Sels, Van Aert Win Kermiscross Ardooie, Compton Third in First Euro Race – Results

Riders in Europe got a mid-week warm-up for the Superprestige Boom/World Cup Bern weekend at Kermiscross Ardooie on Thursday. The non-series race put on by a local group of cyclocross enthusiastists—the Kermiscrossers—held its 24th edition this year.

This year’s Kermiscross is likely of interest to U.S. cyclocross fans because it marked the start of Katie Compton’s (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight) 2018/19 European campaign, and Elle Anderson (Milwaukee – Alpha Motorhomes) was on the start line for a pre-World-Cup tuneup.

The Elite Women’s win went to Loes Sels (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice). Ellen Van Loy (Telenet Fidea Lions) finished second and Compton third. Anderson finished seventh.

In the Elite Men’s race, Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) got his first win of the season after finishing second six times already this season. Gianni Vermeersch (Steylaerts – 777) took silver and Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) bronze.

Full results are below.

This weekend’s European schedule includes Superprestige Boom on Saturday and World Cup Bern on Sunday.

Featured image: Dave Mable

Elite Women's Results: 2018 Kermiscross Ardooie

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	3	SELS	Loes	BEL	0:44:49
2	2	VAN LOY	Ellen	BEL	0:44:56
3	1	COMPTON	Katherine	USA	0:44:58
4	5	BRAMMEIER	Nikki	GBR	0:45:05
5	8	VAN DE STEENE	Kim	BEL	0:45:22
6	7	HOEKE	Geerte	NED	0:45:36
7	4	ANDERSON	Elle	USA	0:45:57
8	12	VANDERBEKEN	Joyce	BEL	0:46:57
9	21	KAY	Anna	GBR	0:47:01
10	11	DELHAYE	Pauline	FRA	0:47:03
11	31	WADSWORTH	Emily	GBR	0:47:42
12	22	PEETERS	Jinse	BEL	0:47:45
13	13	BELLAERT	Axelle	BEL	0:47:45
14	6	FRANCK	Alicia	BEL	0:47:45
15	15	NOBUS	Anja	BEL	0:47:50
16	28	VERHOEVEN	Suzanne	BEL	0:48:29
17	18	VERMEIR	Aurélie	BEL	0:48:32
18	10	MULDER	Mascha	NED	0:48:40
19	29	KUIJPER	Elodie	NED	0:50:12
20	9	VAN DE PUTTE	Kim	BEL	0:50:34
21	23	ALLART	Océane	FRA	0:50:44
22	14	DE BRUYNE	Meg	BEL	-1 LAP
23	30	BOONEN	Valerie	BEL	-2 LAPS
24	19	VAN HULLE	Cindy	BEL	-3 LAPS
25	32	FRAEYE	Katleen	BEL	-3 LAPS
26	16	STRATHDEE	Ishbel	GBR	-3 LAPS
DNF	20	TURNBULL	Fiona	GBR

Elite Men's Results: 2018 Kermiscross Ardooie

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	1	VAN AERT	Wout	BEL	0:56:32
2	4	VERMEERSCH	Gianni	BEL	0:56:35
3	2	AERTS	Toon	BEL	0:56:38
4	3	VANTHOURENHOUT	Michael	BEL	0:56:52
5	5	ISERBYT	Eli	BEL	0:56:52
6	10	MERLIER	Tim	BEL	0:56:54
7	14	AERNOUTS	Jim	BEL	0:56:54
8	8	PIDCOCK	Thomas	GBR	0:56:58
9	6	CLEPPE	Nicolas	BEL	0:57:04
10	7	AERTS	Thijs	BEL	0:57:42
11	11	MEISEN	Marcel	GER	0:57:42
12	17	JOSEPH	Thomas	BEL	0:58:07
13	16	PEETERS	Yannick	BEL	0:58:27
14	23	MEIN	Thomas	GBR	0:58:27
15	24	DEBEIR	Arno	BEL	0:58:27
16	42	FIELD	Ian	GBR	0:58:27
17	46	ORTS LLORET	Felipe	ESP	0:58:27
18	40	SMETS	Gert	BEL	0:58:27
19	33	TIELEN	Dario	BEL	0:58:27
20	20	DE SMET	Thibaut	BEL	0:58:50
21	44	WUYTS	Mathijs	BEL	0:58:52
22	30	ALDERWEIRELD	Robin	BEL	0:58:52
23	15	JACOBS	Johan	SUI	0:58:52
24	29	DEWULF	Maxim	BEL	0:58:57
25	12	BOSMANS	Wietse	BEL	0:59:32
26	25	HENNAUX	Loic	BEL	0:59:38
27	35	DERVEAUX	Niels	BEL	0:59:38
28	22	BONNE	Jenko	BEL	0:59:43
29	19	TEIRLINCK	Jens	BEL	0:59:46
30	31	VANDENHEEDE	Brecht	BEL	0:59:46
31	18	VAN COMPERNOLLE	Kenneth	BEL	0:59:50
32	38	DE BOCK	Yoni	BEL	1:00:50
33	32	DE BOCK	Jelle	BEL	1:01:20
34	21	MASON	Cameron	GBR	1:01:30
35	27	GRABAREK	Grzegorz	POL	1:01:38
36	36	TAKENOUCHI	Yu	JPN	1:01:38
37	37	KOYEN	Niels	BEL	1:01:43
38	39	ROBERTSON	Finlay	GBR	-2 LAPS
39	26	MEELBERGHS	Pieter	BEL	-3 LAPS
DNF	13	VANTHOURENHOUT	Dieter	BEL
DNF	34	VAN DE KERCKHOVE	Nick	BEL
DNF	41	DE WIT	Edwin	BEL
DNF	45	ESTEBAN AGUERO	Ismael	ESP