Race Results: Sels, Van der Poel End Season With Wins at Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle

The 2017/18 season wrapped up with the traditional non-series Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle on Sunday. The race marked the end of a long cyclocross season that began five months ago, and for some, it was also the end of their elite racing careers.

In the Elite Women’s race, Sanne Cant (IKO-Beobank) looked for one last win to cap her impressive championship season, and Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) hoped to add win number 32 on the season, after picking up his 31st this week at the Soudal Classics Masters.

Cant would not get one last win. Loes Sels (Crelan-Charles) took top honors, while Cant took a DNF. Maud Kaptheijns (Crelan-Charles) and Annemarie Worst (ERA-Circus) rounded out the podium. Elle Anderson (Milwaukee – Alpha Motorhomes) finished 17th.

Van der Poel, on the other hand, was able to win his 32nd race of the season, tying Roland Liboton’s record set during the 1983-1984 season. After five months of racing ’cross, Van der Poel does not get much of a break with the first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in South Africa two weekends away.

What a day for the Van der Poel brothers in #Oostmalle 🎉🔥 @mathieuvdpoel takes 🏆 #3️⃣2️⃣ while @Davidvanderpoel joins him on the podium with the 3️⃣rd spot 👏 #Sluitingsprijs pic.twitter.com/WqnYZLikdO

— Corendon-Circus (@CorCirCX) February 25, 2018

Laurens Sweeck (ERA-Circus) and David van der Poel (Corendon-Circus) rounded out the Men’s podium. Eric Thompson (MSpeedwax.com) finished 38th and Tyler Cloutier (Garneau-Easton) 43rd.

Thijs Aerts won the U23 Men’s and Niels Vandeputte the Junior Men’s races.

Full results for the Elite Women, Elite Men, U23 Men and Junior Men are below.

Elite Women Results: 2018 Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	5	SELS	Loes	BEL	0:46:31
2	4	KAPTHEIJNS	Maud	NED	0:46:44
3	9	WORST	Annemarie	NED	0:46:52
4	2	VERDONSCHOT	Laura	BEL	0:46:56
5	3	VAN LOY	Ellen	BEL	0:47:23
6	37	VAN DER HEIJDEN	Inge	NED	0:47:29
7	54	NAGENGAST	Fleur	NED	0:48:02
8	7	VANDERBEKEN	Joyce	BEL	0:48:10
9	16	ARZUFFI	Alice Maria	ITA	0:48:11
10	12	VERHESTRAETEN	Karen	BEL	0:48:11
11	21	BAKKER	Manon	NED	0:48:21
12	43	BETSEMA	Denise	NED	0:48:38
13	11	VAN ANROOIJ	Lindy	NED	0:48:46
14	15	DEL CARMEN ALVARADO	Ceylin	NED	0:49:27
15	6	FRANCK	Alicia	BEL	0:49:27
16	10	VAN DE STEENE	Kim	BEL	0:49:57
17	13	ANDERSON	Elle	USA	0:50:01
18	38	GOOSSENS	Veerle	NED	0:50:08
19	48	VAN DEN HOEK	Bianca	NED	0:50:12
20	23	PEETERS	Jinse	BEL	0:50:18
21	31	DELHAYE	Pauline	FRA	0:50:25
22	35	TRUYEN	Marthe	BEL	0:50:25
23	28	MAES	Shana	BEL	0:50:38
24	49	VAN ALPHEN	Aniek	NED	0:51:41
25	27	VERMEIREN	Tinne	BEL	0:51:52
26	32	ZWAENEPOEL	Tessa	BEL	0:52:05
27	17	GERRITSEN	Irene	NED	0:52:10
28	26	DE BRUYNE	Meg	BEL	0:52:11
29	20	KLOPPENBURG	Margriet	DEN	0:52:11
30	30	MICHELS	Laure	BEL	0:52:38
31	41	VAN DER BURG	Esther	NED	0:53:07
32	22	VAN WUNSEL	Lise	BEL	0:53:20
33	42	KUIJPER	Elodie	NED	0:53:29
34	8	KRANS	Laura	NED	0:53:34
35	29	VAN DER ZWAAN	Laura	NED	0:54:13
36	53	NELEN	Kristien	BEL	0:54:40
37	40	DOBBELAERE	Jana	BEL	-1 LAP
38	25	GERRITSE	Femke	NED	-1 LAP
39	14	VERMEIR	Aurelie	BEL	-1 LAP
40	47	VERMEERSCH	Eva	BEL	-1 LAP
41	19	ROMBOUTS	Tine	BEL	-2 LAPS
42	52	HEY	Sabine	NED	-2 LAPS
43	33	SCHOON	Lisette	NED	-3 LAPS
44	50	DE KEULENAER	Karen	BEL	-3 LAPS
45	34	GENYN	Annemieke	BEL	-3 LAPS
46	39	VAN HOOL	Lana	BEL	-3 LAPS
47	46	VAN ROMPAY	Anke	BEL	-4 LAPS
DNF	1	CANT	Sanne	BEL
DNF	36	MULDER	Mascha	NED
DNF	51	DE VRIES	Didi	NED

