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Superprestige #5 Diegem - C1
Diegem, Belgium, December 29, 2002
2001 Results Results Past winners
Mario De Clercq wins in Diegem
Sven Nijs increases SP lead
World Champion Mario De Clercq capitalised on his recent good form to win the fifth round of the Superprestige series in Diegem. De Clercq, who felt a little cheated when he won a race on Christmas Day without all the top riders being present, beat everyone today including Superprestige series leader Sven Nijs who finished second. Nijs did extend his lead in the series to 39 points over Richard Groenendaal, and is on course to win a record fourth Superprestige title.
De Clercq's win was a combination of good team tactics and strong solo riding. He had instructed his teammates Roger Hammond and Tom Vannoppen to help him at the start, and Vannoppen managed to get in the way of the chasers, allowing De Clercq to open up a significant lead. The parcours was quite technical, which suited De Clercq down to the ground.
The chasing group consisted of Ben Berden, Richard Groenendaal, Sven Nijs, Bart Wellens, Tom Vannoppen, Erwin Vervecken, Sven Vanthourenhout and Peter Van Santvliet, with the two Rabobank riders Groenendaal and Nijs doing most of the work. But De Clercq was increasing his lead by 5 seconds each lap, and it looked certain that he would stay away until the end.
A fall mid-way saw De Clercq lose 10 seconds, meaning that De Clercq had to really work hard again to fend off the pursuit. He did so, and won with a five second margin over Nijs, with Tom Vannoppen taking third.
"A nice bouquet. I will lay it on the grave of my grandmother Magdalena this evening when I go to church. On Saturday I was deep in mourning during her burial and today I can't be happier. That's the way of living. Identical to the path of my condition. In the past few weeks I've fought hard for a big win. Now I've got one."
Results
Elite Men 1 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 58.17 2 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 0.05 3 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 0.08 4 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Spaar Select 0.15 5 Ben Berden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.20 6 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select 0.25 7 Petr Dlask (Cze) Author Praha 0.28 8 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.02 9 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 1.15 10 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 1.26 11 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) WG Beveren 2000 1.49 12 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Cologne 1.51 13 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank 1.58 14 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2.07 15 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 1.09 16 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 3.02 17 Robert Glajza (Svk) 1.13 18 Wilant van Gils (Ned) 3.56 19 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 4.23 20 Pawel Cierpikowski (Pol) 4.26 21 Jonathan Page (USA) Richard Sachs 22 Marek Chicosz (Pol) 5.18 23 Vaclav Metlicka (Svk) 5.37 24 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) 5.53 25 Jan Van Donink (Bel) 6.01 26 Patrick Schurmans (Bel) 27 David Laenen (Bel) WSCJR Booischot 28 Eddy Van Bouwel (Bel) 29 Kevin Bossaerts (Bel) 30 Koen Beeckman (Bel) 31 Carsten Schäffer (Den) 32 Pavel Medved (Svk) 33 Joachim Parbo (Den) 34 Frederik Penne (Bel) 42 starters Espoirs/U23 1 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 47.50 2 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 0.09 3 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) 0.10 4 Martin Zlamanik (Cze) 0.17 5 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 0.53 6 Martin Bina (Cze) 7 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 1.10 8 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 1.26 9 Tim Pauwels (Bel) 1.31 10 Geert Wellens (Bel) 1.34 11 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 1.56 12 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) 13 Shaun Snodden (GBr) 2.02 14 Jan Soetens (Bel) 2.05 15 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) 2.30 16 Stijn Penne (Bel) 2.33 17 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 2.35 18 Jorn Van der Veken (Bel) 19 Nick Sels (Bel) 2.46 20 Tommy Nielsen (Den) 2.49 21 Anders Hansen (Den) (Bel) 4.10 22 Marian Hecl (Cze) 23 Jef De Boeck (Bel) 24 Steven Roach (GBr) 25 Gerben de Vries (Ned) 26 Dirk Bertels (Bel) 27 Steven Sluyts (Bel) 28 Jeroen Nietveld (Bel) 29 Bart Thielemans (Bel) 34 starters Juniors 1 Lars Boom (Ned) 40.00 2 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 3 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 4 Slawomir Pituch (Pol) 5 Kevin Van Lierde (Bel) 6 Egon van Kessel (Ned) 7 Fin Heitmann (Ger) 8 Jempy Drucker (Lux) 9 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 10 Rob Peeters (Bel) 11 Kay Van den Brande (Bel) 12 Toon Devenyns (Bel) 13 Jeroen Thielemans (Bel) 14 Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) 15 Gerald Uytersprot (Bel) 16 Daan de Jonge (Ned) 17 Bart Verschueren (Bel) 18 Joris Wijnen (Bel) 19 Pieter Van Loo (Bel) 20 Peter Heremans (Bel) 40 starters Novices 1 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 40.00 2 Pieter Van Speybrouck (Bel) 3 Stijn Joseph (Bel) 4 Stijn Van Looveren (Bel) 5 Patrick Vliegen (Ned) 6 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 7 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 8 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 9 Jan Van Zeebroeck (Bel) 10 Nick Mertens (Bel) 11 Tom Lambrechts (Bel) 12 Dries Dewit (Bel) 13 Michael Goossens (Bel) 14 Steven Wong (Bel) 15 Ben Arnouts (Bel) 45 starters
