Lars van der Haar has raced to his fourth top five placing in the Superprestige Series in four races, making him one of the most consistent riders overall in the series so far.

The race was a battle against the elements as well as each other as the weather conditions had made the course a mud-fest, and this made an already tough race even tougher.

After unusually missing his start, van der Haar had to fight back from behind to make up the places and get himself back into contention, but after a late problem which saw him unable to clip in due to the stones on the course he dropped back to end up taking fifth, still a very respectable result and one that shows he can compete well whatever the course throws at him.

One aspect of his training that he worked hard on together with the trainers on the team coming into the season was his power and this was beneficial in the tough sticky, muddy conditions today. His consistency in the series will soon pay off and the overall is still very much to play for.

Van der Haar now sits just three points behind Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink) in the Superprestige standings, in third place overall after four of eight rounds.

"Ai ai ai! I missed my start! Such a shame as I felt so good! Came from very far. Last lap stone in pedal, so Nys left me. 5th today in Gavere," he wrote on Twitter after the race.