Superprestige Round 7 - Cat 1

Rabobank cleans up again

In an identical result to round six, the Rabobank team made a clean sweep of the 7th round of the Superprestige series in Diegem, Belgium. Although star rider (and honorary cyclingnews Santa), Sven Nijs managed 3rd place, his two teammates, Adri van der Poel and Richard Groenendaal filled the first two places. The latter two riders had to sprint it out at the finish, with Groenendaal prevailing over van der Poel. Although strong, Nijs was hampered during the race with a pedal failure and had to ride one-legged for a time.

Results:

1. Richard Groenendaal (Ned)                 56.00
2. Adri van der Poel (Ned)                    0.05
3. Sven Nijs (Bel)                            0.15
4. Mario de Clercq (Bel)                      0.30
5. Bart Wellens (Bel)                         0.45
6. Erwin Vervecken (Bel)                      1.00
7. Daniele Pontoni (Ita)
8. Ben Berden (Bel)                           1.10
9. Peter van Sanvliet (Bel)                   1.40
10. Tom Vannoppen (Bel)                       2.05
11. Gerben de Knegt (Ned)
12. Jiri Pospisil (Cze)
13. Davy Commeyne (Bel)
14. Arne Daelmans (Bel)
15. Christophe Morel (Fra)
16. Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol)
17. Camiel van den Bergh (Ned)
18. Kipcho Volckaerts (Bel)
19. Radomir Simunek (Cze)
20. Marc Janssens (Bel)

Standings after seven rounds:

1. Sven Nijs (Bel)              181 pts
2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned)    175
3. Mario de Clerq (Bel)         132
4. Adri van der Poel (Ned)      132
5. Bart Wellens (Bel)           121
6. Peter van Santvliet (Bel)     97
7. Erwin Vervecken (Bel)         76
8. Tom Vannoppen (Bel)           73
9. Ben Berden (Bel)              67
10. Daniele Pontoni (Ita)        61
11. Arne Daelmans (Bel)          59
12. Björn Rondelez (Bel)         56
13. Jiri Pospisil (Cze)          46
14. Peter Dlask (Cze)            44
15. Gerben De Knegt (Ned)        44
16. Marc Janssens (Bel)          42
17. Davy Commeyne (Bel)          38
18. Maarten Nijland (Ned)        29
19. Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol)   24
20. David Willemsens (Bel)       19
21. Wim de Vos (Ned)             18
22. Radomir Simunek (Cze)        16
23. Kipcho Volcaerts (Bel)        7
24. Wim Jacobs (Bel)              6
25. Christophe Morel (Fra)        6
26. Kris Wauters (Bel)            5
27. Massimo Sargentti(Ita)        5
28. Gretianus Gommers (Ned)       5
29. Camiel van den Bergh (Ned)    4
30. Geert Vandaele (Bel)          3
31. Igor Tavella (Ita)            3
32. Malte Urban (Ger)             3
33. Kipcho Volckaerts (Bel)       3
34. Wilfried Veldkamp (Ned)       2
35. Tom Peynaert (Bel)            2
36. Luca Bramati (Ita)            2
37. Willand van Gils (Ned)        1
38. Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel)     1
39. Alessandro Iori (Ita)         1
40. Jan van Donik (Ned)           1