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Now that both Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) have warmed up to the season, it seems they’re back to fighting for first.

This time, Van Aert triumphed over Van der Poel and took the victory in this beautiful, muddy course.

Van der Poel had an early lead, but on the fourth lap, his 10-second advantage turned into a 20-second disadvantage due to an untimely flat far from the pits.

Van Aert came in first, Van der Poel second and Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) third. Meanwhile, Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) is still leading in overall points.

It seems, with Van Aert and Van der Poel back, the champions from just a few weeks ago are beginning to fight for third now.

Two North Americans showed up today. Curtis White came in 26th and Canadian Michael van den Ham came in 37th.

Full results below.

X2O Trophy Herentals Results: Elite Men

RankBIBRiderNationTeamAgeResult
115VAN AERT WoutBEL260:58:13
21VAN DER POEL MathieuNEDALPECIN - FENIX250:58:48
35VANTHOURENHOUT MichaelBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL270:59:45
44AERTS ToonBELTELENET BALOISE LIONS271:00:28
52ISERBYT EliBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL231:00:31
63SWEECK LaurensBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL271:00:39
78HERMANS QuintenBELTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM251:00:51
86VAN DER HAAR LarsNEDTELENET BALOISE LIONS291:01:01
97VAN KESSEL CorneNEDTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM291:01:03
1012VERMEERSCH GianniBELCREDISHOP-FRISTADS281:01:38
1110KAMP RyanNEDPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL201:01:49
1229MEIN ThomasGBRTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM211:02:03
1317SOETE DaanBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS261:02:07
149ORTS LLORET FelipeESPTEIKA-BH-GSPORT251:02:19
1519SWEECK DietherBELCREDISHOP-FRISTADS271:02:33
1637KUHN KevinSUITORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM221:02:33
1732RONHAAR PimNEDPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL191:02:35
1821VAN DER POEL DavidNEDALPECIN - FENIX281:02:38
1918RÜEGG TimonSUI241:02:38
2014AERTS ThijsBELTELENET BALOISE LIONS241:03:06
2146FERDINANDE AntonBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL201:03:11
2211MERLIER TimBELALPECIN - FENIX281:03:17
2328ROUILLER LorisSUIALPECIN - FENIX201:03:29
2420MEEUSEN TomBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS321:03:37
2525LOOCKX LanderBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS231:03:40
2613WHITE CurtisUSA251:03:47
2722AERNOUTS JimBELTELENET BALOISE LIONS311:03:56
2843VAN DIJKE TimNED201:04:03
2939SIEBENS GianniBEL221:04:08
3027CLEPPE NicolasBELTELENET BALOISE LIONS251:04:10
3116SUAREZ FERNANDEZ KevinESPNESTA - SKODA ALECAR CX TEAM261:04:24
3260WYSEURE JoranBEL191:04:42
3362NYS ThibauBELTELENET BALOISE LIONS181:04:50
3431WEBER SaschaGER321:06:10
3550GUILLAUD ValentinFRA231:06:23
3663VERSTRYNGE EmielBELTORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM181:06:39
3723VAN DEN HAM MichaelCAN281:06:55
3858DE BIE SeanBEL291:07:06
3944PHILIBERT AurélienFRAARDENNES CROSS TEAM251:07:11
4041VRACHTEN ArneBEL211:07:38
4147MAINGUENAUD TomFRA201:07:55
4265ALDERWEIRELD RobinBEL241:08:14
4370BAERS ArneBEL181:08:51
4438JUNQUERA SAN MILLAN MarioESP23-1 LAP
4545MORICHON MathieuFRA25-1 LAP
4651DEJONGHE LenBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS20-1 LAP
4753GILLES CyprienFRA20-1 LAP
4857JOT HugoFRAARDENNES CROSS TEAM19-1 LAP
4954REMONDET ValentinFRAA.S BIKE CROSSTEAM21-1 LAP
5069GYS JensBEL31-1 LAP
5152TROPARDY ArthurFRA29-1 LAP
5268GACHIGNARD ThomasFRATEAM PODIOCOM CC20-2 LAPS
5340VAN DEN BROECK ArnoBEL20-2 LAPS
5467HAUSSLER HeinrichAUS36-2 LAPS
5575SALOMEZ YdrisBELPROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT19-2 LAPS
5674LAEVENS JustinBELPROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT19-3 LAPS
5766OGER VincentBEL26-4 LAPS
26VANTHOURENHOUT DieterBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL35DNF
33VANDEBOSCH ToonBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL21DNF
34HENDRIKX MeesNEDCREDISHOP-FRISTADS20DNF
36ROMBOUTS SeppeBEL22DNF
59VERVOORT WoutBEL19DNF
61AUFFRET RonanFRATEAM PODIOCOM CC19DNF
71VAN CAMPENHOUT JetzeBELGROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS18DNF
73PEMEN DolfBELPROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT20DNF