Elite Men Results: 2018 Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	1	VAN DER POEL	Mathieu	NED	0:58:38
2	24	SWEECK	Laurens	BEL	0:58:50
3	7	VAN DER POEL	David	NED	0:58:56
4	8	VAN DER HAAR	Lars	NED	0:58:56
5	12	AERTS	Toon	BEL	0:59:08
6	14	SOETE	Daan	BEL	0:59:12
7	11	VAN KESSEL	Corne	NED	0:59:14
8	19	HERMANS	Quinten	BEL	0:59:27
9	10	MERLIER	Tim	BEL	0:59:38
10	9	ADAMS	Jens	BEL	0:59:53
11	3	PAUWELS	Kevin	BEL	1:00:09
12	39	AERNOUTS	Jim	BEL	1:00:20
13	20	VERMEERSCH	Gianni	BEL	1:00:41
14	5	MEEUSEN	Tom	BEL	1:00:41
15	51	BOSMANS	Wietse	BEL	1:00:59
16	6	PEETERS	Rob	BEL	1:01:17
17	13	GODRIE	Stan	NED	1:01:24
18	15	ORTS LLORET	Felipe	ESP	1:01:39
19	29	BOROŠ	Michael	CZE	1:01:39
20	40	MERLIER	Braam	BEL	1:01:42
21	18	UYTDEWILLIGEN	Ingmar	BEL	1:01:57
22	4	ISERBYT	Eli	BEL	1:02:09
23	16	VANTORNOUT	Klaas	BEL	1:02:13
24	31	HUYS	Stijn	BEL	1:02:18
25	46	ADAMS	Joeri	BEL	1:02:48
26	17	VAN LEEUWEN	Patrick	NED	1:02:48
27	28	TIELEN	Dario	BEL	1:03:01
28	23	VAN DEN BRAND	Twan	NED	1:03:03
29	35	VERHEYEN	Onno	BEL	1:03:22
30	2	VANTHOURENHOUT	Michael	BEL	1:03:54
31	30	VANTHOURENHOUT	Dieter	BEL	1:03:54
32	26	VAN AMERONGEN	Thijs	NED	1:03:54
33	49	HOEYBERGHS	Daan	BEL	1:04:20
34	37	VAN COMPERNOLLE	Kenneth	BEL	1:04:25
35	50	SWEECK	Hendrik	BEL	1:04:43
36	43	GYS	Jens	BEL	-1 LAP
37	34	DE WIT	Edwin	BEL	-1 LAP
38	33	THOMPSON	Eric	USA	-2 LAPS
39	48	GOOSEN	Wouter	BEL	-2 LAPS
40	41	KOYEN	Niels	BEL	-2 LAPS
41	36	LEAERTS	Yelle	BEL	-4 LAPS
42	42	MEELBERGHS	Pieter	BEL	-4 LAPS
43	32	CLOUTIER	Tyler	USA	-4 LAPS
DNF	27	PRUVOT	Nicolas	FRA
DNF	44	ESTEBAN AGUERO	Ismael	ESP

