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Azencross Loenhout (Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden #5) - C1
Loenhout, Belgium, December 28, 2005
2004 Results Results Past winners
Nys does it again
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For the second time in three days, Sven Nys (Rabobank) has come from a long way behind to win a cyclo-cross race. In the fifth round of the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden in Loenhout, Nys made up a 30 second gap after a crash to beat Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Caffita) and Petr Dlask (Empella Czech Team) by six seconds. He thus increased his lead in the Gazet van Antwerpen Trofee Veldrijden standings.
"I have no words for this," said Nys to Cyclo-cross.info. "This was hard. Hofstade was already so nice and what can then be said about today? I certainly crashed. I wanted to catch Simunek, but he cut the corner and I crashed. Behind me, a whole group of riders also crashed. I hurt my knee, but because of the cold it seemed that my knee was anaesthetized. Today I was definitely better than Bart Wellens and every point is important. Tomorrow I'll ride in Middelkerke and this weekend there are another couple of important appointments: Hooglede-Gits and Baal."
The course was very fast and after a couple of laps, Nys, Bart Wellens, and Sven Vanthourenhout were caught up in a crash, losing significant time. Meanwhile, Gerben de Knegt (AA drink-Bejan) and Enrico Franzoi forced the pace in front, with Petr Dlask chasing them. Nys and Wellens managed to join the chase group behind the three leaders, and eventually Nys decided it was time to go. Quickly catching Dlask, then leaving the Czech behind as he jumped the barricades, Nys closed down on the two in front.
Well before the last lap, Nys had made the bridge to Franzoi and De Knegt, and again was able to gap them with some handy bike jumping work. After taking the last lap a little easier, Nys finished with a six second gap over Franzoi, with Dlask recovering well to take third ahead of De Knegt.
Photography
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- Groenendaal leads the men over the obstacles on lap 1
- De Knegt and Franzoi out in front
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) in action
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) stays on the bike over the jumps
- Bart Wellens (Fidea) had another tough day
- Thomas Frischknecht (Swisspower) descends
- Roger Hammond (Discovery) over the obstacles
- Roger Hammond (Discovery) over the obstacles
- Roger Hammond (Discovery) looking comfy
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) crosses the line to win
- Sven Nys (Rabobank) happy with another victory
- The elite men's podium (L to R): Enrico Franzoi (2nd), Sven Nys (1st), and Petr Dlask (3rd)
- Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn
- Van den Brand leads the women's race
- The women's podium (L to R): Daphny van den Brand (2nd), Marianne Vos (1st), and Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (3rd)
- Niels Albert (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) leads Zdenek Stybar (Fidea)
- Kevin Pauwels (Fidea) leads the U23 race
- Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) en route to finishing third in the U23
- Belgian U23 champion Jan Soetens jumping
- Belgian U23 champion Jan Soetens
- Niels Albert (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) wins the U23 race
- Niels Albert (Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop) happy with his win
- The U23 podium (L to R): Zdenek Stybar (2nd), Niels Albert (1st), and Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (3rd)
Results
Elite Men 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 57.08 2 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 0.06 3 Petr Dlask (Cze) Empella Czech Team 4 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) AA drink-Bejan 5 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.44 6 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 7 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 8 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank 9 Florian Vogel (Swi) 10 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 11 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 12 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 13 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 14 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 15 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 16 Ryan Trebon (USA) 17 Wilant Van Gils (Ned) ZZPR.nl 18 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 19 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervélo 