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Superprestige #5 - Gieten - C1
Gieten, Netherlands, November 28, 2004
2003 Results Results Superprestige standings Past winners
Nys takes 25th Superprestige victory
Wellens second after crash
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Sven Nys (Rabobank) has won his 25th Superprestige race at Gieten in the Netherlands and secured his lead in the overall standings. World Champion Bart Wellens placed second in a chase group sprint, and Nys' teammate at Rabobank got third.
How it unfolded
Seven Nys broke away from a small group including Davy Commeyne and Richard Groenendaal at about mid-race. Meanwhile, World Champion Bart Wellens, who had crashed early and fell back about half a minute, caught up with the riders in front of him. Front man Nys left the struggling Groenendaal behind and rode solo to the finish, while Wellens managed, in a tremendous effort, to pass all remaining rivals except Nys, who was already too far away. It is Nys' tenth victory this season and 25th Supreperstige race win.
Photography
Images by DCP/Bert Geerts
- Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) gives a pout before the start.
- Bart Aernouts (Rabobank) looks like he's enjoying himself, finishing in eighth place today.
- Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) staged a great comeback after an early crash.
- Ben Berden (Saey-Deschacht) on his way to another top 10 finish.
- Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) looking equally comfortable off the bike as on.
- Martin Nijland (Heijdens-Ten Tusccher) focuses on the task ahead.
- Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) looks worried about what he's soon about to face.
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) emerges from the climb...
- ... before putting down the power.
- Tom Vannoppen (MrBookmaker.com - Palmans) fights with his bike and the tough climb in typically muddy conditions.
- Tom Vannoppen (MrBookmaker.com - Palmans) looking pleased with himself after a top 10 finish.
- Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) was one away from a podium in fourth place.
- Davy Commeyne (MrBookmaker.com - Palmans) thoroughly enjoyed himself today, finishing fifth.
- The podium - (L to R) Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam, 2nd), Sven Nys (Rabobank, 1st) and Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank).
Images by Jessica Elshout/www.wielerfoto.nl
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) on his way to the victory
- Niels Albert was outstanding in this race
- Lars Boom European U23 champion
- Swiss espoir champion Simon Zahner
- Mirjam Melchers (Stevens) in her 1st cyclo-cross this winter. One of her targets is the World Championships in St. Wendel
- Reza Hormes-Ravenstein
- Marianne Vos in action
Results
Elite 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 59.38 2 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.17 3 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 0.24 4 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.47 5 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 0.55 6 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 0.56 7 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 1.25 8 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 1.37 9 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 2.02 10 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 2.09 11 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 2.22 12 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2.37 13 Martin Nijland (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusccher 2.47 14 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 3.07 15 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 3.22 16 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 3.44 17 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 4.14 1 lap behind 18 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 19 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 20 Jean-Pierre Leijten (Ned) 21 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 22 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 23 Petr Dlask (Cze) Author Praha 24 Danny Verhestraeten (Bel) 25 Frank Groenendaal (Ned) 26 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 27 Marco Luyten (Ned) Starters: 30 Classified: 27 U23 1 Niels Albert (Bel) 2 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 