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Update: See the full report, photos and results from the 2016 Heusden-Zolder Cyclocross World Cup Elite Men’s race here

Wout van Aert returned to the Heusden-Zolder venue where he won his 2016 World Championship title, and found the redesigned course still to his liking. Van Aert had a fast start and didn’t look back, quickly shedding riders and heading off on a long solo ride.

Fans hoping for another Mathieu van der Poel duel were disappointed. The Dutch star had a slow start, moved up to third, but then fell back due to a mechanical.

Lauren Sweeck had his best-ever World Cup in second, with Kevin Pauwels yet again moving up after a slow start to finish third.

Stephen Hyde was the lone American, landing in the top 20 in 18th, just over 3 minutes back of Van Aert.

See the full report, results and photos from the 2016 Zolder World Cup here.

2016 Heusden-Zolder World Cup Results - Elite Men

RankNameNat.Age*ResultPts
1Wout VAN AERTBEL231:05:22200
2Laurens SWEECKBEL241:06:32160
3Kevin PAUWELSBEL331:07:03140
4Toon AERTSBEL241:07:03120
5Tom MEEUSENBEL291:07:19110
6Michael VANTHOURENHOUTBEL241:07:23100
7Tim MERLIERBEL251:07:2590
8Jens ADAMSBEL251:07:2580
9Corne VAN KESSELNED261:07:4370
10David VAN DER POELNED251:07:4760
11Lars BOOMNED321:07:5058
12Clement VENTURINIFRA241:07:5156
13Michael BOROSCZE251:08:0554
14Mathieu VAN DER POELNED221:08:1152
15Marcel MEISENGER281:08:1850
16Daan SOETEBEL231:08:2248
17Jim AERNOUTSBEL281:08:3046
18Stephen HYDEUSA301:08:3344
19Philipp WALSLEBENGER301:08:5942
20Stan GODRIENED241:09:0440
21Marcel WILDHABERSUI321:09:1839
22Sascha WEBERGER291:09:3638
23Thijs VAN AMERONGENNED311:09:3937
24Ismael ESTEBAN AGUANDOESP341:09:4336
25Simon ZAHNERSUI341:09:5435
26Rob PEETERSBEL321:09:5534
27Javier RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBAÑEZESP381:09:5633
28Steve CHAINELFRA341:10:0732
29Martin HARINGSVK311:10:0931
30Daan HOEYBERGHSBEL231:10:1130
31Lars VAN DER HAARNED261:10:2429
32Patrick VAN LEEUWENNED321:10:4228
33Luca BRAIDOTITA261:10:4427
34Alois FALENTAFRA281:10:5426
35Tomas PAPRSTKACZE251:11:0525
36Julien TARAMARCAZSUI301:11:0924
37Vincent BAESTAENSBEL281:11:1723
38Matthieu BOULOFRA281:11:1922
39Aitor HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZESP351:11:2721
40Melvin RULLIEREFRA281:11:4020
41Dieter VANTHOURENHOUTBEL321:11:5719
42Geoff KABUSHCAN4018
43Lorenzo SAMPARISIITA2417
44Kevin SUAREZ FERNANDEZESP2316
45Yoann CORBIHANFRA2915
46Ian FIELDGBR3114
47Kenneth HANSENDEN2613
48Diether SWEECKBEL2412
49Anthonin DIDIERFRA2411
50Nicolas SAMPARISIITA2510
51Michal MALÍKCZE285
52Daniele BRAIDOTITA265
53Flavien DASSONVILLEFRA265
54Gusty BAUSCHLUX375
55Marvin SCHMIDTGER255
56Martin ERIKSSONSWE255
57Mark MCCONNELLCAN295
58Wolfram KURSCHATGER425
59Pit SCHLECHTERLUX275
60Scott THILTGESLUX255
61Pol WEISGERBERLUX285
62DANIEL ANIA GONZALEZESP305
63Philipp BÜTZOWLUX305