You couldn’t have written it any better.
Racing the last race of his storied career, Kevin Pauwels (Marlux – Bingoal) took the win at the annual season finale at Internationale Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle on Sunday.
Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) finished second and Tom Meeusen (Corendon – Circus) third.
Eric Thomson (MSpeedwax.com) finished 35th.
Full results are below.
Featured image: Andrew Yee
Elite Men Results: 2019 Internationale Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle
| Rank | BIB | Last Name | First Name | Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | PAUWELS | Kevin | BEL | 0:54:51 |
| 2 | 1 | AERTS | Toon | BEL | 0:54:59 |
| 3 | 9 | MEEUSEN | Tom | BEL | 0:55:02 |
| 4 | 3 | VAN DER HAAR | Lars | NED | 0:55:15 |
| 5 | 2 | SWEECK | Laurens | BEL | 0:55:35 |
| 6 | 26 | MERLIER | Tim | BEL | 0:55:38 |
| 7 | 13 | BORO | Michael | CZE | 0:55:38 |
| 8 | 20 | AERNOUTS | Jim | BEL | 0:55:48 |
| 9 | 10 | ADAMS | Jens | BEL | 0:55:53 |
| 10 | 17 | CLEPPE | Nicolas | BEL | 0:56:03 |
| 11 | 14 | AERTS | Thijs | BEL | 0:56:13 |
| 12 | 18 | BAESTAENS | Vincent | BEL | 0:56:13 |
| 13 | 7 | VAN KESSEL | Corne | NED | 0:56:13 |
| 14 | 43 | BOSMANS | Wietse | BEL | 0:56:28 |
| 15 | 11 | ORTS LLORET | Felipe | ESP | 0:56:51 |
| 16 | 45 | WOUTERS | Sieben | NED | 0:57:07 |
| 17 | 12 | SOETE | Daan | BEL | 0:57:07 |
| 18 | 6 | PIDCOCK | Thomas | GBR | 0:57:07 |
| 19 | 16 | SWEECK | Diether | BEL | 0:57:07 |
| 20 | 15 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Dieter | BEL | 0:57:07 |
| 21 | 21 | MERLIER | Braam | BEL | 0:57:07 |
| 22 | 23 | GODRIE | Stan | NED | 0:57:21 |
| 23 | 32 | VAN COMPERNOLLE | Kenneth | BEL | 0:57:21 |
| 24 | 27 | UYTDEWILLIGEN | Ingmar | BEL | 0:57:39 |
| 25 | 39 | BAKX | Kelvin | NED | 0:57:51 |
| 26 | 24 | TIELEN | Dario | BEL | 0:58:27 |
| 27 | 35 | DE WIT | Edwin | BEL | 0:58:52 |
| 28 | 22 | PEETERS | Yannick | BEL | 0:58:52 |
| 29 | 28 | GYS | Jens | BEL | 0:58:57 |
| 30 | 19 | ISERBYT | Eli | BEL | 0:58:57 |
| 31 | 42 | DE MEYER | Senne | BEL | 0:59:41 |
| 32 | 30 | VAN DIJKE | Koen | NED | 1:00:21 |
| 33 | 38 | LEAERTS | Yelle | BEL | 1:00:57 |
| 34 | 36 | GROENEN | Klaas | NED | 1:01:08 |
| 35 | 33 | THOMPSON | Eric | USA | -1 LAP |
| 36 | 40 | KOYEN | Niels | BEL | -2 LAPS |
| 37 | 29 | MEELBERGHS | Pieter | BEL | -4 LAPS |
| 38 | 46 | OGER | Vincent | BEL | -5 LAPS |
| 39 | 37 | EDHOFER | Thomas | GER | -5 LAPS |
| DNF | 4 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Michael | BEL | |
| DNF | 31 | VANKEIRSBILCK | Berne | BEL | |
| DNF | 41 | VAN TICHELT | Yorben | BEL | |
| DNF | 44 | THIEL | Andreas | GER |
