On Day 1 of the Trek CX Cup, it was an all-Euro affair, with Quinten Hermans shedding Daan Soete to take the win.
Quinten Hermans takes Day 1 of the 2018 Trek CX Cup. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine
Then men completed 10 laps. A number of racers did not finish or were pulled. Lap times hovered around six minutes.
Friday’s racing kicked off the three-day event, with only amateur racing on Saturday. Today’s race was a UCI C2 event, with the UCI Cyclocross World Cup kicking off with Sunday’s races.
Full results below. Stay tuned for a full report.
2018 Trek CX Cup Day 1 - Pro Men's Results
| Rank | Bib | Name | Affiliation | Time | Split Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Quinten HERMANS | Telenet Fidea Lions | 1:00:54 | 6:19 |
| 2 | 5 | Daan SOETE | Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice | 1:01:35 | 6:18 |
| 3 | 4 | Corne VAN KESSEL | Telenet Fidea Lions | 1:02:06 | 6:09 |
| 4 | 13 | Tom MEEUSEN | Team Ciclismo Mundial | 1:02:06 | 6:09 |
| 5 | 2 | Laurens SWEECK | Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice | 1:02:08 | 6:04 |
| 6 | 14 | Thijs AERTS | Telenet Fidea Lions | 1:02:45 | 6:24 |
| 7 | 18 | Jim AERNOUTS | Telenet Fidea Lions | 1:02:53 | 6:24 |
| 8 | 17 | Diether SWEECK | Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice | 1:03:11 | 6:20 |
| 9 | 10 | Michael BORO? | Kempense CXV | 1:03:15 | 6:23 |
| 10 | 9 | Steve CHAINEL | Team Chazal Canyon | 1:03:46 | 6:43 |
| 11 | 43 | Andrew DILLMAN | SDG-Muscle Monster | 1:04:03 | 6:23 |
| 12 | 16 | Matthieu BOULO | Team Pays de Dinan | 1:04:17 | 6:37 |
| 13 | 20 | Jack KISSEBERTH | Renewed Cyclocross/ Garneau-Eas | 1:04:46 | 6:25 |
| 14 | 21 | Sieben WOUTERS | Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice | 1:04:52 | 6:23 |
| 15 | 31 | Caleb SWARTZ | Linear Sport Racing Team | 1:04:57 | 6:28 |
| 16 | 35 | Stan GODRIE | Crelan - Charles | 1:05:06 | 6:21 |
| 17 | 32 | Brian MATTER | Linear Sport Racing | 1:05:18 | 6:33 |
| 18 | 12 | Kerry WERNER | Kona Maxxis Shimano | 1:05:37 | 6:52 |
| 19 | 24 | Justin LINDINE | Hyperthreads/Apex Pro Cycling | 1:05:44 | 6:51 |
| @3Lap | 11 | Tobin ORTENBLAD | Santa Cruz/Donkey Label Racing | 6:47 | |
| @3Lap | 29 | Bjorn SELANDER | Donkey Label /Bingham Built | 6:47 | |
| @3Lap | 26 | Eric THOMPSON | MSPEEDWAX | 6:54 | |
| @4Lap | 53 | Michael LARSON | Team Handmade | 6:48 | |
| @4Lap | 30 | Gunnar HOLMGREN | Hardwood Next Wave Cycling Team | 7:15 | |
| @5Lap | 34 | Andrew GINIAT | The Pony Shop p/b KPMG | 7:02 | |
| @5Lap | 41 | Josh WHITNEY | Full Cycle Cyclocross Team | 7:02 | |
| @5Lap | 42 | Cole HOUSE | Petes Garage | 7:08 | |
| @5Lap | 54 | Andrew DIETZ | Trek Cyclocross Collective | 7:05 | |
| @5Lap | 47 | Kyle RUSS | Brazen Dropouts Cycling Team | 7:09 | |
| @5Lap | 40 | David REYES | Tenspeed Hero | 7:23 | |
| @5Lap | 48 | Jesse RIENTS | Kuhl Cycling Team | 7:15 | |
| @6Lap | 51 | Adam SABAN | Parallel 44 Racing p/b Sanford | 7:37 | |
| @6Lap | 45 | Tyler STEIN | Crit Fit Army Factory Team | 7:48 | |
| DNF | 8 | Eli ISERBYT | Marlux - Bingoal Cycling Team | 6:35 | |
| DNF | 7 | Stephen HYDE | Cannondale Cyclocrossworld | 6:28 | |
| DNF | 33 | Dylan POSTIER | Renewed Cyclocross/ Garneau-Eas | 7:17 | |
| DNF | 49 | Nicholas LEMKE | Cycle-Smart | 7:11 | |
| DNS | 1 | Toon AERTS | Telenet Fidea Lions | ||
| DNS | 3 | Lars VAN DER HAAR | Telenet Fidea Lions | ||
| DNS | 15 | Fabien CANAL | Team Cross UCI SAFIR GANOVA | ||
| DNS | 19 | Nicolas CLEPPE | Telenet Fidea Lions | ||
| DNS | 22 | Spencer PETROV | Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld | ||
| DNS | 25 | Alois FALENTA | Team Cross UCI SAFIR GANOVA | ||
| DNS | 28 | Craig RICHEY | Renewed Cyclocross/ Garneau-Eas | ||
| DNS | 44 | Corey TOWLE | |||
| DNS | 46 | Jacob LASLEY | SPCX p/b R.K. BLACK |
