Superprestige Round 8 - Cat 1

Nijs back on top

The Rabobank trio of Nijs, Groenendaal and van der Poel attacked from the start of the eighth round of the cyclo cross Super Prestige series in Surhuisterveen. Wellens and de Clerq tried to follow. The latter was hooked off on the first lap, and Wellens went in the second but maintained some contact.

The Rabobank riders kept attacking each other (this isn't road racing) especially Groenendaal and Nijs. Finally, with three laps to go, Nijs attacked on the dry part of the otherwise muddy course. An exhausted Groenendaal fell back and became an easy victim for Wellens who also overtook van der Poel on the last lap.

With this victory Sven Nijs regained some control in the overall classement where Groenendaal had been narrowing the gap in in the last two races.

Results:

1. Sven Nijs (Bel)            1.00.25
2. Bart Wellens (Bel)            0.11
3. Adri Van der Poel (Ned)       0.26
4. Richard Groenendaal (Ned)     1.19
5. Erwin Vervecken (Bel)         2.05
6. Peter van Santvliet (Bel)     2.10
7. Mario De Clercq (Bel)         2.19
8. Marc Janssens (Bel)           2.29
9. Wim de Vos (Ned)              2.35
10. Gerben De Knegt (Ned)        2.53
11. Ben Berden (Bel)
12. Davy Commeyne (Bel)
13. Bjoern Rondelez (Bel)
14. Daniele Pontoni (Ita)
15. Jiri Pospisil (Cze)
16. Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol)
17. Tom van Noppen (Bel)
18. Radomir Simunek (Cze)
19. Petr Dlask (Cze)
20. Steffen Weigold (Ger)
21. Tim Johnson (USA)
22. Gretinus Gommers (Ned)
23. Wilfred Veldkamp (Ned)
24. Thijs Volker (Ned)
25. Jean-Pierre Leyten (Ned)
26. Thijs Verhagen (Ned)
27. Jan Weevers (Ned)
28. Roel van Houtum (Ned)
29. Wilant van Gils (Ned)
30. Vasco de Kinkelder (Ned)
31. Wouter Bunning (Ned)
32. Jonathan Sundt (USA)
33. Julien Smink (Ned)
34. Ferdi van Katwijk (Ned)
35. Bjoern Schroeder (Ger)
36. Andre Schrader (Ned)
37. Shinya Ikemoto (Jpn)
38. Atze Dijkhuis (Ned)
39. Michael Aldeschulte (Ger)
40. Richard Visscher (Ned)

Women

1. Corine Dorland  		34.29
2. Elly Van Boxmeer 		 3.34
3. Siddhi Stans 		 5.03
4. Anja Reinders 		 5.33
5. M.J. Klein-Brinke
6. Arjanne Van Bekkum
7. Tamara Peek

Courtesy of Cycle Base/Bert Geerts

Standings after eight rounds:

1. Sven Nijs (Bel)             211
2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned)   193
3. Adri van der Poel (Ned)     153
4. Mario de Clerq (Bel)        146
5. Bart Wellens (Bel)          146
6. Peter van Santvliet (Bel)   112
7. Erwin Vervecken (Bel)        92
8. Tom van Noppen (Bel)         77
9. Ben Berden (Bel)             77
10. Daniele Pontoni (Ita)       68
11. Björn Rondelez (Bel)        64
12. Arne Daelmans (Bel)         59
13. Gerben de Knegt (Ned)       55
14. Marc Janssens (Bel)         55
15. Jiri Pospisil (Cze)         52
16. Davy Commeyne (Bel)         47
17. Peter Dlask (Cze)           46
18. Wim de Vos (Ned)            30
19. Maarten Nijland (Ned)       29
20. Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol)  29
21. David Willemsens (Bel)      19
22. Radomir Simunek (Cze)       19
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
41. Steffen Weigold (Ger)        1