With Mathieu van der Poel off racing in Turkey and Wout van Aert getting ready for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad next weekend, Worlds bronze-medalist Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) entered Saturday’s Soudal Classics GP Leuven as the race favorite.
Aerts cashed in on his favored status, but it took outkicking Mister High Jump Tom Meeusen (Corendon – Circus) at the line.
De zege is voor @ToAerts. Na een beklijvende wedstrijd haalt hij het in de sprint van een sterke @TomMeeusen #SoudalClassics pic.twitter.com/rqxdXK3moF
— Soudal Classics (@SoudalClassics) February 23, 2019
Lars van der Haar (Telenet Fidea Lions) rounded out the podium in third.
Eric Thompson (MSpeedwax.com) finished 21st.
Full results are below.
Featured image: Bart Hazen
Elite Men's Results: 2019 GP Leuven
| Rank | BIB | Last Name | First Name | Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | AERTS | Toon | BEL | 1:01:14 |
| 2 | 14 | MEEUSEN | Tom | BEL | 1:01:14 |
| 3 | 4 | VAN DER HAAR | Lars | NED | 1:01:27 |
| 4 | 2 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Michael | BEL | 1:01:31 |
| 5 | 15 | AERNOUTS | Jim | BEL | 1:01:36 |
| 6 | 8 | ORTS LLORET | Felipe | ESP | 1:01:55 |
| 7 | 12 | MERLIER | Tim | BEL | 1:02:04 |
| 8 | 16 | BAESTAENS | Vincent | BEL | 1:02:04 |
| 9 | 13 | BORO | Michael | CZE | 1:02:04 |
| 10 | 6 | VAN KESSEL | Corne | NED | 1:02:38 |
| 11 | 17 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Dieter | BEL | 1:02:43 |
| 12 | 10 | PAUWELS | Kevin | BEL | 1:02:47 |
| 13 | 11 | SOETE | Daan | BEL | 1:02:55 |
| 14 | 9 | ADAMS | Jens | BEL | 1:03:00 |
| 15 | 7 | ISERBYT | Eli | BEL | 1:03:09 |
| 16 | 30 | LOOCKX | Lander | BEL | 1:04:01 |
| 17 | 22 | BELLENS | Jarno | BEL | 1:04:41 |
| 18 | 24 | DEJONGHE | Len | BEL | 1:06:17 |
| 19 | 34 | BOSMANS | Wietse | BEL | 1:06:29 |
| 20 | 20 | VRACHTEN | Arne | BEL | -1 LAP |
| 21 | 36 | THOMPSON | Eric | USA | -1 LAP |
| 22 | 23 | GROENEN | Klaas | NED | -3 LAPS |
| 23 | 31 | CONROY | David | IRL | -4 LAPS |
| 24 | 35 | CLAUWAERT | Maarten | BEL | -5 LAPS |
| 25 | 37 | DE GROODT | Killian | BEL | -6 LAPS |
| 26 | 25 | OGER | Vincent | BEL | -7 LAPS |
| 27 | 18 | EDHOFER | Thomas | GER | -7 LAPS |
| DNF | 3 | SWEECK | Laurens | BEL | |
| DNF | 19 | DE WIT | Edwin | BEL | |
| DNF | 40 | THIEL | Andreas | GER |
