Riders in Europe got a mid-week warm-up for the Superprestige Boom/World Cup Bern weekend at Kermiscross Ardooie on Thursday. The non-series race put on by a local group of cyclocross enthusiastists—the Kermiscrossers—held its 24th edition this year.
This year’s Kermiscross is likely of interest to U.S. cyclocross fans because it marked the start of Katie Compton’s (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight) 2018/19 European campaign, and Elle Anderson (Milwaukee – Alpha Motorhomes) was on the start line for a pre-World-Cup tuneup.
The Elite Women’s win went to Loes Sels (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice). Ellen Van Loy (Telenet Fidea Lions) finished second and Compton third. Anderson finished seventh.
In the Elite Men’s race, Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) got his first win of the season after finishing second six times already this season. Gianni Vermeersch (Steylaerts – 777) took silver and Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) bronze.
Full results are below.
This weekend’s European schedule includes Superprestige Boom on Saturday and World Cup Bern on Sunday.
Featured image: Dave Mable
Elite Women's Results: 2018 Kermiscross Ardooie
| Rank | BIB | Last Name | First Name | Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | SELS | Loes | BEL | 0:44:49 |
| 2 | 2 | VAN LOY | Ellen | BEL | 0:44:56 |
| 3 | 1 | COMPTON | Katherine | USA | 0:44:58 |
| 4 | 5 | BRAMMEIER | Nikki | GBR | 0:45:05 |
| 5 | 8 | VAN DE STEENE | Kim | BEL | 0:45:22 |
| 6 | 7 | HOEKE | Geerte | NED | 0:45:36 |
| 7 | 4 | ANDERSON | Elle | USA | 0:45:57 |
| 8 | 12 | VANDERBEKEN | Joyce | BEL | 0:46:57 |
| 9 | 21 | KAY | Anna | GBR | 0:47:01 |
| 10 | 11 | DELHAYE | Pauline | FRA | 0:47:03 |
| 11 | 31 | WADSWORTH | Emily | GBR | 0:47:42 |
| 12 | 22 | PEETERS | Jinse | BEL | 0:47:45 |
| 13 | 13 | BELLAERT | Axelle | BEL | 0:47:45 |
| 14 | 6 | FRANCK | Alicia | BEL | 0:47:45 |
| 15 | 15 | NOBUS | Anja | BEL | 0:47:50 |
| 16 | 28 | VERHOEVEN | Suzanne | BEL | 0:48:29 |
| 17 | 18 | VERMEIR | Aurélie | BEL | 0:48:32 |
| 18 | 10 | MULDER | Mascha | NED | 0:48:40 |
| 19 | 29 | KUIJPER | Elodie | NED | 0:50:12 |
| 20 | 9 | VAN DE PUTTE | Kim | BEL | 0:50:34 |
| 21 | 23 | ALLART | Océane | FRA | 0:50:44 |
| 22 | 14 | DE BRUYNE | Meg | BEL | -1 LAP |
| 23 | 30 | BOONEN | Valerie | BEL | -2 LAPS |
| 24 | 19 | VAN HULLE | Cindy | BEL | -3 LAPS |
| 25 | 32 | FRAEYE | Katleen | BEL | -3 LAPS |
| 26 | 16 | STRATHDEE | Ishbel | GBR | -3 LAPS |
| DNF | 20 | TURNBULL | Fiona | GBR |
Elite Men's Results: 2018 Kermiscross Ardooie
| Rank | BIB | Last Name | First Name | Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | VAN AERT | Wout | BEL | 0:56:32 |
| 2 | 4 | VERMEERSCH | Gianni | BEL | 0:56:35 |
| 3 | 2 | AERTS | Toon | BEL | 0:56:38 |
| 4 | 3 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Michael | BEL | 0:56:52 |
| 5 | 5 | ISERBYT | Eli | BEL | 0:56:52 |
| 6 | 10 | MERLIER | Tim | BEL | 0:56:54 |
| 7 | 14 | AERNOUTS | Jim | BEL | 0:56:54 |
| 8 | 8 | PIDCOCK | Thomas | GBR | 0:56:58 |
| 9 | 6 | CLEPPE | Nicolas | BEL | 0:57:04 |
| 10 | 7 | AERTS | Thijs | BEL | 0:57:42 |
| 11 | 11 | MEISEN | Marcel | GER | 0:57:42 |
| 12 | 17 | JOSEPH | Thomas | BEL | 0:58:07 |
| 13 | 16 | PEETERS | Yannick | BEL | 0:58:27 |
| 14 | 23 | MEIN | Thomas | GBR | 0:58:27 |
| 15 | 24 | DEBEIR | Arno | BEL | 0:58:27 |
| 16 | 42 | FIELD | Ian | GBR | 0:58:27 |
| 17 | 46 | ORTS LLORET | Felipe | ESP | 0:58:27 |
| 18 | 40 | SMETS | Gert | BEL | 0:58:27 |
| 19 | 33 | TIELEN | Dario | BEL | 0:58:27 |
| 20 | 20 | DE SMET | Thibaut | BEL | 0:58:50 |
| 21 | 44 | WUYTS | Mathijs | BEL | 0:58:52 |
| 22 | 30 | ALDERWEIRELD | Robin | BEL | 0:58:52 |
| 23 | 15 | JACOBS | Johan | SUI | 0:58:52 |
| 24 | 29 | DEWULF | Maxim | BEL | 0:58:57 |
| 25 | 12 | BOSMANS | Wietse | BEL | 0:59:32 |
| 26 | 25 | HENNAUX | Loic | BEL | 0:59:38 |
| 27 | 35 | DERVEAUX | Niels | BEL | 0:59:38 |
| 28 | 22 | BONNE | Jenko | BEL | 0:59:43 |
| 29 | 19 | TEIRLINCK | Jens | BEL | 0:59:46 |
| 30 | 31 | VANDENHEEDE | Brecht | BEL | 0:59:46 |
| 31 | 18 | VAN COMPERNOLLE | Kenneth | BEL | 0:59:50 |
| 32 | 38 | DE BOCK | Yoni | BEL | 1:00:50 |
| 33 | 32 | DE BOCK | Jelle | BEL | 1:01:20 |
| 34 | 21 | MASON | Cameron | GBR | 1:01:30 |
| 35 | 27 | GRABAREK | Grzegorz | POL | 1:01:38 |
| 36 | 36 | TAKENOUCHI | Yu | JPN | 1:01:38 |
| 37 | 37 | KOYEN | Niels | BEL | 1:01:43 |
| 38 | 39 | ROBERTSON | Finlay | GBR | -2 LAPS |
| 39 | 26 | MEELBERGHS | Pieter | BEL | -3 LAPS |
| DNF | 13 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Dieter | BEL | |
| DNF | 34 | VAN DE KERCKHOVE | Nick | BEL | |
| DNF | 41 | DE WIT | Edwin | BEL | |
| DNF | 45 | ESTEBAN AGUERO | Ismael | ESP |
