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October 16, 2022
Cyclo-Cross World Cup 2023 – FAYETTEVILLE
The UCI World Cup series is the pinnacle of the cyclocross season. The series often attracts the world’s best cyclocross racers and includes some of the most prestigious races on the calendar.
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October 16, 2022
Cyclo-Cross World Cup 2023 – FAYETTEVILLE
The UCI World Cup series is the pinnacle of the cyclocross season. The series often attracts the world’s best cyclocross racers and includes some of the most prestigious races on the calendar. This series will feature 14 rounds this season, with races held across Europe and the US as the UCI attempts to broaden the sport’s reach and bring cyclocross to a global audience. The UCI CX World Cup uses a points system to decide the rankings, with the first 25 riders to cross the finishing line scoring points. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place score 40, 30, 25, 22 and 21 points respectively, with riders then scoring one less point for every position they finish further down the field. These points then go towards the UCI CX World Cup rankings, with the rider who has accumulated the most points by the end of the series taking the overall victory. During the series, the leader in the rankings after each round will receive a white jersey with red accents to wear at the next race.
Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) out-sprinted his former teammate Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Fristads) to win the second round of the UCI World Cup in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Sunday.
The Belgian duo repeated for the top two steps on the podium for a second week in a row, the pair going one-two at World Cup Waterloo.
Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), who was fourth in Waterloo, moved up a spot and secured third place. Eric Brunner (Blue Competition Cycles p/b Build) of the United States finished fourth and Thibau Nys (Baloise Trek Lions) was fifth.
Some overnight rains fell in north-west Arkansas to beat down the dust from Friday’s OZ Cross C1 contest. Mild early-fall temperatures and sunshine provided a fast track for the 10 laps on the second round for elite men of the UCI World Cup, which began in Waterloo, Wisconsin the week before.
World Cup leader Iserbyt took the early lead from the hole shot and pounced to the front, with Sweeck riding on his back wheel. Pim Ronhaar (Baloise Trek Lions) appeared to break his chain and was dropped immediately.
Toon Vandebosch (Alpecin-Deceuninck) hammered across the start/finish as the leader to begin the second lap on the dirt, softened slightly from overnight rain but not muddy along the route on Millsap Mountain. He carried a few seconds over Iserbyt and 14 other riders.
On the third lap, an acceleration by Sweeck closed down Vandebosch, but Iserbyt then accelerated to the front of his fellow Belgians. The pace remained high with Vandebosch doing most of the work at the front for the group of 12. Two chasers trying to make contact, 20 seconds back, were Curtis White (Steve Tilford Foundation Racing) and Thijs Aerts (Baloise Trek Lions).
Halfway through the contest the lead group included Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), Daan Soete (Deschacht-Hens-Maes), Sweeck, Iserbyt, Vandebosch, Nys, Brunner, Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Michael Boros (Elkov-Kasper), Joran Wyseure (Crelan-Fristads), Timon Rüegg (Cross Team Legendre) and Vincent Baestaens (Spits CX Team).
Two laps later, 10 riders remained in a front pack, Baestaens and Aerts falling off the pace. Vandebosch and Iserbyt battled at the front, but Iserbyt attacked in the woods on a downhill section. With Vanthourenhout in tow, Iserbyt opened a small gap headed into the technical turns at the bottom of Walmart staircase feature. Sweeck trailed alone in third, but just three seconds back with three laps to go.
Sweeck stayed on the accelerator to catch and pass Vanthourenhout on lap eight. Iserbyt pushed the pace on the big climb yet again to gain a few more seconds. But it wasn’t enough to hold off the duo, and Iserbyt slowed his pace for the trio to regroup.
After the trio came through the start/finish for the final two laps, it was a half a minute back to Brunner, Wyseure, Vandeputte, Nys and Soete. But then Brunner seemed to hit another gear to start the ninth lap, closing the gap to under 15 seconds to the leading threesome in a solo effort.
On the bell lap in Fayetteville, Brunner was still seven seconds back and kept the leaders in sight. Iserbyt went back in front of Vanthourenhout and Sweeck to increase the pace. Once again on the climb, Iserbyt charged again and Sweeck answered by matching the pace, to set up the two-man sprint for a second straight week.
Results :
 out-sprinted his former teammate Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Fristads) to win the second round of the UCI World Cup in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Sunday.
The Belgian duo repeated for the top two steps on the podium for a second week in a row, the pair going one-two at World Cup Waterloo.
Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), who was fourth in Waterloo, moved up a spot and secured third place. Eric Brunner (Blue Competition Cycles p/b Build) of the United States finished fourth and Thibau Nys (Baloise Trek Lions) was fifth.
Some overnight rains fell in north-west Arkansas to beat down the dust from Friday’s OZ Cross C1 contest. Mild early-fall temperatures and sunshine provided a fast track for the 10 laps on the second round for elite men of the UCI World Cup, which began in Waterloo, Wisconsin the week before.
World Cup leader Iserbyt took the early lead from the hole shot and pounced to the front, with Sweeck riding on his back wheel. Pim Ronhaar (Baloise Trek Lions) appeared to break his chain and was dropped immediately.
Toon Vandebosch (Alpecin-Deceuninck) hammered across the start/finish as the leader to begin the second lap on the dirt, softened slightly from overnight rain but not muddy along the route on Millsap Mountain. He carried a few seconds over Iserbyt and 14 other riders.
On the third lap, an acceleration by Sweeck closed down Vandebosch, but Iserbyt then accelerated to the front of his fellow Belgians. The pace remained high with Vandebosch doing most of the work at the front for the group of 12. Two chasers trying to make contact, 20 seconds back, were Curtis White (Steve Tilford Foundation Racing) and Thijs Aerts (Baloise Trek Lions).
Halfway through the contest the lead group included Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), Daan Soete (Deschacht-Hens-Maes), Sweeck, Iserbyt, Vandebosch, Nys, Brunner, Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Michael Boros (Elkov-Kasper), Joran Wyseure (Crelan-Fristads), Timon Rüegg (Cross Team Legendre) and Vincent Baestaens (Spits CX Team).
Two laps later, 10 riders remained in a front pack, Baestaens and Aerts falling off the pace. Vandebosch and Iserbyt battled at the front, but Iserbyt attacked in the woods on a downhill section. With Vanthourenhout in tow, Iserbyt opened a small gap headed into the technical turns at the bottom of Walmart staircase feature. Sweeck trailed alone in third, but just three seconds back with three laps to go.
Sweeck stayed on the accelerator to catch and pass Vanthourenhout on lap eight. Iserbyt pushed the pace on the big climb yet again to gain a few more seconds. But it wasn’t enough to hold off the duo, and Iserbyt slowed his pace for the trio to regroup.
After the trio came through the start/finish for the final two laps, it was a half a minute back to Brunner, Wyseure, Vandeputte, Nys and Soete. But then Brunner seemed to hit another gear to start the ninth lap, closing the gap to under 15 seconds to the leading threesome in a solo effort.
On the bell lap in Fayetteville, Brunner was still seven seconds back and kept the leaders in sight. Iserbyt went back in front of Vanthourenhout and Sweeck to increase the pace. Once again on the climb, Iserbyt charged again and Sweeck answered by matching the pace, to set up the two-man sprint for a second straight week.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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