Michael Vanthourenhout winner, Belgian hat-trick at the Namur cyclo-cross

But it was in the last of the nine laps that she drew the podium on which Michael Vanthourenhout, the big favorite, climbed first. Leading the race for a long time with Emiel Verstrynge, the Belgian runner seemed to have given in and let go of his compatriot Toon Aerts, who remained in ambush, before the latter fell (“a very, very stupid mistake”), for the second time of the day, on the last slope of the race.