
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) overcame serious competition from Thibau Nys (Baloise-Glowi Lions) to win on his return to cyclocross in the Namur round of the UCI World Cup.
The world champion looked under pressure from the young Belgian for large parts of the race, but benefitted from a final lap crash from Nys which allowed him to stretch clear and take his sixth career victory in Namur.