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Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels-Sauzen-Bingoal) emerged victorious from a chaotic final lap to take a dramatic victory at the second round of the X2O Trofee cyclocross series in Kortrijk ahead of Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) and Cameron Mason (Cyclocross Reds) after teammate Michael Vanthourenhout crashed from a leading position on the final lap.
Vanthourenhout and Iserbyt played perfect team tactics to gap Van der Haar with less than a lap left to race, allowing the European Champion to pull away, but as he came down and was left clearly injured, Iserbyt came to the front to pick up the pieces.
Mason and Van der Haar tried to retake the lead amid the chaos, but the Belgian stayed tidy through the technical sections and maintained his lead all the way to the line to take his fifth victory of the season.
Despite finishing second, Van der Haar moved into the lead of the X2O Trofee series (which is measured on aggregate time) with teammate Thibau Nys opting to ride tomorrow’s World Cup round in Dublin instead which loses him five minutes in the overall standings.
Iserbyt revealed in his post-race interview that his mechanic changed his tyres back from the Grifo to Rhino tyre tread which aided him in the final few laps when the rain started to fall and muddy…
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