Toon Aerts finished in fourth place at the Exact Cross in Sint Niklaas on Saturday. It was his first race in two years after the expiration of his two-year doping suspension.
The 30-year-old thought he might make it onto the podium but Lars van der Haar (Baloise-Trek) out-sprinted him for third place 12 seconds behind race winner Michael Vanthourenhout and his Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal teammate Eli Iserbyt.
