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In addition to the close race in the Elite Women’s field, the U23 and Junior Men’s Telenet Superprestige series also had tight overall standings that came down to Saturday’s race in Middelkerke.

In the U23 race, Tom Pidcock (Telenet Fidea Lions) bounced back from a disappointing U23 World Championships to beat World Champion Eli Iserbyt (Marlux-Bingoal) at Middelkerke. Pidcock, however, missed several of the races and finished fifth in the overall series.

Sieben Wouters (Pauwels Sauzen-Vastgoedservice) entered the race with a six-point lead, and although he finished tenth on Saturday, he held on for the overall series win ahead of Adam Toupalik (Corendon-Circus).

In the Junior race, Niels Vandeputte (IKO-Beobank) joined teammate Cant on the top step of the Middelkerke podium. The overall series win went to second-place finisher Tomas Kopecky (Acrog-Balen), who leap-frogged Ryan Kamp (ZZPR Orange Baby Handclean) after the latter rider had an off day.

Top ten series standings and Middelkerke results are below.

Superprestige Overall Series Top Ten

U23 Men's Overall Standings: 2017-18 Superprestige Series

RankNameTotalGietenZonhovenBoomRudder- voordeGavereDiegemHoog- stratenMiddelkerke
1Sieben Wouters 8412111314141406
2Adam Toupalik 821451469121210
3Jens Dekker 8215150150111313
4Toon Vandebosch74614913112712
5Tom Pidcock 720121501515015
6Thijs Aerts681191001301411
7Yannick Peeters61132117120115
8Jelle Schuermans5781012108900
9Thomas Joseph5171380101300
10Maik van der Heijden 411046124500

Junior Men's Overall Standings: 2017-18 Superprestige Series

Best Seven Races, Double Points for Last Two         
RankNameTotalGietenZonhovenBoomRudder- voordeGavereDiegemHoog- stratenMiddelkerke
1Tomas Kopecky 1190(3)14121414132428
2Ryan Kamp 112151001512143016
3Pim Ronhaar1021415061502626
4Niels Vandeputte89000138102830
5Jarno Bellens8711130120111822
6Witse Meeussen669700602024
7Gerben Kuypers6400079121620
8Mees Hendrikx482801079120
9Vince Van den Eynde4710121183300
10Anton Ferdinande448005110614

Middelkerke Results

U23 Men's Results: 2018 Superprestige Middelkerke

RankBibNameCountryTimeGap
155PIDCOCK ThomasGBR0h49´49.0"
21ISERBYT EliBEL0h50´02.0"+13.0"
340DEKKER JensNED0h50´10.0"+21.0"
452VANDEBOSCH ToonBEL0h50´25.0"+36.0"
52AERTS ThijsBEL0h50´46.0"+57.0"
651TOUPALIK AdamCZE0h50´51.0"+1´02.0"
731CALUWE StijnBEL0h50´53.0"+1´04.0"
812BONNE JenkoBEL0h50´58.0"+1´09.0"
922LOOCKX LanderBEL0h51´01.0"+1´12.0"
1053WOUTERS SiebenNED0h51´16.0"+1´27.0"
1142PEETERS YannickBEL0h51´19.0"+1´30.0"
1245TURNER BenGBR0h51´19.0"+1´30.0"
1343BAKX KelvinNED0h51´27.0"+1´38.0"
1428WUYTS MathijsBEL0h51´35.0"+1´46.0"
1554DERVEAUX NielsBEL0h51´41.0"+1´52.0"
1636LIESSENS JarnoBEL0h51´44.0"+1´55.0"
1727GOEMAN AndreasBEL0h51´57.0"+2´08.0"
1839VAN DER HEIJDEN MaikNED0h52´04.0"+2´15.0"
197PAUWELS TijlBEL0h52´06.0"+2´17.0"
2050JOSEPH ThomasBEL0h52´23.0"+2´34.0"
216VAN DER STEGEN RoelNED0h52´27.0"+2´38.0"
225BEKAERT YentlBEL0h52´33.0"+2´44.0"
234ROMBOUTS SeppeBEL0h52´40.0"+2´51.0"
2437VANDEBOSCH VictorBEL0h52´50.0"+3´01.0"
2525KIELICH TimoBEL0h52´55.0"+3´06.0"
2610SMETS GertBEL0h53´00.0"+3´11.0"
2715DEBEIR ArnoBEL0h53´30.0"+3´41.0"
2826DRIESEN JarneBEL0h53´42.0"+3´53.0"
2913DE MEYER SenneBEL0h53´47.0"+3´58.0"
3046MUSKENS MartNED0h53´50.0"+4´01.0"
3124VAN DIJKE KoenNED0h53´54.0"+4´05.0"
3211SCHUERMANS JelleBEL0h54´09.0"+4´20.0"
3334VERMEERSCH FlorianBEL0h54´10.0"+4´21.0"
3421ALDERWEIRELD RobinBEL0h55´13.0"+5´24.0"
3548JACOBS JohanSUI0h55´19.0"+5´30.0"
3620VRACHTEN ArneBEL0h55´23.0"+5´34.0"
3738MUSEEUW StefanoBEL0h55´40.0"+5´51.0"
389VERHEYEN ThomasBEL0h55´53.0"+6´04.0"
3933TIBACKX LawrenceBEL0h56´02.0"+6´13.0"
4018DE SMET ThibautBEL0h56´36.0"+6´47.0"
4116VAN ROY MatthiasBEL0h56´51.0"+7´02.0"
4229VAN DE KERCKHOVE NickBEL2 r
433BEKAERT SeppeBEL2 r
4444DE BOCK YoniBEL2 r
4517TIBACKX LanderBEL2 r
468VERBRUGGEN NielsNED3 r
DNF23LOGIE AaronBELDNF
DNF30SIEBENS GianniBELDNF

