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World Cup #4 - CDM
Wetzikon, Switzerland, December 4, 2005
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Enrico Franzoi (Lampre - Caffita) on the way to an excellent fifth place.
- Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) leads Bart Wellens (Fidea Cycling Team) in yet another race for second.
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) doing what he does best, running through the mud with a bike on his shoulder. Funny way to make a living...
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) takes the win, with daylight second.
- The podium - Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank), Sven Nys (Rabobank), Bart Wellens (Fidea Cycling Team)
Results
Elite Men 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 1.00.36 2 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 0.08 3 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.23 4 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) AA drink-Bejan 0.35 5 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 0.45 6 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank 7 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 1.33 8 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 1.38 9 John Gadret (Fra) Jartazi Granville Team 1.45 10 Wilant Van Gils (Ned) ZZPR.nl 1.47 11 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 2.06 12 Petr Dlask (Cze) Empella Czech Team 2.22 13 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervélo 2.32 14 Steve Chainel (Fra) ASPTT Nancy 2.43 15 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Morgan Blue 16 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 3.06 17 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.08 18 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens Racing Team 3.10 19 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93 20 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) VC Hittnau 3.26 21 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 3.31 22 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Author Praha 3.35 23 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 3.36 24 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) AVB Asbestverwijdering 3.43 25 Florian Vogel (Swi) RC Gränichen 3.45 26 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) VC Volketswil 4.04 27 Thijs Al (Ned) B & E Cycling Team 4.07 28 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 4.12 29 Simon Zahner (Swi) VC Meilen 4.17 30 David Rusch (Swi) VMC Altendorf 4.18 31 Vladimír Kyzivát (Cze) Johnson Controls As MB 4.19 32 Ryan Trebon (USA) 4.20 33 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Cyclophile Sédunois 4.46 34 Marco Bianco (Ita) 4.49 35 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.56 36 David Derepas (Fra) 5.17 37 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Stevens Racing Team 5.20 38 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 39 Radomir jun. Simunek (Cze) 6.00 40 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 6.01 41 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 6.05 42 Bart Dirkx (Ned) AA drink-Bejan 6.14 43 Marek Cichosz (Pol) 6.18 44 Martin Gujan (Swi) 6.22 45 Gusty Bausch (Lux) 6.24 46 Emil Hekele (Cze) Zekof Team 7.01 47 Václav Metlicka (Svk) Team Kral R.C. Pfeil Hof E.V 7.17 48 Milan Barenyi (Svk) 7.38 1 lap behind 49 Robert Glajza (Svk) 50 Jens Reuker (Ger) RC Olympia 51 Maik Müller (Ger) RSV Wyhl 52 Martin Bína (Cze) Author Praha 53 Michele Salza (Ita) 54 Pietro Pavoni (Ita) 55 Thorsten Struch (Ger) RSV Stuttgart 56 Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens Racing Team Starters: 59 Classified: 56 U23/Amateurs/Masters 1 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 48.55 2 Romain Villa (Fra) 3 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 