Seven-time world champion Van der Poel also won in his fifth off-road start this year and claimed his sixteenth cyclocross victory in a row. He last failed in January 2024 in Benidorm. On Friday, he stayed in the leading group for a long time and attacked only in the penultimate lap, finally defeating the home Belgian Thibau Nys by 21 seconds. Another Dutchman, Tibor del Grosso, finished third.
With seventeenth place, Boroš recorded the best result this season among the elite, his maximum was 18th place in his native Tábor. The eight-time national champion lost 2:24 minutes to the winner.
Thirty-six-year-old Brandová confirmed her sovereignty with the sixth triumph in the sixth SP race in which she entered. Frenchwoman Amandine Fouquenet finished second with a distance of 15 seconds, Dutch Puck Pieters was third. Czech number one Kristýna Zemanová, who has been in the top ten in her four starts so far, missed the race.
The streak continues on Sunday in Dendermonde.
| Cyclocross World Cup race in Gavere (Belgium): |
|---|
| Men: |
| 1. Van der Poel (Niz.) 1:03:15 |
| 2. Nys (Belg.) -21 |
| 3. Del Grosso (Niz.) |
| 4. Aerts |
| 5. Verstrynge all -23 |
| 6. Vanthourenhout (všichni Belgian) -32 |
| … |
| 17. BOROŠ (CZ) -2:24. |
| Current order of the SP (after 7 out of 12 races): |
| 1. Sweeck (Belgian) 161 |
| 2. Van der Poel 160 |
| 3. Vanthourenhout 148 |
| 4. Nys 143 |
| 5. Vandeputte (Belgian) 133 |
| 6. Verstrynge 118 |
| … |
| 22. BOROŠ 36 |
| 52. JEŽEK (CZE) 2. |
| Women: |
| 1. Brandová (Netherlands) 48:26 |
| 2. Fouquenet (Fr.) -15 |
| 3. Pieterseová (Netherlands) -19 |
| 4. Vasová (Germany) -38 |
| 5. Van Alphenová (Netherlands) -49 |
| 6. Geryová (Fr.) -54. |
| Current order of the SP (after 7 out of 12 races): |
| 1. Brandová 240 |
| 2. From Alphenová 189 |
| 3. Fouquenet 133 |
| 4. Bentveldová 128 |
| 5. Van Anrooijová 124 |
| 6. Van der Heijden (all Netherlands) 122 |
| … |
| 12. ZEMANOVA 77 |
| 53. HLADÍKOVÁ (both Czech Republic) 3. |
