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Krawaten Cross (Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden #7) - C1
Lille, Belgium, February 7, 2009
2008 results Results Past Winners
Heroic duel between Belgian titans earns Albert a crepe
Nys secures overall victory in Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy
By Brecht Decaluwé
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Freshly crowned cyclo-cross World Champion Niels Albert and Belgian champion Sven Nys fought out a great duel in the Krawatencross in Lille, Belgium. In the end it was 23-year-old Albert who threw his bike just ahead of Nys' at the finish line. It was Albert's first victory as World Champion. The second place from Nys was enough for the Belgian to secure the overall victory in the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy. Overall second-placed Bart Wellens missed his start in Lille and was only able to do damage control by finishing third on the day.
"I'm dead empty," Albert said right after crossing the line. "After such an intense week, fatigue is playing an important role. I gave all I had after a bet with my physiotherapist. He said that I wouldn't crack the top-5 with my crappy legs... now I've won a crepe, but he's going to pay it; I'm longing to see his face when he does that," Albert smiled.
Despite realising he wasn't as fresh as the other riders Albert opted to make it a hard race, chasing the glory of a crepe. Copying his winning move at the World Championships Albert put the hammer down already during the second lap. Three men were left in contention for the victory and out of a group with Sven Vanthourenhout, Zdenek Stybar and Sven Nys it was the latter who escaped in search of Albert. At one moment an unleashed Albert led by seventeen seconds.
When Belgian champion Nys started his solo effort he quickly got back to ten seconds. The gap remained constant as the two rode over the technical sandy course. At the half-way mark it was still eight seconds. It took Nys two more laps to get back to the front and during the two remaining laps the two had a cease-fire.
"There was no other option than to sprint for it," Nys said. "It took a lot of effort to get back to Niels. During the first half of the race I made a lot of technical mistakes but once I got into the rhythm I stopped losing time. It took a lot of time but I knew I was getting back to the front," Nys said.
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Neither one is regarded as a good sprinter. Albert led it out and Nys was able to hold the wheel. Nys came over on the right hand side and side-by-side the two Belgians stormed to the finish line.
"I saw that Sven was coming so I moved to the right to get on his wheel. It took a while before he came over... and apparently he was unable to get over me," Albert said. Nys suffered and he couldn't get past Albert before the line. "I'm happy with my sprint since I was able to get next to him. I lacked the energy that I lost to get back to him during the race. I'm pleased with the fact that I was battling along for the victory," Nys said.
In the background Wellens showed up as best of the rest. The Belgian missed his start and was forced to pick up riders early on. With four laps to go he bridged up with Sven Vanthourenhout and Stybar. He left thw two behind but was still at 38 seconds to the front with two laps to go. "At the start a lot of stuff happened. I got away reasonably well but at the first sandy 180° corner some nobodies were pushing and kicking their way past me. A few moments later they have to let go of the good guys but for me it's over then. By the time I moved to the front of the big group those two champions [Nys and Albert] were gone," Wellens said.
Nys secured the overall victory in the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy. He leads the classification with 239 points ahead Wellens (197). With one round left Stybar still has a chance to overtake his teammate Wellens for second place as he is only seven points back. Kevin Pauwels leads a group of four riders who will fight for fourth place. Bart Aernouts has 160 points, Thijs Al has one point less while today's winner Albert has 155 points. Due to a crash in November Albert was unable to ride all rounds of the GvA-Trophy.
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- Sven Nys in the lead ahead of Niels Albert.
- Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) sets the pace in the lead group.
- Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) put on a show in Lille.
- Sven Vanthourenhout (Sunweb-Projob)
- Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) chasing through the sand.
- Bart Wellens (Fidea) runs through the sand pit.
- Belgian champion Sven Nys hoists his Colnago over the barriers.
- New world champion Niels Albert puts the rainbow bands on display in Lille.
- It's a drag race to the line between Sven Nys and Niels Albert.
- Sven Nys and Niels Albert battle it out for the win in Lille
- Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) gets it with a bike throw just ahead of Sven Nys.
- The podium in Lille: Sven Nys, Niels Albert and Bart Wellens.
- Bart Wellens looks pretty happy with himself after taking a third-place finish.
- The elite men's podium is a quality trio.
- The elite men's podium (l-r) Sven Nys, Niels Albert and Bart Wellens.
- Belgium U23 champion Baestens Vincent hangs tough in Lille.
- Newly-crowned U23 world champion Philipp Walsleben finished second in Lille.
- Quentin Bertholet (Fidea) fininshed in ninth.
