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Cyclo-Cross World Cup #5 - CDM
Hoogerheide, Netherlands, February 16, 2003
2002 Results Results Past winners
Nijs wins World Cup final, Wellens takes jersey
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Belgian pair Bart Wellens and Sven Nijs shared the honours in the final round of the World Cup, held in the Dutch town of Hoogerheide, home of Adri van der Poel. Wellens finished second in the race and thus secured his second rainbow coloured jersey of the season, finishing 5 points in front of Sven Nijs in the standings. Nijs had to be content with winning the last round, in doing so moving himself up the standings ahead of De Clercq and Groenendaal.
"I had to ride a controlled race, and that worked for me," said Wellens to Belgian TV. "It was hard sometimes, but I did not let that get to me. At last, I win my first classification."
"In the last lap I tried then Nijs attacked. Then I slipped on a corner," added Wellens, who will celebrate his excellent season after next weekend.
Nijs commented that "I am enormously satisfied with my season. I lost the World Cup due to a broken stem in Wetzikon, but I can live with that. I am still very happy with the form that I have after the World Championships. I am stronger and more mature than in other years. Now I will go to Spain for the preparation of my road season."
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With double points on offer in today's fifth and final round of the World Cup, anything could happen with respect to the overall standings. A bad day from Wellens could see him lose the jersey, despite being the clear leader coming into the race. But the World Champ was up to the task, seemingly showing no signs of tiredness after racing and beating Nijs yesterday in Eeklo.
The parcours was fast, and the speed was set by the Belgians. Wellens, Nijs, Mario De Clercq, Erwin Vervecken, Ben Berden, Richard Groenendaal (Ned) and Petr Dlask (Cze) quickly formed a leading group. U23 star Thijs Verhagen joined the party, and tried to attack this formidable group.
After seven laps, it was the turn of Nijs and Wellens to break clear from the group, and the pair rode together over the final laps. With Wellens unable to lose the jersey now, he could afford to let Nijs win the sprint, which he did so with ease. Berden came through in third position, with the Belgian hegemony only broken by Dlask in fourth.
Photos
Images by Luc Claessens/actiefotos.be
- Dutch rider Thijs Verhagen
- World Cup leader Bart Wellens
- Looking down "pit straight"
- Luca Bramati of Italy
- Belgian rider Sven Nys
- Dutch rider Richard Groenendaal
Results
Elite Men 1 Sven Nys (Bel) 2 Bart Wellens (Bel) 0.05 3 Ben Berden (Bel) 0.35 4 Petr Dlask (Cze) 5 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 6 Mario De Clercq (Bel) 7 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 8 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 9 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) 10 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 11 Daniel Pontoni (Ita) 12 John Gadret (Fra) 13 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) 14 David Seco (Spa) 15 Maarten Nijland (Ned) 16 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) 17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 18 Dominique Arnould (Fra) 19 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) 20 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 21 David Derepas (Fra) 22 Martin Bina (Cze) 23 Jiri Pospisil (Cze) 24 Francis Mourey (Fra) 25 Christian Heule (Swi) 26 Robert Glajza (Svk) 27 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 28 Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 29 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 30 Vaclav Medlica (Svk) 31 David Rusch (Swi) 32 Jean B Beraud (Fra) 33 Marek Cichosz (Pol) 34 David Collins (GBr) 35 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 36 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 37 Camiel Van Den Berg (Ned) 38 Radoslaw Czapla (Pol) 39 Jens Reuker (Ger) 40 Klinkby Anders (Den) 41 Mark Muller (Ger) 42 Joachim Parbo (Den) 43 Pawel Cierpikowski (Pol) 44 Keiichi Tsujiura (Jpn) 45 Michael Mueller (Swi) 46 Carsten Shäffer (Den) 47 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) 48 Stuart Bowers (GBr) U23 1 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) 51.21 2 Simon Zahner (Swi) 3 Bart Aernouts (Bel) 0.04 4 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) 0.14 5 Geert Wellens (Bel) 0.34 6 Josef Soukup (Cze) 1.01 7 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) 