Belgium's oldest kermiskoers

This one will be gratifying:

Mathieu van der Poel wins very last Stadsprijs van Geraardsbergen, his first win since the Giro

The 27-year-old Dutchman made it well separated in this professional race on the national calendar, ahead of his older brother and teammate David van der Poel, who in turn left Bart Lemmen behind. The podium thus colored all orange. Elias Van Breussegem took fourth place.

Mathieu van der Poel more than lived up to his role as favorite in this last edition of the Geraardsbergen City Prize.

The organizers could not have wished for a more beautiful ending to their list of honors.

In Geraardsbergen they are working on a new project, a new race that will figure on the UCI calendar and in which the mythical Muur van Geraardsbergen would certainly be included.

This City Prize, as a professional race on the national calendar, is definitely crossed off.