If he hadn't punctured Wout could have very well won P-R, he was right there on final climb of Milan San Sleepo, and his CX season battles were all very close run things, he wasn't eating mud in 12th place with the rest of the full season cyclocross lifers. Wout's main problem outside GC racing is MVDP, and I don't think it's his GC commitments are the impediment to his non-stage racing success.
If he hadn't punctured Wout could have very well won P-R, he was right there on final climb of Milan San Sleepo, and his CX season battles were all very close run things, he wasn't eating mud in 12th place with the rest of the full season cyclocross lifers. Wout's main problem outside GC racing is MVDP, and I don't think it's his GC commitments are the impediment to his non-stage racing success.