There aren't enough superlatives in the English language to describe Mathieu van der Poel's cyclocross dominance this month, and his winning margins remained undiminished on the infamously muddy and treacherous course in Gavere. It took just five minutes for Van der Poel to break his rivals, riding away after the first run-up and never relenting.
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was the only rider to keep the world champion in sight as he jumped away but even he couldn't make up the gap established in the opening salvos and settled for a distant second place.
