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Azencross Loenhout (Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden #4) - C1
Loenhout, Belgium, December 29, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Nys strikes once more
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Showing no signs of tiredness after his dominating performance in yesterday's Hofstade World Cup, Sven Nys (Rabobank) recorded his 16th victory of the season by winning the Azencross in Loenhout, round 4 of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden. Nys finished the race with a 20 second advantage over his future teammate Sven Vanthourenhout (Quick.Step), while Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) took third.
Nys' teammate Richard Groenendaal actually crossed the line in second place today, but was disqualified after an illegal bike change. That cost Groenendaal his first place overall in the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden standings, leaving Nys to fill that spot. Most of the competitors, including the final place getters, believed that Groenendaal should not have been disqualified: He had jumped over the fence to get to the pits after a rider crashed in front of him. However, the jury overturned Groenendaal's protest and the disqualification stood.
Photography
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- The start of the elite men's race was fast
- Eddy Merckx on hand to watch the proceedings
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) likes this sort of thing
- Nys tackles the bumps
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) takes a corner
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) en route to another win
- Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) was second on the day, but disqualified for an irregular bike change after he jumped the fence into the pit area
- Tom Vannoppen (MrBookmaker.com) keeps his centre of gravity low
- Peter van Santvliet (Fidea) driving hard
- Sven Vanthourenhout (Quick.Step) navigates the bumps
- Mario De Clercq (MrBookmaker.com-Palmans) focused until the end
- Petr Dlask (Author) keeps down
- Kamil Ausbuher (Budweiser) was 22nd
- Bart Wellens (Fidea) from the front
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) gives another victory salute
- The place getters in the elite men's race didn't want to come to the podium, after they felt Groenendaal's disqualification was unfair
- Nicole Leijten-De Bie finished 15th in the women's race
- Laurence Leboucher (Fra) was off the pace in 12th
- Sabine Spitz (Ger) on her way to third place
- Daphny van den Brand (Heijdens Ten Tusscher) wins the women's race
- Hanka Kupfernagel finishes 2nd in the women's race
- Hanka Kupfernagel at the finish
- The women's podium (L to R): Hanka Kupfernagel (2nd), Daphny van den Brand (1st) and Sabine Spitz (3rd)
- World U23 Champ Kevin Pauwels (Fidea) takes an obstacle with ease
- Radomir Simunek Jr (Author) looking somewhat muddied
- Geert Wellens (Fidea) was 11th in the U23 race
- Kevin Pauwels (Fidea) wins the U23 race
- The U23 podium (L to R): Radomír Simunek Jr. (2nd), Kevin Pauwels (1st) and Mariusz Gil (3rd)
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- Mario De Clercq (MrBookmaker.com-Palmans) in his last 'cross race in Belgium
- Jonathan Page (Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic) full steam ahead
- Jonathan Page (Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic) head down
- Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) was again in the top three
- Bart Wellens (Fidea) didn't finish today
- Barry Wicks (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) struggles in the mud
- Eric Tonkin (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) looking for a way forward
- Keiichi Tsujura (Jpn) hard at it
- Christian Heule (Stevens) being careful
- Christian Heule (Stevens) focused
Results
Elite 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 1.02.00 2 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 0.20 3 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.44 4 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 5 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 6 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 7 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 1.32 8 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 1.39 9 Mario de Clercq (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1.49 10 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2.10 11 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 2.20 12 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 2.27 13 David Willemsens (Bel) 14 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 2.32 15 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 2.35 16 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 3.38 17 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 3.45 18 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 4.15 19 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 4.16 20 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 4.24 21 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 4.38 22 Kamil Ausbhuer (Cze) 4.46 23 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 5.14 24 David Rusch (Swi) 5.22 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) 5.24 26 Jody Crawforth (GBr) 27 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 5.55 28 Zdenek Mlynár (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 6.00 29 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 6.02 30 Jens Reuker (Ger) 6.24 31 Eric Tonkin (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 6.30 32 Isaac Suarez (Spa) 6.45 1 lap behind 33 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) 