"I was just not strong enough" - Eli Iserbyt reacts to defeat at cyclocross World Cup Dublin

Eli Iserbyt lost out to his teammate at the second round of the cyclocross world cup season, at the World Cup Dublin race. Although Iserbyt was one of the favourites for victory, he was ultimately beaten to victory by Michael Vanthourenhout in the Irish capital

In a race where new European champion Thibau Nys suffered a fall, Michael Vanthourenhout had to change his shoe after his original shoe broke early on. Vanthourenhout was very impressive in coming back through the field to take the win, and Iserbyt was still content with his performance.

On Instagram, Iserbyt wrote, “Gave everything the last 2 laps but I was just not strong enough. Happy for the 2/2 in the Worldcup for the team, congrats Michael Vanthourenhout.”

Iserbyt lost the overall world cup lead as a result to his teammate, who has 65 points to Iserbyt’s 62. But still, it has been a very positive start to the World Cup season for Iserbyt, who will be happy to have put the controversy of the start of his cross season to bed.