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Dutch Cyclo-cross Championships - CN
Woerden, Netherlands, January 6-7, 2007
2006 Results Results Past winners
Boom booms in cyclo-cross
21 year-old beats the cyclo-cross vets at nationals
By Brecht Decaluwé
Talented Lars Boom continued his remarkable story in cycling with a national title with the elite men at the age of 21. The tall man from Vlijmen – 1.91m – asked and received dispensation from the KNWU to start with the elite riders in Woerden. Although he had a bad start, Boom did manage to beat his experienced teammates Gerben De Knegt and Richard Groenendaal. The first got away alone after a good start, the latter threatened Boom later on in the race.
"This isn't too bad," said Boom after his win to NOS-TV, "although it was pretty hard. Especially after the start because I punctured twice during the first lap. Luckily I could recover well. I managed to come back on De Knegt together with Groenendaal and I decided to attack immediately. I really had to work hard in the end because Groenendaal finished strongly. "
The fresh champion will now prepare for the world championships in Belgium where he'll start in the U23 category. His main rivals over there are Niels Albert (Palmans) and the current U23 world champion Zdenek Stybar (Fidea), who finished second behind Petr Dlask in the Czech elite race yesterday. "It's the last time I can have a go for that title, and I already came pretty close in the past," Boom said on NOS-TV.
Gerben De Knegt had to give away his jersey but was honest with his reaction. "I battled for it, but in the end I have to admit that I wasn’t good enough… or Lars [Boom] was just too strong. The course wasn't my cup of tea but if you're good that doesn't matter," De Knegt said. On his weblog, he looks back on his year with the jersey. "I think I have been wearing the jersey with dignity so I look back on that time with a good feeling. I'm still fourth in the UCI-rankings and the season is not over yet, so I hope to score some more good results."
De Knegt also talked about the future of his team mate Lars Boom. "I hope for the future of Dutch cyclo-cross that he'll compete throughout the season next year, otherwise we don't see the jersey much. On the other hand, I understand that he wants to see if he's one of the best on the road; we'll have to wait and see," De Knegt said.
How it unfolded
Gerben De Knegt had the best start with Camiel Van den Bergh (Stevens) and Maarten Nijland (Ruiter Dakkapellen) right behind him. De Knegt continued his efforts in front and had an early lead of 16 seconds on Nijland who led the first group while Lars Boom punctured twice during the first lap. Eventually Boom and Groenendaal took over command behind De Knegt and tried to come back on their teammate. Ronald Mutsaars (ZZPR) crashed hard on a steep descent but could finish the race.
Boom bridged the gap on De Knegt on his own and immediately attacked him when he made a mistake. Lap after lap, Boom worked his advantage until Groenendaal overtook De Knegt. Groenendaal started a ultimate chase on his teammate, fourteen years younger, and the gap decreased steadily. Boom eventually withstood the challenge from Groenendaal and grabbed his first national elite title in front of Groenendaal and De Knegt; so it was an all Rabobank podium in Woerden. Maarten Nijland couldn't offer his new team a medal with his fourth place while Camiel Van den Bergh completed the top five.
Day 1 - January 6: Women, U23 Men, Amateurs
Elite Women 1 Daphny van den Brand 39.05 2 Marianne Vos 1.56 3 Reza Hormes Ravenstein 3.09 4 Loes Gunnewijk 4.30 5 Arenda Grimberg 5.33 6 Linda van Rijen 6.18 7 Britt Jochems 7.13 8 Adrie Visser 8.29 9 Sanne van Paassen 9.09 10 Petra Hofs 10.22 11 Monika Heuveling 10.36 12 Ilona Meter 10.42 13 Anouk Kesseleer 10.56 14 Hannah Welter 11.10 15 Monique van de Ree 11.32 16 Henrieke Blonk 11.50 17 Cindy Clevers 12.05 18 Anne Eversdijk 1 lap 19 Daisy van der Aa 20 Dyonne Dekkers 21 Lucinda Brand 22 Imke Hartogs 23 Hielke Elferink 24 Natalja Busschers 25 Esther Kortekaas 26 Ivanka Dijkxhoorn 27 Iris Spooren 28 Karen Brouwer 29 Yvonne Kuiper 30 Anna van der Breggen 31 Margriet Engelsma 32 Paula Meijer 33 Judith Bloem 34 Jorinda de Heer 35 Thamara Pijpers 36 Kim Jorink 37 Fiona Wissink 38 Allegon Smit 39 Cora Verhoeve Under 23 Men 1 Thijs van Amerongen 53.29 2 Ricardo van der Velde (Rabobank) 0.27 3 Boy van Poppel (Rabobank) 0.57 4 Patrick van Leeuwen 1.15 5 Hans Becking 2.32 6 Remco Broers 3.15 7 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Palmans Collstrop - Sapim) 3.34 8 Daan de Jonge 3.41 9 Rikke Dijkxhoorn 4.05 10 Ivar Hartogs 4.16 11 Mitchell Huenders 4.31 12 Rik Van Ijzendoorn (Palmans Collstrop - Sapim) 4.41 13 Bart Senders 4.53 14 Johim Ariesen 5.36 15 Joeri Kouwenhoven 5.54 16 Jerry Kallenfels 6.00 17 Jorn van Veen 6.06 18 Koen van Grootel 1 lap 19 Coen Vermeltfoort 20 Jeroen Dekkers 21 Joost Spring in t'Veld 22 Rik Adriaans 23 Enrico Liebe 24 Edwin Arts 25 Umberto Atzori 26 Mark Smit 27 Jan Verhaegh 28 Ben van der Kooi 29 Tom Boveree 30 Richard Frederiks Amateurs Men 1 Freek de Jong 44.58 2 André Schrader 1.10 3 Leon Brouwer 1.40 4 Steven Peters 2.15 5 Edwin Raats 2.55 6 Patrick Somsen 3.05 7 Peter van den Heuvel 3.15 8 Nard van der Sanden 3.40 9 Daan Bongers 3.48 10 Marco Loman 3.50 11 Alex de Kraker 3.55 12 Emiel Hendrikx 4.28 13 Cees Quint 4.55 14 Ruud Bosscha 5.10 15 Piet Smits 5.17 16 Frank van de Westelaken 5.27 17 Bas Wissink 5.45 18 Martien Maton 6.00 19 Rick Scholtens 6.03 20 Tijmen Kamphuis 6.08 21 Herman-Pieter Duiven 6.16 22 Damie van Vianen 6.50 23 Arnold Marsman 7.05 24 Ed Bekhuis 7.15 25 Christiaan Last 7.20 26 Bart Rietveld 7.25 27 Jan van Herwijnen 7.28 28 Pieter Heidema 7.35 29 Brian te Velthuis 7.45 30 Paul Heerschop 8.15 31 Remco Kuijlenburg 8.29 32 Gijs Jongeling 8.42 33 Freek de Boer 8.47 34 Henk Bos 9.05 35 Anton van Dulmen 9.40 36 Jeroen Kooij 10.05 37 Stefan Slager 10.20 38 Dennie Rombouts 39 Michiel Janssen 40 Eric Zoomers 41 Arnold Schoon 42 Arno Winters 43 Rene Kesseleer 44 Roy Spijker 45 Maurice Bolsenbroek 46 Stefan Lobeek 47 Nick Hoek 48 Marco de Heer 49 Eric de Groot 50 Kenneth van Holsteijn 51 Frank Giesbers 52 Wander te Boekhorst 53 Wouter Stadhouders 54 Dennis Boeijen 55 Harry Ruiterkamp 56 Tijmen Moltmaker 57 Jan Sanders 58 Jeroen Hartemink
Day 2 - January 7: Elite Men, Junior Men, Masters
