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Elite Men: 200km

Leukemans leads Vacansoleil 1-2

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Cycling News
Published:
August 25, 2010, 17:01,
Updated:
August 26, 2010, 02:36

Marcato, Van Hecke nab podium spots

Vacansoleil rider Bjorn Leukemans.

Vacansoleil rider Bjorn Leukemans.

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Björn Leukemans grabbed his first victory of the season, topping a Vacansoleil 1-2 along with teammate Marco Marcato in the Druivenkoers-Overijs.

The 33-year-old emerged victorious from a three-man breakaway which also included Topsport Vlaanderen's Preben Van Hecke, who claimed third.

The 200km race started out with a different three-man move. Sander Armee (Topsport-Vlaanderen), Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) and Sierk-Jan De Haan (Cycling Team Jo Piels) spent the first half of the race off the front, but were caught at the halfway mark..

12 riders immediately counter-attacked to make a new breakaway: Staf Scheirlinckx (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Benjamin Gourgue and Frédéric Amorison (Landbouwkrediet), Sander Armee (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator), Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling), Pieter Ghyllebert (An Post - Sean Kelly), Alain Van Der Velde (Qin Cycling Team), Fabio Polazzi and James Van Landschoot (Verandas Willems), Hakan Nilsson (Continental Team Differdange), Sebastian Forke (Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse) and Jasper Ockeloen (Rabobank Continental) had 38 seconds at the start of the 8 local laps, but the group did not stay together long.

Amorison, Gourgue and Vuechelen were the only three remaining off the front as a chase group of nine reshuffled from the peloton.

In the second group were three other Landbouwkrediet riders, Davy Commeyne, Geert Verheyen and Sébastien Delfosse along with Leukemans and Hoogerland (Vacansoleil), Andy Cappelle and Gregory Habeaux (Verandas Willems), David Boily (Spidertech p/b Planet Energy) and Huub Duyn (Team Netapp).

As the chasers caught the lead trio, riders jumped away from the peloton not far behind, forming a new group in the lead with Van Hecke, Enrico Franzoi, Amorison, Commeyne, Gourgue, Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano), Leukemans, Vuechelen, Marcato and Hoogerland.

Once Thijs Al bridged the gap the final lead group was established, although three riders Edwig Cammaerts of Lotto Boddysol, Marc Wauters and Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) attempted to bridge across and failed.

Coming into the final lap, Leukemans attacked the break and was joined by Van Hecke and Marcato to form the ultimate selection.

The Topsport Vlaanderen rider was severely outnumbered, but contributed to the work to create a gap of more than a minute coming into the line. Leukemans easily won the sprint and was followed across the line by his teammate, with Van Hecke satisfied with third.

Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 4:34:52  
2 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil 0:00:04  
3 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:00:05  
4 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 0:01:33  
5 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 0:01:35  
6 Davy Commeijne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 0:01:53  
7 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano    
8 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil    
9 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Bkcp-powerplus    
10 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:02:26  
11 Bart Van Haaren (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof    
12 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:02:47  
13 Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Palmans Cras    
14 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Netapp 0:02:50  
15 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Palmans Cras    
16 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Willems Verandas    
17 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Presented By Planet Energy    
18 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil    
19 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Willems Verandas    
20 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet    
21 Marc Goos (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels    
22 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano    
23 Sibrecht Pieters (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht    
24 Sebastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet    
25 Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies    
26 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Willems Verandas    
27 Sjoerd Kouwenhoven (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof    
28 Thijs Al (Ned) AA Cycling Team 0:02:51  
29 Niels Albert (Bel) Bkcp-powerplus    
30 Matthew Brammeier (Ire) An Post-M Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S 0:06:10  
31 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Palmans Cras 0:08:43  
32 Kevin Van Dyck (Bel) Van Goethem-prorace Cycling Team    
33 Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Willems Verandas    
34 Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Kuota-Indeland    
35 Han Feng (Chn) Skil-Shimano    
36 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet    
37 Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katusha    
38 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano    
39 Remco Broers (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
40 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Palmans Cras    
41 Jonathan Dufrasne (Bel) Qin Cycling Team    
42 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht    
43 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Qin Cycling Team    
44 Matthias Bertling (Ger) Kuota-Indeland    
45 Stefan Van Winden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels    
46 Jasper Ockeloen (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
47 David Boily (Can) Spidertech Presented By Planet Energy    
48 Alex Schmitt (Ger) Kuota-Indeland    
49 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
50 Grischa Janorschke (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse    
51 Garrit Broeders (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht    
52 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Differdange    
53 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator    
54 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto    
55 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht    
56 Kim Lachmann (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse    
57 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Willems Verandas    
58 Gil Suray (Bel) An Post-M Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S    
59 Wietse Bosmans (Bel) Bkcp-powerplus    
60 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
61 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Bkcp-powerplus    
62 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet    
63 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team    
64 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha    
65 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha    
66 Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Bel) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof    
67 Jempy Drucker (Ned) Team Differdange    
68 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) AA Cycling Team    
69 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Skil-Shimano    
70 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
71 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
72 Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Team Nutrixxion Sparkasse    
73 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto    
74 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies    
75 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto    
76 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil    
77 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post-M Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S    
78 Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator