The Dutchman Mathieu Van der Poel won again for the ninth consecutive time so far this season by winning the X20 Trofee in Koksijde (Belgium) for cyclocross, in which his compatriot Fem Van Empel also won the women’s event. .
Van der Poel broke the race at the end of the first lap, ten seconds ahead of Pim Ronhaar, who could not keep up the pace for too long and ended up losing meter by meter until finishing 1:20 behind the winner, who had to get off the bicycle in some section to push it due to the thick sand. Third, at 1:43, finished the Belgian Wout Van Aert.
In the women’s category, the winner was Fem Van Empel, who dominated the test ahead of her compatriots Lucinda Brand, 39 seconds behind, and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, with the same time.
