On New Year's Day, European champion Toon Aerts (Telenet-Fidea) captured an impressive victory in the GP Sven Nys. At his team's home race in Baal, Belgium, Aerts finished solo in the seventh round of the DVV Trophy. Eight seconds later world champion Wout Van Aert (Crelan-Charles) finished as runner-up, ahead of Michael Vanthourenhout (Marlux-Napoleon Games).
It's quite rare for riders other than Van Aert and the recovering Mathieu van der Poel (Beobank-Corendon) to win races this season. For Aerts, it's his second big win of the season after capturing the European title in Pont-Château, France two months earlier.
"This is just fantastic. This is a very important race for our team," Aerts told Sporza.
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The team changes and new equipment turned out to be crucial on a very cold New Year's Day. Van Aert was no longer riding his Colnago bike but debuting his Felt. Several other changes happened, including Lars van der Haar who showed up as addition to the Telenet-Fidea team from Sven Nys.
Ice man Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) was pleased with the circumstances, finding a frozen course with deep ruts. "Wout Van Aert rode on a new bike today and I quickly noticed that he was feeling insecure in the corners," Meeusen said.
Aerts and Meeusen went full gas straight from the start and gapped the rest of the field. At the intermediate sprint in the second lap Aerts and Meeusen were eight seconds ahead of Van Aert. Ten seconds further back, the next chasers were Vanthourenhout, teammate Kevin Pauwels (Marlux-Napoleon Games) and a surprisingly strong Wietse Bosmans (Beobank-Corendon).
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