2022 Diegem Cyclocross (C-1),
Diegem (Flemish Brabant), Belgium
46th edition: Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Diegem Cyclocross podium history | 2019 results (race not run in 2020 & 2021) | 2023 results
The Telenet Superprestige Diegem cyclocross race is run in the evening, under lights. This year the women are scheduled to begin racing at 7:00 PM and the men start at 8:45 PM.
Weather at the race city of Diegem, Belgium. At 7:20 PM, local time: 10C (50F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 35 km/hr (22 mph). There is a 14% chance of rain.
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A muddy but happy Wout van Aert enjoys another win.
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The race: Here's the race report from winner Wout van Aert's Jumbo-Visma team.
Wout van Aert has won the Superprestige of Diegem for the first time in his career. The Belgian of Team Jumbo-Visma crossed the finish line solo, ahead of Thomas Pidcock, after an exciting final.
Van Aert got off to a good start under the artificial light in the center of the Flemish town. He quickly settled in the front together with Van der Poel and Pidcock. One time Van der Poel attacked, the other time Pidcock did. Van Aert could not stay behind and attacked as well.
Van Aert made no mistakes on the slippery and muddy course and stayed with his competitors for a long time. In the last lap, after a good passage through the sand, he put his English competitor under full pressure. The Team Jumbo-Visma rider made the decisive gap just before the stairs to the finish line. The Belgian national champion was then able to put his hands in the air after a fast final sprint.
“This cannot be healthy,” Van Aert summarized the race with a smile. “It was tough. The sand was not advantageous on me in the beginning, but halfway through it got better and better. I always kept Mathieu and Tom in sight and kept going full throttle. It's a tough sport, but I kept believing in a good ending of the race. I'm glad I could turn the tables.”
After a second place in Gavere and a win in Heusden-Zolder, Van Aert took his second win in three days. This time too, the riders made it a spectacle. “In the race you always want to win. And we'll beat each other too, even though it's never easy. You give it your all and take the start in the best way possible. But tomorrow I will have a long sleep”, Van Aert concluded.
It’s Van Aert’s fourth win of the cyclocross season.
Complete results:
| 1 | Wout van Aert | JUMBO-VISMA | 1hr 0min 46sec |
| 2 | Tom Pidcock | INEOS GRENADIERS | @ 6sec |
| 3 | Mathieu van ver Poel | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | 0:33 |
| 4 | Eli Iserbyt | PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL | 1:08 |
| 5 | Michael Vanthourenhout | PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL | 1:45 |
| 6 | Lars Van Der Haar | BALOISE TREK LIONS | 1:55 |
| 7 | Quinten Hermans | TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM | 2:00 |
| 8 | Thibau Nys | BALOISE TREK LIONS | 2:29 |
| 9 | David Haverdings | BALOISE TREK LIONS | 2:56 |
| 10 | Kevin Kuhn | TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM | 2:59 |
| 11 | Laurens Sweeck | CRELAN-FRISTADS | 3:01 |
| 12 | Thomas Mein | HOPE FACTORY RACING | 3:02 |
| 13 | Emiel Verstrynge | CRELAN-FRISTADS | 3:06 |
| 14 | Ryan Kamp | PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL | 3:11 |
| 15 | Cameron Mason | TRINITY RACING CROSS | 3:16 |
| 16 | Toon Vandebosch | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | 3:56 |
| 17 | Daan Soete | DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES | 4:00 |
| 18 | Niels Vandeputte | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | 4:13 |
