49th Brabantse Pijl - 1.1

Belgium, March 29, 2009

Photography

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Images by DCP/Bert Geerts

• Vacansoleil's Gerben Löwik before the start.
• Gert Steegmans (Katusha) looking cheerful before the off.
• Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) had his race face on early.
• Rabobank's Kai Reus waits for the gun.
• Kai Reus (Rabobank) on his way to 81st place.
• Saxo Bank's Karsten Kroon stayed in the right place to finish fifth.
• Karsten Kroon looks around to see who the man to beat is.
• Dutch roder Karsten Kroon looking chilled before the start.
• Kurt Asle Arvesen (Saxo Bank) was a workhorse at the front of the race.
• Laurens Ten Dam, Pieter Weening and Robert Gesink wait for the race start.
• Rabobank boy Laurens Ten Dam heads to the line before the gun.
• Björn Leukemans (Vancansoleil) has been making his return to competition this season.
• Marc De Maar (Rabobank) keeping it real in the pack.
• The Milram boys wait in impressive surroundings.
• Silence-Lotto rider Olivier Kaisen gets the show on the road.
• With the sun shining the riders head out on the road to Beersel.
• Karsten Kroon leads the peloton early in the race.
• Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) finished ninth.
• Rabobank's Pieter Weening before proceedings got underway.
• It wasn't long before Weening tried to jump.
• Climbing phenom Robert Gesink prefers the taller stuff to Belgian flatlands.
• Silence-Lotto and Saxo Bank chase the leading group.
• Cervelo's Aussie rider Simon Gerrans keeps working hard.
• Simon Spilak (Lampre) wasn't giving much away before the start.
• The bunch kept it together early in the race.
• The laders kept trying but their efforts were in vain.
• Wim Van Huffel is riding for Vorarlberg Corratec this season.
• The peloton is kept honest by the escape group up the road.
• And it was hard work!
• Vacansoleil's Björn Leukemans looked good before the start.
• No smiles as the pace was high throughout the race.
• Milram's Fabian Wegmann would finish third.
• Skil Shimano's Floris Goesinnen sees the lighter side of things.
• The podium (l-r): Fabian Wegmann, Anthony Geslin and Jérôme Pineau.
• Française Des Jeux's Anthony Geslin wins the 49th Brabantse Pijl.
• The Milram boys wait for the start.

Images by Tim Van Wichelen/www.Cyclingview.be

• The early breakaway led by Jurgen Van De Walle (Quick Step).
• Saxo Bank's Matt Goss drives the bunch
• Kurt Asle Arvesen (Team Saxo Bank) in front of the strung-out peloton.
• Milram's Fabian Wegmann takes a look at the break that formed with 30km to go, which would fight out the finale.
• In his usual style, Carlos Barredo takes control of the peloton.
• Fabian Wegmann opened the sprint with 200 metres to go.
• Xavier Florencio (Cervelo Test Team) was the quickest to respond to Wegmann.
• Philippe Gilbert (Silence Lotto) sprints for the ninth place.

Images by Cyclingnews

• Anthony Geslin (Française Des Jeux) celebrates his victory in the 49th Brabantse Pijl.