20 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 21 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) AVB Asbestverwijdering 22 Simon Zahner (Swi) 1.05 23 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 24 Thijs Al (Ned) B & E Cycling Team 25 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 26 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Author Praha 1.08 27 Marco Bianco (Ita) 1.11 28 Marek Cichosz (Pol) 1.43 29 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 1.58 30 Marius Gil (Pol) Strzelce Krajenskie 2.14 31 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.39 32 Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) Stevens Racing Team 2.43 33 Martin Gujan (Swi) 2.47 34 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 35 David Willemsens (Bel) WC Vos Sportief Sint 36 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly - Pool Gel 2.52 37 Keiichi Tsujira (Jpn) 38 Milan Barenyi (Svk) 39 Isaac Suarez (Spa) 40 Jonathan Baker (USA) 2.56 41 Andrej Kaiser (Pol) 42 Barry Wicks (USA) 43 Václav Metlicka (Svk) Team Kral R.C. Pfeil Hof E.V 2.59 44 Robert Glajza (Svk) 3.03 45 Eric Tonkin (USA) 3.28 46 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Stevens Racing Team 3.46 47 Darius Gil (Pol) Paged-MBK-Scout 48 Joachim Parbo (Den) Cycling Aarhus 4.21 49 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) 4.42 50 Paul Van Loon (Bel) 51 Frank Groenendaal (Ned) 4.45 52 Lionel Calvez (Fra) 4.47 53 Cyrille Prise (Fra) 4.57 54 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 5.04 55 Christophe Le Bouedec (Fra) 5.08 56 Thomas Lecuyer (Fra) 5.10 57 Dwight Bandon (USA) 5.23 58 Torsten Wittig (Ger) 1 lap behind 59 Jan Geerts op (Bel) 60 Alessandro Di Tano (Ita) 61 Bern Wolff (Ger) 62 David Meys (Bel) Profel Cycling Team 63 Michael Calvez (Fra) 64 Robin Seymour (Ier) 65 Benoit Simard (Fra) 2 laps behind 66 Yannick Laurent (Fra) DNF Philippe Gilbert (Bel) DNF Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens Racing Team DNF Kevin Bosschaerts (Bel) Women 1 Marianne Vos (Ned) 40.46 2 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) 3 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) 0.53 4 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Vlaanderen-Capri Sonne-T Interim 0.55 5 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) VSLL Castres 1.10 6 Sabine Spitz (Ger) 7 Lyne Bessette (Can) 1.45 8 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Therme Skin Care 9 Anja Nobus (Bel) 1.46 10 Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) 1.58 11 Sanne Cant (Bel) 12 Hilde Quintens (Bel) 13 Linda van Rijen (Ned) 2.19 14 Helen Wyman (GBr) 2.29 15 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) 16 Nicole De Bie-Leijten (Ned) 2.32 17 Kathy Ingels (Bel) 3.14 18 Christine Vardaros (USA) 3.19 19 Katleen Vermeiren (Bel) 20 Petra Henzi (Swi) 21 Katrien Aerts (Bel) 3.53 22 Katrien Pauwels (Bel) 4.12 23 Gabriella Day (GBr) 4.21 24 Paola Bortolin (Ita) 4.33 25 Monique van de Ree (Ned) 4.36 26 Linda Dirkx (Ned) 27 Marijke De Smedt (Bel) 28 Alexandrz Bähler (Swi) 29 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) 4.57 30 Anne Kathrin Nietzsche (Ger) 31 Imke Hartogs (Ned) 5.44 32 Kristien Nelen (Bel) 5.54 33 Veronique Staes (Bel) 34 Mika Ogishima (Jpn) 6.15 35 Gertie Willems (Bel) 36 Elien Vercamer (Bel) 37 Tarja Owens (Ier) 38 Iris Spooren (Ned) 39 Karen Verhestraeten (Bel) 40 Melissa Flagothier (Bel) 41 Kristel Verkooijen (Ned) 42 Limke Peeters (Bel) 43 Sharon Defoor (Bel) 44 Mariska van Beemp (Ned) U23 1 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 47.12 2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 0.13 3 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 0.32 4 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 5 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 6 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 7 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 0.41 8 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) 0.50 9 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 1.20 10 Bart Verschueren (Bel) 11 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 12 Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) 13 Felix Gniot (Ger) 1.33 14 Rafael Visinelli (Ita) V.C. Bologna 15 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 16 Ondrej Bambula (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 17 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 18 Lukás Kloucek (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 19 Wim Leemans (Bel) 2.01 20 Jesse Anthony (USA) 21 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 22 Daan de Jonge (Ned) 23 René Lang (Swi) 24 Jan Soetens (Bel) 25 