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Cyclo-Cross World Cup #7 - CDM
Hofstade, Belgium, December 28, 2004
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15th win for Nys
Sven Nys (Rabobank) continues to dominate in the major cyclo-cross races, taking his 15th win of the season in round seven of the World Cup in Hofstade, Belgium. Nys reversed the result of the Superprestige race two days ago when he beat Erwin Vervecken (Fidea) by a handy 17 seconds. Italian Enrico Franzoi (Saeco) took third.
"This was a 'cross like they were in the period of the great Roland Liboton," said a tired but happy Nys after the race. "That's why it's worth so much, but it also was very difficult. The constant stress causes pain in your back and the chill you get from the cold demands a lot from your body."
Nys started attacking on the very first lap, and on lap two he had already opened up a gap on the rest of the field. Only Tom Vannoppen (MrBookmaker.com-Palmans) was able to stay with him, but a bike change on the third lap saw Nys pull away, never to be caught again.
The battle for second was fought out between Vervecken and Franzoi, who had gapped Groenendaal, Van Gils, Berden, Commeyne, Gadret, Jezek and Dlask. But an impressive ride from Bart Wellens (Fidea) saw him leapfrog all of the chasers save for the top three, and he had to be content with fourth place.
In the women's race, Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) once again showed her superiority by beating Frenchwoman Maryline Salvetat and UCI number one Daphny van den Brand (Ned).
Results
Elite 1 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 1.03.23 2 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.17 3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Saeco 4 Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 0.35 5 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 0.47 6 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1.11 7 Ben Berden (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 8 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - Palmans 1.25 9 Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 10 Wilant van Gils (Ned) Rietveld WTC wielerteam 1.33 11 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quickstep - Davitamon 1.40 12 Petr Dlask (Cze) Author Praha 1.50 13 Jirí Pospisil (Cze) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 2.02 14 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 2.06 15 Lars Boom (Ned) 2.40 16 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 3.01 17 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Bejan/AA 3.08 18 Václav Jezek (Cze) Author Praha 3.15 19 Françis Mourey (Fra) 3.20 20 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 3.32 21 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 3.40 22 Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 3.51 23 Zdenek Mlynár (Cze) AC Sparta Praha 4.13 24 Ondrej Lukes (Cze) Tatramleko 4.28 25 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 4.32 26 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) 27 Vladimír Kyzivát (Cze) Johnson Controls AS MB 4.55 28 David Derepas (Fra) 5.08 29 Steffen Weigold (Ger) 6.02 30 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 6.10 31 Roman Peter (Swi) 6.15 32 Ralph Naf (Swi) 6.23 33 Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) 34 Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 6.27 35 David Rusch (Swi) 6.36 36 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Saey-Deschacht 6.53 37 Martin Gujan (Swi) 7.01 38 Jean-Pierre Leijten (Ned) 7.08 39 Finn Heitmann (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 7.21 40 Joachim Parbo (Den) Cycling Aarhus 41 Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor 42 Jody Crawforth (GBr) 7.28 43 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 44 Jonathan Page (USA) Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic 7.53 45 Steve Chainel (Fra) 14.53 46 Anders Klinkby (Den) Vejen BC 47 Reto Matt (Ger) 48 Václav Metlicka (Svk) CK ZP Sport A.S. 49 Eric Tonkin (USA) Kona/Clarks/LesGets 50 Marco Bianco (Ita) 51 Mike Muller (Ger) 52 Tommy Nielsen (Den) 53 Gusty Bausch (Lux) 54 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 55 Thorsten Struch (Ger) 56 Jens Reuker (Ger) 57 Tsujira Keiichi (Jpn) 58 Bruno Lafontaine (Can) 59 Greg Reain (Can) Starters: 75 Classified: 59 Women 1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) 41.58 2 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) 0.53 3 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) 1.20 4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) 1.39 5 Sabine Spitz (Ger) 1.52 6 Nadia Triquet (Fra) 2.10 7 Helen Wyman (GBr) 2.30 8 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) 2.42 