The Belgian champion, Eli Iserbyt, who will put his title on the line next Sunday in Heusden-Zolder, returned in the wake of Vanthourenhout and van Aert, competing with the latter until the last lap.
The final stage of the Superprestige is scheduled for February 8 in Middelkerke, a week after the world championships in Liévin in the north of France.
Sunday, the World Cup round is on the program, in Dendermonde, marked by the withdrawal of the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, still suffering from ribs. Wout van Aert will therefore line up as favorite.
Of the four confrontations between the two tenors, only the Maasmechelen round on January 25 in the World Cup is still relevant. Mol (Superprestige) and Dendermonde, in the World Cup, without van der Poel, stood up. Only the Loenhout meeting (Exact cross) dominated by the Dutchman took place.