Junior Men Results: 2018 Superprestige Middelkerke

RankBibNameCountryTimeGap
112VANDEPUTTE NielsBEL0h44´06.0"
214KOPECKY TomasCZE0h44´20.0"+14.0"
329RONHAAR PimNED0h44´34.0"+28.0"
428MEEUSSEN WitseBEL0h44´39.0"+33.0"
51BELLENS JarnoBEL0h44´44.0"+38.0"
616KUYPERS GerbenBEL0h44´52.0"+46.0"
732ROUILLER LorisSUI0h45´03.0"+57.0"
83KAMP RyanNED0h45´06.0"+1´00.0"
930FERDINANDE AntonBEL0h45´27.0"+1´21.0"
104DEJONGHE LenBEL0h45´38.0"+1´32.0"
1119CORTJENS RyanBEL0h45´39.0"+1´33.0"
1223VERVOORT WoutBEL0h46´05.0"+1´59.0"
1334VERMOOTE JelleBEL0h46´13.0"+2´07.0"
149ARTZ BartNED0h46´21.0"+2´15.0"
1518VAN DEN BROECK ArnoBEL0h46´41.0"+2´35.0"
1633BERVOETS MichaelBEL0h46´47.0"+2´41.0"
172DE VET SanderBEL0h46´55.0"+2´49.0"
1826JORDENS JarnoBEL0h47´09.0"+3´03.0"
1913HENDRIKX MeesNED0h47´20.0"+3´14.0"
208WYSEURE JoranBEL0h47´59.0"+3´53.0"
2125VAN DER SMISSEN LennickBEL0h48´31.0"+4´25.0"
2220PEIRENS YenteBEL0h49´20.0"+5´14.0"
2331QUARTIER JonasBEL0h50´16.0"+6´10.0"
2411VAN COMPERNOLLE JasonBEL0h50´33.0"+6´27.0"
2521UPTEGROVE PeteNED0h50´42.0"+6´36.0"
2624VAN CUTSEM SennaBEL0h52´20.0"+8´14.0"
275JANSE StefBEL0h52´51.0"+8´45.0"
2822VERHEYDE LeanderBEL2 r
2910DEMEYER GuillianBEL2 r
3017SALOMEZ YdrisBEL2 r
316VANLUCHENE MaximBEL3 r
3227VAN CAUWENBERGH ObeBEL3 r
DNF7VANDEN BUSSCHE WannesBELDNF
DNF15DE SMET NicolasBELDNF
DNF35CLAUWAERT Maarten BELDNF