9 Barbora Bohata (Cze) 2.54 10 Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) 11 Veerle Ingels (Bel) 3.12 12 Hilde Quintens (Bel) 3.20 13 Corine Dorland (Ned) 3.44 14 Anja Nobus (Bel) 3.53 15 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) 3.59 16 Marianne Vos (Ned) 4.02 17 Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 4.07 18 Loes Sels (Bel) 4.08 19 Nicole De Bie-Leijten (Bel) 20 Nicole Kampeter (Ger) 4.10 21 Katleen Vermeiren (Bel) 5.35 22 Katerina Bohata (Cze) 6.35 23 Suzie Godart (Lux) 7.10 24 Danielle Jansen (Ned) 7.41 25 Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) 8.00 26 Paola Bertolin (Ita) 8.27 27 Claire Gross (GBr) 28 Aline Parsy (Fra) 1 lap behind 29 Mariko Ito (Jpn) Starters: 34 Classified: 29 U23 1 Niels Albert (Bel) 46.23 2 Radomír Simunek Jr. (Cze) Author Praha 0.33 3 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) G.S.Mercedes-Benz Selle Italia 0.45 4 Simon Zahner (Swi) 1.28 5 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 2.00 6 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) 2.11 7 Martin Bína (Cze) Author Praha 2.23 8 Derik Zampedri (Ita) 2.28 9 Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) 2.45 10 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 2.54 11 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Author Praha 2.58 12 Julien Belgy (Fra) 3.09 13 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 3.17 14 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 3.25 15 Bart Verschueren (Bel) 3.31 16 Rob Peeters (Bel) 4.02 17 Romain Villa (Fra) 4.07 18 Mike Thielemans (Bel) 19 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 4.27 20 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 4.46 21 Bart Dirkx (Ned) 4.53 22 Pirmin Lang (Swi) 5.08 23 Paul Voss (Ger) Stevens International Cyclocross Team 5.19 24 Guus Magielse (Ned) 5.33 25 Luca Damiani (Ita) 5.49 26 Jeroen Dingemans (Bel) 6.06 27 Simon Richardson (Gbr) 6.15 28 Laurent Didier (Lux) 6.32 29 Clément L’Hotellerie (Fra) 6.49 30 Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) 7.06 31 Anthony Colas (Fra) 7.36 1 lap behind (Bel) 32 Claude Wolter (Lux) 33 Jeroen Thielemans (Bel) 34 Jochen Uhrig (Ger) 35 John Hanson (USA) Starters: 41 Classified: 35 Juniors 1 Davide Malacarne (Ita) 41.40 2 Pieter Vanspeybroeck (Bel) 0.23 3 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) 4 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 1.04 5 Jan van Dael (Bel) 1.20 6 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) 1.27 7 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 1.59 8 Lukas Kloucek (Cze) 2.09 9 Ondrej Bambula (Cze) 2.33 10 Boy van Poppel (Ned) 2.46 11 Wim Leemans (Bel) 3.04 12 Romain Beney (Fra) 3.16 13 Jo Pirotte (Bel) 3.27 14 Jan Arnouts (Bel) 3.48 15 Stijn Joseph (Bel) 3.54 16 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) 4.39 17 Ondrej Zelinka (Cze) 18 Alex Atkins (GBr) 4.49 19 David Claerebout (Bel) 20 Remco Broers (Ned) 21 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) 5.04 22 Bjorn Selander (USA) 23 Kim Michely (Lux) 5.14 24 Sascha Wagner (Ger) 25 Jiri Hajec (Cze) 5.52 26 Patrick Nuber (Ger) 5.56 27 Benoit Roten (Swi) 6.19 28 Tom Last (GBr) 7.05 29 Steven Van Bael (Bel) 7.16 30 Jannik Hyldtoft Hansen (Den) 7.18 31 Charles Marzot (USA) 7.51 32 Seppe Odeyn 9.02 1 lap behind 33 Brian Daugaard Kristensen (Den) 34 Gilles Ehmann (Lux) 35 Brady Kappius (USA) 36 Kevin Crabbe (Bel) 37 Nicolai Daendler Hougaard (Den) 38 Christophe Lembrechts (Bel) Starters: 43 Classified: 38
World Cup standings after round 7
U23 1 Martin Bina (Cze) 148 pts 2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) 108 3 Geert Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cyclocrossteam 102 3 Simon Zahner (Swi) 102 5 Radomir Simunek (Cze) 100 6 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 85 7 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) 78 8 Tom Van den Bosch (Bel) 74 9 Rob Peeters (Bel) 67 10 Julien Belgy (Fra) 66 11 Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 61 12 Niels Albert (Bel) 60 12 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) 60 14 Romain Villa (Fra) 46 15 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 40 15 Derik Zampedri (Ita) 40 15 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) 40 Juniors 1 Davide Malacarne (Ita) 165 pts 2 Ricardo van der Velde (Ned) 130 3 Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) 105 4 Jan van Dael (Bel) 95 5 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) 80 6 Rik van IJzendoorn (Ned) 73 7 Ondrej Bambula (Cze) 56 8 Wim Leemans (Bel) 55 9 Lukas Kloucek (Cze) 55 10 Pieter Vanspeybroeck (Bel) 50 11 Martin Nemecec (Cze) 49 12 Jo Pirotte (Bel) 46 13 Robert Gavenda (Svk) 44 14 Boy van Poppel (Ned) 33 15 Phillipp Walsleben (Ger) 30
