Van Aert and Van der Poel prepare for dual at Flandriencross
World Cup leader Wout Van Aert (Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Continental) and World Champion Mathieu van der Poel (BKCP-Corendon) are prepared for a dual at Sunday's Flandriencross in Hamme, the third round of the Bpost Bank Trophy.
Van Aert is leading the series after winning the first two rounds in Ronse and Oudenaarde. He also won last year's Flandriencross after a dramatic showing between himself and Van der Poel, and he expects the competition to be equally as tough this time around. "I have to defend my lead in the standings and the stage victory is also very interesting," Van Aert told Sport.be. "But the heavy competition in Koksijde is crawled into the clothes. I felt it soon afterwards. And then there's the winter that has suddenly struck."
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Van der Poel just returned to cyclo-cross racing at the World Cup in Koksijde last weekend where he placed third to winner Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink) and runner-up Van Aert. He had a knee injury that kept him from racing for six weeks. Other top contenders will be Nys, Lars van der Haar (Giant-Alpecin) and Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games), among others.
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