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Belgian Cyclo-cross Championships - CN
Tervuren, Belgium, January 7-8, 2006
2005 Results Results Past winners
Sven Nys jumps to second national title of the year
By Brecht Decaluwé
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The big favourite today in Tervuren (Brussels) was Sven Nys of the Rabobank team. He fulfilled his role perfectly with his 20th victory of the season. He is now both national champion in cyclo-cross and mountain biking: Without a doubt, he's this year's best Belgian cyclist off-road.
"They all had put on their best poker faces," said Nys afterwards. "I really had the impression that they didn't have to dig deep to follow me. On the obstacles, I couldn't make the difference. But, the others suffered there because they had to jump off the bike and run so hard.
"My attack on the last lap didn't come earlier, because this is not a circuit to ride alone on. The whole race, I was riding at 80 percent, and one attack was enough to win. I'm very happy with this victory because now I can go the world championship in Zeddam without any stress."
How it unfolded
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It was Tom Vannoppen (Palmans) who started off very well and created a small gap over the rest of the bunch. At the end of the second lap, the leading group was formed. Nys, Wellens (Fidea) and later Vanthourenhout (Rabobank) and Vervecken (Fidea) were riding at front. Vannoppen couldn't keep up the fast pace of the leading four and had to settle for fifth place. The race situation didn't change in the following laps.
Nys was the only man to stay on his bike to jump over the obstacles. This gave him an advantage in the technical part of the circuit that followed. Every lap, his rivals needed to work very hard to keep up with Nys.
On the last lap, Nys accelerated before the obstacles and that gave him an advantage of about four seconds going into the technical zone. He could work on this advantage without any problems. Sven Nys was freewheeling, direction finish, to his fourth national title. Behind Nys, it was Erwin Vervecken who could hold off his teammate Bart Wellens for second place. Sven Vanthourenhout, had to settle for fourth.
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- David Willemsens won the elite without contract division
- The elite men's podium (l-r): Erwin Vervecken, Sven Nys and Bart Wellens
- Sven Nys wins the Belgium national championship - again!
- Bart Wellens finishes in third position, and doesn't look too pleased
- Jan Verstraeten rides hard, in typical style
- Kevin Pauwels focusses on his way to second in the U23 race
- Kevin Pauwels took second in the U23 race
- Kevin Pauwels (Fidea)
- Sven Nys heads the leaders going in the last lap
- Niels Albert (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) shows his strength off the bike
- Niels Albert finishes as Belgian U23 champion
- Niels Albert focusses intensely on his way to winning the U23 race
- Niels Albert goes solo
- In control... Sven Nys descends smoothly
- Sven Nys shows his handling skills as he jumps the barriers
- The Under 23 podium (l-r): Kevin Pauwels, Niels Albert and Dieter Vantourenhout