| 19 | Felipe Orts Lloret | TEIKA-BH-GSPORT | 4:21 |
| 20 | Gioele Bertolini | SELLE ITALIA-GUERCIOTTI-ELITE | 4:28 |
| 21 | Eric Brunner | AEVOLO | 4:32 |
| 22 | Clément Venturini | AG2R-CITROEN | 4:41 |
| 23 | Loris Rouiller | CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE | 5:10 |
| 24 | Timo Kielich | CRELAN-FRISTADS | 5:11 |
| 25 | Lorenzo Masciarelli | PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL | 5:12 |
| 26 | Sander De Vet | BASSO TEAM FLANDERS | 5:22 |
| 27 | Michael Boros | CREDISHOP-FRISTADS | 5:34 |
| 28 | Kevin Suarez Fernandez | NESTA-MMR CX TEAM | 5:43 |
| 29 | Lukas Vanderlinden | PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL | 5:54 |
| 30 | Toby Barnes | SCHAMER-KLOSTER KITCHEN | 6:15 |
| 31 | Clément Horny | BH-WALLONIE | 6:58 |
| 32 | Nathan Bommenel | AS BIKE RACING | |
| 33 | Simon Vanicek | CEZ CYKLO TEAM TABOR | |
| 34 | Wout Vervoort | VAN DEN PLAS-HEPA | |
| 35 | Martin Groslambert | VC OMANS | |
| 36 | Matej Stransky | BRILON RACING TEAM | |
| 37 | Gianni Vermeersch | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | |
| 38 | David Van Der Poel | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | |
| 39 | Daniel Barnes | TEAM SPECTRA WIGGLE P/B VITUS | |
| 40 | Gonzalo Inguanzo Macho | DELIKIA-GINESTAR | |
| 41 | Yan Gras | PODIOCOM CX | |
| 42 | Caleb Swartz | GIANT-NEFF CYCLE SERVICE | |
| 43 | Corentin Lequet | AS BIKE RACING | |
| 44 | Jakub Riman | TJ AS ML BOLESLAV | |
| 45 | Jakob Dorigoni | TORPADO FACTORY TEAM | |
| 46 | Brannan Fix | USA | |
| 47 | Kenay De Moyer | CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE | |
| 48 | Florian Hamm | RSV GARCHING | |
| 49 | Luca Harter | RSV UNNA | |
| 50 | Alain Suarez Fernandez | NESTA-MMR CX TEAM | |
| 51 | Jelle Vermoote | TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM | |
| 52 | Andrew Dillman | TEXAS ROADHOUSE CYCLING TEAM | |
| 53 | Mario Junquera San Millan | UNICAJA BANCO-GIJON | |
| 54 | Pete Uptegrove | WV SCHIJNDEL | |
| 55 | Matteo Oppizzi | CANNONDALE-LLAND | |
| 56 | Cyprien Gilles | UC ALENCON DAMIGNY | |
| 57 | Matéo Jot | ARDENNES CROSS TEAM GECIBAT | |
| 58 | Julio Perez Serdio | ESCRIBANO SPORTS TEAM E.S.T. | |
| 59 | Raphaël Kockelmann | CRABBE TOITURES-CC CHEVIGNY | |
| 60 | Evan Russell | SARIS ROUVY SAUERLAND | |
| 61 | Michael Gassner | RSV MOOSBURG | |
| 62 | Thibault Daniel | TEAM FIMA-RDV BIKESHOP ALIAN | |
| 63 | Joe Coukham | SHIBDEN CYCLNIG CLUB | |
| 64 | Joseph Beckingsale | MONTEZUMA'S RACE TEAM | |
| 65 | Ben Frederick | USA | |
| 66 | Tom Couzens | ZAPPI | |
| 67 | Nicolas Bard | SWITZERLAND | |
| 68 | Ugo Ananie | CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE | |
| 69 | Mikkel Jørgensen | DENMARK | |
| 70 | Audric Pasquet | ALBI VELO SPORT LEROY MERLIN TEAM CROSS | |
| 71 | Filip Mard | CYCLING RACING TEAM | |
| 72 | Guillaume Bagou | TEAM MOTRIO SAFIR GANOVA | |
| 73 | Szymon Pomian | POLAND | |
| 74 | Cody Scott | CYCLING CANADA | |
| 75 | Antoine Tran Van | ALBI VELO SPORT LEROY MERLIN TEAM CROSS | |
| 76 | Jonathan Anderson | USA | |
| 77 | Sam Chisholm | UK | |
| 78 | Casey Hildebrandt | USA | |
| 79 | Xavier Pains | TEAM FIMA-RDV BIKESHOP ALIAN | |
| 80 | Philipp Heigl | SU BIKESTORE.CC | |
| 81 | Steven James | HOPE FACTORY RACING | |
| 82 | Alexander Woodford | RIDE WITH RENDALL | |
| 83 | Sean Nolan | IRELAND | |
| 84 | Matthieu Lavignac | ALBI VELO SPORT LEROY MERLIN TEAM CROSS | |
| 85 | Tristan Nash | AUSTRALIA | |
| 86 | Daniel Gonzalez Sanchez | UNICAJA BANCO GIJON | |
| 87 | Felipe Timoteo Spencer | CRC | |
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Race winner Puck Pieterse (right) & 3rd-place Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado after the race.