3 Lars Boom (Ned) 4 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 5 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 6 Simon Zahner (Swi) 7 Eddy van IJzendoorn 8 Dieter Vanthourenhout 9 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 10 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 11 Nick Sels (Bel) 12 Thijs van Amerongen (Bel) 13 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 14 Stijn Penne (Bel) 15 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 16 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 17 Egon van Kessel (Ned) 18 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 19 Ronnie Timmermans (Ned) 20 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 21 Guus Magielse (Ned) 22 Gerben de Vries (Ned) 23 Joeri Kouwenhoven (Ned) 24 Frank van Grootel (Ned) 25 Marco Wesseling (Ned) 26 Jeroen Dingemans (Bel) 27 Daan de Jonge (Ned) 28 Jerry Kallenfels (Ned) 29 Kor Steenbergen (Ned) 30 Erik Hopman (Ned) 31 Ries van der Sanden (Ned) 32 Michiel Jan van der Linde (Ned) 33 Bas de Bruin (Ned) 34 Nard van der Sanden (Ned) 35 Paul Timmer (Ned) 36 Alain van der Velde (Ned) 37 Rolf Brinkhuis (Ned) 38 Remco Kuijlenburg (Ned) 39 Huub Kappert (Ned) 40 Daniël Brok (Ned) 41 Frank Sikking (Ned) 42 Tim Koote (Ned) 43 Hans Everts (Ned) 44 Sven Gmelich Meijling (Ned) 45 Bastiaan Brok (Ned) Starters: 47 Classified: 45 Women 1 Marianne Vos (Ned) 2 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) 3 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) 4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) 5 Loes Sels (Bel) 6 Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) 7 Helen Wyman (Gbr) 8 Nicole De Bie-Leijten (Bel) 9 Sanne Cant (Bel) 10 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) 11 Anouk Kesseleer-Haarsma (Ned) 12 Linda van Rijen (Ned) 13 Linda Dirkx (Ned) 14 Britt Jochems (Ned) 15 Monique van de Ree (Ned) 16 Imke Hartogs (Ned) 17 Abke Francissen (Ned) 18 Katrien Aerts (Bel) 19 Mariska van Beem (Ned) 20 Marianne Gall (Ned) 21 Linda Kroes (Ned) 22 Florien Remmelts (Ned) 23 Linda ter Beek (Ned) 24 Alike Haanstra (Ned) 25 Ivanka Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 26 Tamara Blom (Ned) 27 Anne-Katrin Nitsche (Ger) 28 Yvonne Kuiper (Ned) 29 Angela van der Velde (Ned) 30 Leida Roelofs (Ned) 31 Samantha van Steenis (Ned) 32 Runa Putz (Ger) 33 Janneke van der Horst (Ned) 34 Arjanne van Bekkum (Ned) 35 Margriet Engelsma (Ned) 36 Charlotte van Loon (Ned) Starters: 37 Classified: 36 Juniors 1 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 2 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 3 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 4 Jan Mikkers (Ned) 5 Jan Van Dael (Bel) 6 Boy van Poppel (Ned) 7 Christopher Janssen (Ned) 8 Kevin Cant (Bel) 9 Bart Senders (Ned) 10 Wim Leemans (Bel) 11 Mattijn Motshagen (Ned) 12 Mark Broks (Ned) 13 Patrick Vliegen (Ned) 14 Gianni Denolf (Bel) 15 Sylvester Janiszews (Pol) 16 Savi van Horik (Ned) 17 Johim Ariesen (Ned) 18 Jan Verhaegh (Ned) 19 Ivar Hartogs (Ned) 20 Geert van der Sande (Ned) 21 Richard van Loon (Ned) 22 Djuri van Rijbroeck (Ned) 23 Umberto Atzori (Ned) 24 Mark Smit (Ned) 25 Maarten Verhestraeten (Bel) 26 Jorn van Veen (Ned) 27 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) 28 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) 29 Dennis Luyt (Ned) 30 Jeroen Dekkers (Ned) 31 Emiel Lubbers (Ned) 32 Marek Konwa (Ned) 33 Erdwin Arts (Ned) 34 Karol Gulba (Pol) 35 Rob van Bekkum (Ned) 36 Wout van Wijk (Ned) 37 Richard Sleumer (Ned) 38 Steven Marissink (Ned) 39 Koen van Grootel (Ned) 40 Martijn Keizer (Ned) 41 Jan Hopmans (Ned) 42 Janos Pütz (Ger) 43 Tom Boveree (Ned) 44 Patrick van Berkel (Ned) 45 Henk Jan Groote Punt (Ned) 46 Richard Frederiks (Ned) 47 Lennart Weerts (Ned) 48 Michiel Bults (Ned) 49 Dennis van Gaveren (Ned) Starters: 57 Classified: 49 Novices 1 Joël Bakker (Ned) 2 Ramon Sinkeldam Ned) 3 Jordy Beuker (Ned) 4 Twan van den Brand (Ned) 5 Rob van der Velde (Ned) 6 Jorrit Hermans (Ned) 7 Kevin Smit (Ned) 8 Geert van der Horst (Ned) 9 Bart Barkhuis (Ned) 10 Bob Stopler (Ned) 11 Jan Germs (Ned) 12 Julian van Dijk (Ned) 13 Rob van der Heijden (Ned) 14 Sonny Steenbakkers (Ned) 15 Ferdi Gerritse (Ned) 16 Henk Wildeman (Ned) 17 Mickey Kallenfels (Ned) 18 Frans van Bekkum (Ned) 19 Ricardo Robben (Ned) 20 Maurits Bekkema (Ned) 21 Tommy van Beem (Ned) 22 Gosse Koerts (Ned) 23 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) 24 Harm van der Sanden (Ned) 25 Peter Jan Polling (Ned) 26 Rick Kloeze (Ned) 27 Jarno Gmelich-Meijling (Ned) 28 Steven Stenekes Starters: 32 Classified: 28
