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Superprestige #6 Diegem - C1
Diegem, Belgium, December 26, 2004
2003 Results Results Superprestige standings Past winners
Vervecken outsprints Nys
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Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) continues to rediscover his best form, winning today's sixth round of the Superprestige series in Diegem, Belgium. At the end of an exciting contest, Vervecken outsprinted Sven Nys (Rabobank), with Sven Vanthourenhout (Quick.Step) taking third, a few seconds back. Nys retained the series leadership with a handy 14 point advantage over Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank).
The race was dominated by five riders: Vervecken, Nys, Vanthourenhout, Groenendaal and Bart Wellens (Fidea), who were clearly stronger than the rest of the field and reached the final lap as one group. Nys attacked on the climb, and only Vervecken could follow him. Vervecken countered and managed to hold a small gap over Nys until the end of the lap, when he finished with a long sprint to win the race. It was Vervecken's second win of the season, after the World Cup round in Koksijde.
Photography
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- Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) powering away from Groenendaal
- Christian Heule (Stevens) in his Swiss champion's gear
- Petr Dlask (Author) finished 17th
- Petr Dlask (Author) leads Christian Heule
- Enrico Franzoi (Saeco) guiding his machine through mud
- Andreas Klinkby (Vejen BC) has a worried look
- Malte Urban (Stevens) finished 24th
- Jonathan Page almost comes to grief
- Jonathan Page looking more determined
- Ryan Trebon (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) en route to 18th
- Erik Tonkin (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) wondering how many laps there are to go
- Barry Wicks (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) with tongue akimbo
- Ryan Trebon (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) powers through the mud
- Erik Tonkin (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) navigates a climb
- Ryan Trebon (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) enjoying himself
- Barry Wicks (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) in suffer mode
Images by cyclocrossprosport.be
- Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) maintains his concentration
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) ahead of the pack in a corner
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) working hard
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) is cool, calm and collected, as always
- Bart Wellens (Fidea) showing signs of improvement
- Nys leads Wellens
- Sven Vanthourenhout (Quick.Step) leads Groenendaal
- Tom Vannoppen (MrBookmaker.com) fights it out with Nys
- Ben Berden (Saey-Deschacht) with a tight grip
- Ben Berden (Saey-Deschacht) hurtles into a corner
- Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) was in the action, as always
- Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) cornering smoothly
- Enrico Franzoi (Saeco) was with the leaders for much of the race
- Christian Heule (Stevens) finished 16th on the day
- Martin Nijland (Heijdens-Ten Tusscher)
- Jonathan Page gives himself a helping hand
- Jonathan Page clearly enjoying himself
- Where to from here?
- Davy Commeyne (MrBookmaker.com) focuses on the ground
- The Kona boys in action for the USA
- Barry Wicks (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) in action
- Wim Jacobs (Fidea) cutting things fine
- Andreas Klinkby (Vejen BC) was Denmark's best rider, finishing 30th
- Michel Baumgartner did not finish the race
- Keiichi Tsujiura (Jpn) finished last in the elite men, but he finished…
Results
Elite 1 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 1.02.31 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 0.02 3 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 0.05 4 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 5 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 6 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 7 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 0.10 8 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.25 9 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 0.35 10 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.40 11 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 0.45 12 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1.02 13 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 1.17 14 Martin Nijland (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusccher 1.20 15 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 2.06 16 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 2.13 17 Petr Dlask (Cze) Author Praha 2.29 18 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 2.47 19 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 3.06 20 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 3.11 21 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 3.21 22 David Willemsens (Bel) 3.26 23 Isaac Suarez (Spa) 3.45 24 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 4.05 25 Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 4.20 26 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Saey-Deschacht 4.42 27 Erik Tonkin (USA) 4.58 28 Barry Wicks (USA) 29 Jean-Baptiste Beraud (Fra) 5.07 30 Anders Klinkby (Den) Vejen BC 5.56 31 Geert Vandaele (Bel) 6.51 32 Kevin Bossaerts (Bel) 33 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) 7.42 34 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 35 Benjamin Turner (USA) 36 Keiichi Tsujiura (Jpn) Starters: 48 Classified: 36 U23 1 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 50.12 2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 0.01 3 Niels Albert (Bel) 0.05 4 Lars Boom (Ned) 5 Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) 0.23 6 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 0.30 7 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.35 8 Rob Peeters (Bel) 0.40 9 Jan Soetens (Bel) 0.42 10 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) 0.53 11 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) 1.07 12 Simon Zahner (Swi) 1.12 13 Stijn Penne (Bel) 1.19 14 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 1.25 15 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 16 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 1.34 17 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2.03 18 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 2.15 19 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 2.28 20 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 2.34 21 Jeremy Powers (USA) 2.53 22 Guus Magielse (Ned) 2.43 23 Rikke Dijckxhoorn (Ned) 3.07 24 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 3.15 25 Jeroen Dingemans (Bel) 3.28 26 