News for December 10, 1996

Nommay (Fra), Superprestige Cycle Cross, Round 4

 1. Groenendaal (Ned) 	     1.02.00
 2. Pontoni (Ita) 		0.15
 3. De Clercq (Bel) 		0.39
 4. Frischknecht (Swi) 		0.45
 5. Van der Poel (Ned) 		0.54
 6. Chiotti (Fra) 		1.19
 7. Janssens (Bel)
 8. Vervecken (Bel) 		1.30
 9. Van Santvliet (Bel) 	1.54
10. Wabel (Swi) 		2.36
..
14. Boezewinkel (Ned)		4.04
..
38. Scheffer (Ned) 		7.40
..
44. Nijland (Ned) 	      at one lap

Standings in World Cup after Round 4

 1. Groenendaal 		69 points 
 2. Van der Poel 		61
 3. De Clercq 			45
 4. Janssens 			42 
 5. Runkel (Swi) 		33
..
12. De Vos (Ned) 		19 
..
18. Boezewinkel (Ned)		 7

Bleiswijk (NL), Cyclo Cross for elites and amateurs

 1. Talen (Kalmthout) 		     1.00.59
 2. Sintnicolaas (Dordrecht) 		0.55
 3. Maas (Zwijndrecht) 			1.05
 4. Voshol (Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel) 	1.10
 5. Hordijk (Rotterdam) 		1.40

Berlicum (NB), Cyclo Cross for elites and amateurs

 1. Van der Ven (Den Dungen) 	     1.00.42
 2. Knegt (Tilburg) 			0.25
 3. Veldkamp (Kamerik) 			0.55
 4. De Kinkelder (Duiven) 		1.02
 5. Bastiaanse (Hoogerheide) 		1.08

Women

 1. Ravenstijn (Wiegen)
 2. Van Melis (Venhorst)
 3. Van Boxmeer (Erp)

Graff, Austria - International Cyclo Cross

 1. Viergever (Drunen) 		     1.01.40
 2. Van Beek (Barneveld) 		0.20
 3. Meyer (Oosterwijk) 			0.35

Nijboer and Van Steen become amateurs

Erwin Nijboer and Martin van Steen both will go back to the amateurs of De Jonge Renner (the Young Rider) in Breda (The Netherlands) next season. Nijboer was with Banesto the last few years and wants to prepare for mountainbike via the amateur classics. In the mountainbike racing, Nijboer will ride for the the American Eagle (he is the follow up for Bart Brentjes in that team).

Martin van Steen comes from TVM.