- Arnaud Jouffroy (Vendée U Pays de la Loire) took seventh place in Lille.
- The U23 men's podium (l-r): Philipp Walsleben, Jan Denuwelaere and Tom Meeusen.
- Germany's Philipp Walsleben (Team BKCP-Power Plus) is presented as the U23 men's world champion.
- Local girl Sanne Cant (A.D.S. Selle Italia Guerciotti) on her way to taking third in Lille.
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) jumps the hurdles on her way to the win.
- Marianne Vos was back racing after winning the world title and took second in Lille.
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) wins the Krawaten Cross in Lille.
- The women's podium (l-r): Marianne Vos, Daphny van den Brand and Sanne Cant.
- All smiles from the ladies on the podium after a tough day in Lille.
- Bart Wellens (Fidea) tests his balance on one of the sandy corners in Lille.
- Bart Wellens rolls in to take third at the Krawaten Cross.
- Rabobank rider Bart Aernouts finished the day in 13th place.
- Sven Nys showing how its done on his way to second in Lille.
- Fidea's Zdenek Štybar rides hard on his way to fourth place.
- Thijs Al takes it to the limit as he tries to secure a top ten place - he managed to round it out.
- Rob Peeters (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) finished 12 places lower than teammate Sven Nys.
- Niels Albert (BKCP - Powerplus) proved his world title was no fluke with another win in Lille.
- Sven Vanthourenhout (Sunweb-Projob) finished in fifth place.
- Štybar has a look to see where his competitors are.
- Bart Wellens ran the sandy corner after having earlier ridden it.
- Sven Nys in a familiar position out the front of the race.
- Some Bart Wellens fans could go home happy with the fact he made the podium.
- Fidea rider Kevin Pauwels rolls in to take seventh place.
Images by Tom de Meyer/www.TomDeMeyer.be
- Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) concentrates while dismounting
- Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) steps off the bike
- Sven Nys (Bel) chased hard after Albert
- Niels Albert (Bel) was eventually caught by Nys and it came to a sprint.
- Zdenek Stybar (Cze) gets ready to run
- Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) pushes his bike through the sand.
- Richard Groenendaal (Ned) jumps to run
- Erwin Vervecken (Bel) demonstrates the perfect dismounting motion
- Thijs Al (Ned) also ready to hit the running section
Results
Elite Men (45 starters) 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 59.20 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.44 4 Zdenek Štybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 1.07 5 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 1.29 6 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 7 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 8 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) AA Drink - Be One 9 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team 10 Thijs Al (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne 2.29 11 Marco Bianco (Ita) L Arcobaleno Carraro Team 2.34 12 Gerben de Knegt (Ned) Rabobank 2.40 13 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 2.32 14 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.00 15 Ben Berden (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team 3.05 16 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) KDL Trans NV 3.15 17 Christian Heule (Swi) RendementhypoCycling Team 3.37 18 Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW 3.46 19 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof 4.40 20 Petr Dlask (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 21 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned) Het Snelle Wiel 5.49 22 Jan Soetens (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team 23 Mariusz Gil (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie 6.03 24 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 6.24 25 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) Lingier Versluys Beachbikers Team 6.35 26 Mike Thielemans (Bel) Team-Thielemans & Co 6.44 27 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW 28 Sten Raeymakers (Bel) 7.10 29 Tom De Kort (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 7.13 One lap behind 30 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans-Cras Two laps behind 31 Nico Berckmans (Bel) Dcm-Gb Vorselaar Cycling Team VZW Three laps behind 32 Jo Naert (Bel) Lingier Versluys Beachbikers Team 33 Ken Smets (Bel) 34 Andre Sutton (Can) Hardcore Cycling Club Four laps behind 35 Bram Wind (Ned) Five laps behind 36 Freddy De Meester (Bel) Rijschool Ah - Gentse Vs 37 Dries Cauwelier (Bel) Cycling Team Cauwelier Roeselare 38 Jochen Danckaers (Bel) 39 Jan Willem Kamphof (Ned) 40 Kurt Loef (Bel) Intermediate sprint 1 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 3 pts 2 Zdenek Štybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 2 3 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 GvA Trophy Standings 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 