8 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 9 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 1.53 10 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 2.05 11 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 2.49 12 Guus Magielse (Ned) 13 Kim Petersen (Den) 3.09 14 Nick Sels (Bel) 3.15 15 Berd Sudhoff (Ger) 16 Frank van Grootel (Ned) 17 Sebastien Durieu (Bel) Women 1 Daphny Van den Brand (Ned) 35.36 2 Corinne Dorland (Ned) 3 Anja Nobus (Bel) 0.02 4 Hilde Quintens (Bel) 0.07 5 Reza Hormes-Ravenstein (Ned) 0.37 6 Marianne Vos (Ned) 7 Victoria Wilkinson (GBr) 8 Loes Sels (Bel) 1.35 9 Bernardine (Ned) 1.46 10 Nicole Leyten-De Bie (Ned) 2.36 11 Marianne (Ned) 2.41 12 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) 2.54 13 Nancy Bo (Bel) 3.11 14 Laura Tu (Ned) 3.31 15 Siddhi S (Ned) 4.49 16 Katarzyna Barczyk (Pol) 1 lap 17 Katrien Merksplas (Bel) 18 Cora Ver (Ned) 19 Ann Van Zulte (Bel) Juniors 1 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) 45.04 2 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 3 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) 0.06 4 Niels Alberts (Bel) 0.18 5 Lars Boom (Ned) 0.35 6 Egon van Kessel (Ned) 0.44 7 Eddy van Yzendoorn (Ned) 1.11 8 Quincy Vens (Bel) 1.23 9 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 1.39 10 Rob Peeters (Bel) 1.54 11 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 2.01 12 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) 13 Rene Lang (Swi) 14 Jeroen Dingemans (Bel) 15 Daan de Jonge (Ned) 2.05 16 Mark Nellen (Ned) 17 Ian Legg (GBr) 18 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 19 Joeri Kouwenhoven (Ned) 20 Jerry Kallenfels (Ned) 21 Pieter van Loo (Bel) 22 Rik Senders (Ned) 23 Arend Henzen (Ned) Novices 1 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 33.38 2 Jan Verhaeg (Ned) 3 Wim Leemans (Bel) 0.17 4 Rik van Yzendoorn (Ned) 0.22 5 Koen van Grootel (Ned) 0.24 6 Bart Senders (Ned) 0.25 7 Patrick Vliegen (Ned) 0.36 8 Boy van Poppel (Ned) 0.57 9 Willem Schwaner (Ned) 1.56 10 Johim Ariesen (Ned) 1.59 11 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 12 Ben Arnouts (Bel) 2.00 13 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 14 Alex Atkins (GBr) 2.04 15 Roderik Egberink (Ned) 2.07 16 Brian Vile (Den) 2.42 17 Kristian Fjeldberg (Den) 3.12 18 Christopher Janssen (Ned) 3.24 19 Dennis Kivits (Ned) 3.30 20 Thomas Boeckx (Bel) 3.35 21 Mattijn Motshagen (Ned) 22 Dries Pauwels (Bel) 23 Peter Hansen (Den) 24 Rasmus Kristensen (Den) 25 Bart Wouters (Bel) 26 Mark Smit (Ned) 27 Wim Thijs (Bel)
Final World Cup standings
Elite Men 1 Bart Wellens (Bel) 305 pts 2 Sven Nys (Bel) 300 3 Mario De Clercq (Bel) 250 4 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 232 5 Ben Berden (Bel) 215 6 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 168 7 Petr Dlask (Cze) 151 8 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) 132 9 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) 132 10 John Gadret (Fra) 119 11 Jiri Pospisil (Cze) 109 12 Gerben de Knegt (Ned) 107 13 Christian Heule (Swi) 93 14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) 93 15 Dominique Arnould (Fra) 77 16 Thijs Verhaegen (Ned) 71 17 Daniele Pontoni (Ita) 71 18 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 67 19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 65 20 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 62 21 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) 58 22 Maarten Nijland (Ned) 56 23 David Derepas (Fra) 53 24 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 45 25 David Seco (Spa) 44 26 Matthew Ellis (GBr) 37 27 Françis Mourey (Fra) 33 28 Jonathan Page (VSt) 26 29 Robert Glajza (Svk) 23 30 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) 22 U23 Men 1 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) 340 pts 2 Thijs Verhaegen (Bel) 275 3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 235 4 Jean-Baptiste Beraud (Fra) 186 5 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 131 6 Michael Müller (Swi) 114 7 Martin Zlamanik (Cze) 113 8 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 110 9 Tommy Nielsen (Den) 87 10 Martin Bina (Cze) 80 Women 1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) 360 pts 2 Hilde Quintens (Bel) 234 3 Anja Nobus (Bel) 207 4 Corine Dorland (Ned) 199 5 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 140 6 Nicole Leyten-De Bie (Bel) 180 7 Reza Hormes-Ravenstein (Ned) 133 8 Marianne Vos (Ned) 105 9 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) 100 10 Debby Mansveld (Ned) 92
Past winners
2002 Erwin Vervecken (Bel)
