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Cyclo-Cross World Cup #5 - CDM
Wetzikon, Switzerland, December 5, 2004
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Nys on top
Sven Nys (Rabobank) has won round #5 of this season's Cyclo-cross World Cup, 50 metres in front of his teammate Groenendaal and chasing Dlask and Vervecken. World Champion Bart Wellens finished 10th with an injured thumb, and Sven Vanthourenhout was placed last of his group for hindering Mlynar in the sprint.
How it unfolded
After a first front group of seven broke away from the bunch after the start, but was joined by ten other riders during the second lap. Sven Nys then took over commands and increased the pace until a smaller group of six riders emerged, including himself, Wellens, Groenendaal, Mourey, Dlask and Franzoi. It looked like the kind of breakaway that could take it to the finish, but the chasers moved up on them and everything got back together - except for Aubusher, who had some trouble with his chain. With one lap to go, Nys attacked again and only Groenendaal, Dlask and Vervecken could follow. But not for long, as the Belgian leader of the World Cup ranking made an impressive solo to the finish. It was Nys' 25th World Cup race win.
Results
Elite 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 1.01.55 2 Petr Dlask (Cze) Author Praha 0.04 3 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 4 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 5 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 0.23 6 Zdenek Mlynár (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 7 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 8 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 9 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 10 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.38 11 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 0.49 12 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 0.54 13 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 14 Francis Mourey (Fra) 1.03 15 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 1.18 16 Malte Urban (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 1.39 17 Martin Nijland (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusccher 18 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 19 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 20 Steve Chainel (Fra) ASPTT Nancy 2.03 21 Marco Bianco (Ita) 22 Ondrej Lukes (Cze) Tatramleko 23 Beat Morf (Swi) 24 David Derepas (Fra) 25 Václav Jezek (Cze) 26 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Saey-Deschacht 2.26 27 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 2.29 28 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 2.44 29 Vladimír Kyzivát (Cze) Johnson Controls AS MB 4.59 30 Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 31 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP Sport A.S. 32 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 3.11 33 Roman Peter (Swi) 3.23 34 Jean-Pierre Leijten (Ned) 3.26 35 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 4.02 36 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 4.11 37 Václav Metlicka (Svk) CK ZP Sport A.S. 4.21 38 Steffen Weigold (Ger) 4.24 39 Reto Matt (Ger) 4.27 40 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 4.36 41 Beat Wabel (Swi) 6.21 42 Jens Reuker (Ger) 6.25 43 Milan Barenyi (Svk) 6.27 one lap behind 44 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 45 Maik Müller (Ger) 46 Roger Schuppli (Swi) 47 Pietro Pavoni (Ita) 48 Scott Keller (USA) 49 Alessandro Di Tano (Ita) 50 Paolo Pavoni (Ita) 51 Josh Powers (USA) Under 23 1 Martin Bína (Cze) Author Praha 51.31 2 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 4 Simon Zahner (Swi) 5 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 6 Julien Belgy (Fra) 0.08 7 Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) 8 Rob Peeters (Bel) 9 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 10 Marco Aurelio Fontana 11 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 0.17 12 Romain Villa (Fra) 0.44 13 Jochen Uhrig (Ger) 14 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 1.04 15 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 1.22 16 Flavio Alex Longhi (Ita) 17 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 1.38 18 Luca Damiani (Ita) 1.42 19 Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) 20 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 1.49 21 Renè Lang (Swi) 22 Erik Miorini (Ita) 2.30 23 Nicolas Bazin (Fra) 2.55 24 Paul Voss (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 3.04 25 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) 3.06 26 Lukas Keller (Ger) 3.43 27 Till Schaltegger (Swi) 3.46 28 Daniel Schütz (Swi) 5.02 29 Robin Schmuda (Ger) 5.46 one lap behind 30 Martin Muller (Swi) 31 Rene Murpf (Swi) 32 Mathieu Rochat (Swi) Juniors 1 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) 39.26 2 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) 3 Davide Malcarne (Ita) 4 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) 5 Robert Gavenda (Svk) 6 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) 0.07 7 Geoffrey Lorrain (Fra) 0.10 8 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 0.21 9 David Menger (Cze) 0.48 10 Julien Berard (Fra) 0.55 11 Jan Van Dael (Bel) 12 Martin Nemecek (Cze) 1.06 13 Romain Lejeune (Fra) 1.15 14 Patrick Vliegen (Ned) 1.23 15 Pascal Meyer (Swi) 16 Matthias Flückiger (Swi) 1.34 17 Sascha Wagner (Ger) 1.46 18 Guillaume Perrot (Fra) 2.00 19 Ondres Bambula (Cze) 2.03 20 Kenneth Van Compernolle 21 Natanael Rother (Swi) 2.14 22 Loris Bompieri (Swi) 2.27 23 Romain Beney (Swi) 2.46 24 Omar Sottocornola (Ita) 2.57 25 Patrick Nuber (Ger) 3.10 26 Robert Bachraty (Svk) 3.21 27 Benoit Roten (Swi) 3.34 28 Lukas Kloucek (Cze) 5.21 one lap behind 29 Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) 30 Thomas Frei (Swi)
