Tom Pidcock is the first British winner of the Cyclo-cross World Championship.
The Ineos Grenadiers rider won the coveted rainbow jersey and gold medal for the first time.
The cyclo-cross is one of three world titles that Pidcock could win in 2022, including the mountain bike and road titles.
I went out as if I was going to war.
After winning Olympic mountain bike gold in Tokyo last year, the brilliant victory in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, by Pidcock comes.
The rider had time for a BMX-style jump and kick-out in the final few hundred metres, before lying on his saddle and making a Superman-style pose as he crossed the line.
The Belgians rode a tactical race to try to wear me down.
The eight Belgian riders tried to tire him out by forcing him to follow alternate attacks and he had to fight them alone.
The country with so many world titles was disorganized and Pidcock took the lead of the race each time.
On the fourth lap, Pidcock overtook Belgian Michael Vanthourenhout with a late cut-in on the inside of a sharp left-hand turn, ensuring he made a tricky, steep hump first, which caused the chasing Belgians to concertina and their favourite for victory, Eli I
Iserbyt lost out to Van der Haar in a sprint.
It was almost harder to win the race without Wout van Aert of Belgium and Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands. Everyone expects it to be easier, but you can't go in with that mentality.
During winter in Belgium and Holland, cyclo-cross involves races across a mix of grassland and sand, with riders forced to jump off and run with their bikes across muddy sections of the course.
One of the most exciting British talents in cycling is Joshua Pidcock, who won an Olympic gold medal last year and is currently riding in the World Tour for Ineos.
He won the Belgian classic race De Brabantse Pijl and was second in the Holland Amstel Gold race.
Ben Turner came home 14th, while Thomas Mein came home 20th.
The junior women's race on Saturday was won by Britain's Zoe Backstedt, who finished ahead of Leonie Bentveld of the Netherlands.
The women's elite race was won by Vos.
After taking part in the one-day spring classics races, Pidcock will join an eight-man Ineos team that will attempt to win the Giro d'Italia.
He will have the chance to win two more titles at the mountain bike world championships in Les Gets, France, on 24 August and the road title in Australia on 25 September.
The UCI Road World Championships will be on the air.
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