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35th Hel van het Mergelland - 1.1
Netherlands, April 5, 2008
2007 Results Results Past winners
Martin takes first pro win in High Road dominated race
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Team High Road dominated the Hel van het Mergelland, with neo-pro Tony Martin taking his first pro win ahead of team-mate Adam Hansen. The two escaped from the peloton 20 kilometers into the race and stayed away until the end, finishing nearly seven minutes ahead of their closest followers. Pieter Jacobs of Silence-Lotto finished third.
The two riders had such a large lead that Martin could afford to stop and wait when Hansen punctured with 10 km to go. That was when the two decided that the 22 year-old German should take the victory. "Adam said I should win after he punctured and I waited for him," Martin said. "I am very happy. This is my first win as a member of a ProTour team. Incredible."
Martin and Hansen crossed the finish line hand-in-hand, with Martin slightly ahead. Only 37 riders finished the race. It was supposed to end with two laps of a closing round course, but that was reduced to one lap so that the two leaders would not overtake the following group.
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- Bobbie Traksel (P3Transfer - Batavus) leads the UCI Europe tour.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) didn't enjoy the rain today.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team High Road) worked hard for High Road today.
- Team CSC had nothing to smile about today - none of their riders finished.
- Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) smiles before the race got underway.
- Wet conditions made for a tough race.
- Adam Hansen and Tony Martin (Both Team High Road) went away on their own.
- Johnny Hoogerland (Van Vliet - EBH Elshof) rode a great race to finish 4th.
- High Road were close to the front all day.
- Hansen (High Road) takes time to have something to eat.
- Martin and Hansen came to the line together.
- But chose not to sprint as they celebrated a win for the team.
- Martin may have crossed the line ahead of Hansen, but it wasa win for High Road.
- Bobbie Traksel (P3Transfer - Batavus) was dissapointed after his chain broke in the final 200m.
- What can you do?
- Pieter Jacobs (Silence - Lotto) took third almost 7 minutes down.
- Martin celebrates on the podium.
- Todays podium (l-r): Adam Hansen (2nd), Tony Martinm (1st) and Pieter Jacobs (3rd)
Results
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 4.50.17 2 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 3 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.52 4 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 5 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 6.54 6 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 7.39 7 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges 10.39 8 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 10.41 9 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 10.59 10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 11 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 12 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11.01 13 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 14 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 11.03 15 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 16 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17 Michael Tronborg Kristensen (Den) Designa Køkken 18 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 19 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 22 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 23 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 24 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) KrolStonE Continental Team 25 Christian Leben (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta 26 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 28 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 29 Frank Dressler (Ger) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 30 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 31 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11.09 32 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 33 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 34 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11.56 35 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 12.35 36 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 12.37 37 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges 15.24 DNF Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner DNF Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner DNF Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner DNF Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram DNF Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram DNF Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram DNF Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram DNF Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram DNF Edvald Boasson - Hagen (Nor) Team High Road DNF Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road DNF Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank DNF Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank DNF Wim Vanhuffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto DNF Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC DNF Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC DNF Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC DNF Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC DNF Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC DNF Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC DNF Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC DNF Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano DNF David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNF Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNF Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Steve Schets (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF Geoffrey Coupe (Bel) Mitsubishi - Jartazi DNF Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF Mindaugas Striska (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Eddy Forner (Ita) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances DNF Christophe Masson (Fra) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances DNF Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances DNF Morten Knudsen (Den) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances DNF Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances DNF Christian Poos (Lux) Differdange - Apiflo Vacances DNF Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNF Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNF Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNF Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNF Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNF Klaas Van Hage (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus DNF Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus DNF Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus DNF Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus DNF Jakob Bering (Den) Team Designa Køkken DNF Andreas Frisch (Den) Team Designa Køkken DNF Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team Designa Køkken DNF Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Team Designa Køkken DNF René Joergensen (Den) Team Designa Køkken DNF Thomas Oredsson (Den) Team Designa Køkken DNF Lasse Bøchman (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Christian Knørr (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Jacob Kodrup (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Kaspar Larsen Schjonnemann (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Michael Berling (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF André Steensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta DNF Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta DNF Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta DNF Tobias Erler (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta DNF Björn Papstein (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta DNF Sébastien Pristl (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta DNF Felix Schäfermeier (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta DNF Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Kuota - Senges DNF Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges DNF Yannick Maus (Ger) Team Kuota - Senges DNF Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Team Kuota - Senges DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Kuota - Senges DNF Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof DNF Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team DNF Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team DNF Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team DNF Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team DNF Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team DNF Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team
Past winners
2007 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2006 Mihaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR 2005 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2004 Allan Johansen (Den) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team 2003 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen T-Interim 2002 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2001 Not held 2000 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Cologne 1999 (4) Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Cologne 1998 (3) Raymond Meijs (Ned) Team Gerolsteiner 1997 (2) Raymond Meijs (Ned) Foreldorado Golff 1996 Lucien De Louw (Ned) Foreldorado Golff 1995 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Motorola 1994 John Van den Akker (Ned) Collstrop 1993 Erwin Thijs (BEL) Collstrop 1992 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Amateur 1991 Rob Compas (Ned) Amateur 1990 Raymond Meijs (Ned) Amateur Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
