World champion Wout Van Aert (Crelan-Vastgoedservice) crushed the opposition Tuesday afternoon at Koppenbergcross, the second round of the DVV Trophy.
The 22 year-old Belgian rider completed a long solo ride on the famous climb to the finish. Despite the redesigned course, the podium was the same as last year, featuring Kevin Pauwels (Marlux-Napoleon Games) in second and Lars van der Haar (Giant-Alpecin) in third. The climbing course in Oudenaarde clearly suits Van Aert, who lifted the cobble-trophy for the third year in a row.
When crossing the line Van Aert showed off his happiness with moves that resembled to the Hulk. "It’s the first race where the real Wout is back," Van Aert told Sporza. "I was able to accelerate when I wanted to do so."
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Thanks to his bonus of half a minute over Pauwels at the finish, and the bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint, Van Aert strengthens his lead in the overall time-based classification of the DVV Trophy. After only two rounds, Van Aert is now nearly two minutes ahead of Pauwels.
Despite his win, the redesigned course wasn’t much to the liking of Van Aert.
"It’s good for once. It’s not good for the bodies." he said. "If it would’ve been half as hard you would get the same result. There’s always other races too. It would be good if organizers would take us into account. I don’t want to sound negative. It’s just my opinion and hopefully we’ll get back to the old course."
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