Superprestige standings after round 5
Elite Men 1 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 133 pts 2 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 92 3 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 91 4 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 88 5 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Spaar Select 86 6 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 84 7 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select 74 8 Ben Berden (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 70 9 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 68 10 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 53 11 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank 51 12 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 41 13 Petr Dlask (Cze) Author Praha 41 14 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) WG Beveren 2000 33 15 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 28 16 Wim Jacobs (Bel) 22 17 Maarten Nijland (Ned) 21 18 Christian Heule (Swi) Team Cologne 18 19 Wilant van Gils (Ned) 10 20 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) 9 21 Matthew Ellis (GBr) 7 21 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 7 23 Wim De Vos (Ned) Spaar Select 6 24 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 5 25 Robert Glajza (Svk) 4 26 Pedro Baelen (Bel) 3 27 Geoffrey Clochez (Fra) Julie Nature 2 28 Eddy Van Bouwel (Bel) 1 29 Nico Henderickx (Bel) Pizza Italia 1 30 Pawel Cierpikowski (Pol) 1 Espoirs/U23 1 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) 110 pts 2 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 107 3 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) 97 4 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 96 5 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) 95 6 Martin Bina (Cze) 69 7 Tim Pauwels (Bel) 66 8 kevin Pauwels (Bel) 56 9 Geert Wellens (Bel) 50 10 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 47 11 Martin Zlamanik (Cze) 39 12 David Kasek (Cze) 37 13 Stijn Penne (Bel) 34 14 Jan Soetens (Bel) 27 15 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 25 16 Jorn Van der Veken (Bel) 24 17 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 22 18 Nicky David (Bel) 21 19 Gerben de Vries (Ned) 20 20 Tommy Nielsen (Den) 19 21 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 16 22 Adrien Delautre (Fra) 9 22 Bart Dirckx (Ned) 9 24 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 8 24 Jacok Soukup (Cze) 8 24 Nick Sels (Bel) 8 24 Shaun Snodden (GBr) 8 28 Simon Zachner (Swi) 5 28 Jefferson Soissons (Fra) 5 28 Jan Geerts (Bel) 5 31 Guus Magielse (Ned) 3 32 Ries van der Sanden (Ned) 2 33 Eric Verrijt (Ned) 1 33 Jérôme Boussekey (Fra) 1 33 Mudyn Lukas (Pol) 1 Juniors 1 Lars Boom (Ned) 120 pts 2 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 101 3 Eddy van Ijzendoorn (Ned) 93 4 Kevin Van Lierde (Bel) 74 5 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 67 6 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 62 7 Slawomir Pituch (Pol) 56 8 Finn Heitmann (Ger) 43 9 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 42 10 Bart Verschueren (Bel) 41 11 Gerald Uytersprot (Bel) 40 11 Egon van Kessel (Ned) 40 13 Bram Wind (Ned) 28 13 Daan de Jonghe (Ned) 28 15 Bart Veyt (Bel) 24 16 Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) 19 17 Rikkie Dijkxhoorn (Ned) 18 17 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) 18 17 Joris Wijnen (Bel) 18 20 Jeroen Thielemans (Bel) 17 21 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) 16 21 Toon Devenyns (Bel) 16 23 Roman Kreuzer (Cze) 14 23 Alois Lievens (Bel) 14 23 Quincy Vens (Bel) 14 26 Jempi Drucker (Lux) 13 27 Ladislav Sulc (Cze) 11 27 Rob Peeters (Bel) 11 29 Jeroen Dingemans (Bel) 10 29 Kay Van den Brande (Bel) 10 31 Koen Boelens (Bel) 9 32 Paul Timmer (Ned) 8 33 Ward Demets (Bel) 6 33 Niels Bogaars (Ned) 5 35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) 5 36 Niels Ferlin (Bel) 4 36 Joeri Kouwenhoven (Ned) 4 36 Nard van der Sanden (Bel) 4 36 Maarten de Jonge (Ned) 4 40 S Kleinligtebed (Ned) 3 40 Wesley Roos (Bel) 3 40 Harm Vandekerckhove (Bel) 3 40 Enrico Liebe (Ned) 3 40 Tijs Senders (Ned) 3 45 Rik Jonkheijm (Ned) 2 45 Pieter Van Loo (Bel) 2 47 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) 1 47 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) 1 47 Peter Heremans (Bel) 1
Past winners
2001 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 2000 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 1999 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
