After the victory of Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) in the women's race, it was the men's turn to compete in the second round of the X2O Bathrooms Trophythe Rapencross in Belgium. And the training Baloise Trek Lions achieved the double with the victory of Thibau Nys. The new European champion won alone in front of Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Deceuninck) et Jenthe Michels (Alpecin-Deceuninck), champion d'Europe Espoirs.
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Mechanical problem for Eli Iserbyt
The race settled from the first lap after the successive accelerations ofThat is, Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) et de Thibau Nys. But as things calm down a little and Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon) passe devant, That is, Iserbyt falls on the side of its derailleur. The Belgian champion gets up straight away but his derailleur is damaged and he has to stop to reset it manually. He lost 40 seconds on the spot, and ahead, Nys et Sweeck escape. Nys coward Sweeck and leaves alone. The European champion will never be caught while a chase is organized behind with Vandeputte et Michels. The two Alpecins climbed onto the podium, Van den Haar finished 4th in front Izerbyt.
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