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• Sven Nys with Rabobank team-mate Lars Boom before the race.
• Dutch rider Wilant Van Gils (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) finished in sixth place.
• Thijs Al (BeOne-Chain Reaction Cycles) took the final podium place on home soil.
• Sven Nys (Rabobank) quickly got away from the other riders.
• Richard Groenendaal (AA Sports Drinks) was the top Dutch rider in second place.
• A new team in European cyclo-cross? Pehaps not, the Police were just keeping and eye on things...and picking up a few riding tips.
• Norway's Martin Vestby (Time - Van Hemert) finished down in 32nd.
• Belgian Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cycling Team) wearing his World Champion jersey.
• American Jonathan Page (Sunweb-Pro Job) took a solid fifth place.
• Gerben de Knegt was the second Rabobank rider in fourth place.
• New Dutch national champion Lars Boom show off the jersey he won earlier in the week.
• Jonathan Page (Sunweb-Pro Job) led Sven Nys (Rabobank) for a while.
• Lars Boom (Rabobank) leads Wilant van Gils.
• Belgian Erwin Vervecken (Fidea Cycling Team) finished down in 10th.
• Another one in the bag: Sven Nys (Rabobank) takes victory in the Netherlands.
• Podium (L-R): Richard Groenendaal (AA Sports Drinks), Sven Nys (Rabobank) and Thijs Al (BeOne-Chain Reaction Cycles)

Results

Elite Men

1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank
2 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) AA Sports Drinks
3 Thijs Al (Ned) BeOne-Chain Reaction Cycles
4 Gerben de Knegt (Ned) Rabobank
5 Jonathan Page (USA) Sunweb-Pro Job
6 Wilant Van Gils (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida
7 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank
8 Radomír Simunek (Cze) Palmans-Cras
9 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens Racing Team
10 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team
11 Ben Berden (Bel) Revor Cycling Team
12 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Harvestehuder RSV v. 1909
13 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) CT Van Vliet EBH Advocaten
14 Bart Dirkx (Ned) TWC Tempo/BMV
15 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team
16 Martin Zlamalik (Cze)
17 Marco Bianco (Ita) Arcobaleno Carraro
18 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen
19 Jean-Pierre Leijten (Ned)
20 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned) TWC Het Snelle Wiel
21 Ivar Hartogs (Ned) Jan Van Arckel
22 Remco Broers (Ned)
23 Keiichi Tsujiura (Jpn)
24 Petr Dlask (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team
25 Harm Bronkhorst (Ned)
26 Rik van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Palmans-Cras
27 Edwin Arts (Ned)
28 Frank Van Grootel (Ned)
29 Patrick De Laat (Ned)
30 Osmond Bakker (Can)
31 Jordy Van Erp (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida
32 Martin Vestby (Nor) Norwegian National Team
33 Maarten Kemperman (Ned)
34 Koen Van Grootel (Ned)
35 Theo Postma (Ned)
36 Shaun Adamson (Can)
37 Jan-Willem Kamphof (Ned)
38 Richard Doggen (Ned)
39 Nathan Lootsma (Ned)
40 Aalzen Alma (Ned)

Past winners

2007 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
2006 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
2005 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
2004 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select
2003 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
2002 Gerben De Knegt (Ned)
2000 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) RVS Liege
1999 Sven Nijs (Bel)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com