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The 2018 Brico Cross stop in Lokeren today certainly delivered plenty of drama, but not the kind most cyclocross fans crave.

While the event was just a UCI C2 race for the Elites, held just one day before Sunday’s start of the Superprestige series, many big names took the start of the Brico Cross event to put on a show and perhaps use it as an opener for Sunday.

For one big star, that decision would prove fateful.

In the Elite Women’s race, after an Ellen Van Loy (Telenet Fidea) holeshot, Sanne Cant (IKO Beobank) resumed her winning ways after Marianne Vos disrupted her season’s momentum at Brico Cross Hotondcross.

The course featured a wooded, undulating course, one sand pit and multiple ditch crossings, not unlike the infamous wheel-breaking one in Reno, but deeper and without the rocks.

Cant was patient for the first half of the race, following Laura Verdonschot (Marlux Bingoal) before putting in an attack. Verdonschot rejoined, as did Loes Sels (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice), but on the final lap Cant surged again, and this time kept the gap for the win. The top three made for an all-Belgian podium.

In the Elite Men’s race, the race started off as expected, with Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) and Wout van Aert (Cibel-Cebon Offroad Team) battling for the holeshot.

 

However, the course’s ditch may have buried at least one former world champion’s season. Van der Poel landed awkwardly after the drop-off, rolling his right ankle.

The cyclocross fan base gasped as Van der Poel could not walk it off, let alone resume the race or his undefeated season. He briefly tried to rejoin the race, but had to one-leg pedal off the course. The Dutch star appeared to injure his ankle or achilles, and had to be removed from the course on a stretcher. Update: According to gva.be, Van der Poel’s initial diagnosis is a sprained ankle, not a fracture as originally suspected.

Van Aer seized the chance to take control of the race, but his chances of victory fell into a hole as he flatted and shot backward through the field.

Daan Soete (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice) escaped such misfortune, and kept it smooth ahead of a chasing Telenet Fidea train to claim victory. Teammate Laurens Sweeck outkicked Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea) for second. Van Aert chased furiously after a bike exchange, and even looked to be bringing back Soete after moving up to second, but then faded dramatically on the final laps to finish sixth.

Daan Soete wins the 2018 Brico Cross Lokeren.

Daan Soete wins the 2018 Brico Cross Lokeren.

The Brico Cross Lokeren stop also featured UCI Junior Men and U23 Men’s racing. Joran Wyseure and Toon Vandebosch took the wins in the Belgian-dominated events. Great Britain’s reigning Junior World Champ Ben Tullet took the start, finishing eighth.

Full results below.

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - Elite Women - UCI C2

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryTeamAgeResult
11CANTSanneBELCORENDON - CIRCUS280:47:50
27VERDONSCHOTLauraBELMARLUX - BINGOAL220:47:57
35SELSLoesBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE330:48:01
46ARZUFFIAlice MariaITASTEYLAERTS - 777240:48:35
52VAN LOYEllenBELTELENET FIDEA LIONS380:49:12
64BRAMMEIERNikkiGBR320:49:23
79VANDERBEKENJoyceBEL340:49:42
88VAN DE STEENEKimBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX320:50:14
930KAYAnnaGBR190:50:35
1011NORBERT RIBEROLLEMarionFRA190:50:57
1115VERHESTRAETENKarenBEL270:51:11
1217WITLOXLizzyNED230:51:42
1312DELHAYEPaulineFRA290:51:57
1413BELLAERTAxelleBEL210:52:18
1516VAN ANROOIJLindyNED220:52:27
1620PEETERSJinseBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE190:52:56
1714VERHOEVENSuzanneBEL220:53:18
1819NOBUSAnjaBEL440:54:19
1935TURNBULLFionaGBR180:54:42
2029HINZKatharina JuliaGER210:55:08
2136WADSWORTHEmilyGBRTP RACING190:55:15
2223KUIJPERElodieNED180:55:30
2322VAN LOYTessBEL170:55:58
2432STEFFENHAGENDianaGER33-1 LAP
2524ALLARTOcéaneFRA18-1 LAP
2627DE VOSNeleBEL20-2 LAPS
2731ROMBOUTSTineBEL18-2 LAPS
2834STRATHDEEIshbelGBR17-2 LAPS
2921DE BRUYNEMegBEL22-2 LAPS
3025BLANCHAERTJoBEL48-4 LAPS
18VAN DER BURGEstherNED20DNF

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - Elite Men - UCI C2

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryTeamAgeResult
19SOETEDaanBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE241:01:58
24SWEECKLaurensBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE251:02:03
33AERTSToonBELTELENET FIDEA LIONS251:02:08
45VANTHOURENHOUTMichaelBELMARLUX - BINGOAL251:02:35
518VERMEERSCHGianniBELSTEYLAERTS - 777261:02:39
61VAN AERTWoutBEL241:02:55
721AERNOUTSJimBELTELENET FIDEA LIONS291:03:15
811VAN DER POELDavidNEDCORENDON - CIRCUS261:03:55
919AERTSThijsBELTELENET FIDEA LIONS221:04:11
1028BAESTAENSVincentBEL291:04:23
117VAN KESSELCorneNEDTELENET FIDEA LIONS271:04:31
1217MEEUSENTomBELCORENDON - CIRCUS301:04:37
1315BOROŠMichaelCZECREAFIN TÜV SUD261:04:50
1414PAUWELSKevinBELMARLUX - BINGOAL341:05:09
1516ADAMSJensBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE261:05:27
1626MERLIERBraamBELCREAFIN TÜV SUD241:05:54
1733TIELENDarioBEL241:06:33
1834ALDERWEIRELDRobinBEL221:07:04
1938TAKENOUCHIYuJPN301:07:30
2027PIDCOCKThomasGBRTP RACING191:08:04
2135DE WITEdwinBEL351:08:05
2225GODRIEStanNEDCRELAN - CHARLES25-1 LAP
2331VAN COMPERNOLLEKennethBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX30-1 LAP
2437DE BOCKYoniBEL22-2 LAPS
2539VAN DE KERCKHOVENickBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX22-2 LAPS
2636DE BOCKJelleBEL25-3 LAPS
2723FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZSergio IvanESP40-6 LAPS
2840CHASTAGNERFrancoisFRA23-6 LAPS
2922MARKIEWICZMikolajPOL25-7 LAPS
2VAN DER POELMathieuNEDCORENDON - CIRCUS23DNF
20SWEECKDietherBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE25DNF
24VANTHOURENHOUTDieterBELMARLUX - BINGOAL33DNF

