After Nieuwenhuis himself hit the deck momentarily towards the end of lap 3, Laurens Sweeck was the nearest challenger at 9 seconds behind the front duo. More bad luck then befell
van der Haar with a potentially dislocated shoulder, whilst towards the front of the race, Felipe Orts has overtaken Sweeck for third.
The victory though was to be between Iserbyt and Nieuwenhuis it looked like, as they entered the final lap. As the Dutchman made a mistake on the remount following a bike change, Iserbyt began to press home an advantage.
As Nieuwenhuis desperately tried to get back in touch, the fatigue was beginning to show and more slight errors followed meaning it was Iserbyt of
Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal who added a 42nd career cyclocross victory to his palmares.