The race:
Complete Results:
| 1 | Puck Pieterse | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | 44min 9sec |
| 2 | Shirin Van Anrooij | BALOISE TREK LIONS | @ 30sec |
| 3 | Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | 1:02 |
| 4 | Inge Van Der Heijden | 777 | 1:09 |
| 5 | Kata Vas Blanka | SD Worx | 1:23 |
| 6 | Silvia Persico | VALCAR-TRAVEL & SERVICE | 1:31 |
| 7 | Zoe Backstedt | EF Education-Tibco-SVB | 1:45 |
| 8 | Denise Betsema | PAUWELS SAUZEN-BINGOAL | 1:59 |
| 9 | Annemarie Worst | 777 | 2:15 |
| 10 | Aniek Van Alphen | 777 | 2:20 |
| 11 | Sara Casasola | SELLE ITALIA-GUERCIOTTI-ELITE | 2:26 |
| 12 | Line Burquier | A.S. BIKE | 2:41 |
| 13 | Marie Schreiber | TORMANS | 2:56 |
| 14 | Eva Lechner | STARCASINO | 2:57 |
| 15 | Perrine Clauzel | AS BIKE RACING | 3:00 |
| 16 | Clara Honsinger | EF Education-Tibco-SVB | s.t. |
| 17 | Laura Verdonschot | DE CEUSTER-BONACHE | 3:38 |
| 18 | Marion Norbert Riberolle | CRELAN-FRISTADS | 4:24 |
| 19 | Pauline Ferrand-Prevot | CANYON-SRAM | 4:34 |
| 20 | Francesca Baroni | PISSEI-GROEP T.O.M. | 4:45 |
| 21 | Letizia Borghesi | AROMITALIA-BASSO-VAIANO | 4:49 |
| 22 | Ava Holmgren | CYCLING CANADA | 4:53 |
| 23 | Millie Couzens | CRELAN-FRISTADS | 5:00 |
| 24 | Malwina Mul | KLKS AZALIA BRZOZA | 5:12 |
| 25 | Marthe Truyen | CRELAN-FRISTADS | 5:33 |
| 26 | Isabella Holmgren | HARDWOOD NEXT | 6:08 |
| 27 | Nadja Heigl | KTM ALCHEMIST-BRENTA BRAKES | 6:16 |
| 28 | Amandine Vidon | TEAM FIMA-RDV BIKESHOP ALIAN | 6:20 |
| 29 | Katerina Hladiková | BRILON RACING TEAM MB | 6:36 |
| 30 | Caitlin Bernstein | NICE BIKES | 6:43 |
| 31 | Anna Megale | TREK CYCLOCROSS | 7:06 |
| 32 | Zina Barhoumi | RSC AARETAL MUNSINGEN | |
| 33 | Lara Defour | MULTUM ACCOUNTANTS LADIES | |
| 34 | Fauve Bastiaenssen | PISSEI-GROEP T.O.M. | |
| 35 | Roxanne Porlier | ETOILE CYCLISTE CHATEAU THIERRY | |
| 36 | Giada Borghesi | LAPIERRE TRENTINO | |
| 37 | Cyriane Muller | TEAM CX TPM | |
| 38 | Antonina Bialek | POLISH CYCLING FEDERATION | |
| 39 | Lise Klaes | AS TREPORT CYCLISME | |
| 40 | Manon Briand | ARDENNES CROSS TEAM GECIBAT | |
| 41 | Febe De Smedt | ACROG-TORMANS | |
| 42 | Camille Devigne | MULTUM ACCOUNTANTS LADIES | |
| 43 | Katerina Douderová | JAROSLAV KULHAVY | |
| 44 | Lea Bonnafous | ALBI VELO SPORT LEROY MERLIN | |
| 45 | Xan Crees | TEAM SPECTRA WIGGLE-VITUS | |
| 46 | Niamh Murphy | GBR NATIONAL TEAM | |
| 47 | Wendy Bunea | CS NEXT SPORTS | |
| 48 | Freya Whiteside | PH MAS PAUL MILNES | |
| 49 | Ruby James | HOPE FACTORY RACING | |
| 50 | Libby Bell | GARDEN SHED-RIBBLE-VERGE | |
| 51 | Adele Hurteloup | OFFROAD WILINK BRUSSELS | |
| 52 | Amy Perryman | MONTEZUMAS RACE TEAM | |
| 53 | Jorja Bond | EUROCROSS ACADEMY | |
| 54 | Haylee Johnson | EUROCROSS ACADEMY | |
| 55 | Sara Cueto Vega | UNICAJA BANCO-GIJON | |
| 56 | Jana Van Der Veken | ACROG-TORMANS | |
| 57 | Ellen Davis | EUROCROSS ACADEMY | |
| 58 | Evelyne Trepte | VC HORGEN | |
| 59 | Gwennig Le Dantec | ROUE D'OR CONFLANAISE | |
| 60 | Alizee Rigaux | CC MONCONTOUR | |
| 61 | Alderney Baker | EMPELLA CYCLO-CROSS | |
| 62 | Muriel Furrer | VC MEILEN-BIKO DO IT | |
| 63 | Juline Delcommune | WILINK BRUSSELS | |
| 64 | Isa Pieterse | U.S.W.V. De DOMRENNER | |
| 65 | Tessa Zwaenepoel | PROXIMUS-ALPHAMOTORHOMES | |
| 66 | Lotta Mansfield | MONTEZUMAS RACE TEAM | |
| 67 | Diana Steffenhagen | RSV SEEHEIM 1971 | |
| 68 | Madeleine Pollock | CYCLING CANADA | |
| 69 | Haydn Hludzinski | EUROCROSS ACADEMY | |
| 70 | Maja Jozkowicz | K.S. KLIF CHLAPOWO | |
| 71 | Geza Rodgers | LIV CANADA | |
| 72 | Florence Lissaman | NEWARK CASTLE | |
| 73 | Corey Coogan Cisek | TRIPLE C RACING-WP CYCLES | |
| 74 | Finley Aspholm | EUROCROSS ACADEMY | |
| 75 | Alicja Matula | POLAND | |
| 76 | Rachel Rubino | NICE BIKES | |
| 77 | Michelle Schätti | VC WADENSWIL | |
| 78 | Elsa Westenfelder | EUROCROSS ACADEMY | |
| 79 | Prisca Jaquet | VTT BALCON DU JURA | |
| 80 | Katie Reilly | ORWELL WHEELERS |
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2022 Diegem Cyclocross course map:
