Superprestige Round 9 - Cat. 1Wetzikon, Switzerland, January 23, 2000Sven Nijs won the dress rehearsal for the World's for the second time after a duel with Rabobank team mate Richard Groenendaal. The latter did a full sumersault in the snow in the third lap but managed to get on his bike and hang on to Nijs, who had fallen a little bit earlier, and the pair stuck together until the last lap. World Champion Mario de Clercq defended third place quite easily ahead of home rider Beat Wabel who, like the rest of the Swiss, has kept himself away from several of the important races this year. German road ace Hanka Kupfernagel won the first Swiss cyclo cross ever for women and will be one of the favorites in the World's. The Italian and American nationals had nothing to say in this race. The margin was 1.47 over 12.3 kms. With Bart Wellens in the Elite field French David Derepas won the U 23 race at Wetziikon ahead of two compatriots. A strong French showing a week before the World's. After them came the national champions of Germany, Austria and, after another French rider, Switzerland. The Transatlantic hopes for the Wold's will be among the juniors where Walker Fergusson defeated French Ludovic Lemagourou by eleven seconds.
Results: 1. Sven Nijs (Bel) 1.00.51 2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 0.26 3. Mario De Clercq (Bel) 0.41 4. Beat Wabel (Swi) 1.06 5. Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 1.08 6. Adrie Van der Poel (Ned) 1.29 7. Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) 1.36 8. Dominique Arnould (Fra) 1.45 9. Gerben De Knegt (Ned) 1.53 10. Tom Van Noppen (Bel) 1.55 11. Bart Wellens (Bel) 2.56 12. Marc Jansens (Bel) 3.07 13. Roland Schätti (Swi) 3.09 14. Dieter Runkel (Swi) 3.19 15. Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 3.21 16. Alexandre Moos (Swi) 3.26 17. Jiri Pospisil (Cze) 3.50 18. Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) 3.59 19. Björn Ronelez (Bel) 4.05 20. Radomir Simunek (Cze) 4.09 21. Maarten Nijland (Ned) 4.13 22. Marc Gullickson (USA) 4.43 23. Vaclav Metlicka (Cze) 4.47 24. Thomas Steiger (Swi) 4.48 25. Arne Daelmans (Bel) 4.55 26. Beat Blum (Swi) 4.58 27. Pascal Triebel (Lux) 5.06 28. Danny De Bie (Bel) 5.20 29. Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 5.35 30. Igor Tavella (Ita) 5.50 31. Peter Dlask (Cze) 6.05 32. Peter Novy (Cze) 6.10 33. Massimo Sargenti (Ita) 6.11 34. Justin Robinson (USA) 6.43 35. Bart Bowen (USA) 1 lap 36. Daniele Pontoni (Ita) 37. Fabrizio Margon (Ita) Overall standings: 1. Sven Nijs (Bel) 241 pts 2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 218 3. Adri van der Poel (Ned) 168 4. Mario de Clerq (Bel) 167 5. Bart Wellens (Bel) 156 6. Peter van Santvliet (Bel) 126 7. Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 108 8. Tom van Noppen (Bel) 88 9. Ben Berden (Bel) 77 10. Daniele Pontoni (Ita) 68 11. Gerben De Knegt (Ned) 67 12. Björn Rondelez (Bel) 66 13. Marc Janssens (Bel) 64 14. Arne Daelmans (Bel) 59 15. Jiri Pospisil (Cze) 56 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. Radomir Simunek (Cze) 20 22. David Willemsens (Bel) 19 23. Beat Wabel (Swi) 18 24. Dominique Arnould (Fra) 13 25. Roland Schätti (Swi) 8 26. Kipcho Volcaerts (Bel) 7 27. Dieter Runkel (Swi) 7 28. Wim Jacobs (Bel) 6 29. Christophe Morel (Fra) 6 30. Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 6 31. Kris Wauters (Bel) 5 32. Massimo Sargentti(Ita) 5 33. Gretianus Gommers (Ned) 5 34. Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) 4 35. Geert Vandaele (Bel) 3 36. Igor Tavella (Ita) 3 37. Malte Urban (Ger) 3 38. Kipcho Volckaerts (Bel) 3 39. Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) 3 40. Wilfried Veldkamp (Ned) 2 41. Tom Peynaert (Bel) 2 42. Luca Bramati (Ita) 2 43. Willand van Gils (Ned) 1 44. Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) 1 45. Alessandro Iori (Ita) 1 46. Jan van Donik (Ned) 1 47. Steffen Weingold (Ger) 1 Women: 1. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) 35.43 2. Annabella Stroparo (Ita) 1.47 3. Ann Grande (USA) 2.47 4. Chantal Daucourt (Swi) Trek-Volkswagen 2.54 5. Jana Jerabkova (Cze) 3.42 6. Ruth Matthes (USA) 4.02 7. Charmen Richardson (USA) 4.05 8. Regina Marunde (Ger) 4.07 9. Emmily Thorne (USA) 4.19 10. Nadia Triquet (Fra) 4.37 11. Giuliana Pvagleri (Ita) 4.51 12. Jennifer Dial (USA) 5.30 13. Sandra Miesbach (Ger) 5.52 14. Katleen Vermeiren (Bel) 5.58 15. Paula Havlikova (Cze) 6.03 16. Alexandra Bähler (Swi) GS Mazza RRC Bern 7.20 17. Anja Nobus§ (Bel) 7.22 18. Kathrin Blincoe (USA) 7.29 19. Zdenka Havlikova (Cze) 8.28 20. Paula Neradilova (Cze) 9.16 21. Els Reinders (Bel) 1 lap 22. Franziska Ebinger (Swi) RV Ersigen U23: 1. David Derepas (Fra) 49.10 2. Julien Bertaut (Fra) 0.06 3. Thomas Lecuyer (Fra) 0.25 4. Steffen Weigold (Ger) 0.36 5. Peter Presslauer (Aut) 0.52 6. Francis Mourey (Fra) 0.55 7. Matthias Kern (Swi) GS FUMO Velo Weidmann 0.56 8. Michi Baumgartner (Swi) GS Hittnau-Luongo-Haba 0.57 9. Valeriano Vandelli (Ita) 1.00 10. Christian Wasmer (Ger) 1.01 11. Wim Jacobs (Bel) 1.29 12. Christian Trafelet (Swi) Team Mephisto Romers 1.42 13. Ondrej Dlask (Cze) 2.04 14. Sbetta Michele (Ita) 3.14 15. Hannes Genze (Ger) 3.16 16. Aurélien Clerc (Swi) GS Dom Cycle 3.21 17. Tim Pauwels (Bel) 3.24 18. Steve Fogen (Lux) 3.28 19. Marco Baggenstos (Swi) VC Bauma-Schoch-Group 3.48 20. Benjamin Jacques Maine (USA) 3.49 21. Andy Jacques Maine (USA) 3.59 22. Kevin Bosschaert (Bel) 4.20 23. Gusty Bausch (Lux) 4.21 24. John Gadret (Fra) 4.28 25. Josef Sovkup (Cze) 5.17 26. Jens Reuker (Ger) 5.19 27. Björn Schröder (Ger) 5.21 28. Reto Hess (Swi) GS Hittnau-Luongo-Haba 5.30 29. Markus Amstutz (Swi) Toms Bike Center 5.31 30. David Rusch (Swi) Team Mephisto Romers 5.34 31. Radek Becka (Cze) 5.35 32. Mark Schuppli (Swi) GS Hittnau-Luongo-Haba 6.19 33. Jed Sheckler (USA) 6.50 34. Pavel Vesely (Cze) 7.27 35. Alain Bischofberger (Swi) VC Hittnau 1 lap 36. Albert Weber (Swi) VC Steinmaur-Ericsson 37. Toni Ballat (Swi) VC Steinmaur-Ericsson 38. Urs Bolliger (Swi) VMC Nänikon-Volketswil Juniors: 1. Walker Ferguson (USA) 37.17 2. Ludovic Le Magourou (Fra) 0.11 3. Jan Kunta (Cze) 0.35 4. Sébastien Minard (Fra) 0.50 5. Pierre Vaillant (Fra) 0.51 6. Leo Karstens (Ger) 0.55 7. Steve Chminel (Fra) 1.01 8. Enrico Franzoni (Ita) 1.03 9. Roger Schuppli (Swi) VC Hittnau 1.05 10. Alan Obye (USA) 1.10 11. Simon Wüthrich (Swi) 1.28 12. Nicky David (Bel) 1.39 13. Daniel Hufnagel (Aut) Radklinik Trofelach 1.52 14. Daniel Parpan (Swi) GS Luongo-VMC Liestal 2.01 15. Gilbert Obrist (Swi) Team Fixträger AG 2.11 16. Roger Jakob (Swi) VC Bauma Schoch Group 2.12 17. Josh Antony (USA) 2.41 18. Toby Swanson (USA) 2.47 19. Nik-Otto Kummer (Ger) 3.11 20. Francesco Cingolani (Ita) 3.14 21. Marc Ernster (Lux) 3.18 22. Markus Spanke (Ger) 3.41 23. Bert De Wispelare (Bel) 3.44 24. Justin Thompson (USA) 3.53 25. Radomir Simunek jun. (Cze) 4.17 26. Jonatan Tabota (Ita) 4.19 27. Stefan Trafelet (Swi) RV Wetzikon-Tröhler 4.24 28. Pavel Linet (Cze) 4.51 29. Pavel Martinek (Cze) 5.14 30. Alain Rey (Swi) 6.19 31. Stefan Hofmeier (Swi) RV Adler Frenkendorf 6.24 32. Steve Grossenbacher (Swi) VC Aigle 7.20 33. Benjamin Schwarz (Ger) 1 lap 34. Fabian Helbling (Swi) Courtesy of Swiss Cycling News |