On Monday, Iserbyt had a real off day in the Superprestigecross of Mol, where he finished nineteenth, more than five minutes behind winner Matthieu van der Poel. “It just didn’t work,” he said at the time.

And today Iserbyt made the decision to skip the World Cup cross in Gavere: “I now want to give my body some rest for the tough program that is still to come,” says Iserbyt. For the time being, Eli will simply start in the World Cup round of Besançon in France.

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