Rob Peeters (Bel) 2.06 26 Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) 2.38 27 Rik van IJaendoorn (Ned) 28 Fabio Ursi (Ita) 2.57 29 Andreas Moser (Swi) 30 Troy Wells (USA) 31 Patrick van Leeuwen (Ned) 3.04 32 Steven Sluyts (Bel) 3.22 33 Joeri Kouwenhoven (Ned) 3.28 34 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) 35 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) 3.46 36 Davy De Scheemaker (Bel) 37 Gianni Denolf (Bel) 38 Ondrej Zelinka (Cze) 3.54 39 Ivar Hartogs (Ned) 4.02 40 Frank van Grootel (Ned) 4.08 41 Morgan Schmidtt (USA) 4.32 42 Thomas Boeckx (Bel) 4.42 43 Adam McGrath (USA) 44 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans-Sapim-Collstrop 4.51 45 Jan Dierckx (Bel) 46 Coen Sevens (Ned) 5.05 47 Jan Verhaegh (Ned) 5.13 48 Dieter Schol (Bel) 5.35 49 Dawid Romanowski (Pol) 6.35 50 Daniel Neyens (USA) 7.28 1 lap behind 51 Andreas Ciensky (Ger) 52 Robert Bachraty (Svk) 53 Steven Schol (Bel) 54 Michal Plesnik (Svk) Juniors 1 Boy van Poppel (Ned) 38.37 2 Robert Gavenda (Svk) 3 Tom Meeusen (Bel) 4 Yannick Wydooghe (Bel) 5 Jim Aernouts (Bel) 6 Mitchell Huenders (Ned) 7 Björn Sealander (USA) 8 Daniel Summerhill (USA) 9 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) 10 Jordy Beuker (Ned) 11 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) 12 Nivard Van Acker (Bel) 13 Joeri Adams (Bel) 14 Jeroen Dekkers (Bel) 15 David Menger (Cze) 16 Savié van Horik (Ned) 17 Jiri Polnicky (Cze) 18 Rob van der Velde (Ned) 19 Remco Broers (Ned) 20 Tim Debusschere (Bel) 21 Tom Last (GBr) 22 Lukas Prihoda (Cze) 23 Tommy Groffen (Ned) 24 Bart Hermans (Bel) 25 Kristof Cop (Bel) 26 Kevin Cant (Bel) 27 Umberto Atzori (Ned) 28 Remco te Brake (Ned) 29 Chance Noble (USA) 30 Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 31 Jan Pohan (Cze) 32 Pascal Meyer (Swi) 33 Nico Brungger (Swi) 34 Lukas Winterberg (Swi) 35 Richard van Loon (Ned) 36 Edwin Arts (Ned) 37 Julian van Dijk (Ned) 38 Dries Ingels (Bel) 39 Morten Gregersen (Den) 40 Pieter Bosmans (Bel) 41 Sylvester Janiszewski (Pol) 42 Stefan Achermann (Swi) 43 Piotr Antkowiak (Pol) 44 Peter Frei (Swi) 45 Raf Pluym (Bel) 46 Jens Treichel (Ger) 47 Johim Ariesen (Ned) 48 Pieter Reekmans (Bel) 49 Joeri Lambrechts (Bel) 50 Ruben Lambrecht (Bel) 51 Wim Thijs (Bel) 52 Alex Howes (USA) 53 Derdi Gerritse (Ned) 54 Jakub Sibr (Svk) 55 Marian Simora (Svk) 56 Philippe Hutmacher (Lux) 57 Peter Fabian (Ger) 58 Yannick De Witte (Bel) 59 Wout Mertens (Bel) 60 Glen Verhaeghe (Bel) 61 Nico Thijs (Bel) Novices 1 Harm van der Sanden (Ned) 30.15 2 Stef Boden (Bel) 3 Scott Thwaites (GBr) 4 Kevin Smit (Ned) 5 Steven van Leijen (Ned) 6 Tommy van Beem (Ned) 7 Sven Beelen (Bel) 8 Jochen Trofs (Bel) 9 Ruben Veestraeten (Bel) 10 Daan Meijers (Ned) 11 Allen Veenstra (Ned) 12 Thomas Gysbrechts (Bel) 13 Pieter-Jan Pirotte (Bel) 14 Bart Barkhuis (Ned) 15 Erwin Theuns (Bel) 16 Yannick Pauwels (Bel) 17 Maxim Danckers (Bel) 18 Marijn Bal (Bel) 19 Jurrien Busters (Ned) 20 Niels Koyen (Bel) 21 Lex van der Burgt (Ned) 22 Niels Wyttinck (Bel) 23 Andy Wagemans (Bel) 24 Wietse Bosmans (Bel) 25 Maikel Elsten (Ned) 26 Jurgen van Trijp (Ned) 27 Kenny Maes (Bel) 28 Jonas De Boey (Bel) 29 Raf Risbourg (Bel) 30 Sieën Veestraeten (Bel) 31 Sam Van Hemelen (Bel) 32 Haye van Boxtel (Ned) 33 Thomas Polak (Ned) 34 Nick Vanoverbeke (Bel) 35 Timo Daams (Ned) 36 Dimi Diels (Bel) 37 Thomas Verbeek (Bel) 38 Zeb Veestraeten (Bel) 39 Michael Peeters (Bel) 40 Benjamin Beutels (Bel) 41 Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel) 42 Maikel Bombeeck (Bel) 43 Sylvester Janiszewski (Pol) 44 Nico Gollinck (Ger) 45 Arne Saey (Bel) 46 Ronnie Tijssen (Ned) 47 Thijs van der Schoot (Ned) 48 Rick van Deursen (Ned) 49 Jens Van den Bosch (Bel) 50 Cis Desmet (Bel) 51 Pieter Oerlemans (Bel) 52 Niels Van Gysegem (Bel) 53 Sam Van de Mierop (Bel) 54 Matthijs Van Loy (Bel) 55 Dimitri Michielsen (Bel) Courtesy of cyclo-cross.info
Past winners
2004 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2003 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select 2002 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 2001 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 2000 Sven Nijs (Bel) 1999 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 1998 Marc Janssens (Ned) 1997 Adrie van der Poel (Ned) 1996 Adrie van der Poel (Ned) 1995 Paul Herygers (Bel) 1994 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 1993 Marc Janssens (Ned) 1992 Adrie van der Poel (Ned) 1991 Danny De Bie (Bel) 1990 Danny De Bie (Bel) 1989 Danny De Bie (Bel) 1988 Roland Liboton (Bel) 1987 Hennie Stamsnijder (Ned) 1986 Hennie Stamsnijder (Ned) 1985 Roland Liboton (Bel) 1984 Roland Liboton (Bel) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
