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2004-05 Cyclo-cross World Cup
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Round 1 - October 10, 2004: Wortegem-Petegem, Belgium
Czech rider Zdenek Mlynar upset the Belgians on their home ground to win the first round of the Cyclo-cross World Cup in Wortegem-Petegem. At the end of a fast and dry race, Mlynar led out the sprint with a powerful jump to hold off Belgians Sven Vanthourenhout (Quickstep-Davitamon) and home town hero Mario de Clercq (MrBookmaker.com-Palmans) for the surprise victory. Mlynar was certainly among the strongest riders on the day, and recovered from a mid-race crash to rejoin the front group.
Round 2 - October 28, 2004: Tabor, Czech Republic
Kamil Ausbuher continued the Czech Republic's run of success in the Cyclo-cross World Cup by winning the second round in Tabor, in his home country. Ausbuher finished solo ahead of Belgians Sven Vanthourenhout (Quick.Step) and Erwin Vervecken (Fidea), which meant that Vanthourenhout took over the lead in the World Cup.
Round 3 - November 14, 2004: Pijnacker, Netherlands
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A bit of luck and a lot of strength got Belgian Sven Nys his first World Cup race victory this season, beating his Rabobank teammate Richard Groenendaal by 25 seconds, with Sven Vanthourenhout (Quick.Step) finishing third. Nys benefited from a crash by Groenendaal whilst the Dutchman was leading, and after Nys caught him, he opened up a gap.
Round 4 - November 27, 2004: Koksijde, Belgium
Belgian Erwin Vervecken has won the fourth Cyclo-Cross World Cup race in the North Belgian town of Koksijde in an exciting sprint finish in front of his fellow countryman and favourite Sven Nys. Vervecken's fourth victory in Koksijde after 1993, 1995 and 2000 is also his eighth podium's placing at this race.
Round 5 - December 5, 2004: Wetzikon, Switzerland
World Cup leader Nys extended his top position by winning his 15th World Cup race in Switzerland. In an impressive solo ride, Nys distances his chasers Dlask and Vervecken, as well as his teammate Groenendaal during the final lap.
Round 6 - December 8, 2004: Milano, Italy
Nys' streak continued three days later in Italy as he powered away from his rivals on the final lap to put himself well in the lead in the series as it passes its halfway point.
Round 7 - December 28, 2004: Hofstade, Belgium
Sven Nys (Rabobank) continues to dominate in the major cyclo-cross races, taking his 15th win of the season in round seven of the World Cup in Hofstade, Belgium. Nys reversed the result of the Superprestige race two days ago when he beat Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) by a handy 17 seconds. Italian Enrico Franzoi (Saeco) took third.
Round 8 - January 2, 2005: Aigle, Switzerland
It was a Rabobank/Sven 1-2 in the eighth round of the World Cup in Aigle, Switzerland, as new recruit Sven Vanthourenhout beat the irrepressible Sven Nys after attacking in the final kilometre. The consistent Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) finished third.
Round 9 - January 16, 2005: Nommay, France
The seemingly unstoppable Sven Nys (Rabobank) has won his fifth World Cup race of the season in Nommay, leading home a Belgian avalanche that saw five Belgians claim the first five places. It was also Nys' 19th win of the season, as he beat Tom Vannoppen (Palmans), Sven Vanthourenhout (Rabobank), Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) and Davy Commeyne (Palmans-Sapim). Swiss rider Christian Heule was the first non-Belgian home in sixth place.
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Round 10 - January 23, 2005: Hoogerheide, Netherlands
Belgian Sven Nys has shown once more that he is the number one this season, winning his 20th race at the Hoogerheide World Cup event today. Davy Commeyne achieved the second place, and Nys' teammate at Rabobank, Sven Vanthourenthout got third.
Round 11 - February 13, 2005: Lanarvily, France
World Champion Sven Nys (Rabobank) has sealed his overall victory in the World Cup series by winning the 11th and final round in Lanarvily, France. On a cold and windy day, Nys put half a minute into his trade teammate Richard Groenendaal, with Italian Enrico Franzoi (Lampre) finishing third.
