Belgian Erwin Vervecken has won the Grand Prix de France, the fourth round in the cylo-cross World Cup, beating his countryman Mario De Clerq and Richard Groenendaal of the Netherlands.
Cyclingnews Cyclo-crosser of the Year Sven Nys retains the overall series lead despite only finishing in tenth place.
1 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 56.48 2 Mario De Clercq (Bel) 0.11 3 Richard Greonendaal (Ned) 1.44 4 Jiri Pospisil (Cze) 2.10 5 Bart Wellens (Bel) 2.17 6 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) 2.21 7 Maarten Nijland (Ned) 2.28 8 Dominique Arnould (Fra) 2.48 9 Wim De Vos (Ned) 3.02 10 Sven Nys (Bel) 3.08 11 Beat Wabel (Swi) 12 David Derepas (Fra) 13 Radek Tichy (Cze) 14 Marc Gullickson (USA) 15 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 16 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 17 Vaclav Jezek (Cze) 18 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) 19 Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 20 David Rusch (Swi) 21 Valeriano Vandelli (Ita) 22 Geoffrey Clochez (Fra) 23 Tim Johnson (USA) 24 Christian Heule (Swi) 25 Robert Glajza (Svk) 26 Tobias Nestle (Ger) 27 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) 28 Mark Muller (Ger) 29 Vaclav Metlicka (Svk) 30 Jonathan Page (USA) 31 David Seco Amundarain (Spa) 32 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 33 Massimo Sargenti (Ita) 34 Ales Mudroch (Cze) 35 Jens Reuker (Ger) 36 Christian Wasmer (Ger) 1 lap 37 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) 38 Radoslav Czapla (Pol) 39 Marco Paludetti (Ita) 40 Guillaume Benoit (Fra)
1 Sven Nys (Bel) 192 pts 2 Mario De Clercq (Bel) 170 3 Bart Wellens (Bel) 161 4 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 145 5 Richard Greonendaal (Ned) 138