U23 Men Results: 2018 Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	1	AERTS	Thijs	BEL	0:53:28
2	7	ŤOUPALÍK	Adam	CZE	0:53:41
3	32	CALUWE	Stijn	BEL	0:53:45
4	4	PEETERS	Yannick	BEL	0:53:45
5	3	SMETS	Gert	BEL	0:53:51
6	10	VANDEBOSCH	Toon	BEL	0:54:15
7	27	WUYTS	Mathijs	BEL	0:54:22
8	26	BONNE	Jenko	BEL	0:54:31
9	53	BAKX	Kelvin	NED	0:54:38
10	9	KIELICH	Timo	BEL	0:54:38
11	39	PAUWELS	Tijl	BEL	0:54:43
12	17	LOOCKX	Lander	BEL	0:54:48
13	12	LIESSENS	Jarno	BEL	0:54:48
14	57	DERVEAUX	Niels	BEL	0:55:01
15	6	VAN DER HEIJDEN	Maik	NED	0:55:04
16	33	VAN DER STEGEN	Roel	NED	0:55:27
17	29	SIEBENS	Gianni	BEL	0:55:27
18	41	VERMEERSCH	Florian	BEL	0:55:31
19	55	TURNER	Ben	GBR	0:55:37
20	21	VAN DIJKE	Koen	NED	0:55:41
21	24	GOEMAN	Andreas	BEL	0:55:41
22	23	WOUTERS	Sieben	NED	0:56:03
23	38	VLIEGEN	Pieter-Jan	BEL	0:56:03
24	34	DE MEYER	Senne	BEL	0:56:16
25	48	ROMBOUTS	Seppe	BEL	0:56:20
26	47	VANDEBOSCH	Victor	BEL	0:56:20
27	35	DEBEIR	Arno	BEL	0:56:20
28	19	SIEMONS	Julian	BEL	0:56:29
29	36	PEERS	Nick	BEL	0:56:51
30	20	LEMMENS	Sander	BEL	0:57:10
31	18	VAN ROY	Matthias	BEL	0:57:18
32	50	MUSKENS	Mart	NED	0:57:48
33	44	VAN HELVOIRT	Koen	NED	0:57:48
34	45	SCHREUDER	Carlos	NED	0:58:02
35	14	VAN STAEYEN	Maarten	BEL	0:58:26
36	37	HELSOCHT	Liam	BEL	0:58:30
37	13	STUER	Kwinten	BEL	0:59:41
38	56	SZÉDELYI	Tomas	BEL	1 LAP
39	49	TIBACKX	Lander	BEL	1 LAP
40	22	VERBRUGGEN	Niels	NED	2 LAPS
41	42	STEURS	Ward	BEL	3 LAPS
42	54	VERMEERSCH	Arne	BEL	3 LAPS
43	43	MASTEBROEK	Lars	NED	4 LAPS
44	46	RUNHAAR	Marvin	NED	5 LAPS
45	25	PEETERS	Damian	NED	5 LAPS
DNF	2	JACOBS	Johan	SUI
DNF	5	JOSEPH	Thomas	BEL
DNF	8	DRIESEN	Jarne	BEL
DNF	15	VANDAEL	Roel	BEL
DNF	30	VERHEYEN	Thomas	BEL
DNF	31	SMITS	Rune	BEL
DNF	40	TIBACKX	Lawrence	BEL
DNF	51	DEKKER	Jens	NED

Junior Men Results: 2018 Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	38	VANDEPUTTE	Niels	BEL	0:40:44
2	30	KAMP	Ryan	NED	0:41:00
3	10	MEEUSSEN	Witse	BEL	0:41:12
4	28	CORTJENS	Ryan	BEL	0:41:17
5	8	DEJONGHE	Len	BEL	0:41:23
6	2	DE VET	Sander	BEL	0:41:23
7	26	BERVOETS	Michael	BEL	0:41:23
8	6	ARTZ	Bart	NED	0:41:46
9	1	BELLENS	Jarno	BEL	0:41:53
10	36	FERDINANDE	Anton	BEL	0:41:53
11	9	VAN DEN BROECK	Arno	BEL	0:41:59
12	42	VREESWIJK	Noah	NED	0:41:59
13	31	VAN RILLAER	Witse	BEL	0:42:11
14	25	JORDENS	Jarno	BEL	0:42:20
15	12	CAS	Stijn	BEL	0:42:20
16	33	VAN DER SMISSEN	Lennick	BEL	0:42:47
17	16	VERVOORT	Wout	BEL	0:42:53
18	17	PEMEN	Dolf	BEL	0:43:26
19	4	HERRYGERS	Tieme	BEL	0:43:27
20	7	VANDEN BUSSCHE	Wannes	BEL	0:43:34
21	20	WILLEMS	Robbe	BEL	0:43:39
22	32	VANDESOMPEL	Cedric	BEL	0:44:27
23	24	LIPPENS	Seppe	BEL	0:44:51
24	34	DELNOIJE	Remon	NED	0:45:14
25	39	EHLERT	Marco	NED	0:45:14
26	15	DE LAET	Tomas	BEL	0:45:22
27	23	JANSE	Stef	BEL	0:45:29
28	18	NOYENS	Jarne	BEL	0:45:37
29	13	UPTEGROVE	Pete	NED	0:45:38
30	44	CLAUWAERT	Maarten	BEL	0:46:05
31	5	VAN CUTSEM	Senna	BEL	0:46:25
32	14	VERHEYDE	Leander	BEL	0:47:05
33	29	GROOTJANS	Jeno	BEL	0:47:13
34	35	MOLS	Berre	BEL	-2 LAPS
35	19	LEYSEN	Joppe	BEL	-3 LAPS
DNF	21	GHYS	Emile	BEL
DNF	22	GROOTJANS	Jente	BEL