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Today’s Berencross (not to be confused with the English sports journalist by the same name), served as a tune-up race for tomorrow’s opening stop of the DVV Trofee series in Ronse. The race was held in Meulebeke, Belgium, at the future site of the 2021 Belgian National Championships, and is the second stop of the six-race Brico Cross series.

In just his second race this season, 2015 World Champion Mathieu van der Poel (Beobank-Corendon) showed that he’s back to his usual self already. The returning-from-knee-surgery Dutch star took to a fast, technical course complete with Azencross-like rollers and a giant flyover and finished on top, distancing teammate Wietse Bosmans for the win.

Bosmans is on the comeback trail himself, returning from a second fight with Lyme disease.

2016 U23 World Champion Eli Iserbyt had an impressive ride to finish third.

While today’s race was only a UCI C2 cyclocross race, many of the biggest names were there. 2016 World Champion Wout van Aert also started, and fans were hoping for another “beautiful duel” between the two young stars like we saw last weekend at Superprestige Gieten. It didn’t quite materialize in the end, with van Aert finishing in ninth, 46 seconds in arrears.

Van Aert simply had an off day, saying that it wasn’t the result he was hoping for:

In the women’s race, Belgian Ellen van Loy (Telenet Fidea Lions) got a boost of confidence after a challenging, hot American World Cup trip. Van Loy quickly stretched out the field, with only two racers able to stay within a minute of the 2014 Qiansen Trophy Series winner. The two Belgian “JVs” chased van Loy for the final podium spots, with teammate Jolien Verschueren distancing Joyce Vanderbeken for third.

Named after a local family with a last name that means “bears,” the “Bear Cross” race sends winners home with stuffed bears instead of the Tour de France’s Lions. Van Loy now has a growing family of them:

Christine Vardaros was the lone American in attendance, finishing 14th in the women’s race.

In the Junior Men’s UCI race, Pieter-Jan Vliegen held off Florian Vermeersch for the win.

Full results from the 2016 Berencross stop of Brico Cross below the two short Berencross videos.

Video: The Making of the Berencross Flyover:

Video: The Berencross Rollers:

2016 Berencross - Brico Cross #2 Results - Elite Men

RankNameNat.Age*ResultPts
1Mathieu VAN DER POELNED221:00:2140
2Wietse BOSMANSBEL261:00:2330
3Eli ISERBYTBEL201:00:4720
4Vincent BAESTAENSBEL281:00:5615
5Jim AERNOUTSBEL281:00:5810
6Tim MERLIERBEL251:01:058
7Daan SOETEBEL231:01:056
8Stan GODRIENED241:01:074
9Wout VAN AERTBEL231:01:072
10Jens ADAMSBEL251:01:071
11Tom MEEUSENBEL291:01:09
12Kevin PAUWELSBEL331:01:13
13Dieter VANTHOURENHOUTBEL321:01:30
14Klaas VANTORNOUTBEL351:01:58
15David VAN DER POELNED251:02:01
16Gosse VAN DER MEERNED221:02:04
17Marcel MEISENGER281:02:13
18Joeri ADAMSBEL281:02:16
19Daan HOEYBERGHSBEL231:02:22
20Braam MERLIERBEL231:02:25
21Mariusz GILPOL341:02:47
22Thijs VAN AMERONGENNED311:03:19
23Quincy VENSBEL311:03:29
24Kenneth VAN COMPERNOLLEBEL291:03:35
25Bart HOFMANBEL321:03:50
26Hendrik SWEECKBEL251:04:13
27Dario TIELENBEL231:04:34
28Vinnie BRAETBEL261:04:53
29Yu TAKENOUCHIJPN291:05:08
30Wouter GOOSENBEL31
31Niels KOYENBEL26
32Brecht VANDENHEEDEBEL22
33Edwin DE WITBEL34
34Stef ClaeysBEL22
35Niels DERVEAUXBEL20
36Gianni VERMEIRENITA21
37Stijn DERUYTERBEL21
38Vincent OGERBEL23
DNFMichael VANTHOURENHOUTBEL24
DSQRob PEETERSBEL32

2016 Berencross - Brico Cross #2 Results - Elite Women

RankNameNat.Age*ResultPts
1Ellen VAN LOYBEL3741:18:0040
2Jolien VERSCHUERENBEL2741:33:0030
3Joyce VANDERBEKENBEL3341:52:0020
4Loes SELSBEL3242:30:0015
5Karen VERHESTRAETENBEL2642:46:0010
6Pauline DELHAYEFRA2843:11:008
7Elena VALENTINIITA2543:16:006
8Shana MAESBEL2243:55:004
9Axelle BELLAERTBEL2044:07:002
10Geerte HOEKENED2745:01:001
11Marthe TRUYENBEL1845:24:00
12Jara NOËLBEL1845:26:00
13Laure MICHELSBEL1745:26:00
14Christine VARDAROSUSA4845:39:00
15Mieke DE ROOBEL4545:46:00
16Meg DE BRUYNEBEL2146:10:00
17Valerie BOONENBEL2446:51:00
18Birgit MASSAGÉBEL2746:57:00
19Yenthe BOONSBEL2047:33:00
20Tine ROMBOUTSBEL1747:51:00
21Anja GELDHOFBEL44
22Eva VERMEERSCHBEL17
23Chayenne VRANKENBEL27
24Fleur VANDECAVEYEBEL17
25Tine VERDEYENBEL28
26Tine VANDENHEEDEBEL17
27Jana DOBBELAEREBEL21
28Puck MOONENNED21
29Jo BLANCHAERTBEL47
DNFJoyce HEYNSBEL19

2016 Berencross - Brico Cross #2 Results - Junior Men

RankNameNat.Age*ResultPts
1Pieter-Jan VLIEGENBEL1837:54:0010
2Florian VERMEERSCHBEL1838:00:006
3Julian SIEMONSBEL1838:32:004
4Arno DEBEIRBEL1838:43:002
5Andres VERDONCKBEL1738:43:001
6Gerben KUYPERSBEL1738:45:00
7Niels VANDERMEULENBEL1838:46:00
8Jarne DE MEYERBEL1838:46:00
9Loeka VERDONCKBEL1839:00:00
10Arne VRACHTENBEL1839:08:00
11Perry FRIJTERSNED1739:23:00
12Fabio VERBERCKMOESBEL1839:31:00
13Kwinten STUERBEL1839:38:00
14Jens CLYNHENSBEL1739:42:00
15Joren THYSBEL1739:42:00
16Gilles CLAUWAERTBEL2539:53:00
17Wannes VANDEN BUSSCHEBEL1739:53:00
18Jarno JORDENSBEL1739:56:00
19Jasper VAN DEN PLASBEL1739:56:00
20Lander TIBACKXBEL1840:10:00
21Bavo HOUSSINBEL1740:13:00
22Brent BRAESBEL1840:25:00
23Cedric MERTENSBEL1840:29:00
24Dolf PEMENBEL1740:29:00
25Bruno VAN DUYSEBEL1840:45:00
26Seppe BEKAERTBEL1841:06:00
27Arne SANTYBEL1741:06:00
28Arno VAN DUYSEBEL1741:06:00
29Jordan NOLINFRA1841:15:00
30Thijs CHRISTIAENSBEL1841:23:00
31Seppe LIPPENSBEL1741:41:00
32Fabio VAN GOETHEMBEL1842:26:00
33Brent BOUDREZBEL1742:26:00
34Aaron LOGIEBEL1842:39:00
35Joris DEKIENBEL17
DNFJonas SMETBEL18
DNFArne VERMEERSCHBEL18