Chaos for the Men in Superprestige Zolder – Full Results

For the men, Zolder was a wild event.

Right off the bat, Tom Pidcock (Trinity Racing) and Toon Aerts (Telenet Baloise Lions) got into a crash that set them back quite a bit. Soon after, Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) punctured, a reverse of the misfortune that struck Van der Poel in Herentals.

De pechvogel van de dag is Toon Aerts die ten val gekomen is na de eerste bocht. 😕#Superprestige2021 #SPHeusdenZolder pic.twitter.com/TAKp3kQTzb

— SuperprestigeCX (@SuperprestigeCX) December 26, 2020

Despite this, Van Aert was able to catch up to Lars van der Haar (Telenet Baloise Lions), who was near the front of the race, and eventually overtook him, only second to rival Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix).

Van der Poel was far ahead of everyone else by this point. Early into the race, he made an attack and put himself in a position where nobody had a chance of getting to him.

💪🏻 @mathieuvdpoel rond zijn knappe solo af met de overwinning. 🏆#Superprestige2021 #SPHeusdenZolder pic.twitter.com/4FTGuf0CXs

— SuperprestigeCX (@SuperprestigeCX) December 26, 2020

In the end, Van der Poel came in first, Van Aert second and Van der Haar third.

Fans held their breath as Eli Iserbyt got into a bad crash and had to be carried off the course.

The same two North Americans showed up again this race: Curtis White and Michael van den Ham. They came in 24th and 44th respectively.

Full results below.

2020 Superprestige Zolder Results: Elite Men

Rank	BIB	Rider	Nation	Team	Age	Result
1	1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	NED	ALPECIN - FENIX	25	1:02:07
2	12	VAN AERT Wout	BEL		26	1:02:45
3	6	VAN DER HAAR Lars	NED	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	29	1:02:46
4	3	SWEECK Laurens	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	27	1:02:51
5	5	VANTHOURENHOUT Michael	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	27	1:02:55
6	7	VAN KESSEL Corne	NED	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM	29	1:02:58
7	4	AERTS Toon	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	27	1:03:02
8	13	VERMEERSCH Gianni	BEL	CREDISHOP-FRISTADS	28	1:03:06
9	9	PIDCOCK Thomas	GBR	TRINITY RACING	21	1:03:08
10	18	SOETE Daan	BEL	GROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS	26	1:03:15
11	11	KAMP Ryan	NED	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	20	1:03:27
12	38	KIELICH Timo	BEL	CREDISHOP-FRISTADS	21	1:03:29
13	10	ORTS LLORET Felipe	ESP	TEIKA-BH-GSPORT	25	1:04:04
14	24	VAN DER POEL David	NED	ALPECIN - FENIX	28	1:04:22
15	15	MERLIER Tim	BEL	ALPECIN - FENIX	28	1:04:30
16	25	MEEUSEN Tom	BEL	GROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS	32	1:04:31
17	19	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	NED		24	1:04:36
18	58	WYSEURE Joran	BEL		19	1:04:51
19	31	MEIN Thomas	GBR	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM	21	1:04:55
20	32	CLEPPE Nicolas	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	25	1:05:00
21	8	HERMANS Quinten	BEL	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM	25	1:05:14
22	61	NYS Thibau	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	18	1:05:19
23	65	VERSTRYNGE Emiel	BEL	TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM	18	1:05:19
24	14	WHITE Curtis	USA		25	1:05:24
25	20	SWEECK Diether	BEL	CREDISHOP-FRISTADS	27	1:05:27
26	56	DE BIE Sean	BEL		29	1:05:31
27	17	AERTS Thijs	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	24	1:05:35
28	41	BEKAERT Yentl	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	21	1:05:35
29	26	AERNOUTS Jim	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	31	1:05:43
30	22	MENUT David	FRA	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE	28	1:05:56
31	29	LOOCKX Lander	BEL	GROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS	23	1:05:59
32	23	CHAINEL Steve	FRA	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE	37	1:06:20
33	34	WEBER Sascha	GER		32	1:06:33
34	33	VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	35	1:06:36
35	60	UYTDEWILLIGEN Ingmar	BEL		29	1:06:38
36	69	BAERS Arne	BEL		18	1:06:40
37	44	VAN DEN BROECK Arno	BEL		20	1:06:46
38	43	JUNQUERA SAN MILLAN Mario	ESP		23	1:06:47
39	55	SIEMONS Julian	BEL		21	1:06:55
40	30	ROUILLER Loris	SUI	ALPECIN - FENIX	20	1:07:08
41	73	HUYBS Ward	BEL	TELENET BALOISE LIONS	18	1:07:15
42	49	MAINGUENAUD Tom	FRA		20	1:07:24
43	35	CRISPIN Mickaël	FRA	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE	22	1:07:25
44	27	VAN DEN HAM Michael	CAN		28	1:07:38
45	52	DEJONGHE Len	BEL	GROUP HENS - MAES CONTAINERS	20	1:07:48
46	28	GODRIE Stan	NED		27	1:07:54
47	54	VERBURG Luke	NED	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	19	1:07:57
48	48	AGTERBERG Kyle	NED		21	1:08:05
49	71	VERHEYEN Thomas	BEL		23	1:08:30
50	51	RICHARD ANDRADE Florian	FRA	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE	18	-1 LAP
51	70	GYS Jens	BEL		31	-2 LAPS
52	45	VRACHTEN Arne	BEL		21	-2 LAPS
53	75	COOLEN Yves	BEL		25	-2 LAPS
54	74	VERMEERSCH Florian	BEL		21	-2 LAPS
55	68	SCHNEIDER Lilian	FRA	CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE	20	-3 LAPS
56	66	ALDERWEIRELD Robin	BEL		24	-3 LAPS
57	62	HAUSSLER Heinrich	AUS		36	-4 LAPS
58	67	OGER Vincent	BEL		26	-6 LAPS
	2	ISERBYT Eli	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	23	DNF
	21	MEISEN Marcel	GER		31	DNF
	37	CAMPS Jelle	BEL	PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL	21	DNF
	39	TURNER Ben	GBR	TRINITY RACING	21	DNF
	42	SIEBENS Gianni	BEL		22	DNF
	59	AUFFRET Ronan	FRA	TEAM PODIOCOM CC	19	DNF
	72	LAEVENS Justin	BEL	PROXIMUS - ALPHAMOTORHOMES - DOLTCINI CT	19	DNF