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33e Internationale Nissan Super Prestige Cyclo-cross Gieten - C1

Gieten, The Netherlands, November 30, 2008

Photos

Race 3 - November 30: Elite Men

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• Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) on his own.
• Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) rides with concentration.
• Bart Wellens (Fidea) and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) found it to be a muddy day.
• Bart Wellens (Fidea) takes a turn at the front.
• Bart Wellens (Fidea) and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) sprint at the end of the race.
• Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Tonissteiner) rides to third place.
• Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) in action on his way to a win.
• Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) on the podium.
• Elite men's podium

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• Andrie van der Poel and his son David have a chat before the race starts
• Bart Aernouts (Rabobank) rode to 11th place in Gieten
• Fidea's Bart Wellens continued his run of good form to take second
• Bart Wellens and Klaas Vantornout fought it out for top spot in Gieten
• Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) only managed 22nd after winning the world cup round the previous day
• Fidea's Erwin Vervecken didn't have a great day
• It was another tough race held in very wintery conditions
• Sunweb's Klaas Vantornout maintained strength in the tough conditions
• Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb) comes close to the marker...
• And got a little too close on one occasion
• 'The mud man cometh!' Riders were coated after another muddy race
• The elite men's podium (l-r): Klaas Vantornout, Bart Wellens and Sven Nys
• Radomír Šimunek (Palmans) finished the day in 12th
• Veteran Dutchman Richard Groenendaal (AA-drink) managed an 18th-place finish
• Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner) conserved his energy well and finished on the podium
• Sven Vanthourenhout (Sunweb) didn't quite manage a ride like his cousin
• Fidea's young Czech rider, Zdenek Stybar rode to a top-five spot
• Gerben de Knegt (l) was covered in mud while Zdenek Stybar looks relatively clean!

Race 2 - November 30: U23 Men

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• Philipp Walsleben
• Kenneth Van Compernolle drives the pace.
• Kenneth Van Compernolle leads with a train of riders behind him.
• Joeri Adams rides to fourth place.
• Kenneth Van Compernolle wins the U23 men's race.
• Kenneth Van Compernolle celebrates from the top step of the podium
• Kenneth Van Compernolle won the fourth race of the Superprestige cyclocross for under 23 men.
• U23 men's podium