Mathieu van der Poel wins again, dominating Gavere; Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock complete podium

Mathieu van der Poel kept his streak of wins rolling in this cyclocross season, this time around surging victorious in Gavere against Wout van Aert who could do nothing to stop it.

The race started off with Lars van der Haar in the holeshot, followed by a few other riders who were in the first row. Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert took some minutes to reach the head of the race but they quickly made the difference. It was a traditional van der Poel performance, making the difference very early on.

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From there on nothing could be done. The Dutchman found little obstacles - however he did shove a lapped rider - and without any serious fall, his gap just kept growing comfortably. Despite having a track that did not suit his abilities as much as the previous, he did the damage just as quickly.

Van Aert kept the chasing but couldn't diminish the gap, whilst Joris Nieuwenhuis stood out in the fight for third place, closely chased by teammate Lars van der Haar. Tom Pidcock was riding through the field behind whilst Eli Iserbyt and Michael Vanthourenhout were also within the fight for the Top5.

Van der Poel rode to the win, his fourth of the winter and again unmatched, whilst Wout van Aert was again second. Tom Pidcock managed to put in a strong finale to finish third, overtaking Joris Nieuwenhuis in the approach to the line - who punctured.

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