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GP Rouwmoer Essen (Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden #3) - C2
Essen, Belgium, December 18, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
First win for Bart Wellens
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After a very difficult period this season, Bart Wellens finally won in Essen. The world champion was faster than Ben Berden and Richard Groenendaal in the fourth race of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden. Richard Groenendaal still leads the classification with an advantage of then points on Sven Nys, who finished fourth in Essen after a bad start.
Photography
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- The podium - an ecstatic Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam), flanked by Ben Berden (Saey-Deschacht, 2nd) and Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank, 3rd).
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- Ben Berden (Saey-Deschacht) gets down and dirty.
- Tom Vannoppen (MrBookmaker.com - Palmans) on his way to seventh place.
- Dutch champion Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) finished third.
- Wilant van Gils (Rietveld WTC wielerteam) dips down into the sand.
- Czech rider Václav Jezek (Author Praha) cleverly takes the outside line around the sand.
- World champ Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) on his way to a win.
- Mario de Clercq (MrBookmaker.com - Palmans) still a factor, finishing in the top 10.
- Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) out of the saddle coming into the sandy section.
- A dirty Sven Vanthourenhout (Quickstep - Davitamon) on his way to fifth place.
- Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) has the face of a winner.
- Ben Berden (Saey-Deschacht) came in just one second behind Wellens.
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) was in the mix, finishing fourth today.
- Italian Enrico Franzoi was the lone Saeco rider, finishing in sixth place.
- Jan Verstraeten (Saey-Deschacht) made the top 10, finishing in eighth place.
- Wilant van Gils (Rietveld WTC wielerteam) had a solid race to finish in the top 20.
- Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) takes command at the front.
- Enrico Franzoi (Saeco) came in 45 seconds down on Wellens for sixth place.
Results
Elite/U23 1 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 59.56 2 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 0.01 3 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 0.02 4 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 0.28 5 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 6 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 0.45 7 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1.40 8 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 1.52 9 Mario de Clercq (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1.59 10 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2.02 11 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2.13 12 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 2.18 13 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 2.22 14 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 2.27 15 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2.46 16 Jirí Pospisil (Cze) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 2.49 17 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 2.55 18 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 3.07 19 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 3.50 20 David Willemsens (Bel) 4.04 21 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 4.15 22 Stijn Penne (Bel) 4.17 23 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 4.29 24 Bart Dirckx (Ned) 4.39 25 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Saey-Deschacht 4.53 26 Jan Soetens (Bel) 5.01 27 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 5.43 28 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 6.09 29 Jef De Boeck (Bel) 6.29 30 Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 7.48 One lap behind 31 Kevin Bossaerts (Bel) 32 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 33 Nick Sels (Bel) 34 Paul Van Loon (Bel) Starters : 39 Classified: 34
Juniors 1 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 44.48 2 Bart Senders (Ned) 0.07 3 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 0.08 4 Björn De Decker (Bel) 0.30 5 Kevin Cant (Bel) 0.53 6 Richard van Loon (Ned) 1.13 7 Gregory Joseph (Bel) 1.50 8 Marcin Sobiepanek (Pol) 2.10 9 Dirk Van Dijck (Bel) 3.50 10 Jan Van Aert (Bel) 4.04 11 Wim Thijs (Bel) 5.54 12 Tom Van der Schoot (Bel) 8.00 13 Filip Van Tuyn (Bel) 14 Kristof Meulenyzer (Bel) Starters: 14 Classified: 14 Novices 1 Jim Aernouts (Bel) 30.37 2 Rob van der Velde (Ned) 0.26 3 Bart Bruyndonckx (Bel) 0.44 4 Marek Konwa (Pol) 0.45 5 Stef Boden (Bel) 0.52 6 Pieter Bosmans (Bel) 1.01 7 Nick De Proost (Bel) 2.20 8 Bert Vermeiren (Bel) 3.03 9 Anne Arnouts (Bel) 3.59 10 Kurt Brosens (Bel) 4.15 11 Thomas Gysbrechts (Bel) 4.25 12 Charlotte Van Loon (Bel) 4.31 13 Nick Lauwers (Bel) 5.31 14 Dimi Diels (Bel) 8.54 Starters: 14 Classified: 14
Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden standings after round 3
Elite
1 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 96 pts 2 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 86 3 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 78 3 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 78 5 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 70 6 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 63 6 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 63 8 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 62 8 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 62 10 Mario de Clercq (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 59 11 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 57 12 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 52 13 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 51 14 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 48 15 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 46 16 David Willemsens (Bel) 42 17 Jirí Pospisil (Cze) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 40 18 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 29 19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 25 20 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 24 20 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 24 22 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 16 23 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 15 23 Michael Baumgartner 15 25 Björn Rondelez (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf 12 26 Matthew Ellis (GBr) 11 27 Dariusz Gil (Pol) 7 27 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen T Interim 7 27 Jorn Van der Veken (Bel) 7 30 Yoeri Beyens (Bel) 7 31 Isaac Suarez (Spa) 6 31 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) Saey-Deschacht 6 33 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 4 34 Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 1 U23 1 Mariusz Gil (Pol) 47 pts 2 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 43 3 Bart Dirckx (Ned) 32 4 Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 28 5 Stijn Penne (Bel) 27 6 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 23 7 Nick Sels (Bel) 17 8 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 15 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) 14 10 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 13 10 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 13 12 Rob Peeters (Bel) 12 13 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 10 14 Jan Skarnitzel (Cze) 9 15 Kay Van den Brande (Bel) 8 16 Frederik Herpol (Bel) 7 17 Daan de Jonge (Ned) 6 18 Quincy Vens (Bel) 5 18 Jan Soetens (Bel) 5 20 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) 4 20 Jeremy Powers (USA) 4 22 Gerald Uyttersprot (Bel) 2 22 Jef De Boeck (Bel) 2 24 Jérôme Boussekey (Fra) 1
Past winners
2003 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2002 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2001 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select 2000 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) RVS-Liege 1999 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