- Sven Nys put on another show during the Belgian national championships
- Sven Vantournhout (Rabobank) took fourth on the day
- The leaders are strung out in the misty grey of Tervuren
- Tom Vannoppen (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) pushes hard on his way to finishing in fifth position
- Peter Van Santvliet (Fidea) does it tough
- Two different styles... Wellens and Nys battle it out over the barriers
- Wellens has a go at full speed
- Bart Wellens gives it his all as he tries to attack Sven Nys
Results
Day 1 - January 8: Juniors, Novices, Masters
Juniors 1 Dennis Vanendert (Hamont-Achel) 39.03 2 Kenneth Vancompernolle 0.09 3 Joeri Adams 0.16 4 Dries Govaerts 0.19 5 Dave De Cleyn 0.21 6 Yannick Wydooghe 0.27 7 Jan Van Zeebroeck 8 Thomas Vernaeckt 9 Laurens De Vreese 10 Björn De Decker 0.46 11 Vincent Baestaens 1.09 12 Kevin Cant 1.13 13 Bart Bruyndonckx 1.19 14 Tom Meeusen 15 Kristof Cop 1.33 16 Bart Hermans 1.36 17 Nivard Van Acker 1.40 18 Kevin Eeckhout 1.47 19 Jim Aernouts 2.02 20 Jo Pirotte 2.12 21 Dries Ingels 2.20 22 Sven Vandousselaere 2.25 23 Niels Beelen 24 Kristof Zegers 2.30 25 Gregory Franckaert 26 Jorg Pannekoek 2.44 27 Maarten Verhestraeten 2.52 28 Frederick Catrysse 2.57 29 Kaell Pizzy 3.05 30 Dimitri Stevens 3.25 31 Tim Debusschere 3.32 32 Kevin Van Synghel 3.43 33 Vincent Meyvis 3.49 34 Joeri Lambrechts 3.56 35 Jens Debusschere 3.58 36 Kenneth Bultynck 4.18 37 Jan Van Aert 38 Julien Ertveldt 4.27 39 Raf Pluym 4.33 40 Kim Goethals 4.40 41 Pieter Bosmans 5.06 42 Baptiste Planckaert 5.10 43 Walt De Winter 5.17 44 Jens Gys 45 Tom Clauw 5.40 46 Ruben Lambrecht 5.47 47 Matthias Moeyaert 5.52 48 Bart Wouters 6.00 49 Pieter Reekmans 50 Jelle Christiaens 6.08 51 Peter Verstockt 52 Tom Oerlemans 7.18 53 Kristof Scheirs 54 Wim Thijs 55 Yannick De Witte 56 Kevin De Schryver 8.05 57 Bart Baeyens 8.20 58 Bert Misplon 8.37 59 Mathias Holvoet 8.58 60 Loic Dellacherie 9.05 61 Ruud De Bruycker 62 Tijs Hubin 9.11 63 Lorenzo Messine 9.33 64 Glen Verhaeghe 9.36 65 Kevin Verstaen 10.35 1 lap behind 66 Matthieu Holvoet 67 Bart Lemmens 68 Vincent Van Hooste 69 Nick Lauwers 70 Michael De Meyer Novices (U17) 1 Sean De Bie (Wiekevorst) 31.27 2 Stef Boden 0.04 3 Matthias Bossuyt 0.53 4 Kenneth Mariën 1.38 5 Robin De Cnodder 1.55 6 Bert Cattrysse 2.02 7 Michiel Dieleman 2.22 8 Dany Lacroix 2.25 9 Steven Galens 10 Jochen Torfs 2.35 11 Tim Wellens 2.49 12 Jarno Van de Casteele 2.56 13 Gerry Druyts 3.16 14 Thomas Sprengers 3.23 15 Hans Antonissen 16 Simon Geets 17 Sven Beelen 3.40 18 Erwin Theuns 19 Kenny Maes 3.43 20 Thomas Van Calster 3.48 21 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck 4.11 22 Willem Van den Eynde 23 Ben Remijsen 4.17 24 Zeb Veestraeten 25 Niels Wytinck 4.22 26 Frederik Backaert 4.30 27 Dries Beatse 28 Zeb Willems 29 Niels Vandyck 4.39 30 Arthur Vanoverberghe 31 Stijn Van Driessche 32 Sylvester Sioen 4.53 33 Ruben Veestraeten 5.08 34 Maxim Danckers 5.36 35 Sven Balis 5.41 36 Yannick Pauwels 5.44 37 Robin Stenuit 5.59 38 Lorenzo Derycke 6.13 39 Sam Van Hemelen 6.21 40 Thomas Verbeek 6.25 41 Sieën Veestraeten 6.37 42 Thijs Loncke 6.51 43 Thomas Gysbrechts 6.55 44 Raf Risbourg 45 Floris Fagoo 6.57 46 Mike Vreys 47 Clint Van Droogenbroeck 7.06 48 Francesco Van Coppernolle 7.21 49 Dimi Diels 