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33e Internationale Nissan Super Prestige Cyclo-cross Gieten - C1
Gieten, The Netherlands, November 30, 2008
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The Races
Riders ready for another cold dose of 'cross
By Greg Johnson
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After a snowy affair in Hamme-Zogge last weekend the Nissan Superprestige Topsport Vlaanderen Trofee heads over the boarder to the Netherlands, where round five will be held in the Drenthe town of Gieten. This weekend's round is the second- and final round of the series to be held in Holland.
Belgium's Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner) continues to lead the series heading into this weekend's race. A victory in Hamme-Zogge has seen Nys' series lead over Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb Projob Cycling Team) expand by one point to five, with Nys now on 58 points to his compatriot's 53.
The Belgian is favoured to win again this weekend, having finished second at last year's race on this course. Playing into Nys' hands is the fact the two riders who accompanied him on last year's podium will forfeit this weekend's race.
As with the previous round both Lars Boom and Niels Albert will be absent from this weekend's race. Albert is still recovering from rupturing his spleen while warming up in Gavere and Boom is still sidelined after suffering from a unrinary tract infection earlier this month.
The pairs absence leaves Vanornout and Bart Wellens (Fidea Cycling Team) as Nys' biggest rivals, both for the race and the title. Just 10 points separate the trio in the series' overall standings, but with small point margins available between places and just three rounds remaining, it will be difficult for either Vanornout or Wellens to overcome their countryman to win the series.
While the snowy conditions from Hamme-Zogge might not be replicated this weekend, conditions won't be much more enjoyable for riders. Wet conditions are expected, with 2.8 mm of rain anticipated during the race, while the day will get off to a cold start with temperatures expected to each a maximum of three degrees having started from minus one.
Start list
Elite men 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 4 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 5 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 6 Gerben de Kengt (Ned) 7 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) AA Drink - Be One 8 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 9 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 10 Radomír imunek (Cze) Palmans - Cras 11 Petr Dlask (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 12 Thijs Al (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne 13 Jonathan Page (USA) Planet Bike 14 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 15 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 16 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Palmans - Cras 17 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Prodoli Racing Team 18 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 19 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Revor Cycling Team 20 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cycling Team 21 Paul Voss 22 Jan Van Dael (Bel) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 23 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 24 Marco Bianco (Ita) L´Arcobaleno Carraro Team 25 Ben Berden (Bel) Revor Cycling Team 26 Geert Wellens (Bel) AVB Cycling Team 27 Christian Heule (Swi) Rendementhypo Cycling Team 28 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Rendementhypo Cycling Team 29 Aalzen Alma (Ned) WV WoonExpo Kapenga 30 Harm Bronkhorst (Ned) 31 Daan De Jonge (Ned) Josan-Mercedes Team 32 Kendric Van Grembergen 33 Tim Heemskerk (Ned) 34 Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned) 35 Peter van den Heuvel (Ned) 36 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Granville-Morgan Blue Cycling Team 37 Jerry Kallenfels (Ned) Easypay Cyclocross Team 38 Tom De Kort (Bel) AVB Cycling Team 39 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned) Het Snelle