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The Pauwel Sauzen – Bingoal team came in to the Superprestige Finale with hopes of overcoming Toon Aert’s five-point lead over Eli Iserbyt.

After lap one, all was going to plan:

Behind the pressure was getting to Toon Aerts (Telenet Baloise Lions).

Could the Pauwel Sauzen team sacrifice individual chances of victory to help Iserbyt claim the overall?

Soon Sweck then Vanthourenhout answered that question.

While the Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal team celebrated a podium sweep, tensions among the teammates were high. Had his teammates let him win, Iserbyt would have taken the overall crown.

From half the race it also became more difficult for me. I didn’t have a super day, but maybe we could do better with the team to take the overall victory,” said Iserbyt after the race (translated).

Teammate Vanthourenhout basically admitted as much, saying, “We looked at it for the overall victory, but in the last two laps it was every for himself.” (translated)

American Jonathan Anderson finished 44th, while Canadian Cameron Jette finished 46th.

See the race and overall series results below.

2021 Superprestige Middelkerke Results: Elite Men

RankBIBRiderNationTeamAgeResult
14SWEECK LaurensBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL280:59:49
23VANTHOURENHOUT MichaelBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL280:59:50
31ISERBYT EliBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL241:00:41
47VAN KESSEL CorneNEDTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM301:01:12
55VAN DER HAAR LarsNEDBALOISE TREK LIONS301:01:40
62AERTS ToonBELBALOISE TREK LIONS281:01:56
78ORTS LLORET FelipeESPTEIKA-BH-GSPORT261:02:08
86HERMANS QuintenBELTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM261:02:26
925VANDEPUTTE NielsBELALPECIN - FENIX211:02:31
109KUHN KevinSUITORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM231:02:31
1111KAMP RyanNEDPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL211:02:31
1235VERSTRYNGE EmielBELTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM191:02:50
1323AERNOUTS JimBELBALOISE TREK LIONS321:03:06
1422LOOCKX LanderBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS241:03:10
1514RÜEGG TimonSUICROSS TEAM LEGENDRE251:03:10
1617RONHAAR PimNEDPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL201:03:48
1729VANDEBOSCH ToonBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL221:04:07
1810SOETE DaanBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS271:04:27
1938WYSEURE JoranBEL201:04:27
2020ADAMS JensBEL291:04:45
2131FERDINANDE AntonBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL211:04:51
2216MENUT DavidFRACROSS TEAM LEGENDRE291:04:55
2336BEKAERT YentlBELBALOISE TREK LIONS221:05:07
2419CHAINEL SteveFRACROSS TEAM LEGENDRE381:05:46
2521MEEUSEN TomBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS331:05:54
2627ROUILLER LorisSUIALPECIN - FENIX211:05:57
2741THOMAS ThéoFRATORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM201:06:10
2813SUAREZ FERNANDEZ KevinESPNESTA - SKODA ALECAR CX TEAM271:06:16
2926KIELICH TimoBELCREDISHOP-FRISTADS221:06:25
3046UYTDEWILLIGEN IngmarBEL301:06:31
3145VERVOORT WoutBEL201:06:50
3212BAESTAENS VincentBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS321:07:13
3348MEEUSSEN WitseBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL201:07:19
3447NYS ThibauBELBALOISE TREK LIONS191:07:34
3534VRACHTEN ArneBEL221:08:15
3633VAN DEN BROECK ArnoBEL211:08:53
3740DEJONGHE LenBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS21-1 LAP
3851GROENEN KlaasNED27-2 LAPS
3957BELMANS LennertBELIKO - CRELAN19-2 LAPS
4049VAN DIJKE KoenNED25-2 LAPS
4156PEMEN DolfBELPROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT21-3 LAPS
4255HUYBS WardBELBALOISE TREK LIONS19-3 LAPS
4353GABRIEL TimothéFRA19-3 LAPS
4443ANDERSON JonathanUSA25-3 LAPS
4558LAEVENS JustinBELPROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT20-4 LAPS
4639JETTE CameronCAN34-4 LAPS
4759SALOMEZ YdrisBELPROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT20-4 LAPS
4852OGER VincentBEL27-5 LAPS
15SWEECK DietherBELCREDISHOP-FRISTADS28DNF
50ALDERWEIRELD RobinBEL25DNF

2020-2021 Superprestige Cyclocross Series Final Overall: Elite Men

PlRiderPts
1Toon Aerts (Bel)99
2Eli Iserbyt (Bel)97
3Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel)94
4Laurens Sweeck (Bel)93
5Lars van der Haar (Ned)89
6Corné van Kessel (Ned)83
7Daan Soete (Bel)48
8Quinten Hermans (Bel)44
9Ryan Kamp (Ned)39
10Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa)35
11Mathieu van der Poel (Ned)29
Thomas Pidcock (GBr)29
13Wout van Aert (Bel)26
14Niels Vandeputte (Bel)21
15Vincent Baestaens (Bel)14
16Thijs Aerts (Bel)13
17Pim Ronhaar (Ned)11
18Tom Meeusen (Bel)9
Diether Sweeck (Bel)9
Kevin Kuhn (Zwi)9
21Timo Kielich (Bel)8
Gianni Vermeersch (Bel)8
Jim Aernouts (Bel)8
24Thomas Mein (GBr)7
25Marcel Meisen (Dui)5
Toon Vandebosch (Bel)5
Nicolas Cleppe (Bel)5
28Jelle Camps (Bel)4
Emiel Verstrynge (Bel)4
30Anton Ferdinande (Bel)3
Ben Turner (GBr)3
32Yentl Bekaert (Bel)2
David van der Poel (Ned)2
Lander Loockx (Bel)2
35Thibau Nys (Bel)1
Tim Merlier (Bel)1
Timon Rüegg (Zwi)1