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Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauces-Bingoal) picked up exactly where he left off in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup last year, taking a victory in the opening race in Waterloo, Wisconsin to begin his series title defence.
The Belgian bided his time on the opening lap as Trek CX Cup winner and European Champion Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) took the hole shot. Then, after another lap, Iserbyt made a surge and never looked back.
“I had a nice race, it was good to race alone,” Iserbyt said. “I had a gap and kept the pressure really high. It was the plan, you just have to have really good legs.”
With teammate Michael Vanthourenhout moving in front of the riders behind to slow their chase, the rest…
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