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Koksijde World Cup... Thru Patrick's Lens!

Rain, wind, sand and 'Cross! All Photos by Patrick Verhoest for the Podium Cafe

By Chris Fontecchio
  • The sand in Koksijde is no gimmick.
  • Sven the Great... indeed
  • Sanne Cant in dominant form
  • Katie Straight Outta Compton
  • Cant powers thru
  • Ellen Noble
  • Helen Wyman running
  • Eva Lechner
  • Sophie de Boer
  • Sven fans wait
  • Rob Marion, sole American starter in the Elite level
  • Sven warming up
  • Klaas Vantornout with the mud stache
  • Mathieu van der Poel and the Sunwebs warm up
  • Wout Van Aert reconning the course
  • Here come the dudes
  • Kids in Fancy Kits
  • Sven taking his time early on
  • Back of the field
  • Sand getting sticky
  • Taramarcaz
  • Canadian Guy!
  • Even furrier American Guy!
  • Van Aert comes by Nys
  • MvdP chasing
  • Laurens Sweeck -- a strong 5th on the day
  • Harder better faster stronger
  • and dripping with sweat
  • Lars in chase mode
  • Wout super strong on the day, good enough to win
  • The master at work
  • Klaasy Klaas, not on form
  • van der Poel struggling to regain form, only third place
  • Lars and van Kessel chase
  • Pauwels, not on his best
  • Balancing act
  • And off the bike
  • Not as easy as it looks
  • Dismount time
  • Meeusen looking meeuiserable
  • Two man race
  • Sven habitat
  • Such a brilliant duel
  • Ready to remount
  • More Wout
  • Sven and his peeps
  • MvdP digging deep
  • De Meester
  • to the ramp
  • Mano a mano
  • Winnar!!

'Twas a brilliant day of racing in Koksijde Sunday, and our man Patrick was there. If you missed it, Sanne Cant was dominant, Sven and Wout brawled all day, with the old guy giving the kid the slip. Mathieu van der Poel made a strong comeback, and the weather was crap. What more could you want? Relive the highlights and full Men's race below.

Men's Highlights

Full on race video

All Photos by Patrick Verhoest for the Podium Cafe

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