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - U23 Men

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryTeamAgeResult
112VANDEBOSCHToonBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE190:49:48
28BELLENSJarnoBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE180:49:58
321ROUILLERLorisSUI180:50:03
420DERVEAUXNielsBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX210:50:06
524VANDEPUTTENielsBEL180:50:25
639VLIEGENPieter-JanBELSTEYLAERTS - 777190:50:28
725TURNERBenGBRCORENDON - CIRCUS190:50:28
838LOOCKXLanderBELCREAFIN TÜV SUD210:50:35
937FERDINANDEAntonBEL180:50:43
1041KIELICHTimoBELSTEYLAERTS - 777190:50:45
114LIESSENSJarnoBELCREAFIN TÜV SUD200:50:51
1218DEBEIRArnoBELMARLUX - BINGOAL190:50:51
1319MEINThomasGBR190:50:51
1415SIEMONSJulianBEL190:51:36
1527VANDEBOSCHVictorBELPAUWELS SAUZEN - VASTGOEDSERVICE200:51:39
169DEWULFMaximBEL180:51:46
1745TULETTDanielGBRTP RACING190:51:53
1816VERDONCKAndresBEL180:52:02
1936VAN DEN BROECKArnoBEL180:52:08
2011DE SMETThibautBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX190:52:14
2113JORDENSJarnoBEL180:52:25
2232DE MEYERJarneBEL190:52:29
236MASONCameronGBR180:52:33
2433GOEMANAndreasBELTELENET FIDEA LIONS190:52:36
255DEJONGHELenBEL180:52:51
2628BONNEJenkoBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX210:53:03
2710WUYTSMathijsBEL200:53:21
2844VAN ROYMatthiasBEL200:53:40
297VRACHTENArneBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX190:54:49
3022ROMBOUTSSeppeBELCREAFIN TÜV SUD200:55:06
3142BRAESBrentBEL190:56:03
321STUERKwintenBEL190:56:48
3335CLAUWAERTMaartenBEL18-2 LAPS
3414JACOBSJohanSUICREAFIN TÜV SUD21-2 LAPS
3BEKAERTYentlBELTELENET FIDEA LIONS19DNF
17VERDIJCKLennBEL19DNF
23PAUWELSTijlBELMARLUX - BINGOAL20DNF
26VAN DEN EYNDEVinceBELTARTELETTO - ISOREX18DNF
30SMETSGertBELSTEYLAERTS - 77721DNF
34DESCHEPPERWardBEL19DNF
40GEYSELSXanderBEL18DNF
43ROBERTSONFinlayGBR20DNF
46SERRÉStefBEL20DNF
29PEERSNickBEL20DNS

2018 Brico Cross Lokeren Results - Junior Men

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryAgeResult
116WYSEUREJoranBEL170:43:51
22HUYBSWardBEL160:43:57
336MEULEMANSLennertBEL170:44:06
417VAN LOOVERENJoachimBEL170:44:07
520VAN CAMPENHOUTJetzeBEL160:44:19
623VERMOOTEJelleBEL170:44:36
731DE LAETTomasBEL170:45:06
832TULETTBenGBR170:45:09
914BELMANSLennertBEL160:45:16
1025BAERSArneBEL160:45:27
1130VAN TRICHTFlorisBEL170:45:43
1222VAN DER VEKENSenneBEL170:46:09
1318LAURYSSENYorbenBEL160:46:19
1428DE MAEREAlessioBEL160:46:26
1512VERSTRYNGEEmielBEL160:46:30
168DE SMETNicolasBEL170:46:56
1710DEBAELEJorreBEL170:47:08
1815DE ROECKMathisBEL160:47:38
196D´HOLLANDERSenneBEL160:47:49
2034TRIOVictorBEL160:48:06
211HUYBSLennertBEL160:48:06
2219DHOOGERomeoBEL160:48:26
2329DECLERCKJelleBEL160:48:38
2437DE VOSWannesBEL170:49:14
259VERMEIRENYentheBEL170:49:32
2627MEERTNoahBEL160:49:39
2721VANPRAETRubenBEL160:49:43
2813LAEVENSJustinBEL170:49:52
293JORISSENSenneBEL160:50:32
3011VAN HAVEREDetlevBEL160:50:54
3135BLOEMSenneBEL160:51:25
4VAN CLEEMPUTBertBEL17DNF
5BLEYENBERGJadoBEL16DNF
24CASStijnBEL17DNF
26CALLEWAERTAndreasBEL16DNF