Coupe du Monde Cyclo-Cross #3 - CDM

Liéven, France, January 5, 2003

Results World Cup standings

Nijs beats unlucky Groenendaal

A puncture in the closing stages of the race cost Richard Groenendaal his second World Cup win, allowing Belgian Sven Nijs to capitalise on the mistake and win his first World Cup this season. A triumphant Nijs won by 19 seconds, with Groenendaal ending as second followed by Bart Wellens and the rest of the Belgians. Groenendaal now has the outright lead in the World Cup, but only by 10 points.

The men's race reached a decisive point just after halfway, when Nijs and Groenendaal broke clear from De Clercq and Wellens, the latter who had recovered from a slow start. The leading pair, who ride for different countries but the same trade team, made good their escape, and it was clear that the victory would be fought out between the two.

However with one lap to go, Groenendaal slid out on a left hand bend as a result of his flat tyre. Sven Nijs immediately attacked, and won by a handy margin.

"Without the flat tyre I would have won," said a disappointed Groenendaal at the finish. "If I had noticed that the tyre was flat five metres before, I could have got another bike. Then it was finished."

I am very heavily disappointed. OK, I'm now the outright leader in the World Cup but the win would have been normal for me."

Sven Nijs commented to Belgian Radio 1 that "Groenendaal and I were worthy of each other. Richard had bad luck and as a result, I won."

Nijs also named himself as one of the favourites for the Belgian championships next weekend, along with Bart Wellens and Mario De Clercq. "I will rest a lot this week and come to the start without stress. Therefore I won't read any newspapers," said Nijs.

Results

1 Sven Nijs (Bel)                           58.02
2 Richard Groenendaal (Ned)                  0.19
3 Bart Wellens (Bel)                         0.46
4 Mario De Clercq (Bel)                      1.01
5 Ben Berden (Bel)                           1.04
6 Tom Vannoppen (Bel)                        1.22
7 John Gadret (Fra)                          1.32
8 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel)                  2.22
9 Peter Dlask (Cze)                          2.28
10 Jiri Pospisil (Cze)                       2.40
11 Christian Heule (Swi)                     2.44
12 Vaclav Jezek (Cze)                        2.51
13 Michael Baumgartner (Swi)                 2.57
14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra)                        3.09
15 Gerben De Knegt (Ned)                     3.17
16 David Derepas (Fra)                       3.25
17 Daniele Pontoni (Ita)                     3.36
18 Jean-Baptiste Beraud (Fra)                3.39
19 Maarten Nijland (Ned)                     3.49
20 Enrico Franzoi (Ita)                      4.26
21 Matthew Ellis (GBr)                       4.41
22 Jonathan Page (USA)                       4.55
23 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol)                5.04
24 Christophe Morel (Fra)                    5.30
25 Roger Hammond (GBr)                       5.38
26 Robert Glajza (Svk)                       5.40
27 Massimo Sargenti (Ita)                    5.44
28 Michael Muller (Swi)                      5.49
29 Vaclav Metlicka (Svk)                     5.55
30 Tommy Nielsen (Den)                       6.03
31 Thijs Verhagen (Ned)                      6.31
32 Maïk Muller (Ger)                         6.37
33 Martin Zlamalik (Cze)                     6.44
34 Beat Wabel (Swi)                          6.48
35 Luca Bramati (Ita)                        6.51
36 Simon Zahner (Swi)                        6.54
37 Wilant Van Gils (Ned)                     7.10
38 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze)                      7.13
39 David Rusch (Swi)                         7.18
40 Thorsten Struch (Ger)                     8.07
41 Christian Wasmer (Ger)                   1 lap
42 Stefano Toffoletti (Ita)
 
Espoirs
 
1 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel)               51.48
2 Kevin Pauwels (Bel)                        0.58
3 Tim Pauwels (Bel)                          1.21
4 Adrien Delautre (VC Roubaix)               1.35
5 Fabien Bourly (AC Bazancourt)              1.47
6 Bart Aernouts (Bel)                        2.23
7 Sébastien Minard (CC Nogent-sur-Oise)      3.03
8 Eddy Devos (UV Fourmies)                   3.15
9 Jean-Pierre Chalas (ESC Bully)             3.35
10 Nicolas Bazin (Ile de France)             4.00
11 Hervé Senicourt (US Gravelines)           4.37
12 Steve Chainel (Lorraine)                  5.35
13 Jérôme Boussekey (VC St-Omer)             5.48
14 Jefferson Soissons (UV Fourmies)          6.43
15 Ludovic Nicolay (EC Fumecienne)           6.59
16 Renaud Bour (ECV Boulzicourt)             7.17
17 Benoît Geoffroy (Bourgogne)               7.25
18 Félix Gniot (Ger)                         7.43
19 Stéphane Belot (Normandie)                8.11
20 Sébastien Dassonville (CC Beuvry)        1 lap
21 Romain Fondard (Nord-Pas de Calais)
 
