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During the Christmas holidays we offer you a bicycle race almost every day. Next stop is Azencross in Loenhout. Follow the third round of the X²O Trophy here.
It will start at Loenhout this afternoon: Wout van Aert, Eli Iserbyt, Toon Aerts, Tim Merlier, Michael Vanthourenhout, Quinten Hermans and about 80 other riders.
After Mathieu van der Poel, Lars van der Haar also has to cancel at Azencross. The European champion takes a (short) break to rest his knee. He’s been playing tricks on him since falling into the Nell on November 11th.
In recent days, Van der Haar has taken 10th place twice. Sunday in Dendermonde and Monday in Heusden-Zolder.
Kempenzoon Toon Aerts leads a home game in Loenhout. He’s back for the first time since 2018 – when he came third. Last year there was no cross, in 2019 he was at home with broken ribs.
The Baloise-Trek leader looks ahead: “Azencross is a race I would like to put my finger on, but probably not for tomorrow.”
“I’ve already started beeping once which is pretty cool. The swamp circuit can only play for Wout van Aert.”
He’s not top of the X²O Cup standings, Aerts is. “The start is going to be very important,” he says. “I want to gain seconds in the middle sprint and therefore gain some distance from the competition.”
The track is really very nice. Something really for Wout van Aert.
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We stop Thursday in Loenhout to enter round three of the X²O Trophy cyclo-cross. Azencross is a classic. Just think of the washbasin and the thousands of visitors.
You will unfortunately have to miss the latter this year. You can follow cyclo-cross in the district of Wuustwezel directly on this page. Enjoy watching!
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