Elite Men 1 Lars Boom (Rabobank) 1.00.32 2 Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) 0.24 3 Gerben De Knegt (Rabobank) 1.25 4 Maarten Nijland (Ruiter Dakkapellen) 3.25 5 Tim Van Nuffel (Stevens Racing Team) 4.33 6 Jean-Pierre Leijten 4.57 7 Wilant Van Gils (Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl) 5.28 8 Ronald Mutsaars (Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl) 6.49 9 Jelmer Pietersma 7.20 10 Bart Dirkx 8.05 11 Micha de Vries 8.19 12 Bjorn Hoeben 8.39 13 Roel van Houtum 1 lap 14 Axel Bult 15 Mathijs Wagenaar 16 Guus Magielse 17 Harm Bronkhorst 18 Ferdi van Katwijk 19 Patrick de Laat 20 Joram Hartogs 21 Roy van Heeswijk 22 Frank van Grootel 23 Rick Evers 24 Bob Verkooijen Junior Men 1 Ramon Sinkeldam 39.50 2 Jordy Beuker 0.59 3 Twan van den Brand 1.14 4 Geert van der Horst 1.26 5 Stefan Limburg 1.42 6 Rob van der Velde 2.47 7 Kevin Smit 2.59 8 Jordy van Erp 3.40 9 Harm van der Sanden 3.46 10 Jasper Ockeloen 3.53 11 Bart Barkhuis 4.14 12 Ritchie Motké 4.27 13 Tommy van Beem 5.17 14 Kaj Slenter 5.28 15 Julian van Dijk 5.40 16 Rob van der Heijden 5.44 17 Marco Minnaard 5.50 18 Bas Stamsnijder 6.10 19 Steven van Leijen 6.32 20 Jetse Bol 6.47 21 Ferdi Gerritse 6.52 22 Timo Daams 6.58 23 Maurits Lammertink 7.18 24 Kevin Knops 7.41 25 Michael Sterk 7.51 26 Joel Bakker 7.52 27 Rutger Schellevis 8.11 28 Henk Wildeman 29 Niek van Geffen 8.28 30 Tamor Hartogs 8.41 31 Cees de Ridder 9.14 32 Gosse Koerts 9.47 33 Nils van Kooij 10.10 34 Mickey Kallenfels 10.42 35 Stefan Kramer 11.00 36 Rico Wientjes 12.21 37 Adri Nugter 38 Patrick Groenestein 39 Rick van Deursen 40 Tommy Groffen 41 Chipo van der Schoot 42 Erwin van Dijk 43 Barry Bel 44 Ronald Dijkhuizen 45 Maurits Bekkema 46 Thijs van de Schoot 47 Lars Lammertink 48 Steven Stenekes 49 Pascal van Gool 50 Erwin Scholman 51 Robin Huizinga Masters 1 Frans Willems 40.50 2 Frank Groenendaal 0.30 3 Ton van Korven 0.52 4 Lars Rietveld 1.00 5 Bonnie Leemreize 1.05 6 Peter Hoffmans 1.14 7 Richard Visscher 8 Jannes Weerman 1.55 9 Jeroen van Ham 2.32 10 Adriaan van Londen 2.40 11 Dennis Craanen 3.32 12 Jos Bogaerts 4.35 13 Jan de Vries 14 Peter Haaksman 5.20 15 Jeroen van Hoeijen 5.32 16 Hennie van der Laan 5.45 17 Harrie van der Burgt 6.46 18 Wim Hakvoort 6.55 19 Peter Voesenek 7.27 20 Ton Bouman 7.47 21 Fred de Kinkelder 7.56 22 Richard Buyvoets 8.05 23 Gerrit Kok 8.47 24 Wout Delwel 8.53 25 Frank Nijssen 9.20 26 Henny Engbers 9.31 27 Andre Fenneman 28 Cees Smetsers 9.43 29 Gerrit Keppel 30 Ed van Dijke 9.48 31 Arie den Braven 9.52 32 Ties Verhagen 33 Alfons van Midden 34 Henk Jan Valk 35 Ton Pennings 36 Harry van Putten 37 Ger Bongers 38 Theo Schlijper 39 Ton Kleinjan 40 Marco de Moor 41 Hans Slager 42 Jan van der Tang 43 Bert Zwaving 44 Vincent Verhaar 45 Ed Bosse 46 Eric Blommers 47 Jan van Beek 48 Rogier Wiercx 49 Frank van Oirschot 50 Theo Wennekes 51 Cor van der Sluijs 52 Albert van der Leeuw 53 Frans de Wit
Past winners
Men 2006 Gerben De Knegt (Rabobank) 2005 Richard Groenendaal 2004 Richard Groenendaal 2003 Richard Groenendaal (St. Michielsgestel) 2002 Gerben De Knegt (Goirle) 2001 Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) 2000 Richard Groenendaal Espoirs/U23 2006 Lars Boom 2005 Lars Boom 2004 Lars Boom 2003 Thijs Verhagen (Erp) 2002 Thijs Verhagen (Erp) 2001 Wilant van Gils 2000 Wilant Van Gils Women 2006 Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) ZZPR.nl 2005 Daphny Van Den Brand 2004 Mirjam Melchers 2003 Daphny Van Den Brand (Zeeland) 2002 Daphny Van den Brand (Zeeland) 2001 Daphny van den Brand 2000 Daphny van den Brand Juniors 2006 Boy Van Poppel 2004 Thijs van Amerongen 2003 Lars Boom (Vlijmen) 2002 Lars Boom (Vlijmen) 2001 Lars Boom 2000 Jehan De Bont
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
