Defending champion and top favourite Wout Van Aert (Crelan-Charles) retained his Belgian cyclo-cross title on a foggy Sunday afternoon in Ostend.
The world champion humiliated the rest of the field by riding away early on in the opening lap. Kevin Pauwels (Marlux-Napoleon Games) was best of the rest at fifty seconds from Van Aert, just ahead of Laurens Sweeck (ERA Real Estate-Circus) and Tim Merlier (Crelan-Charles).
When approaching the finish line Van Aert made a shooting gesture and then hopped off his bike, lifting his Felt bike in the air.
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“I had time to think about what to do at the finish. It was clear. It’s the first win for the new team. Also my new bike, I really like riding with it,” Van Aert told Sporza in the flash interview.
“I didn’t expect to be alone in front halfway through the opening lap. I felt good but didn’t expect it to unfold this way.”
It took Van Aert no more than two minutes to ride away from his rivals in Ostend. Shortly after the start a massive temporary bridge with a gradient of 21 degrees connected the hippodrome with the beach. When descending off steep ramp Van Aert powered away in the sand from Gianni Vermeersch (Steylaerts-Verona) and the rest of the field.
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