Eli Iserbyt led house a Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal 1-2 on the cyclocross season’s first Superprestige spherical in Overijse, beating teammate Michael Vanthourenhout to the road to finish a dramatic race.
Thibau Nys (Baloise Trek Lions) had been battling the pair for the win on the ultimate lap of the race earlier than making a transfer up the within of Iserbyt for the lead within the remaining part of the course.
Nonetheless, the Belgian went in too onerous, overshooting the nook and crashing, leaving Iserbyt to push on by means of alone as European champion Vanthourenhout additionally shot previous.
Lower than a minute later, Iserbyt crossed the road two seconds up on his teammate as Lars van der Haar (Baloise Trek Lions) rounded out the rostrum at 15 seconds. Nys ended up in fourth place 19 seconds down.