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Cyclo-cross World Cup #8 - CDM
Hooglede-Gits, Belgium, December 31, 2005
Nys wins survival of the toughest in Hooglede
Sven Nys (Rabobank) has notched up his seventh World Cup victory this season by winning the cold and muddy eighth round in Hooglede, Belgium. The World Champion headed home Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) by half a minute with Richard Groenendaal 1'18 back in third.
"This weather is appalling, but that's the same for everyone, of course," said the mud-covered Nys at the end. "It wasn't easy to keep yourself warm: your feet, your hands, your eyes. Because of the mud, I saw nothing, with or without glasses. Actually I was riding just about blind. It was about survival and riding my own race. I couldn't even see the other rivals."
Nys did comment on Erwin Vervecken, who managed to stay in contact until the last lap, when he fell. "Vervecken was definitely strong, but I deserved to win."
Tomorrow, Nys will ride his home town race in Baal, and hopes to win that again.
How it unfolded
The race got off to a false start, as a commissaire hindered Sven Nys. The field was stopped after a couple of minutes and ordered to restart by race officials. On the muddy parcours, he wasted no time in taking the lead together with Erwin Vervecken (Fidea), Petr Dlask, who will ride with AVB in 2006, Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Caffita), and John Gadret (Jartazi). Richard Groenendaal was also able to keep in touch with the leaders, riding his usual conservative race in the first half and improving towards the finish.
As Nys and Vervecken pulled away from the rest, with Groenendaal taking third position, Bart Wellens (Fidea) tried to close the gap on his own. He couldn't do it, and had to abandon due to the cold.
At the halfway point, Nys began to put time into Vervecken, but the Fidea rider kept in contact until the last lap when a crash ended his chances of victory. Nys, barely recognisable under the mud, could celebrate at his leisure, while Vervecken rolled in for second ahead of Groenendaal, De Knegt and Gadret.
In the women's race, Daphny Van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) proved that she was the best in the field again, beating Hanka Kupfernagel (Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim) and Lyne Bessette (Canada). Van den Brand, the World Cup leader, went solo just before the halfway point, and was never caught. Bessette hung onto second place for a while before Kupfernagel passed here later in the race.
Results
Elite Men 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 1.01.25 2 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.30 3 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 1.18 4 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank 1.49 5 John Gadret (Fra) Jartazi Revor 2.16 6 Petr Dlask (Cze) Empella Czech Team 2.34 7 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre 2.47 8 Wilant Van Gils (Ned) ZZPR.nl 3.02 9 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Auber 93 3.14 10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 3.40 11 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens Racing Team 3.54 12 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Morgan Blue 4.04 13 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Stevens Racing Team 4.10 14 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank 4.25 15 Martin Bína (Cze) Author Praha 4.29 16 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 4.31 17 Simon Zahner (Swi) 4.49 18 Thijs Al (Ned) B & E Cycling Team 5.10 19 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 5.16 20 David Derepas (Fra) Jartazi Revor 5.21 21 Radomir Simunek Jr (Cze) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 5.46 22 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Author Praha 5.55 23 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 6.11 24 Thorsten Struch (Ger) 6.26 25 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 6.47 26 Steve Chainel (Fra) 7.03 27 Vladimír Kyzivát (Cze) Johnson Controls As MB 7.28 28 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH - Advocaten 8.32 29 Robert Glajza (Svk) 8.33 30 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 8.53 31 Johan Van De Ven (Ned) 9.27 32 Joachim Parbo (Den) Cycling Aarhus 9.36 33 Keiichi Tsujiura (Jpn) 9.57 34 Anders Klinkby (Den) 10.09 35 Gusty Bausch (Lux) 10.41 36 Eric Tonkin (USA) 11.02 37 Václav Metlicka (Svk) Team Kral R.C. Pfeil Hof E.V 11.23 38 Jonathan Baker (USA) 39 Michael Gallagher (USA) 40 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Vc Hittnau 1 lap 41 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 42 Brandon Dwight (USA) 43 Robin Seymour (Irl) 44 Marco Bianco (Ita) 45 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Stevens Racing Team 46 Alessandro Di Tano (Ita) DNF Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team DNF Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Bart Dirkx (Ned) AA Drink-Bejan DNF Ryan Trebon (USA) Aerospace Engineering DNF Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Milan Barenyi (Svk) DNF Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop DNF Barry Wicks (USA) Women 1 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) ZZPR.nl 36.18 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim 0.31 3 Lyne Bessette (Can) 0.47 4 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) Lapierre International 1.13 5 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) 1.55 6 Helen Wyman (GBr) 2.03 7 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) 2.19 8 Marianne Vos (Ned) 2.58 9 Kathy Ingels (Bel) 3.14 10 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher 3.51 11 Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) 3.54 12 Nadia Triquet-Claude (Fra) 4.06 13 Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) 4.19 14 Daniela Bresciani (Ita) 4.30 15 Monica Brunati (Ita) 4.36 16 Veerle Ingels (Bel) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim 5.03 17 Christine Vardaros (USA) 5.12 18 Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) 5.27 19 Nicole De Bie- Leiten (Ned) 5.41 20 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) 5.44 21 Suzie Godart (Lux) 6.04 22 Alexandra Bähler (Swi) 23 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Therme Skin Care 24 Petra Hofs (Ned) 25 Britt Jochems (Ned) 6.12 26 Katrien Pauwels (Bel) 27 Anja Nobus (Bel) 6.12 28 Stacey Spencer (Can) 6.21 29 Gabriella Day (GBr) 6.36 30 Katrien Aerts (Bel) 7.29 31 Catrine Josefsson (Swe) 7.45 32 An Arnouts (Bel) 7.56 33 Francesca Cucciniello (Ita) 8.08 34 Anne Kathrin Nitzsche (Ger) 8.36 35 Nicoletta Bresciani (Ita) 10.34 36 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) 11.00 37 Elisabetta Borgia (Ita) 11.14 38 Isabelle Hoffman (Lux) 11.32 DNS Paola Bortolin (Ita) DNS Tarja Owens (Irl) U23 1 Clément l'Hotellerie (Fra) 49.55 2 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 0.30 3 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 0.39 4 Romain Villa (Fra) 0.53 5 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 0.57 6 Jempy Drucker (Lux) 1.15 7 Jan Soetens (Bel) 1.28 8 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 1.30 9 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 1.35 10 Derik Zampedri (Ita) 1.50 11 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 2.04 12 Florian Le Corre (Fra) 13 Frederik Herpol (Bel) 2.18 14 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) 15 Rob Peeters (Bel) 16 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 2.31 17 Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) 2.58 18 Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) 19 Rafael Visinelli (Ita) V.C. Bologna (Ita) 3.15 20 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 3.24 21 Felix Gniot (Ger) 3.41 22 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 3.52 23 Lukás Kloucek (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 4.01 24 Luca Damiani (Ita) 4.14 25 Andreas Moser (Swi) 4.19 26 Troy Wells (USA) 4.22 27 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 28 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 4.33 29 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 4.46 30 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) 4.55 31 Davide Malacarne (Ita) 5.15 32 Clément Cid (Fra) 5.23 33 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 5.40 34 Laurent Didier (Lux) 5.51 35 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) 6.04 36 Rik Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 6.16 37 Gianni Denolf (Bel) 6.24 38 Sascha Wagner (Ger) 6.36 39 Davy De Scheemaeker (Bel) 6.53 40 Ondrej Bambula (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 41 René Lang (Swi) 7.01 42 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 7.01 43 Stijn Joseph (Bel) 7.34 44 Michal Plesnik (Svk) 7.42 45 Morgan Schmitt (USA) 8.07 46 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop (Bel) 47 Matthias Onghena (Bel) 8.23 48 Fabio Ursi (Ita) 8.33 49 Ondrej Zelinka (Cze) 9.03 50 David Claerebout (Lux) LG Alzingen 10.21 51 Brady Kappius (USA) 12.23 52 Jesse Anthony (USA) 1 lap DNF Adam Mcgrath (USA) DNF Daniel Neyens (USA) DNF Sébastien Durieu (Bel) DNF Elmer Walraedt (Bel) DNF Jan Van Dael (Bel) DNF Bart Verscheuren (Bel) DNF Robert Bachraty (Svk) DNS Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) DNS Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop DNS Jeroen Bosmans (Bel) DNS Tom Decock (Bel) DNS Davy Depaepe (Bel) DNS Jeroen Dingemans (Bel) DNS Harm Vandekerckhove (Bel) DNS Dennis Verhoeven (Bel) Juniors 1 Robert Gavenda (Svk) 38.19 2 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) 0.27 3 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 0.48 4 Geoffrey Lorrain (Fra) 1.20 5 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) 1.34 6 Aurelien Duval (Fra) 1.44 7 Bjorn De Decker (Bel) 1.50 8 Danny Summerhill (USA) 1.53 9 David Menger (Cze) 10 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) 2.00 11 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) 2.06 12 Thomas Girard (Fra) 2.09 13 Sascha Weber (Ger) 2.14 14 Marcel Melsen (Ger) 2.16 15 Kevin Cant (Bel) 2.20 16 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) 2.21 17 Jules Chabanon (Fra) 2.40 18 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) 2.49 19 Sven Van Dousselacre (Bel) 2.54 20 Mathias Flückiger (Swi) 3.04 21 Yannick Wydooghe (Bel) 3.10 22 Nivard Van Acker (Bel) 3.25 23 Dries Pauwels (Bel) 3.25 24 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) 3.30 25 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) 3.38 26 Yannick Martinez (Fra) 3.39 27 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) 3.43 28 Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 3.43 29 Alessandro Calderan (Ita) 3.53 30 Christian Lau (Ger) 4.01 31 Tom Last (GBr) 32 Bjorn Selander (USA) 4.14 33 Pascal Meyer (Swi) 4.28 34 Anthony Lavoine (Fra) 4.36 35 Matteo Trentin (Ita) 4.57 36 Alex Howes (USA) 5.01 37 Lukas Winterberg (Swi) 5.03 38 Frederick Catrysse (Bel) 5.07 39 Nico Brüngger (Swi) 5.11 40 Jordy Beuker (Ned) 41 Jakub Sibr (Svk) 5.15 42 Tom Clauw (Bel) 5.17 43 David Schloesser (Lux) 5.25 44 Chance Noble (USA) 5.34 45 Jan Pohan (Cze) 5.52 46 Florian Schuler (Ger) 6.02 47 Andrew Griffiths (GBr) 6.31 48 Lukas Prihoda (Cze) 6.37 49 Paolo Treachi (Ita) 6.49 50 Peter Frei (Swi) 7.13 51 Matthias Moeyaert (Bel) 7.32 52 Philippe Hutmacher (Lux) 7.37 53 Joel Bakker (Ned) 7.43 54 Fabrizio Braggion (Ita) 9.09 55 Luc Hammer (Lux) 9.36 56 Allister Mc Sorley (Irl) 10.49 57 Morten Gregersen (Den) 11.48 DNF Savie Van Horik (Ned) DNF Joeri Adams (Bel) DNF Tim Debusschere (Bel) DNF Marian Simora (Svk)
