There was a cyclo-cross competition this Thursday in Belgium, with the traditional Faircross of Ardooie. Like last year, it was a Dutch woman and a Belgian who won, Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado et Michael Vanthourenhout having succeeded on the list of Annemarie Worst et Gerben Kuypers. First of all, it was the former world champion who was able to raise her arms as she crossed the finish line and thus celebrate her first victory of the 2024-2025 season. At the end of a little more than 47 minutes of effort, the runner of the Fenix-Deceuninck ahead of the Belgian by 28 seconds Marion Norbert Riberolle (Crelan-Corendon).
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Behind, we find two other representatives of Belgium, with Alicia Franck (De Ceuster-Bouwpunt), third at 48″, and Julie Brewers (Charles Liégeois Rostery CX), fourth at 1’35”. The experienced Denise Betsema (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal / Netherlands) completed the top 5 (+ 1’38”). A little later, the men’s race was won by the reigning double European champion, the Belgian Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauces Bingoal).
He dominated his teammate and compatriot That is, Iserbytwho stood out much more positively than last Saturday in Beringen (he was disqualified for deliberately crashing the Dutchman’s bike Ryan Kamp), et Witse Meeussen (Crelan-Corendon). Jens Adams, Lander Loockx (TDT-Unibet) et Gerben Kuypers (Charles Liégeois Rostery CX) having finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, there are six Belgians in the first six places of this 2024 edition.
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