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Puck Pieterse gave Diegem the finishing touches. The Dutchwoman started from the start – in the absence of Fem van Empel – and triumphed. Superprestige leader Ceylin Alvarado got off to a bad start and had to catch up on the way to 2nd place. Inge van der Heijden completed the podium in the evening cross, Sanne Cant came fifth.
Without Fem van Empel, Puck Pieterse was named the super favorite.
In the opening round, the Dutch champion briefly took Inge van Der Heijden with her on her luggage rack.
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado was nowhere to be seen at the time. Pieterse’s challenger was held up at the start by Schreiber’s broken pedal and had to catch up.
After Pieterse left Van der Heijden on the spot, Alvarado picked up rider after rider.
Alvarado set the same lap times as Pieterse, but was 25 seconds behind. So we didn’t get an exciting game.
For Pieterse it is her second victory bouquet within three days of her triumph in Gavere. Alvarado (2nd) displaces Worst from the top spot in the Superprestige rankings. Van der Heijden was on the podium in third place.
The combative Sanne Cant parked her cross bike in 5th place and appears to be on her way to her 15th Belgian title.
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