Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) ended Mathieu van der Poel’s (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 10-race win streak at the cyclocross World Cup in Beindorm on Sunday, arriving solo at the finish after the Dutchman crashed into a post on the penultimate lap and fell out of contention for victory.
The Belgian's first victory of the cyclocross season over his long-term rival almost ended in disaster after he also hit the deck and broke his saddle trying to remount his bike after dismounting to jump the barriers on the final lap. Van Aert avoided the embarrassment and held on for victory after dropping Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels-Sauzen-Bingoal) earlier in the lap.