Unofficial World Cup standings after round 9
Elite Women 1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) Ton van Bemmelen-AA Drink 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) U23 Men 1 Martin Bina 178 pts 2 Simon Zahner 162 3 Zdenek Stybar 158 4 Kevin Pauwels 130 5 Geert Wellens 117 6 Julien Belgy 106 7 Radomir Simunek 100 8 Lukas Flückiger 96 9 Frantisek Kloucek 88 10 Rob Peeters 87 11 Dieter Vanthourenhout 78 12 Tom Vandenbosch 74 13 Romain Villa 68 14 Niels Albert 60 15 Marco Aurelio Fontana 48 16 Yves Corminboeuf 48 17 Pirmin Lang 47 18 Thijs Van Amerongen 41 19 Sebastiaan Langeveld 40 20 Derik Zampedri 40 21 Clément Lhotellerie 38 22 Jempy Drucker 35 23 Jochen Uhrig 31 24 Flavio Alex Longhi 29 25 Erik Miorini 28 26 Steve Chainel 26 27 Luca Damiani 26 28 Jan Soetens 24 29 Guus Magielse 22 30 Bart Dirkx 21 31 Nicolas Bazin 20 32 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn 18 33 Rafael Visinelli 16 34 Bart Verschueren 16 35 Jeremy Powers 16 36 Paul Voss 15 37 Mike Thielemans 13 38 Anthony Colas 11 39 Karl Schoknecht 10 40 René Lang 10 41 Lukas Keller 10 42 Matthew White 9 43 Rikke Dijkxhoorn 8 44 Daan De Jonge 7 45 Jesse Anthony 6 46 Joeri Kouwenhoven 6 47 Jeroen Dingemans 5 48 Simon Richardson 4 49 Till Schaltegger 4 50 Laurent Didier 3 51 Daniel Schütz 3 52 Van Kessel Jr Egon 3 53 Robin Schmuda 2 54 Marco Wesseling 2 55 Martin Müller 1 56 Frank Van Grootel 1 Junior Men 1 Davide Malacarne 210 pts 2 Ricardo Van De Velde 158 3 Julien Taramarcaz 155 4 Christoph Pfingsten 104 5 Jan Van Dael 95 6 Ondrej Bambula 86 7 Robert Gavenda 79 8 Martin Nemecek 75 9 Rik Van Ijzendoorn 73 10 Wim Leemans 72 11 Lucas Kloucek 71 12 Yannick Martinez 60 13 Romain Lejeune 58 14 Pieter Vanspeybroeck 50 15 Jo Pirotte 46 16 Jan Arnouts 39 17 Romain Beney 38 18 Julien Berard 37 19 Cristian Cominelli 35 20 Geoffrey Lorrain 34 21 Boy Van Poppel 34 22 Guillaume Perrot 32 23 Philip Walsleben 30 24 Quentin Bertholet 30 25 Sascha Wagner 28 26 Johim Ariesen 26 27 Ondrej Zelinka 26 28 David Menger 24 29 Matthias Flückiger 24 30 Loris Rudj Bompieri 23 31 Bart Senders 22 32 Tom Last 22 33 Pascal Meyer 19 34 Denolf Gianni 18 35 Patrick Vliegen 17 36 Michal Kohoutek 17 37 Simone Pavan 16 38 Stijn Joseph 16 39 Coen Vermeltfoort 16 40 Patrick Nuber 16 41 Djuri Van Rijbroek 15 42 Jan Verhaegh 14 43 Robert Bachraty 14 44 Jules Chabanon 13 45 Alex Atkins 13 46 Savie Van Horik 13 47 David Claerebout 12 48 Remco Broers 11 49 Kenneth Van Compernolle 11 50 Richard Van Loon 11 51 Clément Bourgoin 10 52 Thomas Vernaeckt 10 53 Nathanael Rother 10 54 Christopher Janssens 10 55 Bjorn Selander 9 56 Kim Michely 8 57 Jeroen Dekkers 8 58 Benoit Roten 8 59 Omar Sottocornola 7 60 Ivar Hartogs 7 61 Jiri Hajec 6 62 Jan Mikkers 6 63 Geert Van Der Sande 5 64 Dawid Romanowski 4 65 Mark Smit 3 66 Dennis Vanendert 2 67 Steven Van Bael 2 68 Nicolas Schnyder 2 69 Jorn Van Veen 2 70 Jannick Hyldtoft Hansen 1 71 Thomas Frei 1
