIER	Braam	BEL	CREAFIN TÜV SUD	24	1:05:54
17	33	TIELEN	Dario	BEL		24	1:06:33
18	34	ALDERWEIRELD	Robin	BEL		22	1:07:04
19	38	TAKENOUCHI	Yu	JPN		30	1:07:30
20	27	PIDCOCK	Thomas	GBR	TP RACING	19	1:08:04
21	35	DE WIT	Edwin	BEL		35	1:08:05
22	25	GODRIE	Stan	NED	CRELAN - CHARLES	25	-1 LAP
23	31	VAN COMPERNOLLE	Kenneth	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	30	-1 LAP
24	37	DE BOCK	Yoni	BEL		22	-2 LAPS
25	39	VAN DE KERCKHOVE	Nick	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	22	-2 LAPS
26	36	DE BOCK	Jelle	BEL		25	-3 LAPS
27	23	FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ	Sergio Ivan	ESP		40	-6 LAPS
28	40	CHASTAGNER	Francois	FRA		23	-6 LAPS
29	22	MARKIEWICZ	Mikolaj	POL		25	-7 LAPS
	2	VAN DER POEL	Mathieu	NED	CORENDON - CIRCUS	23	DNF
	20	SWEECK	Diether	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	25	DNF
	24	VANTHOURENHOUT	Dieter	BEL	MARLUX - BINGOAL	33	DNF

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - U23 Men

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Team	Age	Result
1	12	VANDEBOSCH	Toon	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	19	0:49:48
2	8	BELLENS	Jarno	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	18	0:49:58
3	21	ROUILLER	Loris	SUI		18	0:50:03
4	20	DERVEAUX	Niels	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	21	0:50:06
5	24	VANDEPUTTE	Niels	BEL		18	0:50:25
6	39	VLIEGEN	Pieter-Jan	BEL	STEYLAERTS - 777	19	0:50:28
7	25	TURNER	Ben	GBR	CORENDON - CIRCUS	19	0:50:28
8	38	LOOCKX	Lander	BEL	CREAFIN TÜV SUD	21	0:50:35
9	37	FERDINANDE	Anton	BEL		18	0:50:43
10	41	KIELICH	Timo	BEL	STEYLAERTS - 777	19	0:50:45
11	4	LIESSENS	Jarno	BEL	CREAFIN TÜV SUD	20	0:50:51
12	18	DEBEIR	Arno	BEL	MARLUX - BINGOAL	19	0:50:51
13	19	MEIN	Thomas	GBR		19	0:50:51
14	15	SIEMONS	Julian	BEL		19	0:51:36
15	27	VANDEBOSCH	Victor	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE	20	0:51:39
16	9	DEWULF	Maxim	BEL		18	0:51:46
17	45	TULETT	Daniel	GBR	TP RACING	19	0:51:53
18	16	VERDONCK	Andres	BEL		18	0:52:02
19	36	VAN DEN BROECK	Arno	BEL		18	0:52:08
20	11	DE SMET	Thibaut	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	19	0:52:14
21	13	JORDENS	Jarno	BEL		18	0:52:25
22	32	DE MEYER	Jarne	BEL		19	0:52:29
23	6	MASON	Cameron	GBR		18	0:52:33
24	33	GOEMAN	Andreas	BEL	TELENET FIDEA LIONS	19	0:52:36
25	5	DEJONGHE	Len	BEL		18	0:52:51
26	28	BONNE	Jenko	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	21	0:53:03
27	10	WUYTS	Mathijs	BEL		20	0:53:21
28	44	VAN ROY	Matthias	BEL		20	0:53:40
29	7	VRACHTEN	Arne	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	19	0:54:49
30	22	ROMBOUTS	Seppe	BEL	CREAFIN TÜV SUD	20	0:55:06
31	42	BRAES	Brent	BEL		19	0:56:03
32	1	STUER	Kwinten	BEL		19	0:56:48
33	35	CLAUWAERT	Maarten	BEL		18	-2 LAPS
34	14	JACOBS	Johan	SUI	CREAFIN TÜV SUD	21	-2 LAPS
	3	BEKAERT	Yentl	BEL	TELENET FIDEA LIONS	19	DNF
	17	VERDIJCK	Lenn	BEL		19	DNF
	23	PAUWELS	Tijl	BEL	MARLUX - BINGOAL	20	DNF
	26	VAN DEN EYNDE	Vince	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	18	DNF
	30	SMETS	Gert	BEL	STEYLAERTS - 777	21	DNF
	34	DESCHEPPER	Ward	BEL		19	DNF
	40	GEYSELS	Xander	BEL		18	DNF
	43	ROBERTSON	Finlay	GBR		20	DNF
	46	SERRÉ	Stef	BEL		20	DNF
	29	PEERS	Nick	BEL		20	DNS

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - Junior Men

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Age	Result
1	16	WYSEURE	Joran	BEL	17	0:43:51
2	2	HUYBS	Ward	BEL	16	0:43:57
3	36	MEULEMANS	Lennert	BEL	17	0:44:06
4	17	VAN LOOVEREN	Joachim	BEL	17	0:44:07
5	20	VAN CAMPENHOUT	Jetze	BEL	16	0:44:19
6	23	VERMOOTE	Jelle	BEL	17	0:44:36
7	31	DE LAET	Tomas	BEL	17	0:45:06
8	32	TULETT	Ben	GBR	17	0:45:09
9	14	BELMANS	Lennert	BEL	16	0:45:16
10	25	BAERS	Arne	BEL	16	0:45:27
11	30	VAN TRICHT	Floris	BEL	17	0:45:43
12	22	VAN DER VEKEN	Senne	BEL	17	0:46:09
13	18	LAURYSSEN	Yorben	BEL	16	0:46:19
14	28	DE MAERE	Alessio	BEL	16	0:46:26
15	12	VERSTRYNGE	Emiel	BEL	16	0:46:30
16	8	DE SMET	Nicolas	BEL	17	0:46:56
17	10	DEBAELE	Jorre	BEL	17	0:47:08
18	15	DE ROECK	Mathis	BEL	16	0:47:38
19	6	D´HOLLANDER	Senne	BEL	16	0:47:49
20	34	TRIO	Victor	BEL	16	0:48:06
21	1	HUYBS	Lennert	BEL	16	0:48:06
22	19	DHOOGE	Romeo	BEL	16	0:48:26
23	29	DECLERCK	Jelle	BEL	16	0:48:38
24	37	DE VOS	Wannes	BEL	17	0:49:14
25	9	VERMEIREN	Yenthe	BEL	17	0:49:32
26	27	MEERT	Noah	BEL	16	0:49:39
27	21	VANPRAET	Ruben	BEL	16	0:49:43
28	13	LAEVENS	Justin	BEL	17	0:49:52
29	3	JORISSEN	Senne	BEL	16	0:50:32
30	11	VAN HAVERE	Detlev	BEL	16	0:50:54
31	35	BLOEM	Senne	BEL	16	0:51:25
	4	VAN CLEEMPUT	Bert	BEL	17	DNF
	5	BLEYENBERG	Jado	BEL	16	DNF
	24	CAS	Stijn	BEL	17	DNF
	26	CALLEWAERT	Andreas	BEL	16	DNF

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results: Cant on Top, Van der Poel Injured – Updated

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