239 pts 2 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 197 3 Zdenek Štybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 190 4 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 172 5 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 160 6 Thijs Al (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne 159 7 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 155 8 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 137 9 Gerben de Knegt (Ned) Rabobank 135 10 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) AA Drink - Be One 128 11 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 118 12 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 116 13 Radomír Šimunek Ml (Cze) BKCP - Power Plus 104 14 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 97 15 Ben Berden (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team 89 16 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) KDL Trans NV 86 17 Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW 82 18 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 79 19 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team 75 20 Petr Dlask (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 71 21 Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) 66 22 Christian Heule (Swi) RendementhypoCycling Team 62 23 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 200 24 Marco Bianco (Ita) L Arcobaleno Carraro Team 50 pts 25 Mariusz Gil (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie 45 26 Jan Soetens (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team 43 27 David Willemsens (Bel) Revor - Jartazi Cycling Team 35 28 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 29 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW 33 pts 30 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Afdeling Oost-Vlaanderen WBV - VZW 28 31 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 27 32 Nico Berckmans (Bel) Dcm-Gb Vorselaar Cycling Team VZW 24 33 Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne 21 34 Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned) Het Snelle Wiel 20 35 Jeremy Powers (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale 18 36 Jonathan Page (USA) Planet Bike 37 Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned) Sint Oedenrode 14 pts 38 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 13 39 Marek Cichosz (Pol) Legia 192 40 René Birkenfeld (Ger) Stevens Cyclocross Team Hamburg 12 pts 41 Magnus Darvell (Swe) 11 42 Ian Field (GBr) Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/GSI 43 Jody Crawforth (GBr) Arctic - Premier RT 8 pts 44 Oscar Vazquez (Spa) 45 Jimmy Tielens (Bel) Team Saeco Focus 201 46 Bart Verschueren (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team 7 pts 47 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Prodoli Racing Team 48 Steven De Schoesitter (Bel) Rudyco Cycling Team 49 Andre Sutton (Can) Hardcore Cycling Club 50 Tim Heemskerk (Ned) Edmonton 51 Brian Matter (USA) 52 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans-Cras 53 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) Lingier Versluys Beachbikers Team 6 pts 54 Gusty Bausch (Lux) LC Kayl 55 Troy Wells (USA) 56 Mike Thielemans (Bel) Team-Thielemans & Co 5 pts 57 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) 58 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Exe Jeans 59 Carlos Hernandez (Spa) 60 Freddy De Meester (Bel) Rijschool Ah - Gentse Vs 61 Tom De Kort (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 62 Sten Raeymakers (Bel) 3 pts 63 Jerry Kallenfels (Ned) Easypay Cyclocross Team 2 64 Ken Smets (Bel) 1 Women (28 starters) 1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 39.33 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank Ladies Cycling-Team - VVHP 0.19 3 Sanne Cant (Bel) A.D.S. Selle Italia Guerciotti 0.41 4 Sanne van Paassen (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 1.52 5 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint 2.06 6 Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) J&G Cycling Team 3.03 7 Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 3.53 8 Abke Francissen (Ned) Team Brabant 2000 3.56 9 Nicolle De Bie-Leyten (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 4.05 10 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports-Merida 11 Katrien Pauwels (Bel) Empella Czech Team 12 Christine Vardaros (USA) 13 Lana Verberne (Ned) 14 Iris Ockeloen (Ned) 15 Karen Verhestraeten 16 Katrien Thijs (Bel) Edegem Bicycle Club V.Z.W. 17 Ellen Van Loy (Bel) 18 Britt Jochems (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 19 Katrien Vermeiren (Bel) Emversport International C. T. Vzw 20 Gitte Van Ende (Bel) 21 Alleleijn ten Haaf (Ned) 22 Sharon Defoor (Bel) Asfra Racing Team 23 Sandie Verriest (Bel) Asfra Racing Team 24 Inge Van Raemdonck (Bel) 25 Tessa De Moyer (Bel) GvA Trophy Standings after 2 races 1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 50 pts 2 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank