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On Wednesday while we were traveling home from Denmark, Europe’s cyclocrossers were back in Belgium to kick off the post-Worlds march to the end of the season with a mid-week race at Parkcross Maldegem.

The race featured a few new jerseys of note. In the Elite Women’s race, Sanne Cant (IKO – Beobank) was back in the rainbow stripes for a third year after her late-race win against the Dutch armada in Bogense on Saturday.

But in the Elite Men’s race, Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) showed off his new rainbow stripes, while Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) appeared in the black kit of his 2018/19 trade team for the one time he will be wearing it this season. After Wednesday’s race, Van Aert now turns his attention to the upcoming road season with his new Lotto – Visma WorldTour team.

Top honors in the Elite Women’s race went to Denise Betsema (Marlux – Bingoal), with Laura Verdonschot (Marlux – Bingoal) finishing second and Annemarie Worst (Steylaerts – 777) third.

Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight) finished 7th, Rebecca Fahringer (Kona Maxxis Shimano) 9th, Erica Zaveta (Garneau – Easton p/b Transitions LifeCare) 16th, Corey Coogan Cisek (Amy D. Foundation) 19th, Emily Werner (Amy D. Foundation) 20th and Rebecca Gross (Zero D Racing) 23rd.

After finally getting the Worlds monkey off his back in Bogense, Van der Poel won his 27th international race of the season at Maldegem. Michael Vanthourenhout (Marlux – Bingoal) took second and Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) third.

Kerry Werner (Kona Maxxis Shimano) finished 26th, Drew Juiliano (Grit World Racing p/b Voler) 32nd, Eric Thompson (MSpeedwax.com) 34th, Tyler Cloutier (TCCX) 36th and Dylan Postier (Garneau – Easton p/b Transitions LifeCare) 38th.

Full results are below.

Next up are the DVV Trofee Krawatencross on Saturday and Superprestige Hoogstraten on Sunday.

Featured image: Bart Hazen

Elite Women Results: 2019 Parkcross Maldegem

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryResult
12BETSEMADeniseNED0:41:44
27VERDONSCHOTLauraBEL0:41:57
33WORSTAnnemarieNED0:42:08
434KASTELIJNYaraNED0:42:32
55ARZUFFIAlice MariaITA0:42:42
61CANTSanneBEL0:42:53
78COMPTONKatherineUSA0:42:53
86VAN LOYEllenBEL0:43:13
99FAHRINGERRebeccaUSA0:44:45
1010BAKKERManonNED0:45:06
1116GOOSSENSVeerleNED0:45:19
1217VAN DER BURGEstherNED0:45:21
1312GARIBOLDIRebeccaITA0:45:40
1429GERRITSENIreneNED0:45:52
1518ZWAENEPOELTessaBEL0:46:06
1633ZAVETAEricaUSA0:46:21
1720DOBBELAEREJanaBEL0:46:48
1819DE BRUYNEMegBEL0:47:27
1914COOGAN CISEKCoreyUSA0:47:37
2032WERNEREmilyUSA0:47:57
2122VAN WUNSELLiseBEL0:48:30
2223MICHELSLaureBEL0:49:01
2315GROSSRebeccaUSA0:49:32
2430DEVIGNECamilleFRA-2 LAPS
2527DE VOSNeleBEL-2 LAPS
2624FRAEYEKatleenBEL-3 LAPS
2726BLANCHAERTJoBEL-3 LAPS
DNF25BEIRINCKXLinaBEL
DNF28VAN WATERSCHOOTFamkeNED

Elite Men Results: 2019 Parkcross Maldegem

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryResult
11VAN DER POELMathieuNED0:56:45
25VANTHOURENHOUTMichaelBEL0:57:00
32AERTSToonBEL0:57:00
46VAN DER HAARLarsNED0:57:10
57VAN DER POELDavidNED0:57:23
68ISERBYTEliBEL0:57:23
712BOROŠMichaelCZE0:57:55
83VAN AERTWoutBEL0:58:06
913MEEUSENTomBEL0:58:20
1050ORTS LLORETFelipeESP0:58:31
1115SWEECKDietherBEL0:58:49
1211SOETEDaanBEL0:58:58
1314AERTSThijsBEL0:58:58
1448VERMEERSCHGianniBEL0:59:03
1516VANTHOURENHOUTDieterBEL0:59:07
1622PEETERSYannickBEL0:59:19
174SWEECKLaurensBEL0:59:27
1847WUYTSMathijsBEL0:59:33
1918TURNERBenGBR1:00:15
2017MERLIERBraamBEL1:00:39
2123DEBEIRArnoBEL1:00:39
2227DEWULFMaximBEL1:00:45
2352VAN DEN HAMMichaelCAN1:00:45
2424FERDINANDEAntonBEL1:00:45
2530ALDERWEIRELDRobinBEL1:00:58
2651WERNERKerryUSA1:01:08
2721BEKAERTYentlBEL1:01:15
2849ESTEBAN AGUEROIsmaelESP1:01:27
2925DEJONGHELenBEL1:01:31
3028VANDEBOSCHVictorBEL1:01:47
3133DE SMETThibautBEL1:02:53
3253JUILIANOAndrewUSA-1 LAP
3340CLAUWAERTMaartenBEL-1 LAP
3420THOMPSONEricUSA-2 LAPS
3539SWEECKHendrikBEL-2 LAPS
3643CLOUTIERTylerUSA-2 LAPS
3729TIELENDarioBEL-2 LAPS
3826POSTIERDylanUSA-3 LAPS
3946PARENTINicolaITA-4 LAPS
4041CAROZZOMarcoITA-4 LAPS
4142CHASTAGNERFrancoisFRA-5 LAPS
4245HEYMESGauthierFRA-5 LAPS
4338DE GROODTKillianBEL-6 LAPS
DNF9MERLIERTimBEL
DNF10ADAMSJensBEL
DNF36DE WITEdwinBEL
DNF44GROENENKlaasNED