Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado had already won at Merksplas in 2019. She scored her third victory in Superprestige this season after successes at Ruddervoorde and Niel. It is also his 5th victory of the season.
She alone takes the lead in the general classification of this regularity challenge with one point ahead of Lucinda Brand.
The Italian Sara Casasola, 4th at Merksplas, is 3rd with 8 points on the clock.
Laurens Sweeck s’impose devant Toon Aerts et Lars van der Haar à Merksplas
Laurens Sweeck won the Merksplas cross, fourth of eight rounds of the Superprestige cyclocross criterium, on Saturday. He beat Toon Aerts and the Dutchman Lars van der Haar.
Sweeck made the difference at the end of the race to clinch his third victory of the season, the second in Superprestige after the Niel cross last Monday. Aerts signs his best result of the season, improving on his third place at the Koppenbergcross.
Van der Haar failed 4 seconds behind Sweeck, at the same time as the European champion Thibau Nys and Michael Vanthourenhout who completed the top 5. The Belgian champion Eli Iserbyt finished in 7th position 9 seconds behind Niels Vandeputte, 6th at 6 seconds.
In the women’s category, victory went to the Dutchwoman Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado ahead of her compatriot Lucinda Brand and the Luxembourger Marie Schreiber. On the Belgian side, Laura Verdonschot is 10th.