34 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP Sport A.S. 35 Václav Metlicka (Svk) CK ZP Sport A.S. 36 Paul Van Loon (Bel) 37 Milan Barenyi (Svk) 38 Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel) 39 Frank Groenendaal (Ned) 40 Tommy Nielsen (Den) 41 Roger Schüppli (Swi) 42 Keiichi Tsujura (Jpn) 43 Joachim Parbo (Den) Cycling Aarhus 44 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) DSQ Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank Starters: 73 Classified: 44 U23 1 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 51.14 2 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 0.46 3 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 4 Martin Bína (Cze) Author Praha 5 Jan Soetens (Bel) 0.52 6 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) 7 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 8 Simon Zahner (Swi) 9 Stijn Penne (Bel) 10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 11 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 12 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 13 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 14 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 15 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 16 Nick Sels (Bel) 17 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 18 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 19 Gerald Uyttersprot (Bel) 20 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 21 Jeroen Dingemans (Bel) 22 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 23 Frederik Herpol (Bel) 24 Michal Werstak (Pol) 25 Bram Wind (Ned) 26 René Lang (Swi) 27 Quincy Vens (Bel) 28 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 29 Nic Ingels (Bel) 30 Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned) 31 Claude Wolter (Lux) 7.00 32 Jeroen Thielemans (Bel) 33 Marco Wesseling (Ned) 34 John Hanson (USA) 35 Daan Bongers (Ned) 36 Pieter Van Loocke (Bel) 37 Ward Demets (Bel) 38 Carlo Kempeneers (Bel) 39 Rik Senders (Ned) 40 Frank Sikking (Ned) 41 Arnaud Van Leest (Ned) Starters: 55 Classified: 41 Juniors 1 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 40.29 2 Rik van Ijzendoorn (Ned) 0.08 3 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) 4 Lukas Kloucek (Cze) 0.51 5 Anthony Cailleau (Fra) 1.05 6 Davy De Scheemaeker (Bel) 1.20 7 Jo Pirotte (Bel) 1.21 8 Bart Senders (Ned) 1.47 9 Koen van Grootel (Ned) 1.50 10 Ondrej Bambula (Cze) 11 Kevin Cant (Bel) 1.52 12 David Schloesser (Lux) 13 Nivard Van Acker (Bel) 14 Willem Schwaner (Ned) 15 Johim Ariesen (Ned) 2.08 16 Gianni Denolf (Bel) 2.33 17 Jan Verhaegh (Bel) 2.39 18 Jifi Hajek (Cze) 2.46 19 Dries Pauwels (Bel) 2.56 20 Thomas Boeckx (Bel) 3.09 21 Mark Thwaites (GBr) 3.22 22 Mattijn Motshagen (Ned) 3.41 23 Dennis Verhoeven (Bel) 3.50 24 Dave De Cleyn (Bel) 4.00 25 Kevin Demeester (Bel) 4.09 26 Richard van Loon (Ned) 4.13 27 Ivar Hartogs (Ned) 4.18 28 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) 29 Ondrej Zelinka (Cze) 4.19 30 Maarten Verhestraeten (Bel) 4.36 31 Tom Last (GBr) 4.37 32 Ud Hansen (Den) 33 Kevin Ryckaert (Bel) 34 Gregory Joseph (Bel) 4.39 35 Jeroen Dekkers (Ned) 5.00 36 Matthias Onghena (Bel) 37 Edwin Arts (Ned) 38 Nico Ceunen (Bel) 39 Adam McGrath (USA) 40 Philippe Hutmacher (Lux) 41 Remco te Brake (Ned) 42 Robert Malyszek (Pol) 43 Alex Howes (USA) 44 Davy Vanderstukken (Bel) 45 Nicolaj Hougaard (Den) 46 Wim Thijs (Bel) 47 Rasmus Kristensen (Den) 48 Sebastian Einsle (Lux) 49 Gert Dockx (Bel) 10.00 50 Tom Goovaerts (Bel) 51 Nisbet Douglas (GBr) Starters: 58 Classified: 51 Novices 1 Jim Aernouts (Bel) 28.03 2 Bart Hermans (Bel) 0.15 3 Joeri Adams (Bel) 4 Kristof Cop (Bel) 5 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) 6 Dries Ingels (Bel) 0.25 7 Raf Pluym (Bel) 8 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) 0.55 9 Jordy Beuker (Ned) 10 Stef Boden (Bel) 1.00 11 Pieter-Jan Pirotte (Bel) 12 Julien Boittelle (Fra) 1.10 13 Geert van der Horst (Ned) 14 Rob van der Velde (Ned) 15 Kevin Smit (Bel) 1.25 16 Pieter Bosmans (Bel) 1.30 17 Kenny Verstrepen (Bel) 2.00 18 Vincent Renaux (Bel) 19 Tim Debusschere (Bel) 20 Philippe Hutmacher (Lux) 2.13 21 Scott Thwaites (GBr) 2.22 22 Piotr Antkowiak (Pol) 23 Leigh Andrews (GBr) 24 Michiel Dieleman (Bel) 2.35 25 Lasse Rasmussen (Den) 2.45 26 Steven van Leijen (Ned) 2.51 27 Tommy Groffen (Ned) 28 Michael Vingerling (Ned) 29 Dennis Van der Velden (Bel) 3.01 30 Willem Van den Eynde (Bel) 3.23 31 Morten Gregersen (Den) 32 Erwin Theuns (Bel) 3.29 33 Yannick Pauwels (Bel) 3.49 34 Kurt Brosens (Bel) 35 Tommy van Beem (Ned) 4.34 36 Pieter Van der Velden (Bel) 4.45 37 Rick van Deursen (Ned) 38 Jeroen Serverius (Bel) 4.55 39 Glen Foubert (Bel) 5.02 40 Gert-Jan Van Immerseel (Bel) 5.24 41 Danny Boevens (Bel) 5.48 42 Dennis Visschedijk (Ned) 5.55 43 Pieter Beauprez (Bel) 6.10 44 Stenekes Steyen (Ned) 45 Dimi Diels (Bel) 7.10 46 Nick Lauwers (Bel) Starters: 49 Classified: 46 Women 1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) 37.15 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) 0.11 3 Sabine Spitz (Ger) 0.54 4 Anja Nobus (Bel) 1.15 5 Hilde Quintens (Bel) 1.44 6 Veerle Ingels (Bel) 2.48 7 Marianne Vos (Ned) 2.55 8 Kathleen Vermeiren (Bel) 3.05 9 Claudia Triquet (Fra) 3.07 10 Loes Sels (Bel) 3.32 11 Helen Wyman (GBr) 12 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 13 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) 14 Barbora Bohata (Cze) 15 Nicole Leijten-De Bie (Bel) 16 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) 17 Arenda Grimberg (Ger) 18 Katerina Bohata (Cze) 19 Paola Bortolin (Ita) 20 Nancy Bollansee (Bel) 21 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) 22 Victoria Wilkinson (GBr) 23 Claudia Marsilia (Ita) 24 Linda van Rijen (Ned) 25 Clare Gross (GBr) 26 Kathy Ingels (Bel) 27 Sanne Cant (Bel) 28 Suzie Godart (Lux) 29 Mariska van Beem (Ned) 30 Linda Dirkx (Ned) 31 Aline Parsy (Fra) 32 Katrien Aerts (Bel) 33 Monique van de Ree (Ned) 34 Anne Nitzsche (Ger) 35 Imke Hartogs (Ned) 36 Maaike Weytens (Bel) 37 Kelly Van Eyken (Bel) 38 Ivanka Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 39 Jo Blanchaert (Bel) 40 Gertie Willems (Bel) Starters: 44 Classified: 40
Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden classification after round 4
Elite Men 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 121 pts 2 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 110 3 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 105 4 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 99 5 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 96 6 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 85 7 Mario de Clercq (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 81 8 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 80 9 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 79 10 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 77 11 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 71 12 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 70 13 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 67 14 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 64 15 David Willemsens (Bel) 60 16 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 51 17 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 49 18 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 48 19 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 44 20 Jirí Pospisil (Cze) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 40 21 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 29 21 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 29 23 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 24 23 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 24 25 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 23 26 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 22 27 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 20 28 Björn Rondelez (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf 12 29 Matthew Ellis (GBr) 11 30 Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel) 10 31 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) 7 31 David Rusch (Swi) 7 33 Isaac Suarez (Spa) 6 33 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Saey-Deschacht 6 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) 6 36 Jody Crawforth (GBr) 5 37 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 4 37 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 4 39 Zdenek Mlynár (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 3 40 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 2 41 Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 1 41 Jens Reuker (Ger) 1 Sprint 1 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 24 pts 2 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 12 3 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 8 4 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 4 4 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 4 4 Dariusz Gil (Bel) 4 4 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 4 9 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 2 9 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Bel) 2 9 Mario de Clercq (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 2 9 Simon Zahner (Bel) 2 9 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2 9 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2 U23 1 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 68 pts 2 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 66 3 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 46 4 Stijn Penne (Bel) 39 5 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 37 6 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 32 7 Krzsysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 31 8 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 23 9 Nick Sels (Bel) 22 10 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 21 10 Jan Soetens (Bel) 21 12 Martin Bína (Cze) Author Praha 17 13 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) 15 14 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 14 15 Simon Zahner (Swi) 13 16 Rob Peeters (Bel) 12 17 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 11 18 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 10 18 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 10 20 Jan Skarnitzel (Cze) 9 21 Kay Van Den Brande (Bel) 8 22 Frederik Herpol (Bel) 7 22 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 7 24 Daan De Jonge (Ned) 6 25 Quincy Vens (Bel) 5 26 Jeremy Powers (USA) 4 26 Gerald Uyttersprot (Bel) 4 26 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 4 29 Jef De Boeck (Bel) 2 30 Jérôme Boussekey (Fra) 1 30 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 1
Past winners
2003 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2002 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2001 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 2000 Sven Nijs (Bel) 1999 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 1998 Marc Janssens (Ned) 1997 Adrie van der Poel (Ned) 1996 Adrie van der Poel (Ned) 1995 Paul Herygers (Bel) 1994 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 1993 Marc Janssens (Ned) 1992 Adrie van der Poel (Ned) 1991 Danny De Bie (Bel) 1990 Danny De Bie (Bel) 1989 Danny De Bie (Bel) 1988 Roland Liboton (Bel) 1987 Hennie Stamsnijder (Ned) 1986 Hennie Stamsnijder (Ned) 1985 Roland Liboton (Bel) 1984 Roland Liboton (Bel) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
