Alors que Francis Mourey triomphait à Lanarvily en Bretagne, son rival le plus sérieux aux Championnats du Monde de Cyclo-cross, le Belge Sven Nys s’imposait quand à lui au cyclo-cross de Louvain sur la Soudal Classic. En costaud, il a mené tout le long de la course accompagné par Kevin Pauwels et Tom Meeusen. Mais dans le final, le Champion du Monde en titre est parti seul et l’emporte facilement.
Classement de la Soudal Classics (Louvain)
| 1 | Sven Nys (Bel) Crelan-AA Drink Cycling Team | 1:03:04 | |
| 2 | Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 0:00:05 | |
| 3 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:00:24 | |
| 4 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus | 0:00:27 | |
| 5 | Bart Aernouts (Bel) AA Drink Cycling Team | 0:00:29 | |
| 6 | Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) AA Drink Cycling Team | 0:00:48 | |
| 7 | Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team | 0:00:53 | |
| 8 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:01:00 | |
| 9 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team | 0:01:06 | |
| 10 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb–Napoleon Games | 0:01:37 | |
| 11 | Joeri Adams (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace | 0:01:42 | |
| 12 | Rob Peeters (Bel) Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace Cycling Team | 0:02:12 | |
| 13 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 0:02:24 | |
| 14 | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 0:03:01 | |
| 15 | Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Crelan-AA Drink Cycling Team | 0:03:07 | |
| 16 | Mariusz Gil (Pol) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team | 0:03:18 | |
| 17 | Jonathan Page (USA) Fuji-Spy-Competitive Cyclist | 0:03:26 | |
| 18 | Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) Team Natubalans-Apex | 0:03:50 | |
| 19 | Javier Ruiz de Larrrinaga (Spa) | 0:04:18 | |
| 20 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team | 0:05:01 | |
| 21 | Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) DNCS-Pro 2012 Cycling Team | 0:05:07 | |
| 22 | Yu Takenouchi (Jpn) Colba-Superano Ham | 0:05:31 | |
| -1lap | Jon Intsausti (Spa) | ||
| -2laps | Jonas Pedersen (Swe) | ||
| -2laps | Niels Koyen (Bel) DNCS-Pro 2012 Cycling Team | ||
| -3laps | Yves Coolen (Bel) | ||
| -4laps | Fredrik Edin (Swe) Cykloteket Racing Team | ||
| -4laps | Edwin De Wit (Bel) | ||
| -4laps | Tom Chapman (Aus) | ||
| -4laps | Nick Both (Aus) | ||
| -5laps | Luke Gray (GBr) Trek Cyclocross Collective | ||
| DNF | Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games Cycling Team | ||
| DNF | Martin Bina (Cze) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team | ||
| DNF | Alexander Meyland (Aus) | ||
| DNF | Martin Eriksson (Swe) | ||
| DNF | Magnus Darvell (Swe) Team Kalas Merida | ||
| DNF | Calle Friberg (Swe) Scott Sports | ||
| DNF | Toki Sawada (Jpn) Team Bridgestone Anchor |