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The Big Three continued their battle after the epic, muddy UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Gavere.

This time, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Deceuninck) set up with a two-man time trial, quickly distancing the field on lap one, with the others left in their wake.

The rest of the race may not have been exciting, but was filled with anticipation of inevitable fireworks as two of the Big Three rode together, trading pulls, and setting up for a thrilling finale

It came down to the last lap, with Van der Poel attacking into the woods, gapping Van Aert, but then had to discount on a final climb, letting Van Aert by and setting up for a man-to-man sprint to delight the fans.

See the final lap:

Could we see a replay of the 2020 Tour of Flanders sprint?  This time Van Aert led it out, and while the two sprinted full out for a few seconds, Van der Poel unclipped his foot and almost crashed.

His chance of victory came crashing down, and Van Aert was victorious again on the motorsports tarmac. Van Aert took this lead and sprinted to the finish.

Van der Poel finished second after a close battle with van Aert. As promised after Val di Sole, van der Poel came out packing heat.

Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) managed to stay ahead of Tom Pidcock and kept him off the podium.

Shoutouts to the North Americans. Curtis White (Steve Tilford Foundation) led home eight North Americans in 32nd.

Five Americans attended the race.

  1. Curtis White came in 32nd.
  2. Brannan Fix got 35th.
  3. Andrew Dillman finished 54th.
  4. Casey Hildebrandt finished 70th.
  5. Lucas Stierwalt did not finish.

Three Canadians attended the race.

  1. Alexander Woodford got 62th.
  2. Evan Russell followed right after at 63rd.
  3. Cody Scott finished 73rd.

See the full results below.

2022 Superprestige Heusden-Zolder Results - Elite Men

PositionNameTeamTime
1VAN AERT Wout1:02:30
2VAN DER POEL MathieuALPECIN - DECEUNINCK0:06
3VAN DER HAAR LarsBALOISE TREK LIONS0:16
4PIDCOCK Tom0:20
5VANTHOURENHOUT MichaelPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL1:05
6NIEUWENHUIS JorisBALOISE TREK LIONS1:19
7HERMANS QuintenTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM1:20
8SWEECK LaurensCRELAN - FRISTADS1:24
9KUHN KevinTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM1:56
10VANDEPUTTE NielsALPECIN - DECEUNINCK1:57
11ISERBYT EliPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL1:58
12VANDEBOSCH ToonALPECIN - DECEUNINCK'
13SOETE DaanDESCHACHT - HENS - MAES2:03
14KIELICH TimoCRELAN - FRISTADS2:44
15ORTS LLORET Felipe2:48
16FERDINANDE AntonDESCHACHT - HENS - MAES2:51
17DEL GROSSO Tibor2:52
18DOCKX AaronCRELAN - FRISTADS3:03
19VENTURINI Clément3:10
20HUYBS WardBALOISE TREK LIONS3:18
21KAMP RyanPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL3:24
22BAERS ArneTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM3:25
23VAN LIEROP Danny3:35
24LILLO DarioDESCHACHT - HENS - MAES'
25BELMANS LennertCRELAN - FRISTADS3:39
26VAN DER POEL DavidALPECIN - DECEUNINCK3:40
27STYBAR Zdenek3:44
28VERMOOTE JelleTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM4:30
29HORNY Clément4:32
30RIMAN Jakub4:38
31AERTS ThijsBALOISE TREK LIONS4:59
32WHITE Curtis5:06
33DE VET Sander5:17
34CORTJENS RyanALPECIN - DECEUNINCK5:34
35FIX Brannan5:55
36VANDERLINDEN LukasPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL6:06
37GROENEN Klaas6:11
38SOMMER LarsHEIZOMAT RADTEAM P/B KLOSTER KITCHEN6:22
39BEKAERT YentlBALOISE TREK LIONS6:25
40THOMAS ThéoSEBMOTOBIKES CX TEAM6:55
41GROSLAMBERT Martin
42SIEMONS Julian
43VERHEYEN Thomas
44VAN DIJKE Koen
45WYLLIE SimonTEAM SPECTRA WIGGLE P/B VITUS
46HAMM Florian
47JOT HugoARDENNES CROSS TEAM GECIBAT
48DORIGONI Jakob
49JOT MatéoARDENNES CROSS TEAM GECIBAT
50VERMEERSCH Florian
51PAHLKE Jasper LeviHEIZOMAT RADTEAM P/B KLOSTER KITCHEN
52HARTER Luca
53VRACHTEN Arne
54DILLMAN Andrew
55GRAS YanPODIOCOM CX
56KOCKELMANN Raphaël
57HÄHNEL Frederik
58KUSCHLA Silas
59JUNQUERA SAN MILLAN MarioUNICAJA BANCO-GIJON
60JØRGENSEN Mikkel
61UPTEGROVE Pete
62WOODFORD Alexander
63RUSSELL Evan
64TRAN VAN AntoineALBI VELO SPORT LEROY MERLIN TEAM CROSS
65GASSNER Michael
66OPPIZZI Matteo
67PASQUET AudricALBI VELO SPORT LEROY MERLIN TEAM CROSS
68LAVIGNAC MatthieuALBI VELO SPORT LEROY MERLIN TEAM CROSS
69DANIEL ThibaultTEAM FIMA - RDV BIKESHOP ALIAN
70HILDEBRANDT Casey
71HEIGL Philipp
72ANANIE Ugo
73SCOTT Cody
74NOLAN Sean
75LEMBRECHTS Ruben
76BAGOU GuillaumeTEAM MOTRIO SAFIR GANOVA
77JAMES StevenHOPE FACTORY RACING
78NYSTROM SPENCER Felipe Timoteo
79PAINS XavierTEAM FIMA - RDV BIKESHOP ALIAN
80GONZALEZ SANCHEZ DanielUNICAJA BANCO-GIJON
DNFPAUWELS PieterPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
DNFSTIERWALT Lucas
DNFRODRIGUEZ NOVOA Miguel