50 Nick Vermunicht 51 Bert Vermeiren 7.55 52 Cis Desmet 8.18 53 Andy Wagemans 8.25 54 Mario Sarens 55 Matthias Vermeire 8.43 56 Valentijn Van de Velde 8.59 57 Jens Vandenbussche 58 Jesse Bloemmen 59 Kristof Van den Eynde 9.09 60 Jelle Storms 9.21 61 Matthias Botterman 62 Sammy Vanneste 9.33 63 Laudelino Lammens 9.41 64 Michaël Peeters 65 Jens Costers 66 Ingmar Uytdewilligen 9.48 67 Benjamin Beutels 68 Jan Vanhoutte 9.53 69 Stijn Vangeyte 10.05 70 Ritchie Denolf 10.14 71 Koen Vandeput 10.25 1 lap behind 72 Lennerd Van den Bleeken 73 Jens Berghmans 74 Marijn Bal 75 Sam De Winne 76 Bram De Brouwer 77 Jonathan Breyne 78 Jens Van den Bosch 79 Niels Van Gysegem 80 Matthias Siracusa 81 Dimitri Michielsen 82 Pieter Oerlemans Masters B 1 Wim Jansen (Hechtel) 38.18 2 Erik Teck 0.41 3 Pascal Van Riet 0.51 4 Hans Wuyts 0.54 5 Dirk Mertens 1.19 6 Frans Ceulemans 1.49 7 Luc Van Looveren 2.06 8 Johan Vanderaerden 2.07 9 Thierry Folens 10 Jeff Verbraeken 11 Benny Van Staeyen 12 Eric Gys 2.42 13 Dirk De Keukelaere 2.49 14 Dominic Rose 2.53 15 Peter Ballet 3.30 16 Ronny Couliez 4.11 17 Ronny Lambrechts 4.36 18 Bert Mellaerts 4.57 19 Gerrit Segers 5.21 20 Dirk Dekeerle 5.34 21 Kurt Cnudde 6.02 22 Friederich Sels 7.22 23 Ward Huybrechts 7.29 24 Jan Moerman 25 Johan Meeus 8.35 1 lap behind 26 Paul Rijnders 27 Jan Vermeiren 28 Dirk Veldeman 29 Wim Vermeiren 30 Erik Van der Sande Masters C 1 Mark Verloo (Hulshout) 38.39 2 Theo David 0.22 3 Danny Verhestraeten 0.28 4 Dirk Gebruers 0.33 5 Wim Van den Bergh 0.39 6 Patrick Sluyts 0.59 7 Alex Weytens 1.41 8 André Panis 1.45 9 Daniël Van Oosterwijck 10 Ronald De Scheemaeker 11 Alfons Schutters 1.59 12 René Swinnen 13 Alex Van Acker 2.11 14 Herman Cop 2.22 15 Rudy Bloemmen 2.29 16 Luc Huysveld 3.43 17 Ivan Coopman 3.59 18 Chris Geerts 4.03 19 Gilbert Walraedt 20 Eric Van Steerteghem 21 Eddy Wandels 4.57 22 Rudy Sels 5.15 23 Luc De Poorter 5.44 24 Patrick Goor 5.55 25 Luc Ruys 6.01 26 Dirk Van Sinay 6.35 27 Ghislain Vanbruaene 6.39 28 Etienne Van de Velde 7.05 29 Patrick Wagemans 7.14 30 Eddy Cobbaut 7.15 31 Lucien Van Wambeke 32 Ludo Vanherf 7.58 33 Marc Byn 9.40 1 lap behind 34 Romain Tuteleers 35 Johan Govaerts 36 Ronny Goethals 37 Rudy Van Wesemael 38 Dirk Goegebeur 39 Adrien De Cnuydt 40 Laurent De Vos 41 Albert Bertels 42 Marcel Geerts 43 Carlos Temmerman 44 Willy Brulee Masters D 1 José De Clercq (Zingem) 41.03 2 François Mertens 3 Robert De Vos 0.36 4 Leo De Busser 0.41 5 Jan Guido Geudens 1.20 6 Jos Sas 1.35 7 Willy Minnen 2.15 8 Luc Van Wesenbeeck 2.30 9 Edward Lievens 4.05 10 Nico Wijnen 4.09 11 André Clemmen 4.25 12 Eric Dhondt 1 lap behind 13 Roland Hurtecant 14 Wilfried Maes Courtesy of Bert Saarloos
Day 2 - January 9: Elite/U23 Men, Elite Women
Elite Men 1 Sven Nys (Rabobankk) 1.00.29 2 Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cycling Team) 0.07 3 Bart Wellens (Fidea Cycling Team) 0.14 4 Sven Vanthourenhout (Rabobank) 0.16 5 Tom Vannoppen (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) 1.14 6 Wim Jacobs (Fidea Cycling Team) 1.19 7 Jan Verstraeten (Fidea Cycling Team) 1.20 8 Davy Commeyne (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) 1.22 9 Peter Van Santvliet (Fidea Cycling Team) 2.18 10 David Willemsens (Champ. Elite without contract) 