A Wout Win, and Another Alvarado and Worst Duel: DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Krawatencross Report, Results

Van Aert is back, Van Anrooji surprises, and Alvarado and Worst continue their duel. The Krawatencross stop of the DVV Verzekeringen Trofee cyclocross series was a thriller.

The final round of the DVV Trofee was held in the Belgian town of Lille.

The course, on which Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) took his first Belgian National Champion jersey, had two main challenges, little uphills in the woods and lots of sand surrounding the lake.

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Fenix), who showed her rainbow jersey for the first time, and Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen Bingoal) were leading in the DVV Trofee classification.

Women Deliver Another Thrilling Duel

After a headstart for Aniek van Alphen in the Elite Women’s race, Annemarie Worst (777) soon started pushing, Alvarado holding on to her wheel.

Alvarado accelerated, not content to sit on wheels. It was the start of a cat and mouse game between the Worlds’ main contenders.

With a few seconds’ advantage on the first group of chasers, Alvarado and Worst finished the first lap.

That advantage kept getting bigger in the following laps, as the fight behind them turned into a battle for third.

After an error of Worst, Alvarado opened up a gap, but a crash of the World Champion prevented that from being a possible decisive moment.

Just as last week in the Worlds, a sprint had to decide who would take the win.

Once again, Alvarado was the fastest and took her 13th Elite win of the season.

With the win, she also secured her overall victory in the DVV Trofee.

“I’m getting better and better in the sprint,” Alvarado said.

Does Alvarado aspire a career on the road, Sporza interviewer Ruben van Gucht wondered.

“I can’t deny that I have ambitions on the road. The plan is to try it this season already. No idea if that will go well, but I think I can go a long way. Especially the climbing races, stage races and tough one-day races should be a good fit for me.” (translated, source: Sporza)

In the back the battle for third had become a fight between former U23 World Champion Inge van der Heijden (CCC) and U19 World Champion Shirin van Anrooij.

It was van Anrooij who pulled the longest straw with an impressive third-place performance as a Junior.

Katie Compton was fifth. Rebecca Fahringer (Kona Maxxis Shimano) finished 28^th, Emily Werner (Amy D Foundation) 45^th, Corey Coogan Cisek (Triple C Racing) 57^th.

He’s Back!

The men’s race kicked off with lots of pressure to deliver as an exciting race as the women’s. Belgian Champion Laurens Sweeck (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) took the holeshot. As riders were probably relieved Mathieu van der Poel’s season ended with the Worlds last week, another van der Poel stepped up, as David (Alpecin-Fenix) took Sweeck’s wheel.

Unlike van der Poel, Wout van Aert decided to race another weekend before starting his final preparation for the spring classics. Was he hoping for a win in his last cyclocross weekend?

At the end of the first lap, Elite men silver medalist on the Worlds Tom Pidcock (Trinity Racing) and van der Poel had a little gap behind Sweeck after an error of van der Poel.

The two soon rejoined making a leading trio.

After several other riders rejoined as well, Toon Aerts (Telenet Baloise Lions) bobbled, allowing Sweeck to take advantage.

Just as in the women’s race, a crash, this time of Sweeck and in the same corner Alvarado crashed, prevented it from being a decisive moment in the race.

Quinten Hermans (Circus-Wanty-Gobert) opened up a gap then, but it was van Aert who closed it down.

By the end of the fourth lap van Aert had opened up a 7 seconds advantage on Hermans, who had faced a mechanical, and 11 on a Pauwels Sauzen Bingoal trio with Sweeck, Michael Vanthourenthout and Iserbyt.

In the fifth lap, van Aert kept extending his lead as Sweeck and Hermans were now the chasing duo with a 15 seconds arrear. Hermans then dropped Sweeck, but kept losing time on van Aert, as he entered the last lap with in 23 seconds arrears.

Van Aert held on to his lead and pointing to his thigh he crossed the finish line to take his first Elite win in cycling since his horror crash in the Tour de France that injured his thigh so badly.

“There was a lot going through my head in the final stretch. It’s the first time that I’ve won again since my crash in the Tour. This is the confirmation that I can still do it,” van Aert said. “I went from far. But I immediately felt good. I could move to the front at ease and because mistakes were made, at some point I was in the chase on Quinten (Hermans) alone. I knew everybody was on their limit. Pushing and making the difference, that was my task all of a sudden.” (translated, source: Het Nieuwsblad)

Hermans took second. Former Belgian Champion Aerts beat current Belgian Champion Sweeck in the sprint for third.

