Cyclo-Cross National Championships 2022 – Netherlands [FULL RACE] (dutch)

January 9, 2022

Cyclo-Cross National Championships 2022 – Netherlands WE – Rucphen & Hoogeveen, Netherlands

National governing bodies hold National Cyclo-cross Championships on an annual basis. The winner is crowned national cyclo-cross champion and wears the national cycling jersey for his/her nation in races in the same category as it was won in. This means, for example, that the winner of the Men’s Under-23 category cannot wear his national champion’s jersey in a Men’s Elite race. Most countries’ national championships are held on the second weekend in January, a fortnight before the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.

Lars van der Haar recaptured an evasive title at the Dutch Cyclo-cross National Championships on Sunday, taking a solo victory with an uncontested ride in Rucphen.

The battle for silver was a duel between 21-year-old Mees Hendrikx and veteran Corné van Kessel. The 30-year-old broke free of the current U23 World Cup leader on the final lap to finish second, leaving the bronze to Hendrikx.

Under bright sunshine the reigning European Champion broke a string of three consecutive runner-up finishes to Mathieu van der Poel, who pulled out of the Heusden-Zolder Superprestige, his second cyclo-cross race of the winter, due to a recurring back injury and discontinued his off-road season.

Van der Haar last won the Dutch title in back-to-back years, 2013 and 2014, then Van der Poel proved best for the next six editions. He broke free from all competitors after the first lap for solo laps on the course, unlike his World Cup win in Tabor earlier this season where he managed to distance World Cup leader Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) and Quinten Hermans (Tormans – Circus Cyclo Cross Team) by 11 and 15 seconds, respectively.

“I felt that I could really only lose here,” Van der Haar reflected at the finish in his comments to Sporza.

“I was going to divide my race into sections. The last two rounds I was able to slow down a bit, just drive at my own pace. It was clear, I could see exactly where my competitors were driving.”

Only the newly-crowned Dutch champion and Van Kessel will represent the Netherlands for the elite men at the World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the end of the month.

“I think I was actually better around the European Championship than today. I’m mainly training very hard now and focusing on the World [Championship]. Getting another jersey would be really special.”

Results :
1 Lars van der Haar 1:02:05
2 Corne van Kessel 0:00:51
3 Mees Hendrikx 0:00:58
4 Ryan Kamp 0:01:23
5 Pim Ronhaar 0:02:17
6 David van der Poel
7 Stan Godrie 0:03:06
8 Danny van Lierop 0:03:22
9 Tibor del Grosso
10 Luke Verburg 0:04:07
11 Bailey Groenendaal
12 Gosse van der Meer 0:05:16
13 Klaas Groenen 0:05:24
14 Koen van Dijke
15 Lucas Janssen 0:05:50
16 Hugo Kars
17 Joost Brinkman 0:06:35
18 Joren Bloem 0:07:42
19 Salvador Alvarado
20 Pete Uptegrove
21 Gert-Jan Bosman
22 Jardi Christiaan van der Lee
23 Marco Ehlert
24 Paul Snip
25 Koen van Helvoirt
26 Dylan Strik
27 Marino Noordam
28 Max Goris
29 Bart de Veer
30 Lucas Keuning
31 Chris van Dijk
32 Robin van Poppel
33 Mike Bronswijk
34 Omar Koudijs
35 Lars van Ark
36 James Potter
37 Sam Oosterholt
38 Sam Kerkvliet
39 Niek Hoornsman
40 Niels Verbruggen
41 Menno van Capel
42 Perry Wit
43 Jesse Sytema
44 Luuk Holslag
45 Lars de Weerd
46 Bas van der Burg
47 Beau van Izerloo
48 Vincent Fackeldey
49 Hugo Jansen
50 Jasir Kuiper
51 Sam Errens
52 Wessel Coppelmans
53 Yoep van der Peet
54 Stef Hendriks
55 Lucas Brandt
56 Jordi Steenbakkers
DNF Mike Hooiveld
DNF Dennis Brouwer
DNF Twan van der Drift
DNF Stef Ter Laak