Niels Albert (Palmans-Cras) early in the race
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Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner)
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Niels Albert (Palmans-Cras) has a face full of mud
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Dieter Vanthourenhout
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The famous koppenberg
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Riders are still clean on the famed koppenberg climb
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The top riders chose to run the hill
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When the going gets tough, Nys takes the lead.
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Jonathan Page carries his mucked up bike.
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Nys leads through the ankle-deep muck.
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Fans lined up in the foul weather
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Parts of the course were unrideable.
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The mud covered the riders front and back.
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Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) and world champ Lars Boom
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The course was just a little bit muddy.
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Under all that mud is Sven Nys.
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Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner)
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Kevin Pauwels a tad muddy
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Lars Boom leads the break royale
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Boom powers up the Koppenberg
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Fidea chasers Peter Dlask and Zdenek Stybar
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The number 1 is already covered in mud
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This looks like
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World Champion Lars Boom leads Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) in the early part of the race.
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Petr Dlask (Fidea) shoulders his bike
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Richard Groenendaal (AA Drinks) in his last Koppenbergcross
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Kevin Pauwels (Fidea) took his bike
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Swiss rider Christian Heule (Stevens - Hypo)
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Gerben de Knecht (Rabobank) struggles up
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Wesley Van der Linden rides for Sunweb
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Jan Soetens (Revor) looks like
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Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) chased hard
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Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas) finished 11th
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Lars Boom rolled over the line in second
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Niels Albert rolled home in third
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Sven Nys celebrates
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The elite men's podium:
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Albert checks out the finger of Nys
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Davy Commeyne (Revor cycling team) in the first lap
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Sven Nys (Lanbouwkrediet) and Lars Boom (Rabobank) ride
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Richard Groenendaal in his last Koppenbergcross
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Lars Boom (Rabobank) looks like a muddy monster
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Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) rides
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Niels Albert (Palmans-Cras) in his last 100 metres
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