The Belgian crossed the finish line alone, 49 seconds behind the Dutch. Toon Aerts completed the podium at the Dendermonde event.
The belgian Wout van Aert achieved his second victory of the season in the Cyclo-cross World Cup, this Sunday in Dendermonde (Belgium), ahead of his great rival, the Dutch, Mathieu van der Poel, who signed his return to the circuit.
Was the first time to see van der Poel and van Aert together since the Ostend World Cup won by the Dutch in front of his Belgian rival eleven months ago.
Van Aert, of the Jumbo-Visma, who raced this Sunday with his jersey of Belgian cyclocross champion, He has won the four events of the modality in which he has participated this season, including two stages of the World Cup (Val di Sole in Italy and this Sunday in Belgium).
Mathieu van der Poel, meanwhile, signed his return to cyclocross later than expected due to a knee injury sustained in late November.
The Dutch, current world champion, finished 49 seconds behind the winner. Third was the Belgian Toon Aerts, 1 minute 18 seconds.
Another of the figures was the British Thomas Pidcock, who was eighth, 2 minutes 59 seconds behind van Aert.
In the female elite category the dutch Lucinda Brand returned to make another demonstration of his class to achieve the fifth victory of the season in the World Cup, ahead of the American Clara Honsinger, which he outscored by 4 seconds at the end.
The third position was for the also Dutch Denise Betsema, 36 seconds from the winner and current world champion
The next stage of the World Cup will take place on January 2 in Hulst (Netherlands). The World Cups, the culmination of the cyclo-cross season, will be held on January 29 and 30 in Fayetteville, in the United States. (D)
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