By winning the World Cup, Iserbyt gave Belgium an extra rider at the World Cup, which will take place in Tabor next weekend. That extra ticket goes to Witse Meeussen, who did not appear in the piece on Sunday after an early fall. The match in Hoogerheide remained closed for a long time. We had to wait until Van der Poel fired his cannon shot and that only happened after forty minutes. Nys and Nieuwenhuis countered. With three laps to go, Iserbyt, Ronhaar and Lars van der Haar also joined and a little later Joran Wyseure caught up.
When Van der Poel threw a second bomb, Nys tried to drive to the wheel of the rainbow jersey, but he was unable to do so. Van der Poel started the final lap with an eight-second lead over Nys. Iserbyt, Nieuwenhuis and Ronhaar followed seventeen seconds later and swallowed Nys after he had fallen. Nieuwenhuis finished in second place. Ronhaar, Nys and Iserbyt sprinted for the last podium place. A photo of the finish made it clear that Ronhaar was just ahead of Nys.