Superprestige standings after round #5
Elite 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 72 pts 2 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 60 3 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 57 3 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 57 5 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 54 5 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 54 7 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 41 8 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 25 9 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 25 10 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 22 11 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 18 12 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 16 13 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 15 13 Maarten Nijland (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusccher 15 15 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 14 16 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 12 17 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 10 18 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 8 19 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Saey-Deschacht 7 20 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 5 21 David Willemsens (Bel) 4 22 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 4 23 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 3 24 Mario de Clercq (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1 25 Björn Rondelez (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf 1 U23 1 Niels Albert (Bel) 68 pts 2 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 56 3 Lars Boom (Ned) 51 4 Simon Zahner (Swi) 45 5 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 43 6 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 43 7 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 43 8 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 31 9 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 24 10 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 24 11 Rob Peeters (Bel) 23 12 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 23 13 Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) 22 14 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 22 15 Stijn Penne (Bel) 20 16 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 12 17 Clément l’Hotellerie (Fra) 10 18 Jan Soetens (Bel) 8 19 Jeremy Powers (USA) 8 20 Nick Sels (Bel) 6 21 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 5 22 Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) 4 23 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 3 24 Frederik Herpol (Ned) 2 25 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 2 26 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 1 27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 1 Juniors 1 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 72 pts 2 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 68 3 Jan Van Dael (Bel) 53 4 Wim Leemans (Bel) 40 5 Kevin Cant (Bel) 39 6 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 37 7 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 30 8 Patrick Vliegen (Ned) 30 9 Jan Mikkers (Ned) 28 10 Gianni Denolf (Bel) 27 11 Bart Senders (Ned) 25 12 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 17 13 Jo Pirotte (Bel) 14 14 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) 13 15 Dries Govaerts (Bel) 12 16 Ivar Hartogs (Ned) 11 17 Bjorn De Decker (Bel) 11 18 Mark Broks (Ned) 11 19 Christopher Janssens (Ned) 10 20 Boy van Poppel (Ned) 10 21 Willem Schwaner (Ned) 8 22 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 6 23 Koen van Grootel (Ned) 6 24 Mattijn Motshagen (Ned) 5 25 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) 4 26 Robert Malyszek (Pol) 3 27 David Schloesser (Lux) 3 28 Kim Michely (Lux) 2 29 Remco Broers (Ned) 2 30 Dries Pauwels (Bel) 1 31 Nivard Van Acker (Bel) 1 32 Sylvester Janiszews (Pol) 1
Past winners
2003 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2002 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2001 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 2000 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select 1999 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
