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Cyclo-Cross World Cup #9 - CDM
Nommay, France, January 16, 2005
2004 Results Results Past Winners
Nys gets his fifth
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The seemingly unstoppable Sven Nys (Rabobank) has won his fifth World Cup race of the season in Nommay, leading home a Belgian avalanche that saw five Belgians claim the first five places. It was also Nys' 19th win of the season, as he beat Tom Vannoppen (Palmans), Sven Vanthourenhout (Rabobank), Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) and Davy Commeyne (Palmans-Sapim). Swiss rider Christian Heule was the first non-Belgian home in sixth place.
The race started with Italian champion Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Cafitta) leading the way out of the blocks, before a group of six riders formed on the first lap, including Nys, Heule, Vannoppen, Commeyne, Gadret (Chocolade Jacques) and Lars Boom (Rabobank). Although four of these riders would go on to finish in the top six, there was a regrouping as Nys and Gadret were joined by Sven Vanthourenhout on lap 3. They were chased and caught by Vannoppen, Commeyne, Franzoi and Vervecken, as last year's winner Bart Wellens pulled out, well out of the running.
The seven leaders were cuaght by Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) and Christian Heule to form a group of nine by lap four. Unfortunately for Gadret, he lost contact due to a mechanical, while Franzoi paid for his early efforts and also dropped off. Meanwhile, Lars Boom made it back up to the leaders which meant that there were four Rabobank riders in the top eight.
On the fifth lap, three of them went on the attack: Nys, Vanthourenhout and Boom, which blew the leading group apart. Heule, Vannoppen and Commmeyne formed a chase group behind the Rabobank trio, but on the next lap Nys attacked and was on his way to victory. After Lars Boom fell back, Vanthourenhout was caught by Vannoppen, who attacked him on the final lap to take second place behind Nys.
Photography
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- Ann Knapp making up for lost time after a first lap double flat
- Ann Knapp showing there is technique to everything
- Barbra's Howe's (Vello Bella) Rock Lobster
- Christine Vardaros (Vello Bella) Rock Lobster showing the perils of racing
- Another view of Christine's bike - think this mud would slow you down?
- Daphny van den Brand at the start - think she is relaxed?
- Nommay is where it's at!
- Hang on, where's Nommay?
- A fine cross machine by Ridley
- The Belgium pain train clocking into the office for another day's work
- Nys...alone as usual
- Vannoppen and Commeyne makes haste
- US National Champ Jonathan Page searching for the fastest line
- Ryan Trebon proving that US Cross is no longer a one man show.
- Nys closing the deal
- One of the Rabo rulers
- Palmans rider in disbelief at his own suffering
- One of the crowd favorites (must be French) displaying the advanced tri-pod technique
- Trebon in the background playing a game of chess
- Trebon post race - reflecting
- Simon Zahner defining the speed necessary for a U23 World Cup Win
- UCI Points and World Cup leader give chase
- A US rider navigates the treachery
- Finding the sweetest line...
- UCI barriers make life tough
- Last Lap Suffering in the rainbow stripes
Results
Elite Men 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Sapim 3 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank 4 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 5 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Sapim 6 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 7 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 9 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 10 Jirí Pospisil (Cze) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 11 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 12 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 13 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) 15 Martin Nijland (Ned) Eurogifts.com 16 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 17 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 18 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 19 Francis Mourey (Fra) 20 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 21 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Bejan/AA 22 David Derepas (Fra) 23 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 24 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 25 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 26 Steffen Weigold (Ger) 27 Fabian Brzezinski (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 28 Ondrej Lukes (Cze) Tatramleko 29 Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP Sport A.S. 30 Jean-Pierre Leijten (Ned) 31 Reto Matt (Ger) 32 David Rusch (Swi) 33 Roman Peter (Swi) 34 Johannes Sickmueller (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 35 Thorsten Struch (Ger) 36 Rob Jebb (GBr) 37 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 38 Beat Wabel (Swi) 39 Marco Bianco (Ita) 40 Roger Schuppli (Swi) Elite Women 1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) 2 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) Ton van Bemmelen-AA Drink 3 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) U23 Men 1 Simon Zahner (Swi) 2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 3 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 4 Julien Belgy (Fra) 5 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 6 Martin Bína (Cze) Author Praha 7 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 8 Steve Chainel (Fra) 9 Jan Soetens (Bel) 10 Romain Villa (Fra) 11 Rob Peeters (Bel) 12 Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) 13 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 14 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) 15 Rafael Visinelli (Ita) V.C. Bologna 16 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 17 Flavio Alex Longhi (Ita) 18 Jochen Uhrig (Ger) 19 Jeremy Powers (USA) 20 Anthony Colas (Fra) 21 Karl Schoknecht (Ger) 22 Matt White (USA) 23 Marco Fontana (Ita) 24 Luca Damiani (Ita) 25 Jesse Anthony (USA) Junior Men 1 Yannick Martinez (Fra) 2 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) 3 Davide Malacarne (Ita) 4 Romain Lejeune (Fra) 5 Robert Gavenda (Svk) 6 Ondres Bambula (Cze) 7 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) 8 Martin Nemecek (Cze) 9 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) 10 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 11 Christian Cominelli (Ita) 12 Guillaume Perrot (Fra) 13 Lukes Kloucek (Cze) 14 Wim Leemans (Bel) 15 Simone Pavan (Ita) 16 Julien Berard (Fra) 17 Loris Bompieri (Ita) 18 Jules Chabanon (Fra) 19 Ondres Zelinka (Cze) 20 Romain Beney (Fra) 21 Clement Bourgoin (Fra) 22 Matthias Fluckiger (Swi) 23 Robert Bachraty (Svk) 24 Sascha Wagner (Ger) 25 Geoffrey Lorrain (Fra) 26 Patrick Nuber (Ger) 27 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 28 Pascal Meyer (Swi) 29 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Courtesy of Cyclo-cross.info
World Cup standings after round 4 (final for women, U23, juniors)
Elite Women 1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) Ton van Bemmelen-AA Drink 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) U23 Men 1 Martin Bina 178 pts 2 Simon Zahner 162 3 Zdenek Stybar 158 4 Kevin Pauwels 130 5 Geert Wellens 117 6 Julien Belgy 106 7 Radomir Simunek 100 8 Lukas Flückiger 96 9 Frantisek Kloucek 88 10 Rob Peeters 87 11 Dieter Vanthourenhout 78 12 Tom Vandenbosch 74 13 Romain Villa 68 14 Niels Albert 60 15 Marco Aurelio Fontana 48 16 Yves Corminboeuf 48 17 Pirmin Lang 47 18 Thijs Van Amerongen 41 19 Sebastiaan Langeveld 40 20 Derik Zampedri 40 21 Clément Lhotellerie 38 22 Jempy Drucker 35 23 Jochen Uhrig 31 24 Flavio Alex Longhi 29 25 Erik Miorini 28 26 Steve Chainel 26 27 Luca Damiani 26 28 Jan Soetens 24 29 Guus Magielse 22 30 Bart Dirkx 21 31 Nicolas Bazin 20 32 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn 18 33 Rafael Visinelli 16 34 Bart Verschueren 16 35 Jeremy Powers 16 36 Paul Voss 15 37 Mike Thielemans 13 38 Anthony Colas 11 39 Karl Schoknecht 10 40 René Lang 10 41 Lukas Keller 10 42 Matthew White 9 43 Rikke Dijkxhoorn 8 44 Daan De Jonge 7 45 Jesse Anthony 6 46 Joeri Kouwenhoven 6 47 Jeroen Dingemans 5 48 Simon Richardson 4 49 Till Schaltegger 4 50 Laurent Didier 3 51 Daniel Schütz 3 52 Van Kessel Jr Egon 3 53 Robin Schmuda 2 54 Marco Wesseling 2 55 Martin Müller 1 56 Frank Van Grootel 1 Junior Men 1 Davide Malacarne 210 pts 2 Ricardo Van De Velde 158 3 Julien Taramarcaz 155 4 Christoph Pfingsten 104 5 Jan Van Dael 95 6 Ondrej Bambula 86 7 Robert Gavenda 79 8 Martin Nemecek 75 9 Rik Van Ijzendoorn 73 10 Wim Leemans 72 11 Lucas Kloucek 71 12 Yannick Martinez 60 13 Romain Lejeune 58 14 Pieter Vanspeybroeck 50 15 Jo Pirotte 46 16 Jan Arnouts 39 17 Romain Beney 38 18 Julien Berard 37 19 Cristian Cominelli 35 20 Geoffrey Lorrain 34 21 Boy Van Poppel 34 22 Guillaume Perrot 32 23 Philip Walsleben 30 24 Quentin Bertholet 30 25 Sascha Wagner 28 26 Johim Ariesen 26 27 Ondrej Zelinka 26 28 David Menger 24 29 Matthias Flückiger 24 30 Loris Rudj Bompieri 23 31 Bart Senders 22 32 Tom Last 22 33 Pascal Meyer 19 34 Denolf Gianni 18 35 Patrick Vliegen 17 36 Michal Kohoutek 17 37 Simone Pavan 16 38 Stijn Joseph 16 39 Coen Vermeltfoort 16 40 Patrick Nuber 16 41 Djuri Van Rijbroek 15 42 Jan Verhaegh 14 43 Robert Bachraty 14 44 Jules Chabanon 13 45 Alex Atkins 13 46 Savie Van Horik 13 47 David Claerebout 12 48 Remco Broers 11 49 Kenneth Van Compernolle 11 50 Richard Van Loon 11 51 Clément Bourgoin 10 52 Thomas Vernaeckt 10 53 Nathanael Rother 10 54 Christopher Janssens 10 55 Bjorn Selander 9 56 Kim Michely 8 57 Jeroen Dekkers 8 58 Benoit Roten 8 59 Omar Sottocornola 7 60 Ivar Hartogs 7 61 Jiri Hajec 6 62 Jan Mikkers 6 63 Geert Van Der Sande 5 64 Dawid Romanowski 4 65 Mark Smit 3 66 Dennis Vanendert 2 67 Steven Van Bael 2 68 Nicolas Schnyder 2 69 Jorn Van Veen 2 70 Jannick Hyldtoft Hansen 1 71 Thomas Frei 1
Past winners
2004 Bart Wellens (Bel) 2003 Domenique Arnould (Fra) 2002 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 2001 - 2000 Daniele Pontoni (Ita) 1999 Adri Van Der Poel (Ned) 1998 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 1997 - 1996 Richard Groenendaal (Bel) 1995 Mike Kluge (Ger) 1994 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) 1993 David Pagnier (Fra) 1992 Cyril Bonnand (Fra) 1991 Ludwig Wijnants (Bel) 1990 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 1989 Geert De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1988 Milos Fisera (Cze) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
