Cycling: Four competitions - three gold for the Netherlands. Only in the last race of the Cycle Cross Championships was it possible to break the Oranje series. The Belgian Eli Iserbyt wins the European Champion title for the Belgium.
Eli Iserbyt lives up to his role as favourite
Mathieu van der Poel or Wout van Aert? This is usually the answer to the question of who will win the next cyclocross event. But after a strenuous road bike season, the two top favorites decided not to start. Accordingly, the competitors now saw their chance to finally become European cyclocross champions. And took this chance Eli Iserbyt. The 23-year-old Belgian crowned a strong performance by his nation by winning the gold medal. He fell on a stair passage and had to close the gap to the competition again. After that he went straight on the offensive. By 16 and 22 seconds he could compatriot Michael Vanthourenhout and the Dutchman Lars van der Haar keep at a distance. This was the first time that the hosts did not win a gold medal at this European Cycling Cross Championships. Kevin Kuhn became the best Swiss in 11th place. unlucky Marcel Meisen, who finally reached the finish line in 30th place, one lap down.
Eli Iserbyt:
“It feels good to have won a jersey so early in this strange season. This is good for mental well-being. I am really very happy now.”
The men stand on the podium. #EKveldrijden #eurocross20 pic.twitter.com/oKEYsCuSex
— 2020 UEC EK Veldrijden (@ekveldrijden) November 8, 2020
1. Eli Iserbyt (Belgium)
2. Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium) + 0:16
3. Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) + 0:22
4. Laurens Sweeck (Belgium) +0:41
5. Toon Aerts (Belgium) +0:47
Puck Pieterse celebrates another European title
Up to the final race of the elite men, everything went according to plan for the Dutch at the home European Championships in Rosmalen. After Ryan Kamp triumphed in the men's U23 class yesterday and Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado was victorious in the women's class, Another Dutch woman was happy today. Puck Pieterse succeeded in becoming European champion again in the women's U23 class, after having triumphed in the junior women's division last year. While you did Shirin van Anrooij life was difficult right at the beginning when she was able to break away and was out and about alone for a while. But the later winner succeeded with some compatriots and the Hungarian Kata Blanka Vas the connection. In the third lap, the 18-year-old then pulled away herself. After her victory already seemed certain, Kata Blanka Vas came up strong again towards the end. But she couldn't erase the last eight seconds. Bronze went on Manon Bakker – also from the Netherlands.
Het Wilhelmus 🇳🇱 heeft cloned. #ekveldrijden #EuroCross20 pic.twitter.com/UcjdwgGpz2
— 2020 UEC EK Veldrijden (@ekveldrijden) November 8, 2020
1. Puck Pieterse (Netherlands)
2. Kata Blanka Vas (Hungary) + 0:08
3. Manon Bakker (Netherlands) + 0:10
4. Aniek van Alphen (Netherlands) + 0:23
5. Shirin van Anrooij (Netherlands) + 0:44