X2O Trofee Hamme 2022 ME – Preview
By @EchelonsHub
The Course
It is the weekend before the world championships and at this point all the riders who are hopeful of a strong result in Fayetteville must have strong legs and will have in this weekend their final tests. This Saturday we have the 6th round of the X2O Trofee and we’re in Hamme, the course is set to be dry and fast, although things can be different in some sections around that little lake, but even if so it shouldn’t be crucial.
There is no major climb to tackle, there are a couple of technical sections, one the riders go up and down a small bank, and the other we’ve got some off-camber action but it shouldn’t be too troubling, between those sections there really isn’t that much as the riders will have some fast and flat sections where it will be hard to cement gaps, the final portion of the route includes an iconic sweeping section in the woods.
Video: Recon of the course (95% the same as last year)
The Startlist
| 1.Lars van der Haar | 2.Eli Iserbyt | 3.Toon Aerts | 4.Michael Vanthourenhout |
| 5.Laurens Sweeck | 6.Corne van Kessel | 7.Tom Pidcock | 8.Daan Soete |
| 9.Tom Vandenbosch | 10.Felipe Orts | 11.Jens Adams | 12.Timon Ruegg |
| 13.David van der Poel | 14.Thijs Aerts | 15.Tom Meeusen | 16.Lander Loockx |
| 17.Diether Sweeck | 18.Ugo Ananie | 19.Seppe Rombouts | 20.Clement Venturini |
| 21.Cameron Jette | 22.Arne Vrachten | 23.Yentl Bekaert | 24.Grégory Careme |
| 25.Jonathan Anderson | 26.Koen van Dijke | 27.Thomas Verheyen | 28.Julian Siemons |
| 29.Julian Siemons | 30.Jens Gys | 31.Mathijs Wuyts | 32.Ingmar Uytdewilligen |
| 33.Robin Alderweireld | 34.Siebe Tormans | 35.Kenneth van Compernolle | 36.Nick Peers |
| 37.Yelle Leaerts | 38.Maarten van Staeyen | 39.Klaas Groenen | 40.Andy Ruts |
| 41.Gauthier Heymes |
The Favourites
An important weekend. The last round of the World Cup in Hoogerheide comes on the following day so we may not see some riders invest their 100%, but a win is available and a win is a win, the overall cup seems wrapped up with Toon Aerts looking set for the win so it doesn’t seem like that will be important to the outcome tomorrow.
In Flamanville Pauwels Sauzen dominated the race and they have the chance to do the same tomorrow. Despite being a lightweight Eli Iserbyt is better suited to these flatter routes specially in the dry conditions, tomorrow may be another day although it’s not overly technical, but having Laurens Sweeck in great form, and having Michael Vanthourenhout and Toon Vandenbosch as further weapons make for a very strong team that can work for the win.
As competition Toon Aerts will naturally be in contention, being very consistent surely he will once again be on the fight for the win, and Lars van der Haar will also be present and provides Baloise Trek Lions with another weapon to grab an elusive win. The most dangerous rider though should be Tom Pidcock, back after a training block he is back on the startline and will be looking to consolidate things and put himself as the main contender for the rainbow stripes, Jens Adams and Corné van Kessel are also outsiders to watch for.
Prediction Time
1st– Toon Aerts2nd– Tom Pidcock3rd– Eli Iserbyt4th– Lars van der Haar5th– Laurens Sweeck
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