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 4.07 27 Gerald Uyttersprot (Bel) 28 Jef De Boeck (Bel) 4.17 29 Daan De Jonge (Ned) 4.21 30 Joeri Kouwenhoven (Ned) 31 Harm Vandekerckhove (Bel) 4.49 32 Jeroen Nietveld (Bel) 5.02 33 Steven Sluyts (Bel) 6.07 34 Jeroen Thielemans (Bel) 6.11 35 Bram Wind (Ned) 6.20 36 John Hanson (USA) 6.36 37 Kristof Luyten (Bel) 7.42 38 Tim Milis (Bel) 7.48 39 Sébastien Durieu (Bel) 8.38 40 Davy Depaepe (Bel) 15.00 41 Carlo Kempeneers (Bel) 42 Sven Verbeeck (Bel) 43 Koen Bertels (Bel) 44 Dimitri Nys (Bel) 45 Dimitri De Ridder (Bel) Starters: 48 Classified: 45 Juniors 1 Davy De Scheemaeker (Bel) 41.00 2 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 3 Jan Van Dael (Bel) 4 Stijn Joseph (Bel) 5 Wim Leemans (Bel) 6 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 7 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) 8 Gianni Denolf (Bel) 9 Patrick Vliegen (Ned) 10 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) 11 Kevin Cant (Bel) 12 Dries Dewit (Bel) 13 Bart Senders (Ned) 14 Willem Schwaner (Ned) 15 Rik Van IJzendoorn (Ned) 16 Matthias Onghena (Bel) 17 Björn Selander (USA) 18 Dave De Cleyn (Bel) 19 Xavier Flavigny (Fra) 20 Kristof Zegers (Bel) 21 Adam McGrath (USA) 22 Dries Pauwels (Bel) 23 Jan Van Zeebroeck (Bel) 24 Tom Lambrechts (Bel) 25 Seppe Odeyn (Bel) 26 Braden Kappius (USA) 27 Jan Mikkers (Ned) 28 Charles 'Toby' Marzot (USA) 29 Alex D’Howes (USA) 30 Nico Ceunen (Bel) 31 Dennis Verhoeven (Bel) 32 Wout van Wijk (Ned) 33 Steven Van Bael (Bel) 34 Birger Leys (Bel) 35 Davy Vanderstukken (Bel) 36 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) 37 Ruud De Bruycker (Bel) 38 Olivier Labie (Bel) 39 Wim Thijs (Bel) 40 Niel Kempenaers (Bel) Starters: 45 Classified: 40 Novices 1 Dries Ingels (Eeklo) 31.29 2 Joeri Adams (Bel) 0.02 3 Frederick Catrysse (Bel) 0.07 4 Bart Bruyndonckx (Bel) 0.36 5 Yannick Wydooghe (Bel) 0.45 6 Kristof Cop (Bel) 0.51 7 Tim Debusschere (Bel) 1.04 8 Marcel Meisen (Ger) 1.38 9 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) 1.49 10 Jorg Pannekoek (Bel) 2.05 11 Kenny Verstrepen (Bel) 2.33 12 Matthias Boon (Bel) 2.44 13 Piotr Antkowiak (Pol) 2.54 14 Julian vna Dijk (Ned) 3.07 15 Julien Ertveldt (Bel) 3.51 16 Dany Lacroix (Bel) 4.08 17 Kenneth Verhoeven (Bel) 4.15 18 Gerrit Broeders (Bel) 4.19 19 Sven Balis (Bel) 4.28 20 Sven Beelen (Bel) 4.37 21 Thomas Vancalster (Bel) 4.44 22 Casper Oppeneer (Ned) 4.51 23 Thomas Gysbrechts (Bel) 5.01 24 Jonas Debacker (Bel) 6.33 25 Pieter Beauprez (Bel) 10.09 26 Sam De Winne (Bel) 15.00 Starters: 28 Classified: 26
Superprestige standings after round 6
Elite 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 86 pts 2 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 72 3 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 70 4 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 65 5 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 60 6 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 58 7 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 56 8 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 30 9 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 29 10 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 28 11 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 25 12 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 24 13 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 21 14 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 19 15 Martin Nijland (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusccher 17 16 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 14 17 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 12 18 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 8 19 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Saey-Deschacht 7 20 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 5 20 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 5 22 David Willemsens (Bel) 4 23 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 3 24 Mario de Clercq (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1 24 Björn Rondelez (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf 1 U23 1 Niels Albert (Bel) 81 pts 2 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 71 3 Lars Boom (Ned) 63 4 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 52 5 Simon Zahner (Swi) 48 6 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 43 6 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 43 8 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 41 9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 37 10 Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) 35 11 Rob Peeters (Bel) 31 12 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) 26 13 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 24 14 Krzsysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 22 14 Stijn Penne (Bel) 22 16 Jan Soetens (Bel) 15 17 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 12 18 Clément L’Hotellerie (Fra) 10 18 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) 10 20 Jeremy Powers (USA) 8 21 Nick Sels (Bel) 6 22 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 5 23 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 4 24 Frederik Herpol (Bel) 2 24 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 2 26 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 1 26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 1 Juniors 1 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 86 pts 2 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 68 3 Jan Van Dael (Bel) 66 4 Wim Leemans (Bel) 51 5 Kevin Cant (Bel) 44 6 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 40 7 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 38 8 Patrick Vliegen (Ned) 37 9 Gianni Denolf (Bel) 35 10 Jan Mikkers (Ned) 28 10 Bart Senders (Ned) 28 12 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 17 13 Davy De Scheemaeker (Bel) 15 14 Jo Pirotte (Bel) 14 15 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) 13 15 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) 13 17 Dries Govaerts (Bel) 12 17 Stijn Joseph (Bel) 12 19 Ivar Hartogs (Ned) 11 19 Björn De Decker (Bel) 11 19 Mark Broks (Ned) 11 22 Christopher Janssens (Ned) 10 22 Boy van Poppel (Ned) 10 22 Willem Schwaner (Ned) 10 25 Ben Aernouts (Bel) 6 25 Koen van Grootel (Ned) 6 25 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) 6 28 Mattijn Motshagen (Ned) 5 28 Dries Dewit (Bel) 5 29 Robert Malyszek (Pol) 3 29 David Schloeser (Lux) 3 31 Kim Michely (Bel) 2 31 Remco Broers (Ned) 2 33 Dries Pauwels (Bel) 1 33 Nivard Van Acker (Bel) 1 33 Sylvester Janiszews (Pol) 1
Past winners
2003 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2002 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2001 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 2000 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 1999 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
