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Cyclo-Cross World Cup #9 - CDM
Hoogerheide, Netherlands, January 20, 2008
Photography
Race 4 - January 20: Elite Men,
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Images by Isosport
- World Champion Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cycling Team) runs with his bike.
- Lars Boom (Rabobank) rode like a man on a mission.
- Lars Boom (Rabobank) celebrates his win.
- Rabobank team-mates Sven Nys and Lars Boom run in the final World Cup before the World Championships.
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) in action.
- World Champion Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cycling Team) raced to third.
- Bart Wellens (Fidea Cycling Team) finished second.
- The elite men's podium
Race 3 - January 20: Elite Women,
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Images by Mark Legg
- Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (ZZPR.nl) leads the elite women's field onto the first grass section
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Focus) sitting comfortably in second place
- Daphny Van Den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) the current World Cup leader sits in near the head of the field on the first lap
- Amy Dombroski (Webcor Builders Cycling Team) experiencing her first taste of European racing
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Focus) sits comfortably in the lead
- Helen Wyman (Global Racing Team) put in a season best race effort with podium finish
- Daphny Van Den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) looks up the road for her competitors
- Maryline Salvetat (VSLL Castres) in hot pursuit of the leaders despite a slow start
- Wendy Williams (River City Bicycles) the Singlespeed World Champion enjoying Dutch mud
- Meanwhile sitting comfortably on the head of the race is Hanka Kupfernagel (Focus)
- Belgian youngster Sanne Cant (ASD Selle Italia Guerciotti) had a lot of fans cheering for her in Hoogerheide
- Sue Butler (River City Bicycles) enjoying her first Euro trip
- Former world champion Laurence Leboucher (Sarthe-Gasseau) was not enjoying the Dutch mud
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Focus) on the steep drop
- Maryline Salvetat (VSLL Castres) chasing the leader down the drop
- Sue Butler (River City Bicycles) representing Portland proudly with her MTB helmet visor
- Kerri Barnholt (Tokyo Joes/Van Dessel) railing her Van Dessel down the drop
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Focus) continued to sit on cruise control while leading the race
- Smile for the camera Hanka.
- While an early fall distrupted her at the Belgian Championships, Katrien Van Looy (Vlaanderen - Capri Sonne - T Interim) would keep the bike upright in Hoogerheide
- Elke Riedl (Restore Cycling) riding strong before the dropoff
- Japan was well respresented in Hoogerheide
Race 2 - January 20: U23 Men,
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- Niels Albert (Palmans - Cras) rides the ramp.
- Niels Albert (Palmans - Cras) won the U23 race
- Niels Albert (Palmans - Cras) salutes at the finish.
- Tom Meeusen in the Under 23 race.
- The under 23 podium Niels Albert in first; Jempy Drucker in second; Aurélien Duval in third.
