MVP also kept his cool today and rode to a convincing victory. “I always have to get there technically, but I notice that it is getting better and better. It is not the intention to ride full speed from start to finish. On this course you can also put things right if something goes wrong,” Van der Poel said afterwards.
The weekend went a little less smoothly for Michael Vanthourenhout and Joran Wyseure. Sand racing is not their strong suit. “It was a difficult weekend. The feeling was quite good, but the results were less so. The first five rode away quickly and when I tried to catch up, I blew myself up. Two weeks ago I won the World Cup in Italy, you don’t forget that so quickly. Hopefully there will be more races with a little more mud,” said Vanthourenhout.
Wyseure, on the other hand, could breathe a sigh of relief. “I am very satisfied with today and actually with the whole weekend. It was finally good again after a month of difficult races. For now I am mainly looking forward to Dendermonde and Gullegem. Hopefully some mud there, because those are crosses that should suit me,” he said.