Former Gravel World Champion Gianni Vermeersch has returned to the cyclocross scene in Herentals with an eighth place, and was sixth at the Exact Cross Mol. He will be using the discipline to build form towards the road season but will not race the World Championships.
The Belgian returned to racing alongside Mathieu van der Poel, Quinten Hermans and Timo Kielich in Herentals. Now with some steady results, he will keep participating in some events, building towards the national championships. This won't include any World Cup round however. Vermeersch's cyclocross season will then end on the 20th of January in Zonnebeke, before he takes some rest and begins the specific preparation towards the spring classics.
Gianni Vermeersch cyclocross schedule for the rest of 2023-2024 season:
27/12: Superprestige Heusden-Zolder
29:/12: Azencross - Loenhout
4/1: C2O Badkamers Trofee Koksijde
6/1: Hexia Cyclocross Gullegem14
14/1: Belgian national championships Meulebeke
20/1: Kasteelcross - Zonnebeke
3 out of 3 for @mathieuvdpoel in CX. He was able to quickly turn a poor start in Antwerp into an overwhelming mastery. Ceylin Alvarado finished 4th in the women’s race & remains leader in @UCIcyclocrossWC. And we have another leader: Tibor del Grosso, who won the U23 race
