{"id":24604,"title":"Cyclocross World Championships 2023 Results","description":"We look back at the Cyclocross World Championships from Hoogerheide and report back on the success of our predictions in the beer points challenge.","content":"

Published in<\/strong>: CYCLOCROSS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

We look back at the Cyclocross World Championships from Hoogerheide and report on the success of our predictions in the beer challenge.<\/p>

\"hfgzlnzl70zot3lvp6f4bqt7nctlbrldm6fjg6xocrajjfwt.jpg\"Van Anrooij\u2019s win helped us to achieve seventeen beer points<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Our Belgian Beer Points Challenge<\/h3>

Just to add some fun to our pre-race predictions, we decided to award ourselves points to be recouped in the form of bottles of Belgian beer for each correct prediction.<\/p>

Two points for the winner and one point each for correctly predicting the second and third. With seven races, we could score a maximum of 28 beers. Our final score was 17 beer points which is 61%.<\/p>

\"bxy0xggmbmcnxwvcfviwwnxprkisargasosprfy3xssjsb1k.jpg\"We scored 17 out of a possible 28 beer points<\/em><\/p>

Cyclocross Elite Men Results<\/strong><\/h3>

As a race, this one didn\u2019t disappoint. Either Van der Poel or Van Aert could have won going into the final straight but it was the Dutchman on his home ground that was victorious. Wout must be regretting his decision to allow Mathieu to start the sprint from such a slow pace.<\/p>

A superb ride by riton Cameron Mason to finish in the top ten. He was in the running for a bronze medal for a while before he fell back towards the end.<\/p>

We predicted: 1 Van der Poel<\/strong>, 2 Van Aert<\/strong>, 3 Vanthourenhout.<\/p>

Actual result: 1 Van der Poel, 2 Van Aert, 3 Iserbyt.<\/p>

Best of British: Cameron Mason<\/p>

Beer points score: 3<\/p>

Full results with lap times<\/a>.<\/p>

Cyclocross Elite Women Results<\/strong><\/h3>

Van Empel proved the best and once Puck Pieterse had slipped in the tricky rutted section she was off. The only real question was who would finish third. Lucinda Brand proved, as she often has, to be the best of the rest. Silvio Persico demonstrated what a raw talent she is by outsprinting Alvarado for fourth.<\/p>