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Niel Jaarmarkt Cyclocross - C1
Niel, Belgium, November 11, 2003
2002 Results Results Past winners
Wellens continues winning ways
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Bart Wellens (Spaar Select) recorded his eighth victory of the season in round 2 of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee in Niel, Belgium. The World Champion beat Sven Nijs (Rabobank) and Ben Berden (John Saey-Deschacht) comfortably to increase his lead in the GvA Trofee.
"It was the intention to peak in this period," said Wellens. "Vossem was the beginning of the period which should last until Gavere in less than two weeks. After that I'll let go of the reins a bit, because if I'm riding like I am now I can't hold it for the whole season."
Wellens went out hard in the first lap, and only Sven Nijs and Ben Berden could close the gap - but only just. At the end of lap 2, Nijs and Berden were suffering as they tried to follow the pace of Wellens, and eventually they dropped back to a large group of chasers. Wellens increased his lead out to an unbeatable 45 seconds, managing to hold the chasers at bay until Nijs and Groenendaal mountain a counter-offensive together with Berden.
The trio could only get within 26 seconds of Wellens, with Nijs taking second place ahead of Berden and Groenendaal. But no-one was going to catch Wellens today.
Photos
Images by Luc Claessen/actiefotos.be/
- First lap and Wellens is already in the lead, taking Nys and Berden with him
- Arne Daelmans took 7th place today
- Vaclav Jezek wasn't at his best and placed 17th
- Wellens attacked after two laps, heading for the win
- Dutch Champion Richard Groenendaal finished 4th in Niel
- One of the Chech riders in the background
- Ben Berden did all he could, but never came close to Wellens... 3th place for Berden
- Belgian Champion Sven Nys, second place after World Champion Bart Wellens
- The chase is on
- Davy Commeyne leads a large group
- The Elite podium for non-trade team riders: Wesley Van der Linden, Bart Aernouts and Geert Wellens
- Wesley Van der Linden is the leader in the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy for Elite non-trade team riders
- All happy faces on the podium
- Life is beautiful when your name is Bart Wellens these days
Results
Elites & espoirs 1 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 1.00.24 2 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 0.26 3 Ben Berden (Bel) John Saey-Deschacht 0.29 4 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 0.30 5 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.40 6 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.44 7 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 8 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Spaar Select 0.48 9 Gerben de Knegt (Ned) 0.51 10 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select 0.58 11 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 0.59 12 Wesley Van der Linden 2.02 13 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Spaar Select 2.18 14 Petr Dlask (Cze) 2.23 15 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2.32 16 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.35 17 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) 2.36 18 David Willemsens (Bel) 2.37 19 Geert Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 3.06 20 Kevin Bossaerts (Bel) 3.23 21 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 4.00 22 Maxime Lefebvre (Fra) 4.09 23 Eddy Van Bouwel (Bel) 4.13 24 Nick Sels (Bel) 4.14 25 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 4.30 26 Jan Van Doninck (Bel) 4.35 27 Stijn Penne (Bel) 4.37 28 Tim Pauwels (Bel) 4.56 29 Jan Soetens (Bel) 5.05 30 Dirk Bertels (Bel) 6.04 31 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) One lap behind 32 Yannick Michel (Fra) Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee overall standings after two rounds - Elite 1 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 70 pts 2 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 61 3 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 56 4 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 53 5 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select 48 5 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 48 7 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Spaar Select 47 8 Ben Berden (Bel) John Saey-Deschacht 47 9 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 42 10 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Spaar Select 41 11 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) 39 12 Petr Dlask (Cze) 39 13 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 13 Maxime Lefebvre (Fra) 29 15 Gerben de Knegt (Ned) 22 16 Christian Heule (Zwi) 19 17 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) Wincor-Nixdorf 16 17 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 16 19 Matthew Ellis (GBr) 15 20 David Seco (Spa) 13 20 David Willemsens (Bel) 13 22 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Belgium 12 23 Isaac Suarez (Spa) 24 23 Kevin Bossaerts (Bel) 24 25 Eddy Van Bouwel (Bel) 8 26 Jan Van Doninck (Bel) 5 Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee overall standings after two rounds - espoirs 1 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) 40 pts 2 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 36 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 26 3 Geert Wellens (Bel) 26 5 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) 22 6 Jan Soetens (Bel) 20 7 Martin Zlamalik (Cze) 19 8 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 17 9 Vladimir Kyzivat (Cze) 15 9 Stijn Penne (Bel) 15 11 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 13 12 Nicky David (Bel) 12 13 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 10 13 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 10 15 Frederik Herpol (Bel) 9 16 Martin Bina (Cze) 8 17 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 7 17 Nick Sels (Bel) 7 19 Alois Lievens (Bel) 6 20 Toon Devenyns (Bel) 5 21 Gino De Temmerman (Bel) 4 22 Vincent Rosseel (Bel) 3 22 Tim Pauwels (Bel) 3 24 Sébastien Durieu (Bel) 2 25 Dimitri Van Hoolandt (Bel) 1 25 Dirk Bertels (Bel) 1 Juniors 1 Maxime Debusschere (Dadizele) 40.06 2 Kenny Geluykens 0.03 3 Jeroen Dingemans 0.14 4 Jan Van Dael 1.20 5 Tom Broekhuysen 2.09 6 Quentin Bertholet 7 Gianni Denolf 8 Dennis Verhoeven 9 Jerry Kallenfels (Ned) 2.17 10 Steven Van Bael 3.57 11 Anja Nobush 12 Juryd De Mooij 13 Thomas Boeckx 14 Davy Vanderstukken 15 Yannick Claes 16 Vincent Van den Eede 17 Jens Verheyen 18 Wim Vanleene Beginners 1 Ben Arnouts (Kalmthout) 35.22 2 Maarten Verherstraeten 0.24 3 Joeri Lambrechts 4 Jo Pirotte 5 Kenneth Van Compernolle 6 Steven Wong 1.15 7 Jelle Schepers 1.22 8 Dave De Cleyn 9 Sven Nooytens 1.30 10 Kristof Cop 1.35 11 Koen Heremans 12 Yannick Wydooghe 13 Bart Bruyndonckx 14 Stijn Mortelmans 15 Tim Debusschere 16 Niels Beelen 17 Louka Taymans 18 Ruben Depoortere 19 Jan Maes 20 Veronique Staes
Past winners
2002 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2001 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select 2000 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) RVS-Liege 1999 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
