lars van der haar Lars van der Haar is still leading the X2O Trophy after the Rapencross in Lokeren, Belgium. That is an achievement in itself for the Dutchman. Due to sad personal circumstances, he wasn’t entirely at his best, as he candidly told IDLProCycling.com after the cyclo-cross race.
The winner of the Koppenberg had something to defend due to his leading position in the regularity classification, but according to him, he wasn’t too focused on that. "As I said beforehand, I didn’t feel good enough to compete for the win. I wasn’t bad, of course, but I saw a couple of good opportunities to support Thibau."
"I didn’t feel completely great before the race, and my mind wasn’t fully on the race, so I told Thibau beforehand that, if opportunities arise, I’ll let a gap open. I did that twice, and the second time it worked," Van der Haar said. "The first time might have been a bit too early for Thibau, but the second time, when he broke away with Laurens, I did it again, and that eventually secured Thibau the victory."
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"We do it for each other. Thibau isn’t competing for the overall classification, so it doesn’t matter for the final victory. I made a good move today, but I would have liked to be on the podium nonetheless," said Van der Haar, who saw Alpecin-Deceuninck youngsters Jente Michels and […]
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