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16:06 Our text LIVE LIVE of the Trofee Baal ends here. Thank you for following the event in our company. To all friends and readers of OA Sport, have a good day.
16:05 THE OFFICIAL TOP TEN
1-Mathieu Van der Poel (NED) 59:04
2-Emiel Vestrynge (BEL) +0:37
3-Thibau Nys (BEL) +1:16
4-Toon Aerts (BEL) +1:24
5-Joris Niewenhuis (NED) +1:26
6-Girl Michels (BEL) +1:59
7-Filippo Fontana (ITA) +2:27
8-Ryan Kamp (DOWN) +2:38
9-David Menut (FRA) +2:46
10-Quentin Hermans (BEL) +3:01
16:03 Excellent seventh position for Fontana, who crosses the finish line almost two and a half minutes behind the winner.
16:01 According to the young Belgian Verstrynge. The Belgian Nys completes the podium.
16:01 The Dutchman is unplayable, greeting the public with his seventh victory of the season and the eighteenth in a row.
MATHIEU VAN DER POEL VINCE!
3.58pm Podium positions crystallized with Verstrynge second and Nys third.
3.58pm Final catwalk as usual for Van der Poel, who gives some evolution to the public.
3.56pm Fontana did very well, holding on to seventh place with his teeth.
15:54 26 seconds late for Verstrynge, who continues to manage the large margin over Nys.
3.53pm The bell rings for the Dutch Martian.
LAST LAP
3.51pm The Dutchman has engaged autopilot and is approaching the penultimate crossing of the finish line.
3.49pm Fontana seventh in the company of the Frenchman Menut.
15:48 Bike change for Van der Poel.
3.47pm 20 seconds late for Verstrynge.
3.46pm Van der Poel crosses the finish line, completing the sixth lap.
3.45pm In the fight for the third step of the podium, the Belgian Nys extends his lead, separating his compatriots Aerts and Michels, and the Dutchman Niewenhuis.
3.43pm Two and a half laps to go. Van der Poel is gone, starting to glimpse his seventh victory of the season and his eighteenth in a row. An alien.
3.40pm A full 53 seconds late for the chasing quartet.
3.39pm Fifth lap completed. For Van der Poel 4 seconds on Verstrynge.
3.38pm The Belgian will now have to manage the good lead over his pursuers and maintain the excellent second position.
3.37pm Here is the decisive acceleration of the Dutchman, who starts in the hardest section of the climb and breaks away from the generous Verstrynge.
3.35pm Van der Poel does not start the attack for the moment, preferring to remain in the company of the surprising Belgian.
15:32 A 30 Niewenhuis sechomos, Nys, Aerts and Michels. Setime Fanna to 50 sechomos.
3.31pm Halfway through the race with Verstrynge and Van der Poel crossing the finish line together.
3.29pm Filippo Fontana continues to do well, moving up to seventh position.
3.27pm Attention! Skid and fall for Van der Poel! He’s human too. The world champion, however, immediately gets back in the saddle, catching up with Verstrynge.
3.26pm In the mixed sections Van der Poel extends thanks to his perfect driving technique, but the Belgian stubbornly returns for the moment,
3.23pm The third lap is completed with Van der Poel and Vestrynge boasting 26 seconds on the chasing quartet which includes Niewenhuis, Nys, Aerts and Michels.
3.21pm Cameron Mason sinks. The Brit, after the bold start, is outside the top ten behind Fontana.
3.19pm Great action by Vestrynge, who brings himself back to the Dutchman’s wheel. A leading tandem forms during the third lap.
3.17pm The race exploded. Van der Poel passes the finish line completing the second of the 8 scheduled laps. At 6 seconds a courageous Vestrynge, at 11 Aerts. Fontana did well, currently eleventh.
3.16pm Over 10 seconds gained in a few hundred meters by the Dutchman, chased by the Belgians Aerts and Verstrynge.
3.15pm Here we are. Van der Poel got fed up and left and ran away already in the second round.
3.13pm Nys is in difficulty. The Belgian champion doesn’t seem very brilliant and pays about twenty seconds from the leading six.
3.11pm The British attack begins. Mason wants to put the Dutchman Niewhenuis in difficulty, who precedes him in the X2O general classification by just over a minute with three races to go.
15:09 First lap completed with a time of 7:40. The British Mason dictates the pace.
15:07 The Belgian Aerts took the lead, with a very slight margin over Van der Poel.
3.05pm Regular pace in this first lap and still a large group.
15:04 Garibaldian start of the Belgian Janssen, who is followed by Nys and the World Champion.
3.03pm Van der Poel immediately moves into the top positions. The Dutchman doesn’t want to be caught unprepared.
3.02pm Muddy ground with a light drizzle that continues to persist.
THE RACE BEGINS
2.59pm Here we go, the race is about to start. 2.9 km circuit to probably be repeated for 8 laps, but we’ll find out soon.
2.58pm Two Italians at the start, namely Filippo Fontana and Tito Vicini.
2.56pm Curiosity for the presence of the Belgian Gianni Veermersch, an excellent road cyclist, 2022 Gravel World Champion, who in the past has also performed well in cyclocross.
2.53pm Compatriots Lars Van der Haar and Ryan Kamp will try to worry the World Champion, as well as the large group of Belgians in which Toon Aerts and Thibau Nys stand out.
2.48pm Mathieu Van der Poel is insatiable and wants yet another victory. The Dutchman is the clear favorite in today’s event.
2.43pm Good afternoon, happy new year and welcome back to the written LIVE LIVE of Trofee Baal 2026. Just under 20 minutes until the start of the men’s race.
Good morning and welcome to LIVE textual LIVE of the Trofee Baal 2026, an event on the X2O circuit that inaugurates cyclocross 2026. As always, the hunt for Mathieu Van der Poel is renewed, with the Dutch clear favorite on the eve looking for a new and yet another solo. Appointment at 3.00 pm with the official start of the men’s competition hosted by the small Belgian village of Baal.
The triumphal ride of the standard bearer of the Alpecin-Deceuninck team continues, the absolute master of international cyclocross at the start of winter. Van der Poel has shown that he has no rivals on any terrain and in all weather conditions. The Dutch ace is hungry for victories and will not hold back even in the first event of the calendar year. The Dutchman’s main opponents were his compatriot Lars Van der Haar and numerous Belgians.
Supporters of the home athletes hoping for a coup Thibau Nysamong the most on the ball in this last period, and they also trust in the consistency of Show Aerts and Thibau Nys. Laurens Sweeck, the unfortunate protagonist of Loenhout’s bad fall, will not be there. Among the outsiders the British Cameron Mason and the Swiss Lars Sommer. For the blue colors at the starting line they appear Filippo Fontana and Tito Vicini, who will set off in search of an entry into the top 15. Also noteworthy is the presence of the Belgian Gianni Veermeersch, 2022 gravel world champion and past winner of cyclocross events.
The men’s GP Sven Nys race, known as Trofee Baal, will start at 3pm. OA Sport will offer you LIVE LIVE written minute by minute of the event. Have fun everyone!
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