Dutch duo Mathieu van der Pol (Kollendon Circus) and Annemarie Werst (777) dominated both the fourth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Tabor, Czech Republic, on Saturday and the Flandriencross in Hamme, Belgium, on Sunday. dominated the weekend European races for elite men and elite women, respectively.

Van der Pol, who lost his grandfather and cycling legend Raymond Poulidor on Wednesday and won in Tabor, was emotional; the 24-year-old Dutchman did not celebrate his victory out of respect or mourning.

"It was a very tough week. It was very hard. I am happy to have won, but it was much harder than I thought it would be. It was tough physically and mentally," van der Pol told reporters after defeating World Cup leader Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sausen Bingoel) and Lars van der Haar (Telenet Baloise Lions).

Iserbyt retains the overall lead in the tournament and is 35 points ahead of Toon Arts of the Telenet Baloise Lions.

Despite her second worst World Cup win, Katerina Nash (Luna) maintained her position as the women's overall leader despite a lowly 18th place finish. Similarly, Canada's Mahalee Rochette (Specialized - Feedback Sport) finished 16th and remains second in the standings by 21 points. [The day before, Worst won the second round of the DVV Trophy's Flandrien Cross in Hamme, Belgium, by three seconds over world champion Sanne Canto (IKO-Crelan).

Van der Pol won the men's Flandriencross ahead of Lawrence Sułek of Pauwels Sausen-Bingoer and Tim Merlier of Clairfin Fristads, while Van der Heer and Iserbeet, who had made the World Cup podium the day before, finished 4th and 5th and finished fourth and fifth, respectively.