The orange people at it againSven Nijs took his second Super Prestige Victory in Gieten, Netherlands on Sunday and now holds the lead in the GC after three events. The young Belgian (23 years) is also leading the World Cup after two events.In Sunday's race, four riders battled it out to the end with Richard Groenendaal breaking away from Belgian trio de Clerq, Nijs and Wellens on the eighth lap. However, problems with his bike on the final lap forced him to let Nijs and de Clerq pass. "Only victory counts," a disappointed Groenendaal said afterwards, since he not just lost the race but also the opportunity to take the lead in the general classification of the Super Prestige series.
Results: 1 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 1.02.14 2 Mario De Clerq (Bel) Palmans 0.07 3 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 0.11 4 Bart Wellens (Bel) 0.31 5 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) 1.35 6 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) 1.37 7 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) 1.43 8 Ben Berden (Bel) 2.02 9 Adrie Van Der Poel (Ned) 2.06 10 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) 2.09 11 Maarten Nijland 2.14 12 David Willemsens 2.19 13 Arne Daelmans 2.35 14 Wim De Vos 3.00 15 Marc Janssens 3.26 16 Kris Wouters 4.08 17 Davy Commeyne 4.58 18 Peter Dlask 5.11 19 Wilfried Veldkamp 5.48 20 Wilant Van Gils 6.23 21 Thijs Volker 1 lap 22 Camiel Van Den Bergh 23 Tim Johnson Nombre De Partants: 51 Women 1. Daphny Van Den Brand 2. Inge Velthuis 3. Danielle Jansen 4. Nicolle Leyten 5. Elly Van Boxmeer 6. Ilona Meter 7. Els Jongeling 8. Nicole Kottkamp (Germany) 9. Siddhi Stans 10. Linda Dirkx 11. Anja Reinders 12. Bea Bleumink Results courtesy of Bert Geerts Standings after two rounds:1. Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank 85 pts 2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 76 3. Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans 64 4. Adrie van der Poel (Ned) Rabobank 49 5. Bart Wellens (Bel) 45 |