Cyclo-Cross World Cup #8 - CDM

Roubaix, France, January 18, 2009

Photography

Race 4 - January 18: Elite Men, 65 minutes

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• Bart Wellens (Fidea) doesn't quite have Vervecken's inseam but makes up for it with good jumping abilities.
• Lars Boom (Rabobank) leads Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) through the barriers.
• Erwin Vervecken (Revor) leaps the barriers.
• Radomir Simunek (BKCP-Powerplus) heads up and over the barriers.
• Lars Boom (Rabobank) went on the attack early with Bart Wellens.
• Kevin Pauwels (Fidea) didn't have a terrific day and ended 20th.
• World Cup leader Sven Nys peers through some muddy glasses.
• Niels Albert (BKCP - Powerplus) tackles the soupy bog section.
• Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) suffers in the mud.
• Lars Boom (Rabobank) had plenty of troubles with a crash and problems with his cleat.
• Sven Vanthourenhout (Sunweb-Projob)
• Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas) puts the hammer down
• The lead group heads through the velodrome.
• Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) put in a powerful performance but mistakes on the last lap cost him a chance at victory.
• Erwin Vervecken (Revor) on his way to his third 'cross win at the Roubaix velodrome.
• Niels Albert (BKCP - Powerplus) struggled in the mud and finished fifth.
• Francis Mourey (Francaise des Jeux) rode well to finish seventh.
• World champion Lars Boom (Rabobank) shoulders his bike.
• Sven Vanthourenhout (Sunweb- Projob) labors with his bike up an incline.
• Thijs Al (AA Drink) finished tenth in Roubaix.
• Vervecken (Revor) leads Stybar (Fidea) around the legendary Roubaix velodrome.
• Erwin Vervecken (Revor) wins the Roubaix World Cup ahead of Czech champion Zdenek Stybar.
• Erwin Vervecken (Revor) wins his second World Cup of the season.
• Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas) sported his new kit of Italian champion.
• Bart Wellens (Fidea) fought the good fight but lost out on the final laps.
• The elite men's podium (l-r) Zdenek Stybar (2nd), Ervin Vervecken (1st) and Sven Nys (3rd).
• Erwin Vervecken (Revor) got a piece of Roubaix to put on the mantlepiece.
• Sven Nys sewed up his lead in the World Cup.

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• Ryan Trebon at the start
• Bart Wellens (Fidea)
• Erin Vervecken (Revor-Jartazi)
• A crash in Roubaix is not uncommon.
• Lars Boom (Rabobank) got muddy.
• Erin Vervecken (Revor-Jartazi) had a great race.

Images by Fabrice Lambert

• Al Thijs runs along.
• Françis Mourey on the wheel of Sven Vanthourenhout.
• Julien Belgy
• Julien Lopez
• Lars Boom looking clean early on.
• Boom knows how to handle tough courses.
• Lars Boom carries his bike.
• Lars Boom slipped on the stairs but didn't fall at least.
• Nicolas Bazin runs ahead of French teammate Julien Belgy.
• The tricky obstacle section.
• Zdenek Štybar (Fidea Cycling Team) balances his bike.
• Štybar runs up the hill.
• Sven Nys in bike carrier duties.
• Sven Nys leads the coupe du monde.
• Julien Roussel.
• Steve Chainel.
• David Derepas.
• Marco Fontana in the mud.
• Bart Aernouts pulls up the hill.
• Bart Wellens ahead of Lars Boom.
• Enrico Franzoi (Liquigas).
• Erwin Vervecken puts on the pressure.
• Erwin Vervecken on the podium in Roubaix.
• Francis Mourey in his national champ jersey of France.
• Erwin Vervecken wins in Roubaix.
• The podium with (l-r) Štybar (Fidea), Vervecken (Revor) and Nys (Landbouwkrediet).

Race 3 - January 18: Elite Women, 40 minutes

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• Gabriella Day (Vision) finished 24th.
• Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) negotiates the barriers.
• Katie Compton (Spike) clears the barriers on her way to a first place finish.
• Daphny van den Brand handles the barriers.
• Drivetrains took a beating in the mud and slop at Roubaix.
• Elite women's riders circle the Roubaix velodrome.
• Katie Compton (Spike) solos to victory in Roubaix.
• Katie Compton (Spike) wins her third World Cup of the season.
• A muddy post-race face was a familiar sight in Roubaix.
• The women's podium (l-r) Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens, 2nd), Katie Compton (Spike, 1st) and Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida, 3rd).
• Katie Compton (Spike) atop the podium while her national anthem plays.
• Katie Compton (Spike) with her piece of Roubaix cobblestone.