Women
 
1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned)                43.06
2 Hilde Quintens (Bel)                       0.27
3 Corine Dorland (Ned)                       1.01
4 Debby Mansveld (Ned)                       1.29
5 Anja Nobus (Bel)                           2.06
6 Nadia Triquet (UC Vallée du Hure)          3.02
7 Nadine Bruhn (Den)                         3.32
8 Nicolle Debie Leyten (Ned)                 4.26
9 Veerle Ingels (Bel)                        4.52
10 Nicole Kottramp (Ger)                     5.13
11 Suzie Godard (Lux)                        7.43
 
Juniors - Cadets
 
1 Zdonak Stybar (Cze)                       36.53
2 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel)                0.39
3 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze)                     0.43
4 Romain Villa (Fra)                         0.51
5 San Sen (Cze)                              1.06
6 Niels Albert (Bel)
7 Derik Zampedri (Ita)                       1.14
8 Jempy Drucker (Lux)                        1.25
9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra)                      1.55
10 Maxim Debusschere (Bel)                   2.01
11 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned)
12 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned)                 2.37
13 Ambroise Touboulic (UV Pinon-Anizy)
14 San Skarnicl (Cze)
15 Finn Heitemann (Ger)
16 Nicolas Belot (Bourgogne)                 3.01
17 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze)                   3.04
18 Enrico Liese (Ned)                        3.20
19 Dylan Esmans (St-André-Lille)             4.03
20 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned)                    4.06
21 Anthony Colas (Ile de France)             4.15
22 Mark Nellen (Ned)
23 Pierre Bouillet (ESC Bully)               4.23
24 Renaud Vaubourg (Fra)                     4.26
25 Alois Lievens (Bel)                       4.34
26 Bart Verschueren (Bel)                    4.58
27 Gregory Luca (Lux)                        5.06
28 Harm Vandekerckhove (Bel)                 5.27
29 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra)                 5.30
30 Ray Reuter (Lux)                          5.40
31 Romain Devos (UV Fourmies)                5.47
32 Anthony Cailleau (Julie Nature)           6.03
33 Michael Quindbjerg (Den)                  6.20
34 Alexandre Touboulic (CS Château-Thierry   6.54
35 Julien Richard (UV Fourmies)              7.15
36 Reginald Wannyn (UV Fourmies)            1 lap
37 Jonathan Benoit (CV Liévin)
38 Maxime Van De Spiegle (UV Fourmies)

World Cup Standings after Round 3

1 Richard Groenendaal (Ned)                   150 pts
2 Bart Wellens (Bel)                          145
3 Sven Nijs (Bel)                             140
4 Mario De Clercq (Bel)                       140
5 Ben Berden (Bel)                             80
6 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel)                    80
7 Jiri Pospisil (Cze)                          69
8 Vaclav Jezek (Cze)                           69
9 John Gadret (Fra)                            65
10 Gerben De Knegt (Ned)                       64
11 Erwin Vervecken (Bel)                       63
12 Tom Vannoppen (Bel)                         58
13 Christian Heule (Swi)                       55
14 Peter Dlask (Cze)                           43
15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra)                          39
16 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol)                  39
17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita)                        37
18 Dominique Arnould (Fra)                     31
19 Michael Baumgartner (Swi)                   31
20 Daniele Pontoni (Ita)                       31
21 Matthew Ellis (GBr)                         26
22 Maarten Nijland (Ned)                       24
23 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze)                        22
24 Christophe Morel (Fra)                      21
25 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi)                   20
26 Dariusz Gil (Pol)                           18
27 David Derepas (Fra)                         18
28 Wim De Vos (Ned)                            14
29 Jean-Baptiste Beraud (Fra)                  13
30 Robert Glajza (Svk)                         13
31 Roger Hammond (GBr)                         12
32 Pawel Cierpikowski (Pol)                    11
33 David Seco (Spa)                            10
34 Jonathan Page (USA)                          9
35 Thijs Verhagen (Ned)                         8
36 Luca Bramati (Ita)                           7
37 Francis Mourey (Fra)                         7
38 Gusty Bausch (Lux)                           5
39 Dariusz Gil (Pol)                            5
40 Massimo Sargenti (Ita)                       4
41 Martin Zlamalik (Cze)                        4
42 Michael Muller (Swi)                         3
43 Sébastien Minard (Fra)                       3
44 Vaclav Metlicka (Svk)                        2
45 Tommy Nielsen (Den)                          1
46 Tomas Trunschka (Cze)                        1
47 Wilant Van Gils (Ned)                        1
 
Nations
 
1 Belgium                                      36 pts
2 Czech Republic                               25
3 Netherlands                                  25
4 France                                       20
5 Swizterland                                  18
6 Italy                                        14
7 Poland                                       11
8 Great Britain                                 9
9 Germany                                       6
10 Denmark                                      3
11 Slovakia                                     3
12 USA                                          1
 
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