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Here in the U.S., there are a handful of bigger races like a CrossVegas or Night Weasels that are held during the week, but most cyclocross racing is on the weekend. In Europe, weekday racing is a much more common occurrence.

One of those weekday races is the Kermiscross held today in the Belgian village of Ardooie. Despite its mid-week nature, the race still drew a healthy amount of European cyclocross talent.

Also racing in Ardooie was Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek/Knight Composites). After allergies got to her at Zonhoven over the weekend, Compton was back on the strong form she has consistently shown this season when bee stings and pollen do not get the best of her.

Compton took the win in the Women’s race, finishing ahead of Ellen Van Loy (Telenet Fidea Lions) and Loes Sels (Crelan-Charles).

Thus far this season, Wout van Aert (Crelan-Charles) has been caught in the shadow of Mathieu van der Poel’s (Beobank-Corendon) dominance. Heading into Ardooie, Van Aert had yet to win a cyclocross race this season.

That changed on Thursday when Van Aert took the Kermiscross win. Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) and Michael Vanthourenhout (Marlux-Napoleon Games) were second and third, respectively.

Full results from both races are below.

The mid-week Kermiscross was a warm-up for a big weekend of European cyclocross. Saturday is Superprestige Niels Albert CX in Boom and Sunday is the Telenet UCI World Cup in Koksijde. Stay tuned to Cyclocross Magazine for reports and results from both races.

Women's Results - 2017 Kermiscross Ardooie

RankBibLast NameFirst NameCountryTime
12COMPTONKatherineUSA0:44:28
23VAN LOYEllenBEL0:44:42
36SELSLoesBEL0:44:46
413VAN DE STEENEKimBEL0:44:59
54VERSCHUERENJolienBEL0:45:40
65WYMANHelenGBR0:46:01
715BETSEMADeniseNED0:46:08
87VANDERBEKENJoyceBEL0:47:02
921MICHIELSGithaBEL0:47:16
109DELHAYEPaulineFRA0:47:24
1110BELLAERTAxelleBEL0:47:24
128VERHOEVENSuzanneBEL0:47:26
1326NOBUSAnjaBEL0:47:42
1414VAN ANROOIJLindyNED0:47:42
1518VAN DE PUTTEKimBEL0:47:54
1623MULDERMaschaNED0:48:05
1719REDMONDNatalieAUS0:48:13
1812VERMEIRAurelieBEL0:49:25
1920PEETERSJinseBEL0:49:25
2022DEROOMiekeBEL0:49:48
2116DOBBELAEREJanaBEL0:50:16
2211DE BRUYNEMegBELLAP
2327HEYSabineNEDLAP
2425FRAEYEKatleenBELLAP
24HEYNSJoyceBELDNF

Men's Results - 2017 Kermiscross Ardooie

RankBibLast NameFirst NameCountryTime
11VAN AERTWoutBEL0:56:30
22AERTSToonBEL0:56:58
33VANTHOURENHOUTMichaelBEL0:56:58
45MEISENMarcelGER0:56:58
58VERMEERSCHGianniBEL0:56:58
610BAESTAENSVincentBEL0:56:58
77ADAMSJensBEL0:56:58
820BOROŠMichaelCZE0:56:58
913HOEYBERGHSDaanBEL0:57:02
1012WALSLEBENPhilippGER0:57:02
114MERLIERTimBEL0:57:24
1221ŤOUPALÍKAdamCZE0:57:30
136VANTORNOUTKlaasBEL0:57:50
1414AERNOUTSJimBEL0:58:01
1515VANTHOURENHOUTDieterBEL0:58:07
1629MERLIERBraamBEL0:58:12
1718CLEPPENicolasBEL0:58:12
1822DEGROOTEJonasBEL0:58:48
1919ADAMSJoeriBEL0:59:03
2042HUYSStijnBEL0:59:22
2132DERVEAUXNielsBEL0:59:22
2230TIELENDarioBEL0:59:24
2327DE SMETThibautBEL0:59:24
2445MEINThomasGBR0:59:27
2543TAKENOUCHIYuJPN0:59:32
2616PEETERSRobBEL0:59:56
2726ALDERWEIRELDRobinBEL1:00:11
289BOSMANSWietseBEL1:00:30
2931VAN DE KERCKHOVENickBEL1:00:46
3038DECLERCKMathiasBEL1:00:59
3148KAISEJulienBEL1:01:01
3224VAN COMPERNOLLEKennethBEL1:01:01
3350JUILIANOAndrewUSA1:01:06
3437DE BOCKJelleBEL1:01:26
3517VANDEKINDERENJensBEL1:01:38
3628GRABAREKGrzegorzPOL1:01:41
3749DURRINJeremyUSA1:01:48
3823VANDEVELDERubenBEL1:01:50
3946LEEStephenGBR1:01:50
4044ROBERTSONFinlayGBRLAP
4125BUTLERMichaelGBRLAP
4234MEELBERGHSPieterBELLAP
4347LEWISHarryGBRLAP
4439KRAWCZYKBenjaminFRALAP
4551KAJITetsukiJPNLAP
36VAN TICHELTYorbenBELDNF