
Florian Vermeersch delivered a world title for Belgium in the elite men's race Sunday at the UCI Gravel World Championships. It was payback for last year, perhaps, as Mathieu van der Poel won for the Netherlands on Belgian soil in 2024.
But the ride this year for the 26-year-old Belgian was also one of redemption and resolution, unleashing a vicious pace with three other riders after the first 50km and then using a solo effort on the final 20km into Maastricht, Netherlands, for the title.