Ethias Cross 2022 – 7 – Maldegem [FULL RACE]

February 5, 2022

Ethias Cross 2022 – 7 – Maldegem

The Ethias Cross series is one of the four major series in the cyclocross season. There are eight races in the Ethias Cross series, starting in September and ending in February.

Laurens Sweeck (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal) took a solo victory at the Maldegem Ethias Cross on Saturday. It was a 1-2 success for his team as Eli Iserbyt took second place ahead of Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) in third.

An early-race mishap over the barriers saw van der Haar struggle to gain back lost time to the front group. Sweeck and Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal teammate Michael Vanthourenhout went on to take the race lead, and pushed their lead out further to create a gap over their rivals behind.

Further back, Iserbyt and Toon Vandebosch, also Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal, were part of a chase that included van der Haar and Felipe Orts (Spain).

A crash took Vanthourenhout out of contention as his teammate Sweeck rode on to take a solo victory with Iserbyt in second and van der Haar third.

Results :
1 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal 0:57:40
2 Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal 0:00:08
3 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Baloise Trek Lions
4 Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin – Fenix 0:00:10
5 Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal 0:00:12
6 Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa) 0:00:13
7 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes 0:00:28
8 Timon Rüegg (Swi) Cross Team Legendre 0:00:29
9 Daan Soete (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes 0:00:33
10 Thibau Nys (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions 0:00:53
11 Ryan Kamp (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal 0:01:12
12 Stan Godrie (Ned) 0:01:22
13 Joran Wyseure (Bel) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team 0:01:25
14 Anton Ferdinande (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal 0:01:26
15 Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal 0:01:28
16 Diether Sweeck (Bel) Iko – Crelan 0:01:32
17 Lander Loockx (Bel) Cx Team Deschacht-Group Hens-Containers Maes 0:01:35
18 Kevin Kuhn (Swi) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team 0:01:51
19 Julian Siemons (Bel) 0:02:03
20 Théo Thomas (Fra) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team 0:02:12
21 Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team 0:02:18
22 Kevin Suarez Fernandez (Spa) Nesta – Mmr Cx Team 0:02:22
23 David Menut (Fra) Cross Team Legendre 0:02:32
24 Mathijs Wuyts (Bel) 0:02:37
25 Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel) 0:02:38
26 Thijs Aerts (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions 0:02:40
27 Yentl Bekaert (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions 0:02:48
28 Steve Chainel (Fra) Cross Team Legendre 0:02:49
29 Noé Castille (Fra) Cross Team Legendre 0:02:51
30 Timo Kielich (Bel) Iko – Crelan 0:02:55
31 Kenny Roelandt (Bel) 0:03:00
32 Robin Alderweireld (Bel) 0:03:19
33 Ugo Ananie (Fra) Cross Team Legendre 0:03:32
34 Koen Van Dijke (Ned) 0:03:42
35 Marcel Meisen (Ger) 0:03:43
36 Arne Vrachten (Bel) 0:03:53
37 Thomas Verheyen (Bel) 0:03:55
38 Arne Baers (Bel) 0:04:12
39 Lorenzo Masciarelli (Ita) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal 0:04:25
40 Grégory Careme (Bel) 0:04:37
41 Wout Vervoort (Bel) 0:04:59
42 Ferre Geeraerts (Bel) 0:05:08
43 Mickaël Crispin (Fra) Cross Team Legendre 0:05:32
44 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) 0:05:37
45 Tim De Schuyter (Bel)
46 Wout Janssen (Bel)
47 Elio Clarysse (Bel)
48 Senne D´Hollander (Bel)
49 Jonathan Anderson (USA)
50 Niels Dias (Bel)
51 Nicola Parenti (Ita)
52 Jaro Debruyne (Bel)
53 Mathias De Vriend (Bel)
54 Silas Schmid (Swi)
DNF Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team