Ladies Cycling-Team - VVHP 41 3 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint 4 Sanne Cant (Bel) A.D.S. Selle Italia Guerciotti 26 pts 5 Katherine Compton (USA) Spike 22 6 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Itera-Stevens 7 Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) J&G Cycling Team 8 Sanne van Paassen (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 17 pts 9 Rachel Lloyd (USA) California Giant Cycling Team 10 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports-Merida 16 pts 11 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Team Flexpoint 15 12 Nikki Harris (GBr) Sprinters Malderen 13 Reza Hormes (Ned) Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 14 pts 14 Pauline Ferrand (Fra) 15 Abke Francissen (Ned) Team Brabant 2000 13 pts 16 Georgia Gould (USA) 17 Nicolle De Bie-Leyten (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 12 pts 18 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) KC Kooperativa SG Jablonec 11 19 Katrien Pauwels (Bel) Empella Czech Team 10 20 Gabriella Day (GBr) Vision 21 Christine Vardaros (USA) 9 pts 22 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona Cyclocross Team 23 Larna Verberne (Bel) 8 pts 24 Iris Ockeloen (Ned) 7 25 Sue Buetler (USA) 26 Karen Verhestraeten 6 pts 27 Katrien Thijs (Bel) Edegem Bicycle Club V.Z.W. 5 28 Helen Wyman (GBr) Vision 29 Ellen van Loy (Bel) 4 pts 30 Mika Ogishima (Jpn) 31 Britt Jochems (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 3 pts 32 Katrien Vermeiren (Bel) Emversport International C. 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Vzw 2 33 Ayako Toyooka (Jpn) 34 Gitte Van Ende (Bel) 1 U23 (49 starters) 1 Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW 49.06 2 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Team BKCP-Power Plus 3 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 4 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 0.15 5 Jim Aernouts (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 0.19 6 Jan Van Dael (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 7 Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Vendée U Pays de la Loire 8 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) AA Cycling Team 0.33 9 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 10 Kevin Cant (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 0.52 11 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.59 12 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank 1.01 13 Stef Boden (Bel) AA Drink Cycling Team 1.06 14 Dave De Cleyn (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 1.17 15 Gianni Denolf (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 1.49 16 Robert Gavenda (Svk) Fidea Cycling Team 1.51 17 Twan van den Brand (Ned) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 1.52 18 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 2.33 19 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 2.38 20 Wim Leemans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 3.01 21 Lukáš Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb - Projob Cycling Team 3.24 22 Ruben Veestraeten (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 3.27 23 Kobus Hereijgers (Ned) 3.29 24 Sven Beelen (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team 3.35 25 Zeb Willems (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 3.37 26 Matthias Nilson (Swe) 3.53 27 Kristof Cop (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 3.59 28 Robby Cobbaert (Bel) Xcluziv Cycling Team 4.01 29 Dennis Verhoeven (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 4.07 30 Bart Hermans (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team 4.14 31 Matthias Onghena (Bel) SDC - Rogelli Cycling Team 4.44 32 Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Vanomobil MTB Cycling Team 4.50 33 Edwin Arts (Ned) 5.23 34 Jonathan Bervoets (Bel) Heylen Meubelcentrale Zlwc St.Tru 6.11 35 Simon Geets (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 7.10 36 Jonas De Boey (Bel) WSC Hoop Op Zegen - Beveren One lap behind 37 Jens Gys (Bel) 38 Kenny Maes (Bel) 39 Nick De Proost (Bel) Off Road Club Bmx 200 40 Glenn Van Ginneken (Bel) Two laps behind 41 Cristian Izquierdo 42 Kenneth Speltinck (Bel) 43 Lorenzo Messine (Bel) Cyclo Cross Team WAArschoot 44 Rick van Deursen (Ned) 45 Tom Desmet (Bel) Asfra Racing Team U23 GvA Trophy Standings after 7 races 1 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Team BKCP-Power Plus 147 pts 2 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 100 3 Jim Aernouts (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 98 4 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 78 5 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) AA Cycling Team 77 6 Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW 73 7 Tom Meeusen (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 71 8 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland 70 9 Stef Boden (Bel) AA Drink Cycling Team 65 10 