0.06 4 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 5 Jan Soetens (Bel) 0.15 6 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) VC Bützberg 0.19 7 Derik Zampedri (Ita) 0.32 8 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 1.09 9 Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) ACB Payerne/Lucens 10 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) 1.24 11 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) 1.39 12 Rafael Visinelli (Ita) V.C. Bologna 2.08 13 Rob Peeters (Bel) 2.26 14 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) VC Rennaz 2.39 15 Pirmin Lang (Swi) VC Pfaffnau-Roggliswil 2.40 16 Rik Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 2.43 17 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 2.45 18 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 2.47 19 Lukás Kloucek (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 3.12 20 Luca Damiani (Ita) 3.20 21 Romain Lejeune (Fra) 3.22 22 Wim Leemans (Bel) 3.34 23 Felix Gniot (Ger) 3.54 24 Paul Voss (Ger) 4.06 25 Daniel Schütz (Swi) RMV Schleitheim 4.11 26 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) 4.17 27 Fabio Ursi (Ita) 4.18 28 Till Schaltegger (Swi) RV Adler Frenkendorf 4.29 29 Ondrej Bambula (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 5.00 30 Andreas Moser (Swi) VC Bützberg 5.06 31 René Lang (Swi) VC Bützberg 5.50 32 Ondrej Zelinka (Cze) 6.05 33 Sascha Wagner (Ger) 6.39 34 Anthony Colas (Fra) 6.46 35 Gabriele Giuntoli (Ita) 6.59 36 David Romanowski (Pol) 7.45 1 lap behind 37 Woiciech Kaczmarski (Pol) 38 Michal Plesnik (Svk) 39 Romain Beney (Swi) Cyclophile Aigle 40 Robert Bachraty (Svk) 41 Guillaume Dessibourg (Swi) ACB Payerne/Lucens 42 Marco Weilenmann (Swi) VMC Effretikon-Kemptthal 43 Michal Lorenc (Pol) 44 Adam Bycka (Pol) Starters: 47 Classified: 44 Juniors 1 Robert Gavenda (Svk) 35.17 2 David Menger (Cze) 3 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 0.10 4 Aurélien Duval (Swi) 5 Sven Verboven (Bel) 0.15 6 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) 7 Christian Cominelli (Ita) 8 Andrea Caimi (Swi) 0.17 9 Mathias Flückiger (Swi) VC Bützberg 0.35 10 Anthony Lavoine (Swi) 0.39 11 Stephan Sprinke (Ger) 0.42 12 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) 13 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) 14 Thomas Collinet (Swi) 0.49 15 Pascal Meyer (Swi) VC Hittnau 16 Sascha Weber (Ger) 0.57 17 Omar Sottocornola (Ita) 18 Alessandro Calderan (Ita) 1.01 19 Geoffrey Lorrain (Fra) 20 Dries Pauwels (Bel) 1.21 21 Fabrizio Braggion (Swi) 1.28 22 Lukas Winterberg (Swi) VC Pfaffnau-Roggliswil 1.30 23 Nico Brüngger (Swi) VC Hittnau 1.50 24 Christian Lau (Ger) 2.19 25 Marek Farkas (Cze) 2.23 26 Jiri Podrazil (Swi) 2.53 27 Ole Quast (Swi) 2.58 28 Marian Simora (Swi) 3.27 29 Peter Frei (Swi) VC Hittnau 3.55 30 Giancarlo Saiu (Ita) 3.59 31 Jakub Sibr (Svk) 4.34 32 Dries Govaerts (Swi) 5.34 33 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) Cyclophile Sédunois 5.56 34 Simon Zulauf (Swi) VC Bützberg 6.41 35 Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) Cyclophile Aigle 6.56 36 Jonas Müller (Swi) VC Steinmaur 7.54 37 Dennis Zahner (Swi) VC Eschenbach 8.40 1 lap behind 38 Ronny Koch (Swi) VC Steinmaur 39 Patrick Rhyner (Swi) Team Sport-Shop Kunz Starters: 39 Classified: 39 Novices 1 Gregor Lendenmann (Swi) VMC Eschenbach 35.44 2 Fabian Danner (Ger) Rad-Union Wangen 1.19 3 Matthias Rupp (Swi) VC Volketswil 1.31 4 Valentin Scherz (Swi) VC Rennaz 1.39 5 Oliver Hofstetter (Swi) RV Uster 6 Simon Wäfler (Swi) VC Bauma 2.45 7 Eric Brüngger (Swi) VC Hittnau 3.08 8 Simon Frank (Swi) VC Pfaffnau-Roggliswil 3.15 9 Gian Marco Gasser (Swi) VMC Eschenbach 10 Philipp Walter (Swi) VC Rain Toshiba 4.11 11 Dario Stäuble (Swi) VMC Gansingen 4.30 12 Alain Page (Swi) VC Rennaz 4.47 13 Michael Schweizer (Ger) Rad-Union Wangen 5.49 14 Samuel Horstmann (Swi) RMV Cham-Hagendorn 15 Michael Wildhaber (Swi) VMC Eschenbach 16 Tobias Lussi (Swi) RMV Cham-Hagendorn 6.26 1 lap behind 17 Silvan Frei (Swi) VC Hittnau 18 David Ascolese (Swi) RV Uster 19 Fabian Kirchmann (Ger) Rad-Union Wangen 20 Nils Scheding (Swi) 21 André Mäder (Swi) VC Hittnau 22 Randy Krummenacher (Swi) RV Wetzikon 23 Lukas Achermann (Swi) VC Pfaffnau-Roggliswil 24 Nicole Hanselmann (Swi) RV Wetzikon Starters: 25 Classified: 24 Military 1 Arthur Manz (Swi) 54.55 2 Thomas Steiger (Swi) 0.40 3 Adrian Schläpfer (Swi) 1.35 4 Thomas Frei (Swi) VC Hittnau 1.43 5 René Roth (Swi) 6 Ernst Feurer (Swi) 2.08 7 Hansueli Sauter (Swi) 2.22 8 Reto Schläpfer (Swi) 2.32 9 Josef Berwert (Swi) 3.14 10 Hans-Peter Mathis (Swi) 3.44 11 Hans Schmid (Swi) 4.35 12 Pius Hess (Swi) 4.59 13 Marcel Müller (Swi) 5.44 14 Walter Häusermann (Swi) 15 Stefan Schlatter (Swi) 7.43 16 Andreas Steger (Swi) 8.33 1 lap behind 17 Kurt Bäni (Swi) 18 Hugo Schwager (Swi) 19 Rudolf Engel (Swi) 20 Urs Brändli (Swi) 21 Ernst Schönenberger (Swi) 22 René Schärer (Swi) 23 Pius Zimmermann (Swi) 24 Walter Riedwyl (Swi) 25 Cyril Andermatten (Swi) 2 laps behind 26 Jean-Claude Hämmerli (Swi) 27 Robert Egolf (Swi) 28 Albert Bachmann (Swi) Starters: 30 Classified: 28 Schoolchildren 1 Lars Forster (Swi) VMC Eschenbach 20.04 2 Lukas Müller (Swi) VC Steinmaur 0.05 3 Joël Peter (Swi) 1.14 4 Fabian Müller (Swi) VMC Gansingen 1.59 5 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) VC Steinmaur 6 Patrick Müller (Swi) VC Volketswil 5.00 7 Elias Egli (Swi) VC Steinmaur 7.04 8 Severin Sägesser (Swi) RC Gränichen 1.44 9 Simon Faust (Swi) RSS Wetzikon 2.39 10 Simon Siegenthaler (Swi) VMC Gansingen 4.06 11 Tim Looser (Swi) RSS Wetzikon 5.13 12 Bonifaz Rudolf (Swi) RV Uster 2.19 13 Jonas Bernet (Swi) RMV Cham-Hagendorn 6.37 14 Tobias Steinacher (Swi) VMC Gansingen 11.08 15 Etienne Kaeslin (Swi) Cyclophile Aigle 3.55 16 Dominic Zumstein (Swi) 4.29 17 Urim Tikoski (Swi) VC Steinmaur 9.17 18 Janin Hanselmann (Swi) RV Wetzikon 6.28 19 Marc Büchi (Swi) RSS Wetzikon 8.37 20 Rouven Müller (Swi) VC Steinmaur 13.03 21 Micha Steiner (Swi) RV Wetzikon 11.38 22 Timon Steiner (Swi) RV Wetzikon 13.09 1 lap behind 23 Pius Zimmermann (Swi) 24 Walter Riedwyl (Swi) 25 Cyril Andermatten (Swi) 2 laps behind 26 Jean-Claude Hämmerli (Swi) 27 Robert Egolf (Swi) 28 Albert Bachmann (Swi) Starters: 28 Classified: 28 MTB 1 Beat Morf (Swi) VC Hittnau 1.03.07 2 Marcel Bartholet (Swi) VC Eschenbach 0.11 3 Claudio Fiechter (Swi) 5.50 4 Christian Willi (Swi) 5.51 5 Markus Bless (Swi) VC Eschenbach 5.54 6 Reto Leupp (Swi) VC Volketswil 6.19 7 Beat Zumstein (Swi) 6.50 8 Mark Thomsen (Swi) 6.52 9 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) 8.30 10 Marcel Knecht (Swi) 8.34 11 Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) 8.46 12 Alwin Hiestand (Swi) 8.48 13 Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) VMC Eschenbach 9.01 14 Silvio Büsser (Swi) RV Wetzikon 10.05 15 Andi Seeli (Swi) VC Volketswil 10.07 16 Philippe Weingartner (Swi) 10.58 17 Jan Looser (Swi) RV Wetzikon 11.20 18 Patric Spreiter (Swi) VC Bauma 11.24 1 lap behind 19 Matthias Allenspach (Swi) 20 John Grimshaw (Swi) 21 Erwin Wildhaber (Swi) VC Eschenbach 22 Urs Bertschinger (Swi) VC Bauma 23 Koni Looser (Swi) RV Wetzikon 24 Stefan Wirz (Swi) VC Eschenbach 25 Dominik Widmer (Swi) RSS Wetzikon 26 Patrick Wildhaber (Swi) VC Eschenbach 27 Erich Reiser (Swi) 2 laps behind 28 Thomas Stähli (Swi) Starters: 29 Classified: 29 MTB - Women 1 Marina Giger (Swi) VMC Eschenbach 1 lap behind 2 Isabelle Hofmann (Lux) MTB - Santa Claus 1 Patrick Weber (Swi) RV Wetzikon 2 Lukas Briener (Swi) 0.55 3 Martin Benedetti (Swi) 2.00 4 Ueli Looser (Swi) 9.07 1 lap behind 5 Hansueli Wilhelm (Swi) VC Hittnau 6 Felix Schneider (Swi) VC Volketswil