Eli Iserbyt didn’t finish in today’s top 10, but is the 2019-2020 winner of the DVV Trofee.

America’s Curtis White (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) finished 24^th, Kerry Werner (Kona Maxxis Shimano) 26^th.

2020 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Krawatencross Results: Elite Women

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Team	Age	Result
1	1	ALVARADO	Ceylin del Carmen	NED	ALPECIN - FENIX	22	0:42:18
2	3	WORST	Annemarie	NED	777	25	0:42:19
3	7	VAN ANROOIJ	Shirin	NED		18	0:42:45
4	9	VAN DER HEIJDEN	Inge	NED	CCC - LIV	21	0:42:47
5	5	COMPTON	Katherine	USA		42	0:42:56
6	24	VAN ALPHEN	Aniek	NED		21	0:42:59
7	8	BETSEMA	Denise	NED	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	27	0:43:02
8	2	CANT	Sanne	BEL	IKO - CRELAN	30	0:43:05
9	10	ARZUFFI	Alice Maria	ITA	777	26	0:43:11
10	17	KAY	Anna	GBR	EXPERZA PRO CX	21	0:43:20
11	14	SELS	Loes	BEL	IKO - CRELAN	35	0:43:24
12	12	LECHNER	Eva	ITA	CREAFIN - FRISTADS	35	0:43:25
13	4	KASTELIJN	Yara	NED	777	23	0:43:33
14	20	GONZALEZ BLANCO	Lucia	ESP	NESTA - SKODA ALECAR CX TEAM	30	0:43:53
15	13	VERDONSCHOT	Laura	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	24	0:43:58
16	6	NORBERT RIBEROLLE	Marion	FRA	EXPERZA PRO CX	21	0:44:02
17	11	VAN LOY	Ellen	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	40	0:44:08
18	18	FRANCK	Alicia	BEL	EXPERZA PRO CX	26	0:44:09
19	29	BAKKER	Manon	NED	EXPERZA PRO CX	21	0:44:28
20	22	HOEKE	Geerte	NED		30	0:44:46
21	49	GARIBOLDI	Rebecca	ITA		24	0:44:47
22	52	GOOSSENS	Veerle	NED		27	0:44:55
23	16	KAPTHEIJNS	Maud	NED	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	26	0:45:03
24	21	VERHESTRAETEN	Karen	BEL	IKO - CRELAN	29	0:45:06
25	33	VAN ANROOIJ	Lindy	NED		24	0:45:30
26	42	ROOIJAKKERS	Pauliena	NED		27	0:45:43
27	27	TRUYEN	Marthe	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	21	0:45:46
28	28	FAHRINGER	Rebecca	USA		31	0:46:22
29	63	HARNDEN	Harriet	GBR		19	0:46:25
30	57	VAN EMPEL	Fem	NED		18	0:46:25
31	55	CRABBÉ	Kiona	BEL		19	0:46:25
32	35	DELHAYE	Pauline	FRA		31	0:46:40
33	54	VAN DER BURG	Esther	NED		22	0:46:47
34	59	BROUWERS	Julie	BEL		18	0:46:57
35	31	MULDER	Mascha	NED	GROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS	26	0:47:00
36	62	PEETERS	Jinse	BEL		21	0:47:14
37	19	VAS	Kata Blanka	HUN		19	0:47:21
38	26	VERHOEVEN	Suzanne	BEL		24	0:47:25
39	34	VAN DEN BRANDE	Mirthe	BEL		17	0:47:32
40	40	DE BRUYNE	Meg	BEL		24	0:47:39
41	66	KUIJPER	Elodie	NED		20	0:47:44
42	45	VERVLOET	Sterre	BEL		17	0:47:45
43	53	ZWAENEPOEL	Tessa	BEL		19	0:47:51
44	46	VERMEIREN	Tinne	BEL		25	0:48:11
45	30	WERNER	Emily	USA		27	0:48:11
46	61	DE WILDE	Julie	BEL		18	0:48:15
47	51	VAN DER ZWAAN	Laura	NED		19	0:48:28
48	23	MAES	Shana	BEL		25	0:48:49
49	32	VAN WUNSEL	Lise	BEL		20	0:49:21
50	48	BAELE	Lotte	BEL		17	0:49:21
51	47	STRATHDEE	Ishbel	GBR		19	0:49:21
52	56	JOCHEMS	Britt	NED		31	-1 LAP
53	65	NELEN	Kristien	BEL		42	-1 LAP
54	41	DHONT	Kiona	BEL		17	-1 LAP
55	25	BOONEN	Valerie	BEL		27	-1 LAP
56	50	MAUS	Laetitia	LUX		19	-1 LAP
57	60	COOGAN CISEK	Corey	USA		43	-1 LAP
58	36	BEIRINCKX	Lina	BEL		18	-2 LAPS
59	15	VERSCHUEREN	Jolien	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	30	-2 LAPS
60	43	SCHEVENELS	Lies´L	BEL		17	-2 LAPS
61	44	SCHOON	Lisette	NED		20	-2 LAPS
62	58	DE KEULENAER	Karen	BEL		58	-2 LAPS
	37	STEFFENHAGEN	Diana	GER		35	DNS

2020 DVV Verzekeringen Trofee Krawatencross Results: Elite Men

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Team	Age	Result
1	4	VAN AERT	Wout	BEL		26	0:57:57
2	8	HERMANS	Quinten	BEL		25	0:58:18
3	2	AERTS	Toon	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	27	0:58:37
4	1	SWEECK	Laurens	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	27	0:58:37
5	5	VANTHOURENHOUT	Michael	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	27	0:58:43
6	7	PIDCOCK	Thomas	GBR	TRINITY RACING	21	0:58:45
7	6	VAN DER HAAR	Lars	NED	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	29	0:58:47
8	14	SOETE	Daan	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	26	0:58:47
9	11	MEEUSEN	Tom	BEL	GROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS	32	0:58:47
10	13	ADAMS	Jens	BEL		28	0:58:49
11	3	ISERBYT	Eli	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	23	0:58:51
12	16	ORTS LLORET	Felipe	ESP	CYCLO - CROSS TEAM TEIKA - GSPORT - BH	25	0:59:10
13	18	AERTS	Thijs	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	24	0:59:27
14	15	AERNOUTS	Jim	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	31	0:59:32
15	9	VAN KESSEL	Corne	NED		29	0:59:46
16	46	PEETERS	Yannick	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN – BINGOAL	24	1:00:25
17	24	UYTDEWILLIGEN	Ingmar	BEL	TARTELETTO - ISOREX	29	1:00:29
18	19	BOSMANS	Wietse	BEL		29	1:01:11
19	12	VAN DER POEL	David	NED	ALPECIN - FENIX	28	1:01:19
20	21	SUAREZ FERNANDEZ	Kevin	ESP	NESTA - SKODA ALECAR CX TEAM	26	1:01:22
21	22	MERLIER	Braam	BEL	CREAFIN - FRISTADS	26	1:01:26
22	51	WOUTERS	Sieben	NED	CREAFIN - FRISTADS	24	1:01:28
23	17	CLEPPE	Nicolas	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	25	1:01:30
24	49	WHITE	Curtis	USA		25	1:01:44
25	53	DORIGONI	Jakob	ITA	SELLE ITALIA - GUERCIOTTI - ELITE	22	1:01:46
26	23	WERNER	Kerry	USA		29	1:01:58
27	41	SWEECK	Hendrik	BEL		28	1:02:04
28	35	ALDERWEIRELD	Robin	BEL		24	1:02:52
29	28	GYS	Jens	BEL		31	1:03:21
30	31	DE MEYER	Senne	BEL		24	1:03:27
31	33	VERHEYEN	Thomas	BEL		23	1:03:41
32	38	ROELANDT	Kenny	BEL		34	1:03:46
33	50	LEAERTS	Yelle	BEL		26	-1 LAP
34	32	DE WIT	Edwin	BEL		37	-1 LAP
35	45	GROENEN	Klaas	NED		26	-2 LAPS
36	47	MICHALSKI	Karol	POL		28	-2 LAPS
37	25	KOYEN	Niels	BEL		29	-3 LAPS
38	42	PARENTI	Nicola	ITA		24	-4 LAPS
39	36	MEELBERGHS	Pieter	BEL		32	-4 LAPS
40	39	OGER	Vincent	BEL		26	-4 LAPS
41	37	EDHOFER	Thomas	GER		35	-5 LAPS
42	44	HEYMES	Gauthier	FRA		25	-5 LAPS
43	43	CAROZZO	Marco	ITA		24	-6 LAPS
44	52	MARKIEWICZ	Mikolaj	POL		27	-6 LAPS
	20	BAESTAENS	Vincent	BEL	GROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS	31	DNF
	34	SMETS	Gert	BEL	CREAFIN - FRISTADS	23	DNF
	48	VERBEECK	Glenn	BEL		23	DNF
	10	MEISEN	Marcel	GER	ALPECIN - FENIX	31	DNS