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 64 11 Kevin Cant (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 57 12 Sven Verboven (Bel) 48 13 Dave De Cleyn (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 47 14 Lukáš Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb - Projob Cycling Team 43 15 Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Vendée U Pays de la Loire 40 16 Jan Van Dael (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 38 17 Gianni Denolf (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 37 18 Lubomír Petruš (Cze) BKCP - Power Plus 35 19 Robert Gavenda (Svk) Fidea Cycling Team 30 20 Wim Leemans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus 28 21 Dries Dewit (Bel) 24 22 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank 23 23 Pawel Szczepaniak (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie 22 24 Sascha Weber (Ger) FC Rheinland-Pfalz Flonheim 21 25 Twan van den Brand (Ned) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team 17 26 Björn Selander (USA) 16 27 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank 28 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) GS Selle Italia Guerciotti - VC Mendrisio 15 pts 29 Aurélien Duval (Fra) UV Aube 14 30 Ondrej Bambula (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 13 31 Daniel Summerhill (USA) 12 32 Rudy Kowalski (Fra) 11 33 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 9 34 Janiszewski (Pol) 8 35 Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Vanomobil MTB Cycling Team 36 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 7 pts 37 Kaj Slenter (Ned) 6 38 Sven Beelen (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team 39 Kristof Cop (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 40 Tomasz Repinski (Pol) Legia 192 41 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) 100% Me 42 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 5 pts 43 Jan Van Zeebroeck (Bel) Wk Noord West Brabant 44 Kacper Szczepaniak (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie 45 Jelle Brackman (Bel) MTB Dreamteam AArtselAAr 3 pts 46 Mauro Gonzalez (Spa) 47 Matthias Nilson (Swe) 48 Dany Lacroix (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team 49 Mathieu Boulo (Fra) AC Lanester 50 Bart Bruyndonckx (Bel) Rock Werchter-Chocolade Jacques 2 pts 51 Marco Minnaard (Ned) 52 Johim Ariesen (Ned) 53 Kristof Zegers (Bel) Cycling Team 9 1 Juniors (39 starters) 1 Wietse Bosmans (Bel) 44.08 2 Tijmen Eising (Ned) 0.31 3 Corné van Kessel (Ned) 0.53 4 David van der Poel (Ned) 1.13 5 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) 1.23 6 Jens Adams (Bel) 1.45 7 Mike Teunissen (Ned) 8 Niels Koyen (Bel) 9 Valentijn Van de Velde (Bel) 2.11 10 Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) 2.34 11 Zeb Veestraeten (Bel) 3.02 12 Raf Risbourg (Bel) 3.10 13 Jelle Cant (Bel) 3.20 14 Jordy Van Staeyen (Bel) 4.45 15 Michaël Peeters (Bel) 4.59 16 Sieën Veestraeten (Bel) 17 Joeri Hofman (Bel) 5.13 18 Rinze De Proost (Bel) 5.38 19 Simon Lapeire (Bel) 5.40 20 Thomas Verbeek (Bel) 5.42 21 Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel) 5.47 22 Bert Noterman (Bel) 6.02 23 Nick van Dijke (Ned) 6.38 24 Jeffrey Mellemans (Bel) One lap behind 25 Laudelino Lammens (Bel) 26 Jens Van den Bosch (Bel) 27 Yoeri Bertels (Bel) 28 Olivier Vandevyver (Bel) 29 Stijn Heyse (Bel) 30 Michiel Janssen (Bel) 31 Rutger La Haye (Bel) Two laps behind 32 Niek Cherlet (Bel) 33 Mike Van Aken (Bel) 34 Pieter Joris (Bel) Beginners (51 starters) 1 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) 30.04 2 Diether Sweeck (Bel) 1.17 3 Jeroen Eyskens (Bel) 1.25 4 Maxim Panis (Bel) 1.51 5 Jorn Claes (Bel) 2.19 6 Daan Hoeyberghs (Bel) 2.23 7 Wout Van Aert (Bel) 2.35 8 Daan Soete (Bel) 2.41 9 Timo Verschueren (Bel) 2.53 10 Ruben Geerinckx (Bel) 3.03 11 Jens Coucquyt (Bel) 12 Stan Godrie (Ned) 13 Lorenzo Pepermans (Bel) 14 Gregory Vandaele (Bel) 15 Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) 16 Pjotr van Beek (Ned) 17 Dieter Van de Putte (Bel) 18 Jellen Schiettecatte (Bel) 19 Lorenzo Vanderschueren (Bel) 20 Jochen Vervoort (Bel) 21 Gertjan Bervoets (Bel) 22 Joni Geeraerts (Bel) 23 Jordy Vermeire (Bel) 24 Toon Aerts (Bel) 25 Michael Dhondt (Bel) 26 Jelto Veroft (Bel) 27 Jorne Kockaerts (Bel) 28 Niels Verdijck (Bel) 29 Tjebbe Lievens (Bel) 30 Michiel Van Echelpoel (Bel) 31 Jeffrey Jansegers (Bel) 32 Jago Goedefroy (Bel) 33 Glenn Thys (Bel) 34 Jens Van Rompaey (Bel) 35 Glenn Vissers (Bel) 36 Robbie van Bakel (Ned) 37 Stef Beyers (Bel) 38 Tom Bosmans (Bel) 39 Nick Van Roy (Bel) 40 Sibe Smets (Bel) 41 Steff Heyns (Bel) 42 Niels Boons (Bel) 43 Nathalie Nijns (Bel) 44 Kris Van Looveren (Bel) 45 Steffy Van den Haute (Bel) 46 Siebe Jacops (Bel) 47 Caren Commissaris (Bel) 48 Caitlyn La Haye (Bel)
Past Winners
2008 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Cras 2007 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2006 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2005 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank
