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February 5, 2025
Exact Cross Maldegem – Parkcross 2025 🇧🇪 (C2) ME – Maldegem, Belgium
The Exact Cross is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, formerly known as the Ethias Cross and the Brico Cross,
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February 5, 2025
Exact Cross Maldegem – Parkcross 2025 🇧🇪 (C2) ME – Maldegem, Belgium
The Exact Cross is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, formerly known as the Ethias Cross and the Brico Cross, consisting of 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of six season-long competitions. In contrary to the other competitions, the Ethias Cross does not award points or compose an overall ranking, but rather consists of separate races. Sponsored by the Belgian hardware chain Brico for the first three seasons and then by the Belgian insurance company Ethias from 2019 to 2022, its main sponsor is the enterprise software provider Exact.
Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon) edged Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Cibel) and won for a third time at Parkcross in Maldegem, making it his second victory of the season in the Exact Cross series, formerly known as Ethias Cross.
Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Deceuninck) confirmed a third place from a trailing group of five riders. The largely Belgian field dominated the race with nine riders in the top 10, Emiel Verstrynge (Crelan-Corendon) and Toon Aerts (Deschacht-Hens-FSP) rounding out the first five spots.
A final lead pack of nine riders made separation with two circuits remaining on the wet, slippery surface, with the podium finishers joined by Mees Hendrikx (Heizomat Radteam p/b Herrmann), Jente Michels (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Joran Wyseure (Crelan-Corendon) and Anton Ferdinande.
Iserbyt was the first to launch an attack at the front with Sweeck following. The two then battled on the final lap with a gap to the chasers, Sweeck sprinting for the win.
“My idea today was to ride flat out, but every time I looked back I saw ten men on my wheel. After that, I decided to always sit in second or third position so that I could always be attentive. I succeeded in that. This makes me very happy, especially because Sunday was such a disappointment,” Sweeck told Wielerflits and other media at the finish, referring to his 10th-place finish at the Cyclo-cross World Championships last weekend.
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The Exact Cross is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, formerly known as the Ethias Cross and the Brico Cross, consisting of 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of six season-long competitions. In contrary to the other competitions, the Ethias Cross does not award points or compose an overall ranking, but rather consists of separate races. Sponsored by the Belgian hardware chain Brico for the first three seasons and then by the Belgian insurance company Ethias from 2019 to 2022, its main sponsor is the enterprise software provider Exact.
Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon) edged Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen-Cibel) and won for a third time at Parkcross in Maldegem, making it his second victory of the season in the Exact Cross series, formerly known as Ethias Cross.
Niels Vandeputte (Alpecin-Deceuninck) confirmed a third place from a trailing group of five riders. The largely Belgian field dominated the race with nine riders in the top 10, Emiel Verstrynge (Crelan-Corendon) and Toon Aerts (Deschacht-Hens-FSP) rounding out the first five spots.
A final lead pack of nine riders made separation with two circuits remaining on the wet, slippery surface, with the podium finishers joined by Mees Hendrikx (Heizomat Radteam p/b Herrmann), Jente Michels (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Joran Wyseure (Crelan-Corendon) and Anton Ferdinande.
Iserbyt was the first to launch an attack at the front with Sweeck following. The two then battled on the final lap with a gap to the chasers, Sweeck sprinting for the win.
"My idea today was to ride flat out, but every time I looked back I saw ten men on my wheel. After that, I decided to always sit in second or third position so that I could always be attentive. I succeeded in that. This makes me very happy, especially because Sunday was such a disappointment," Sweeck told Wielerflits and other media at the finish, referring to his 10th-place finish at the Cyclo-cross World Championships last weekend.
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