Belgians play no role in junior men, home rider Sparfel drives the French crazy | European Cyclocross Championships

The bronze also goes to the home team. In the end, Simon went over Viezzi, who blew himself up in an attempt to follow the leading duo.

Viezzi has to grit his teeth under Takacs’ pace and has to let the Hungarian go. Sparfel can participate, one of the two will become European champion.

Did the stage start flying? Takacs has found his umpteenth breath and his acceleration seems fatal for Simon. Sparfel is the best home rider in the race, Viezzi is the third man who can participate.

On the first climb in the circuit, Sparfel shakes the tree. Only Viezzi is on board at first, but Takacs and Simon are less enthusiastic.

The bell rings for the final round! Takacs, Sparfel, Simon and Viezzi have the best credentials for a European title, they never leave each other’s side for a moment. Who will break in the final round?

Takacs’ acceleration cost an egg after Vas’s header, who had to go deep to be able to keep up. It hangs on a gap of the 4 leaders.

Seixas goes overboard, we are left with 5 riders who do not give each other a moment of rest. Now it is the Hungarian Takacs who takes over command again.

The penultimate lap of a hectic cross in Pontchâteau. We start with 6 leaders, because the second Hungarian also joins.

Will compete for the European title: Seixas, Sparfel, Simon, Viezzi, Vas and Takacs.

Vas was able to make the jump to the 3 Frenchmen and the Italian at the front. He now rides Sparfel’s wheel. The second Hungarian also seems to be joining.

Naud De Clercq is now the first compatriot in the race in 19th place. Fabian Maes is 21st, Arthur Van Den Boer 23rd and Mats Vanden Eynde 24th.

This is all a minute or more from the head of the race, where Sparfel is once again putting pressure on his competitors with a heavy acceleration.

At the 3rd passage at the finish we see 2 Hungarians in places 5 and 6 with Vas and Takacs. Simon has a small bonus over his 2 compatriots and Viezzi, but a little further on it is already canceled out.

A 3rd Frenchman will actually join Seixas, giving us a quartet at the peak of the race.

In the background a Swiss suffers a nasty fall after a slide and ends up in the barrier. You still have to be careful in Pontchâteau.

After the 2nd of 5 laps, Simon continues to lead the leading trio, with Viezzi and Sparfel still on his wheel.

The first Belgian in the race is Arthur Van Den Boer in 19th place after 2 laps. Undoubtedly a result of the crash at the beginning of the race, which caused a huge traffic jam.

Aubin Sparfel, the first French leader, has now passed the baton to his compatriot Jules Simon. The Italian Stefano Viezzi follows in his wake, and Sparfel can also join his bandwagon.