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November 28, Junior men: Koksijde

Bosman is the boss man in Koksijde

By:
Brecht Decaluwé
Published:
November 28, 2009, 11:46,
Updated:
November 28, 2009, 15:44

Dutch dominate junior podium at Belgian World Cup

Gert-Jan Bosman this morning led a Dutch domination of the second round of the for junior men's International Cycling Union's (UCI) Cyclo-cross World Cup Koksijde, Belgium. Eventual winner Bosman won after he distanced the rest of the field right from the start.

"I had a gap after the first corners and the coach shouted: go. I went for it, although I didn't go flat out right away. It helped that I received special tyres from my club," Bosman told Cyclingnews after his victory. "This is a confirmation for me. We'll see what follows. Hopefully tomorrow I can win as well on home soil in Gieten," Bosman added.

Michiel Van der Heijden came close in the end and took second place, only five seconds behind Bosman. The sprint for third place was won by David Van der Poel, the son of former Cyclo-cross World Champion Adrie Van der Poel.

World Cup leader Emilien Viennet struggled in the sand and finished on an anonymous 16th place. "I knew my form wasn't all that. It should go better from now on, so hopefully it'll be good in Roubaix and during the [National] Championships," Viennet told Cyclingnews.

Winner Bosman finished second in Treviso during the first round and is now comfortably leading the World Cup ranking.

US-starter Chris Wallace didn't have a good day after experiencing mechanical issues and finished 43th.

Results
1 Gert-Jan Bosman (Netherlands) 0:42:14  
2 Michiel Van Der Heijden (Netherlands) 0:00:05  
3 David Van Der Poel (Netherlands) 0:00:18  
4 Jens Vandekinderen (Belgium)    
5 Bart De Vocht (Belgium)    
6 Tomas Paprstka (Czech Republic) 0:00:19  
7 Emiel Dolfsma (Netherlands) 0:00:21  
8 Jens Adams (Belgium) 0:00:22  
9 Mike Teunissen (Netherlands) 0:00:30  
10 Laurens Sweeck (Belgium) 0:00:37  
11 Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic)    
12 Diether Sweeck (Belgium) 0:00:50  
13 Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands) 0:00:52  
14 Radek Polnicky (Czech Republic) 0:01:11  
15 Gianni Vermeersch (Belgium) 0:01:15  
16 Emilien Viennet (France) 0:01:17  
17 Xandro Meurisse (Belgium) 0:01:28  
18 Michael Boros (Czech Republic)    
19 Tim Merlier (Belgium) 0:01:56  
20 David Menut (France) 0:02:20  
21 Lukas Müller (Switzerland) 0:02:21  
22 Floris De Tier (Belgium) 0:02:26  
23 Frederik Geerts (Belgium) 0:02:27  
24 Matej Lasak (Czech Republic) 0:02:48  
25 Joeri Hofman (Belgium) 0:03:06  
26 Dries Heylen (Belgium) 0:03:10  
27 Clément Venturini (France) 0:03:33  
28 Wenzel Böhm-Gräber (Germany) 0:03:39  
29 Jannick Geisler (Germany) 0:03:40  
30 Julian Lehmann (Germany) 0:03:44  
31 Andrea Righettini (Italy) 0:03:46  
32 Pietro Santini (Italy) 0:03:54  
33 Andrea Sottocornola (Italy) 0:04:15  
34 Fabio Alfonso Todaro (Italy) 0:04:34  
35 Alexis Caresmel (France) 0:04:50  
36 Cristian Sonzogni (Italy)    
37 Alex Kirsch (Luxembourg) 0:04:57  
38 Bastien Duculty (France) 0:05:17  
39 Tobias Deprie (Germany) 0:05:38  
40 Julien Ehlinger (France)    
41 Scott Thiltges (Luxembourg) 0:06:22  
42 Francesco Acqvaviva (Italy) 0:06:52  
43 Chris Wallace (United States Of America) 0:08:28  
44 Felix Rieckmann (Germany)  -1 lap  
45 Jerome Theis (Luxembourg)    
Junior men standings after 2 rounds
1 Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) Netherlands 110 pts
2 Emilien Viennet (Fra) France 75  
3 Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands 72  
4 Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) Belgium 70  
5 Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) Netherlands 68  
6 David Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands 53  
7 Matej Lasak (Cze) Czech Republic 52  
8 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Netherlands 52  
9 Jens Adams (Bel) Belgium 43  
10 David Menut (Fra) France 37  
11 Michael Boros (Cze) Czech Republic 37  
12 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Netherlands 37  
13 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Belgium 36  
14 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Belgium 36  
15 Bart De Vocht (Bel) Belgium 35  
16 Fabio Alfonso Todaro (Ita) Italy 35  
17 Vojtech Nipl (Cze) Czech Republic 31  
18 Tomas Paprstka (Cze) Czech Republic 30  
19 Radek Polnicky (Cze) Czech Republic 29  
20 Diether Sweeck (Bel) Belgium 28  
21 Lukas Müller (Swi) Switzerland 25  
22 Andrea Righettini (Ita) Italy 18  
23 Frederik Geerts (Bel) Belgium 18  
24 Michael Casagrande (Ita) Italy 16  
25 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Belgium 14  
26 Rudy Lorenzon (Ita) Italy 13  
27 Tim Merlier (Bel) Belgium 12  
28 Floris De Tier (Bel) Belgium 9  
29 Andrea Sottocornola (Ita) Italy 7  
30 Joeri Hofman (Bel) Belgium 6  
31 Lars Forster (Swi) Switzerland 6  
32 Dries Heylen (Bel) Belgium 5  
33 Lorenzo Samparisi (Ita) Italy 5  
34 Clément Venturini (Fra) France 4  
35 Jakub Skala (Cze) Czech Republic 4  
36 Wenzel Böhm-Gräber (Ger) Germany 3  
37 Francesco Acqvaviva (Ita) Italy 3  
38 Jannick Geisler (Ger) Germany 2  
39 Enrico Scapolan (Ita) Italy 2  
40 Julian Lehmann (Ger) Germany 1  
41 Luca Guerrini (Ita) Italy 1