Wiel 40 Mathijs Wagenaar (Ned) Team Asito 41 Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne Under 23 1 Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Vendée U Pays de la Loire 2 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 3 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans - Cras 4 Luká Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 5 Robert Gavenda (Svk) Fidea Cycling Team 6 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank 7 Stef Boden (Bel) AA Drink - BeOne 8 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Focus Cross Team 9 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank 10 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 11 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 12 Jim Aernouts (Bel) Palmans - Cras 13 Geert van der Horst (Ned) 14 Lubomír Petru (Cze) Empella Czech Team 15 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 16 Michael Winterberg (Swi) 17 Nico Brüngger (Swi) VC Mendrisio 18 Matthias Flückiger (Swi) Athleticum MTB Team 19 Ivar Hartogs (Ned) Revor Cycling Team 20 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne 21 Sascha Weber (Ger) RSC St. Wendel - OCCP 22 Wim Leemans (Bel) AVB Cycling Team 23 Mark Thwaites (GBr) 24 Marek Konwa (Pol) LKS TRASA Zielona Góra 25 Kamil Gradek (Pol) 26 Tomasz Repinski (Pol) 27 Amadeusz Rodzinski (Pol) 28 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Palmans - Cras 29 Dave De Cleyn (Bel) Scott USA Cycling Team 30 Johim Ariesen (Ned) 31 Edwin Arts (Ned) 32 Bart Barkhuis (Ned) 33 Jan Büchmann (Ger) Kieler RV 34 Julian van Dijk (Ned) 35 Micki van Empel (Ned) Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 36 Jordy van Erp (Ned) Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 37 Barry Hayes (Ger) 38 Kobus Herijgers (Ned) 39 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 40 Frank Jonkman (Ned) 41 Jelmer Jubbega (Ned) 42 Nils van Kooy (Ned) 43 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) 44 Steven van Leijen (Ned) 45 Irjan Luttenberg (Ned) 46 Marco Minnaard (Ned) 47 Henk Jaap Moorlag (Ned) 48 Patrick van Nunen (Ned) 49 Jasper Ockeloen (Ned) 50 Cees de Ridder (Ned) 51 Ricardo Robben (Ned) 52 Harm van der Sanden (Ned) Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 53 Roman Sedlmair (Ger) Team Focus Cross Team 54 Kaj Slenter (Ned) 55 Kevin Smit (Ned) JVR Batauwers 56 Mark Smit (Ned) 57 Gijs Strating (Ned) 58 Jorn van Veen (Ned) Juniors 1 Tijmen Eising (Ned) 2 Wietse Bosmans 3 Jan Nesvadba (Cze) 4 Lukas Müller 5 Joel Peter (Cze) 6 Niels Koyen 7 Lars van der Haar (Ned) 8 David van der Poel (Ned) 9 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank 10 Michiel van der Heijden (Ned) 11 Ritchie Denolf 12 Pilis Bartosz (Pol) 13 Nowaski Ukasz (Pol) 14 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) 15 Wilco van Beusekom (Ned) 16 Niek Boom (Ned) 17 Henk Bos (Ned) 18 Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) 19 Delon Braamhaar (Ned) 20 Axel Dekker (Ned) 21 Niels Dekker (Ned) 22 Bernie Dolfsma (Ned) 23 Bart van Dongen (Ned) 24 Adrik Elzing (Ned) 25 Milan van den Ende (Ned) 26 Anne Fokkema (Ned) 27 Jochem Hoekstra (Ned) 28 Robert de Jong (Ned) 29 Corné van Kessel (Ned) 30 Martijn Kip (Ned) 31 Willem Klein Tijssink (Ned) 32 Davey Kleinjan (Ned) 33 Bas Krauwel (Ned) 34 Geert Kuit (Ned) 35 Jelle Lugten (Ned) 36 Daan Meijers (Ned) 37 Michel Noteboom (Ned) 38 Olaf Oussoren (Ned) 39 Martijn Pastoors (Ned) 40 Jasper Plenter (Ned) 41 Stephan Poutsma (Ned) 42 Elmar Reinders (Ned) 43 Joey van Rhee (Ned) 44 Jasper Schipper (Ned) 45 Arlan Smit (Ned) 46 Dennis Stultiens (Ned) 47 Daan Taselaar (Ned) 48 Mike Teunissen (Ned) 49 Manuel Timmermans (Ned) 50 Valentijn van de Velde (Ned) 51 Dion Verhommerig (Ned) 52 Jeffrey Vink (Ned) 53 Jorian Wals (Ned) 54 Kay Welten (Ned) 55 Robin Wennekes (Ned) 56 Joakim Zuidema (Ned) 57 Kevin Klement (Ned) 58 Hendrik Sweeck
Past winners
2007 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Cras 2006 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2005 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2004 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 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