11 Nico Berckmans 2.26 12 Geert Wellens 13 Tim Van Nuffel 3.37 14 Stijn Penne 3.50 15 Rudi Van de Sompel 4.16 16 Jorn Van der Veken 4.44 17 Nico Clarysse 18 Björn Rondelez 4.59 19 Kris Wouters 5.11 20 Bert Vervecken 5.29 21 Tom De Kort 22 Eddy Van Bouwel 6.05 23 Steve Gruwier 6.09 24 Sten Raeymakers 6.14 25 Pedro Baelen 6.26 26 Stefan Uytterhaegen 6.37 27 Bert De Wispelaere 7.26 28 Gerry Werckx op 1 lap 29 Yoeri Beyens 30 Stefan Nerinckx 31 Paul Van Loon 32 Kevin Bossaerts 33 Kristof Boelens 34 Tom Pynaert 35 Guy Bertels 36 Frederick Vandevivere 37 Jan Geerts 38 Pascal Raes 39 Gert De Vos 40 Erik Myngheer 41 Kris De Nys 42 Lorenzo Van Damme 43 Johan De Bruyn 44 Wesley Bellen 45 Freddy De Meester 46 Johan Myngheer Men U23 1 Niels Albert (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) 2 Kevin Pauwels (Fidea Cycling Team) 3 Dieter Vantourenhout 2.00 4 Tom Van den Bosch 2.43 5 Mike Thielemans 2.48 6 Rob Peeters 7 Kenny Geluykens 3.25 8 Kay Van den Brande 4.22 9 Jan Arnouts 4.50 10 Frederik Herpol 4.52 11 Maxim Debusschere 5.28 12 Gianni Denolf 5.38 13 Harm Vandekerckhove 5.45 14 Tom Broekhuysen 15 Wim Leemans 5.52 16 Davy De Scheemaeker 6.06 17 Stijn Joseph 6.14 18 Jan Van Dael 6.29 19 Matthias Onghena 20 Jan Dierckx 6.44 21 Dennis Verhoeven 6.50 22 Quentin Bertholet 23 Valentijn Ponseele 7.03 24 Jeroen Thielemans 8.10 25 Dries Dewit 8.18 1 lap behind 26 Thomas Boevckx op 27 Gerald Uyttersprot 28 Dieter Schol 29 Tim Milis 30 Wim Maes 31 Steven Schol 32 Steven Sluyts 33 Koen Boelens 34 Tom Lambrechts 35 Davy Traen 36 Ward Demets 2 laps behind 37 Laurent Dehaze 3 laps behind 38 Kenneth Van Renterghem 39 Jonas Coopman 40 Steffen Vanderhoydonck Elite Women 1 Hilde Quintens 34.40 2 Kathy Ingels 0.17 3 Anja Nobus 0.30 4 Joyce Vanderbeken 1.01 5 Veerle Ingels 6 Ludivine Henrion 2.01 7 Katleen Vermeiren 2.22 8 Marijke De Smedt 2.34 9 Katrien Pauwels 10 Gertie Willems 3.55 11 Caroline Van Peteghem 4.06 12 Katrien Aerts 4.18 13 Greetje De Vos 4.36 14 Kristien Nelen 4.40 15 Maaike Weytens 5.59 16 Melissa Flagothier 7.36 1 lap behind 17 Sandie Verriest Op Female Youth 1 Sanne Cant 26.50 2 Anne Arnouts 1.15 3 Veronique Staes 1.36 4 Kelly Druyts 3.12 5 Elien Vercamer 4.32 6 Sarah Liekens 4.35 7 Karen Verhestraeten 4.55 8 Sharon Defoor 5.22 9 Inge Alaerts 5.25 10 Katrien Vermeiren 6.03 11 Limke Peeters 6.40 12 Kim Van Renterghem 7.30 13 Latoya Brulee 8.38 14 Sarah Vloemans 9.50
Past winners
Men 2005 Sven Nys (Rabobank) 2004 Bart Wellens (Spaar Select) 2003 Sven Nys (Rabobank) 2002 Mario De Clercq (Domo-Farm Frites) 2001 Mario De Clercq (Domo-Farm Frites) 2000 Sven Nys (Rabobank) Espoirs/U23 2005 Jan Soetens 2004 Wesley Van der Linden 2003 Wesley Van der Linden (Brakel) 2002 Wim Jacobs 2001 Sven Vanthourenhout Women 2005 Veerle Ingels (Vlaanderen - Capri Sonne - T Interim) 2004 Anja Nobus 2003 Hilde Quintens (Lummen) 2002 Anja Nobus 2001 Kathleen Vermeiren Juniors 2005 Pieter Vanspeybroeck (Ruiselede) 2004 Niels Albert 2003 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Wingene) 2002 Kevin Pauwels 2001 Geert Wellens Novices 2005 Joeri Adams (Minderhout) 2004 Tom Meeusen 2003 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Ruiselede) 2002 Niels Albert Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
