Superprestige #6 (Vlaamse Druivenveldrit) - Cat. 1

Overijse, Belgium, December 24, 2000

Vervecken in close finish

Erwin Vervecken (RVS Liege) has won the 6th round of the Superprestige cyclocross series in Overijse, Belgium in a three man sprint. Vervecken beat Tom Vannoppen (Vlaanderen 2002) and Sven Nijs (Rabobank) at the end of an exciting race.

There were a number of falls during the race, including one on the last lap that took out Richard Groenendaal (SP leader and World Champion). He recovered to finish 7th behind Wim De Vos, Peter van Santvliet and Bart Wellens (all Spaar Select) and but still has a comfortable 50 point lead in the Superprestige series with two rounds left.

Belgian Mario De Clerq (Domo-Farm Frites) was ill and could not start. He dropped from second to sixth in the overall classification.

Results

Elite Men

1 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) RVS Liege              59.45
2 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
3 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank                      0.03
4 Wim De Vos (Ned) Spaar Select                 0.13
5 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select        0.20
6 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select               0.25
7 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank            0.30
8 Marc Janssens (Bel) Palmans Ideal             1.08
9 Jiri Pospisil (Cze) Czech Republic            1.13
10 Gretenius Gommers (Ned) WTC Woerden          1.19
11 Kipcho Volckaerts (Bel) Jonge Renners
12 Ben Berden (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 2.02
13 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Den Tip Vorselaar        2.43
14 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 2.52
15 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Van Vliet-Weba	3.13
16 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chassures	3.20
17 Roland Schätti (Swi) GS Mephisto Romers	3.42
18 Daniele Pontoni (Ita) Selle Italia		3.45
19 Maarten Nijland (Ned) WTC Woerden		3.55
20 Tom De Kort (Bel)				4.33
21 Wim Jacobs (Bel)				4.45
22 Patrick Schurmans (Bel)			4.57
23 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) De Kastelse Dur.	5.05
24 Tadeus Korzenieuwski (Pol) Ekolog		5.15
25 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Uden			5.25
26 Marek Cichosz (Pol)				5.40
27 Roel Van Houtum (Ned) 			6.02
28 Stefano Toffoletti (Ita) 			6.21
29 Matthew Ellis (GBr) 				6.38
30 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 			6.44

Superprestige Standings after round 6

1 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank            154 pts
2 Peter van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select        104 
3 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select               102 
3 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002           102 
5 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) RVS Liege               94  
6 Mario de Clercq (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites        93  
7 Sven Nijs (Bel) Rabobank                      78  
8 Marc Janssens (Bel) Palmans Ideal             73  
9 Kipcho Volckaerts (Bel) Jonge Renners         60  
10 Gerben de Knegt (Ned) Rabobank               57  
10 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Den Tip Vorselaar        57 
12 Daniele Pontoni (Ita) Selle Italia		43
13 Christophe Morel (Fra) Besson Chassures	41
14 Wim De Vos (Ned) Spaar Select		40
15 Jiri Pospisil (Cze) Czech Republic		33
16 Gretienus Gommers (Ned) WTC Woerden		29
17 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000	27
18 Björn Rondelez (Bel) Spar-OKI		26
19 Ben Berden (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx	21
20 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Mez Team		19
20 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Van Vliet-Weba	19
20 Maarten Nijland (Ned) WTC Woerden		19
23 Peter Dlask (Cze) Czech Republic		17
24 David Dereges (Fra) 				13
25 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Uden			12
25 Roland Schätti (Swi) GS Mephisto Romers	12
27 Peter Willemsens (Bel) Den Tip Vorselaar	 6
28 Kurt De Roose (Bel)				 5
29 Matthew Ellis (GBr) 				 2
29 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) De Kastelse Dur		 2
31 Pedro Baelen (Bel)				 1
31 Wilfried Veldkamp (Ned)			 1
31 Tom De Kort (Bel)				 1