 Albert scored another big victory with the Superprestige in Gieten, the Netherlands where riding for the first time in the Elite category of the annual Gieten race, he beat Sven Nys and Lars Boom.He finished second at the 2008/09 Belgian Cyclo-cross Championships (behind Sven Nys).In 2009, he became the Cyclo-cross world champion in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands.