It was the week of Laurens Sweeck ! After his victory last Monday for the third round of the Super prestige has Nielhe won again this Saturday, this time at Merksplas during the fourth round. The leader of the team Crelan-Corendon launched the decisive attack during the last lap and maintained his lead, after a tense duel with his compatriots Toon Aerts et Thibau Nys. This is already his third victory of the season, the second in Super prestigewhich will allow him to move up to 8th place in the general classification of the competition, while there are still 4 rounds to go.
“I did everything I had to do, but it wasn’t easy”
After the race, he returned to his rather defensive strategy, which ultimately bore fruit: “I can now say that I did everything right, but it wasn't easy. The winner is always right in the end. Everything just came together. I didn't have the legs to impose my place in the lead for the entire race, but at the right moment I found just enough breath to make the forward movement. On the last lap it was simply a matter of holding my position and launching an attack. in the second half, hoping no one can come back,” he remembers.
“Where I attacked, I had a good line to the right. It was a little faster, and I noticed that no one was really taking that line during the race. From there , it became practically impossible to overtake There was still a little power in my attack, and it was the right defense I didn't think the difference would be made in the sand, because everyone passed very quickly. just had to make sure I was in a good position at that point Michael Vanthourenhout had already attacked, as had Toon Aerts, but those two were starting to plateau when I started my attack. hesitated”he concludes.
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