Eli Iserbyt satisfied with bronze: “Acceleration on beams was enough to finish”

Iserbyt had to chase in the early stages, but he was able to move systematically. In the sprint for the bronze medal he beat the Dutchman Lars van der Haar. “I thought everyone was driving fast from the start. I chose to look at it a bit from the background. Maybe I was a bit too far. But I got more and more into the game, and I was lucky that Lars had to stay Otherwise, Michael Vanthourenhout and Gerben Kuypers would return. I put my gear on the last beams, and that was enough until the finish. I now have a medal in a championship this season. They will not take that away from me. “

“I broke myself against the wind”

For a long time Michael Vanthourenhout had the prospect of a bronze medal at the Cyclocross World Championships in Hoogerheide in the Netherlands, but it ended up being fifth. “I broke myself against the wind,” he admitted afterwards.

There was nothing to do against Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel, but the West Fleming went all out for the bronze. “I was out with Gerben Kuypers and he made every effort to do his job, but he could never hold his head for long when the wind blew against it. That made the others get closer, I did more work and I went over the limit. I knew I had to get rid of him, and I did. But it wasn’t easy against that wind alone. No, I didn’t have any material problems, I just emptied out at the end. You shouldn’t look for more than that.”

Vanthourenhout is already Belgian and European champion. “I had nothing more to win today against Wout and Mathieu. There was no more than bronze, but that didn’t work out. Too bad, I also knew that my condition was not optimal after my illness. I tried, but in the end “I just lacked strength. I crashed into the wind and ran into myself. Too bad we didn’t win gold with Wout van Aert. It was very close together, but Mathieu van der Poel wins.”