Lars van der Haar appeared to be on his way to a superb top-three spot in the World Cup of Zonhoven, won by Mathieu van der Poel, but the strong Dutch rider eventually had to settle for place five.

Lars van der Haar isn’t typically at his best in such conditions, but he always fights with everything he has. Two years ago, his effort earned him the red-white-and-blue jersey in a rain-soaked ...