With a lot of off-cambers and steep uphills and downhills, the future UCI Cyclocross World Cup venue at Vestingcross promises a challenging course in the shadow of an old windmill built in 1792.
2020 Vestingcross Hulst. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
At the 2020 Vestingcross Hulst, Superprestige overall winner Laurens Sweeck might have been hungover due to his celebration, and teammate Eli Iserbyt out for revenge.
Iserbyt led ahead of van der Haar. Elite Men. 2020 Vestingcross Hulst. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
Just like last week, a storm was passing by over the Netherlands and Belgium. Contrary to last week’s race in Merksplas, however, the race didn’t get canceled due to winds, but it was Iserbyt who blew the rest of the field away.
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Eli Iserbyt was dominant at the 2020 Vestingcross Hulst. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
“It went smoothly today,” Iserbyt said. “This course suits me, a lot of intervals. It’s a shame Vanthourenhout had bad luck quickly, but Sweeck helped me well. I soon knew that I was going to win. The legs were good today. During the warm-up, I had a bad feeling though and my back wasn’t feeling okay, but during the race, it got better and better. The technical sections also went well. The wind wasn’t too bad.”
“This course suits me, a lot of intervals.” -Eli Iserbyt
Kerry Werner (Kona Maxxis Shimano) finished 27th and Curtis White (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) 38th.
Full results below. Note: the official results are below, but the times are off.
Pidcock, Iserbyt and Aerts. 2020 Vestingcross Hulst. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
2020 Vestingcross Hulst Results: Elite Men
| Rank | BIB | Last Name | First Name | Country | Age | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ISERBYT | Eli | BEL | 23 | 0:31:58 |
| 2 | 7 | PIDCOCK | Thomas | GBR | 21 | 0:32:51 |
| 3 | 1 | AERTS | Toon | BEL | 27 | 0:33:04 |
| 4 | 5 | VAN DER HAAR | Lars | NED | 29 | 0:33:29 |
| 5 | 3 | SWEECK | Laurens | BEL | 27 | 0:33:41 |
| 6 | 16 | ADAMS | Jens | BEL | 28 | 0:33:50 |
| 7 | 20 | SOETE | Daan | BEL | 26 | 0:34:06 |
| 8 | 10 | MEEUSEN | Tom | BEL | 32 | 0:34:34 |
| 9 | 6 | VAN KESSEL | Corne | NED | 29 | 0:34:49 |
| 10 | 18 | VAN DER POEL | David | NED | 28 | 0:35:07 |
| 11 | 14 | AERNOUTS | Jim | BEL | 31 | 0:35:21 |
| 12 | 69 | HENDRIKX | Mees | NED | 20 | 0:35:26 |
| 13 | 22 | GODRIE | Stan | NED | 27 | 0:35:29 |
| 14 | 15 | BAESTAENS | Vincent | BEL | 31 | 0:35:39 |
| 15 | 9 | KAMP | Ryan | NED | 20 | 0:36:40 |
| 16 | 4 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Michael | BEL | 27 | 0:36:54 |
| 17 | 8 | ORTS LLORET | Felipe | ESP | 25 | 0:37:04 |
| 18 | 19 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Dieter | BEL | 35 | 0:37:17 |
| 19 | 62 | VANDEBOSCH | Toon | BEL | 21 | 0:37:23 |
| 20 | 65 | PEETERS | Yannick | BEL | 24 | 0:37:34 |
| 21 | 12 | AERTS | Thijs | BEL | 24 | 0:37:49 |
| 22 | 21 | CLEPPE | Nicolas | BEL | 25 | 0:38:08 |
| 23 | 24 | MERLIER | Braam | BEL | 26 | 0:38:31 |
| 24 | 26 | VAN DER HEIJDEN | Maik | NED | 23 | 0:38:55 |
| 25 | 64 | MASON | Cameron | GBR | 20 | 0:39:10 |
| 26 | 28 | BEKAERT | Yentl | BEL | 21 | 0:39:27 |
| 27 | 11 | WERNER | Kerry | USA | 29 | 0:39:35 |
| 28 | 29 | TURNER | Ben | GBR | 21 | 0:39:38 |
| 29 | 34 | SIEMONS | Julian | BEL | 21 | 0:40:07 |
| 30 | 70 | VERVOORT | Wout | BEL | 19 | 0:40:07 |
| 31 | 35 | ARTZ | Bart | NED | 20 | 0:40:09 |
| 32 | 45 | GROENEN | Klaas | NED | 26 | 0:40:38 |
| 33 | 63 | FERDINANDE | Anton | BEL | 20 | 0:40:42 |
| 34 | 23 | VANDEPUTTE | Niels | BEL | 20 | 0:41:00 |
| 35 | 42 | VREESWIJK | Noah | NED | 19 | 1 Lap |
| 36 | 40 | VAN LOOVEREN | Joachim | BEL | 19 | 1 Lap |
| 37 | 39 | BAKX | Kelvin | NED | 24 | 1 Lap |
| 38 | 67 | WHITE | Curtis | USA | 25 | 2 Laps |
| 39 | 30 | VANDEBOSCH | Victor | BEL | 22 | 2 Laps |
| 40 | 68 | DORIGONI | Jakob | ITA | 22 | 2 Laps |
| 41 | 59 | PEMEN | Dolf | BEL | 20 | 2 Laps |
| 42 | 36 | WYSEURE | Joran | BEL | 19 | 2 Laps |
| 43 | 33 | REMONDET | Valentin | FRA | 21 | 2 Laps |
| 44 | 49 | CLAUWAERT | Maarten | BEL | 20 | 3 Laps |
| 45 | 43 | EHLERT | Marco | NED | 20 | 3 Laps |
| 46 | 61 | MANSFIELD | Finn | GBR | 19 | 4 Laps |
| 47 | 55 | CAROZZO | Marco | ITA | 24 | 4 Laps |
| 48 | 56 | PARENTI | Nicola | ITA | 24 | 4 Laps |
| 49 | 53 | VAN DE VELDE | Thomas | BEL | 24 | 4 Laps |
| 50 | 32 | AGTERBERG | Kyle | NED | 21 | 5 Laps |
| 51 | 52 | LAEVENS | Justin | BEL | 19 | 5 Laps |
| 52 | 57 | VERMEIREN | Gianni | BEL | 24 | 5 Laps |
| 13 | SWEECK | Diether | BEL | 27 | DNF | |
| 17 | BENOIST | Antoine | FRA | 21 | DNF | |
| 25 | BOSMANS | Wietse | BEL | 29 | DNF | |
| 27 | KIELICH | Timo | BEL | 21 | DNF | |
| 31 | CORTJENS | Ryan | BEL | 19 | DNF | |
| 37 | MICHALSKI | Karol | POL | 28 | DNF | |
| 38 | VERBURG | Luke | NED | 19 | DNF | |
| 41 | PAUL | Felix | GER | 38 | DNF | |
| 44 | VAN GESTEL | Mika | NED | 20 | DNF | |
| 46 | BIERENS | Niels | NED | 20 | DNF | |
| 47 | UPTEGROVE | Pete | NED | 19 | DNF | |
| 48 | RODDENHOF | Mathijs | NED | 20 | DNF | |
| 50 | VAN UUM | Lars | NED | 22 | DNF | |
| 51 | VERBRUGGEN | Niels | NED | 22 | DNF | |
| 54 | BURGESS | Simon | GBR | 46 | DNF | |
| 58 | DE LAET | Tomas | BEL | 19 | DNF | |
| 60 | MORGAN | Donald | USA | 46 | DNF | |
| 66 | GOEMAN | Andreas | BEL | 21 | DNF |
