A gift sometimes falls from heaven, but so does a poisoned gift.
At the start in Waterloo the American umbrellas opened and the dripping caused a thorough adjustment of the first sketch on the second lap.
Quinten Hermans was unable to cash in on his blitz start after a fall on the brown soap, Toon Aerts and Thibau Nys also moved away. Especially Nys Jr. has to fear an injury (a fracture of the collarbone?).
Due to the turbulence, Eli Iserbyt had corrected his missed start after a mechanical glitch in no time: he had left for a pairing time trial with teammate Michael Vanthourenhout.
On every slope, an aggressive and confident Iserbyt imagined himself in his playground, Vanthourenhout used his technique to compensate in the descents.
He was gasping more and more and in the 6th of 9 rounds the spring broke. An unleashed Iserbyt was with his solo-smart lord and master in Waterloo.
Vanthourenhout seemed to lose his 2nd place to a planed Hermans, but his remonte faltered and ended with a 3rd place.
The moment of the cross: Iserbyt shakes off Vanthourenhout in the 6th round
Thibau Nys falls firmly on a slippery piece of asphalt, along with a lot of other riders