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• Katie Compton and Hanka Kupfernagel jump over the hurdles.
• Katie Compton on her way to a muddy victory.
• Hanka Kupfernagel defended her lead in the World Cup.
• Marianne Voss ended the day in fourth place.
• Marylinne Salvetat (l) and Helen Wyman tackle the jump.
• Hanka Kupfernagel on her way to second.
• Katie Compton found the deep mudholes in Roubaix, but won anyway.
• This is what you call a real cyclo-cross.
• Katie Compton wins it in the velodrome of Robaix.
• A muddy Daphny Van Den Brand

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• Hanka Kupfernagel arrives in the velodrome.
• Marianne Vos got her legs covered in mud.
• Marianne Vos takes out one foot for balance on the slippery slopes.
• Maryline Salvetat balances.
• Maryline Salvetat over the obstacles.
• Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel.
• Nadia Triquet takes the hurdles with ease.
• Camille Darcel turns left.
• Christelle Ferrier Bruneau takes the corner.
• Christelle Ferrier Bruneau is happy with her fifth place.
• Daphny Van Den Brand on the clay part of the course.
• Compton in control
• Katherine Compton slipped in the final lap
• Hanka Kupfernagel rode tough .
• Hanka Kupfernagel on the left hand bend.
• Katherine Compton on the podium.
• Lucie Lefèvre.
• Maryline Salvetat in the deep sand section.
• The women's podium (l-r) with Kupfernagel, Compton and Van Den Brand.
• Katherine Compton wins again.
• Camille Darcel in the sand pit
• Caroline Mani (France).
• Daphny Van Den Brand rolls through.
• Hanka Kupfernagel after the start.
• Hanka Kupfernagel in the sand pit.
• Hanka Kupfernagel won the World Cup.

Race 2 - January 18: U23 Men, 50 minutes

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• Ondrej Bambula (Czech Republic) took the final podium spot in the U23 race.
• Sascha Weber (Germany) flies over the barriers.
• Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) takes the barriers with ease.
• Aurelian Duval (France) finished second on home soil.
• Belgian champion Vincent Baestaens (Fidea) missed the podium.
• Tom Meeusen (Belgium) finished 17th.
• Jim Aernouts (Belgium)
• Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) takes the victory in the rain in Roubaix.
• The U23 men's podium (l-r) Aurelien Duval (France, 2nd), Philipp Walsleben (Germany, 1st) and Ondrej Bambula (Czech Republic, 3rd).
• Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) won the World Cup.

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• Philipp Walsleben dominates the U23 category this year.
• Walsleben usually is a blur off the front to his competitors.
• Jim Aernouts is part of the strong Belgian team.
• Ramon Sinkeldam jumps on the bike again.
• Walsleben did the Museeuw greeting over the line in Roubaix.
• Walsleben happy with another win.

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• Aurélien Duval of France.
• Philipp Walsleben with his cobble stone.
• The hectic start in the velodrome .
• Aurélien Duval pushes his bike.
• Aurélien Duval on a very short sector of pavé .
• Aurélien Gizzi runs with his bike.
• Clément Bourgoin enjoys pushing the bike downhill.
• Gavenda Robert couldn't believe the amount of mud.
• Aurélien Gizzi runs up the stairs.
• Aurélien Gizzi runs down the hill.
• Guillaume Perrot.
• Jim Aernouts of Belgium.
• Matthieu Boulo of France.
• Ondrej Bambula with unique carrying technique.
• Philipp Walsleben has his bike professionally shouldered.
• Philipp Walsleben runs down the hill – the Roubaix 'cross has it all!
• Matthieu Boulo on the asphalt.
• Matthieu Boulo ahead of Sascha Weber.
• Ondrej Bambula on the short asphalt section.
• Philipp Walsleben runs ahead of Ondrej Bambula.
• Clément Bourgoin of France.
• Pawel Szczepaniak
• Matteo Trentin
• Kenneth van Compernolle in a hurry.
• Vincent Baestaens and Matthieu Boulo.
• Guillaume Perrot on the paved part.
• Kenneth Van Compernolle leads his group in the velodrome.
• Kenneth Van Compernolle looks good.
• Vincent Baestaens close to the end.
• Thibault Taboury of France comes close to home.
• Jonathan Cessot
• A tough parcours in France.
• Philipp Walsleben does the Museeuw in the rain.
• Podium with Duval, Walsleben and Bambulka.
• Philipp Walsleben takes the World Cup.

Race 1 - January 18: Junior Men, 40 minutes

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• Wietse Bosmans of Belgium
• Dutch star Tijmen Eising
• Sean Di Bie powers along the course.
• Zach McDonald (USA) edged out Lars Van Der Har of the Netherlands and Luca Braidot (Italy, not in picture) for third.
• The junior podium (l-r) Wietse Bosmans (Belgium, second), Tijmen Eising (Netherlands) and Zach Mc Donald (United States Of America).
• Tijmen Eising sealed the World Cup.

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• David Menut.
• Wietse Bosmans of Belgium.
• Sean De Bie is also Belgian.
• Elilien Viennet of France.
• Jan Nesvabda has trouble in the deep mud.
• Mike Teunissen of the Netherlands.
• Junior Tijmen Eising immediately on the front
• The podium in the junior category.
• Tijmen Eising is used to winning.
• Tijmen Eising leads the World Cup.
• Tijmen Eising crosses the line in first in the velodrome of Roubaix.
• Tijmen Eising shows the necessary skills.
• Irwin Gras gives it full gas.
• Lars Van Der Haar used to wear orange.
• Zach Mc Donald rode a great race.