Intermediate rankings on men's cyclo-cross field

Now that the road season is coming to an end and cyclo-cross is more and more in the foreground, WielerFlits regroups positions in the three main cross-country categories every week: the World Cup, the Superprestige and the DVV Verzekeringen Trophy. In men, Toon Aerts has an excellent start to the season and Mathieu van der Poel is not unbeatable. The Belgian won both crosses on American soil and was also on the podium in Bern. At the first World Cup cross where Van der Poel was present, the European champion also won. The scene was the same as for the Casting SP cross: Van der Poel, Van Aert, Aerts. With his victory, Van der Poel did not come into the top-20, 22.

The podium in Bern – photo: PhotoPress.be

In the World Cup stand, the top three, 80, 70 and 65 points. The numbers four (60), five (55) and six (50) also receive a lot of points. The numbers seven to eleven get respectively 48, 46, 44, 42 and 40 points.

Crossed points:
23/09 – Waterloo – Toon Aerts
29/09 – ] Iowa – Toon Aerts
21/10 – Bern – Mathieu van der Poel

Classification after three motorcycles:
1. Toon Aerts – 225 points
2. Wout van Aert – 210 points
3. Quinten Hermans – 175 points
4. Corné van Kessel – 153 points
5. Daan Soete – 147 points
6. Laurens Sweeck – 142 points
7. Tim Merlier – 130 points
8. Michael Vanthourenhout – 125 points
9. Kevin Pauwels – 122 points
10. Steve Chainel – 119 points

Remaining program:
17/11 – of the Tabor
25/11 – Koksijde
23/12 – Names
26 / 12 – Heusden-Zolder
20/01 – Pontchateau
27/01 – Hoogerheide

Superprestige
After three races, the Superprestige has only one winner: Mathieu van der Poel. In the Gieten SP cross he settled with world champions Van Aert and Aerts. In Boom, it is Aerts and Gianni Vermeersch that he mentioned for the other places on the podium. Van Aert crossed the Boom Cross. At Ruddervoorde, we found the same podium as Gieten: Van der Poel for the Belgians Van Aert and Aerts. Van der Poel obviously also takes the lead in Superprestige, followed by Aerts and Lars van der Haar.

The Superprestige's rating is very simple: fifteen points for the winner and one point less for a position. lower down to 15.

The podium in Ruddervoorde – photo: PhotoPress.be

Crosses crossed:
14/10 – Distribution – Mathieu van der Poel
20/10 – Tree – Mathieu van der Poel
28/10 – Ruddervoorde – Mathieu van der Poel [19659004] Standing after three motorcycles:
1. Mathieu van der Poel – 45 points
2. Toon Aerts – 40 points
3. Lars van der Haar – 30 points
4. Wout van Aert – 28 points
5. Gianni Vermeersch – 21 points
6. Laurens Sweeck – 20 points
7. Tom Meeusen – 20 points
8. Michael Vanthourenhout – 20 points
9. David van der Poel – 17 points
10. Quinten Hermans – 17 points

Remaining program: [19659005] 11/11 – Gavere
16/12 – Zonhoven
30/12 – Diegem
10/02 – Hoogstraten
16/02 – [1 9459029] drapeau- be “/> Middelkerke

DVV Insurance Trophy
During the first round of the DVV Insurance Trophy, it became clear that Mathieu van der Poel could also be defeated. What is called, MVDP became 21st in more than four minutes. The victory goes to Toon Aerts, who is the strongest on the flanks of Koppenberg. Second place went to Michael Vanthourenhout, before world champion Wout van Aert

Toon Aerts leads the cross – photo: PhotoPress.be

The ranking in the DVV Insurance Trophy is established on the basis of time, as a ranking a race in stages. The only addition to this is that you can lose a maximum of five minutes. Do not start in a cross also gives a penalty of five minutes.

Crossed Crosses:
01/11 – Koppenbergcross – Toon Aerts

Booth after a round: [19659027] 1. Toon Aerts in 1u02m26s
2. Michael Vanthourenhout + 11s
3. Wout van Aert + 14s
4. Lars van der Haar + 58s
5. Quinten Hermans + 1m18s
6. Laurens Sweeck + 1m25s
7. Eli Iserbyt + 1m38s
8. Kevin Pauwels + 1m52s
9. Jens Adams + 2m00s
10. Daan Soete + 2m31s

Program:
10/11 – Annual Market Cross
18/11 – ] Flandriencross
15/12 – Scheldecross
28/12 – Azencross
01/01 – The late Sven Nys
06/01 – Trophy DVV Brussels
09/02 – Krawatencross

Week ahead Saturday ran to Niel, where the second round of the DVV Insurance Trophy is at program. Sunday, the PS-cross Gavere is on the program, the fourth round of Superprestige.