Aernouts opens account in Harderwijk
Solo effort pays off for Belgian
Rabobank's Bart Aernouts took his first victory of the season in the C2 Openingsveldrit van Harderwijk on Saturday by soloing away from the field on the second lap. He maintained a large advantage over an exciting battle for second, which was won by Eddy van IJzedoorn (AA Drink-Be One) over Jan Verstraeten.
"It is difficult to create a gap on such a fast course, but if you succeed the others will look at each other. That played into my favour. Fortunately I had the legs to get a fast start, but I had to maintain that for eight laps," said Aernouts.
1 | Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank | 1:01:10 |
2 | Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne | 0:00:41 |
3 | Jan Verstraeten (Bel) KDL Trans NV | 0:00:47 |
4 | Thijs Al (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne | 0:00:52 |
5 | Mitchell Huenders (Ned) AA Cycling Team | 0:00:55 |
6 | Mariusz Gil (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie | 0:00:57 |
7 | Lubomír Petruš (Cze) BKCP - Power Plus | 0:00:58 |
8 | Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof | 0:01:02 |
9 | Wim Leemans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus | 0:01:06 |
10 | Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW | 0:01:12 |
11 | Radomír Šimunek Ml (Cze) BKCP - Power Plus | 0:01:27 |
12 | Gerben de Knegt (Ned) Rabobank | 0:01:34 |
13 | Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned) Het Snelle Wiel | 0:01:51 |
14 | Kobus Hereijgers (Ned) | 0:02:00 |
15 | Wilant van Gils (Ned) Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida | 0:02:05 |
16 | Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned) Sint Oedenrode | 0:02:18 |
17 | Corne Van Kessel (Ned) | 0:02:25 |
18 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | 0:02:35 |
19 | Pawel Szczepaniak (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie | 0:02:38 |
20 | Micki van Empel (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida | 0:02:40 |
21 | Ivar Hartogs (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida | 0:02:42 |
22 | Jordy Luisman (Ned) | 0:02:44 |
23 | Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) | 0:03:02 |
24 | Daan De Jonge (Ned) Josan-Mercedes Team | 0:03:12 |
25 | Tijmen Eising (Ned) | 0:03:20 |
26 | Tim Heemskerk (Ned) Edmonton | 0:03:49 |
27 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) | 0:03:50 |
28 | Mattia Rossi (Ita) L Arcobaleno Carraro Team | 0:03:53 |
29 | Twan van den Brand (Ned) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team | 0:04:42 |
30 | Kaj Slenter (Ned) | 0:04:49 |
31 | Patrick de Laat (Ned) Berlicum NB | 0:04:53 |
32 | Marco Bianco (Ita) L Arcobaleno Carraro Team | 0:05:02 |
33 | Rik Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) | 0:05:52 |
34 | Bart Barkhuis (Ned) | 0:06:12 |
35 | Jerry Kallenfels (Ned) Easypay Cyclocross Team | 0:06:32 |
36 | Kevin Smit (Ned) | 0:06:42 |
37 | Edwin Arts (Ned) | 0:07:15 |
38 | Tommy Van Beem (Ned) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Eric Zoomers (Ned) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Lucien Volleberg (Ned) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Jan-Willem Kamphof (Ned) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cees De Ridder (Ned) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
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