Superprestige Diegem 2011: U23 Men Results

U23 world champion Lars van der Haar (Rabobank-Giant Off-road Team) won a muddy edition of the sixth Superprestige round in Diegem on Friday evening. Belgian rival Wietse Bosmans (BKCP-Powerplus) entered the short finishing straight first, but a recalcitrant pedal denied Bosmans a fair chance. With this victory, Van der Haar strengthened his overall lead in the Superprestige Series.

A crash in front of the peloton in the first corner took out some guys but none of the top guns was hindered. American rider Zach McDonald (Rapha-Focus) was at the back of the lead group during the first lap. Some riders including McDonald hopped the barriers.

Small mistakes made the difference in front, and eventually the race turned into a duel between Bosmans and Van der Haar. The latter attempted to sneak away in the last technical sections, but Bosmans stood tall and he even ran up the stairs in front positions. Bosmans was extremely quick to get back on the bike, but then he was unable to click into his left pedal. The small stones in the Diegem mud took its toll, and Van der Haar easily sped to yet another victory.

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1	Lars van der Haar (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	0:46:37
2	Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus	0:00:04
3	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	0:00:33
4	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned)	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Tim Merlier (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	0:00:49
6	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus	0:00:52
7	Tijmen Eising (Ned) Sunweb-Revor	0:01:02
8	Stan Godrie (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	0:01:05
9	Marek Konwa (Pol)	0:01:09
10	Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	0:01:15
11	Arnaud Grand (Swi) Telenet-Fidea	0:01:17
12	Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	0:01:20
13	Emilien Viennet (Fra)	0:01:25
14	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - KDL	0:01:33
15	Floris De Tier (Bel) Baboco	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Camille Thominet (Fra)	0:01:38
17	Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea	0:01:41
18	Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) BOXX	0:01:44
19	Diether Sweeck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - KDL	0:01:49
20	Jens Adams (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus	0:01:59
21	Karel Hnik (Cze) Telenet-Fidea	0:02:09
22	Sven Beelen (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	0:02:18
23	Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet-Fidea	0:02:22
24	Dany Lacroix (Bel)	0:02:24
25	Matthias Bossuyt (Bel)	0:02:41
26	Igor Smarzaro (Ita) Team Arcobaleno Carraro Trentino	0:02:52
27	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Telenet-Fidea	0:03:01
28	Bart De Vocht (Bel)	0:03:07
29	Stef Boden (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	0:03:15
30	Zach McDonald (USA) Team Rapha Focus	0:03:26
31	Robby Cobbaert (Bel)	0:03:47
32	Douwe Verberne (Ned) WV Schijndel	0:03:53
33	Alexis Caresmel (Fra)	0:03:57
34	Lorenzo Pepermans (Bel)	0:04:04
35	Toon Aerts (Bel)	0:04:17
36	Maxim Panis (Bel)	0:04:26
37	Rudy Kowalski (Fra)	0:04:37
38	Bart Barkhuis (Ned)	0:04:46
39	Luke Gray (GBr)	0:04:52
40	Jorn Claes (Bel)	0:05:03
41	Maxime Huygens (Fra)	0:05:06
42	Zico Waeytens (Bel)	0:05:09
43	Jeffrey Mellemans (Bel)	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Jelle Cant (Bel)	0:05:32
45	Dimitri Corriette (Fra)	0:05:53
46	Kenny Maes (Bel)	0:06:14
47	Andrew Hargroves (GBr) Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/Spec	0:06:32
48	Harm Van Der Sanden (Ned)	0:07:06
49	Pascal Leroux (Fra)	-1lap
50	Sibe Smets (Bel)	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Kolben Preble (USA) Clif Bar Development Cyclocross Team	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Tom Dernies (Bel)	-2laps
53	Daniel Gerow (USA) Wolverines-Acfstores.com	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Lee Westwood (GBr) Cycle Shack/Forme Coaching	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Jellen Schiettecatte (Bel)	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Ilja Peyffers (Bel)	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Joachim Janssens (Bel)	-3laps

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Superprestige standings after 6 rounds
1	Lars van der Haar (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	86	pts
2	Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus	64	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Stan Godrie (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	58	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	54	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	48	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus	46	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Arnaud Grand (Swi) Telenet-Fidea	42	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Tim Merlier (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	34	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned)	32	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Tijmen Eising (Ned) Sunweb-Revor	29	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	28	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	David Van Der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Powerplus	27	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Jens Adams (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus	23	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Telenet-Fidea	21	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team	21	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - KDL	18	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Micki Van Empel (Ned) Telenet-Fidea	17	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet-Fidea	17	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Karel Hnik (Cze) Telenet-Fidea	11	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Marek Konwa (Pol)	11	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Jan Nesvadba (Cze)	6	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Floris De Tier (Bel) Baboco	6	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Douwe Verberne (Ned) WV Schijndel	5	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Toon Aerts (Bel)	4	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Diether Sweeck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - KDL	3	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea	3	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Emilien Viennet (Fra)	3	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Sven Beelen (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	2	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Angelo De Clercq (Bel) Sunweb-Revor	1	Row 28 - Cell 3