Sven Nys stunned by van Aert and van der Poel's performance in Heusden-Zolder: "I've never seen what the first lap did"

Yesterday's cyclocross race in Heusden-Zolder proved to be quite the exciting one, and Baloise - Trek Lions manager and former pro Sven Nys has had plenty of good feedback as Lars van der Haar jumped into the lead of the Superprestige cup, but also had comments on the performance of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert.

'It's a pity that you were both behind that little incident with the Quinten [Hermans], because you were already involved in that', Nys told In de Leiderstrui after the end of the race. "I had seen that it had already cost Joris a lot of strength, but he just kept going. They were also riding at the front, so you're good," he told the Baloise - Trek Lions' most recent signing.

Whilst Nieuwenhuis rode to sixth, the team had an overall good day with Lars van der Haar finishing third and jumping into the lead of Superprestige. However what struck out to him the most was the performance of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, who attacked in the opening lap to create the decisive gap, before working together throughout the whole race to fight for the win in the end.

"I've never seen what the first lap did. Well, Thijs Aerts is leading, but then they start. They take twenty seconds on half a lap, while behind that there was also full riding, he says. The race ended dramatically with van der Poel loosing his pedal in the final sprint, however overall it proved to be a thrilling day in Heusden-Zolder. Today's night race in Diegem will further impact the Superprestige which is now a big goal for the Belgian team.