Hel van het Mergelland 2011: Results

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The early breakaway: Kurt Hovelynck (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly), Sébastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet), David Kopp (Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland), Cesare Benedetti (Team Netapp) and (obscured) Davide Ricci Bitti (Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli), Johannes Fröhlinger (Skil - Shimano), Lasse Bøchman (Glud & Marstrand - LRO), Maxim Belkov (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) takes the win on the stones. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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The podium in the Hel van het Mergelland - Federico Canuti (Colnago CSF Inox), Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) wins the Hel van het Mergelland (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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The peloton not reacting. Scintillating racing sans radios. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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Filippo Savini (Colnago - CSF Inox) and Johannes Fröhlinger (Skil-Shimano) put in a dig (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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Anyone have a pen? (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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The sign might not be correct for us, but for sure the riders know where they are. (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

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Team Indeland at the presentation (Image credit: Elmar Krings)

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	5:00:39
2	Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
3	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
4	Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano
5	Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
7	Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
8	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano
9	Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
10	David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
11	Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO
12	Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
13	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
14	Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
15	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp
16	Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
17	Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano
18	Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
19	Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
20	Jarno Gmelich (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels
21	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Cycling Team Jo Piels
22	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
23	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
24	Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
25	Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent
26	Jürgen Van Goolen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent
27	Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Netapp	0:00:07
28	Lasse Bøchman (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO	0:00:08
29	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	0:00:11
30	Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	0:00:16
31	Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp	0:00:28
32	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	0:00:32
33	Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano
34	Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp
35	Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	0:00:40
36	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:01:32
37	Remco Broers (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
38	Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly	0:02:31
39	Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent	0:04:49
40	Dieter Capelle (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent	0:04:53
41	Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly
42	Sander Oostlander (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke	0:04:54
43	Pim De Beer (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels	0:05:03
44	Dirk Müller (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse	0:05:11
45	Huub Duijn (Ned) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
46	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
47	Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet	0:05:13
DNF	Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Skil - Shimano
DNF	Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano
DNF	Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank
DNF	Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
DNF	Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
DNF	Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
DNF	Manuele Caddeo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
DNF	Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
DNF	Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
DNF	Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
DNF	Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
DNF	Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
DNF	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
DNF	Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
DNF	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
DNF	Kevin Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
DNF	Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp
DNF	Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp
DNF	Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent
DNF	Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent
DNF	Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Dries Hollanders (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Mark Mc Nally (GBr) An Post Sean Kelly
DNF	Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
DNF	Rick Ottema (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
DNF	Rune Van Der Meijden (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
DNF	Jasper Hamelink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels
DNF	Brian Megens (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels
DNF	Stefan Van Winden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels
DNF	Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
DNF	Jasper Ockeloen (Ned) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
DNF	Tom Stubbe (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
DNF	Michaël Vanderaerden (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
DNF	Daniel Foder (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO
DNF	Mathias Gade Jacobsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO
DNF	Nicky Nielsen Østergaard (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO
DNF	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Dmitry Ignatiev (Rus) Itera - Katuscha
DNF	Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
DNF	Michael Schweizer (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
DNF	Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
DNF	Joel Zangerle (Lux) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
DNF	David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Alex Schmitt (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NSP
DNF	Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team NSP
DNF	Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team NSP
DNF	Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team NSP
DNF	Yannick Janssen (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland
DNF	Bram Nolten (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland
DNF	Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil - Shimano
DNF	Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Saxo Bank Sungard
DNF	Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
DNF	Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
DNF	Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
DNF	Michaël Baer (Swi) Team Netapp
DNF	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp
DNF	Sven Jodt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Tim Mertens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Hilton Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Adrian Hegevary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Jacob Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent
DNF	Jaco Venter (RSA) Veranda's Willems - Accent
DNF	Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Darijus Dzervus (Ltu) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
DNF	Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke
DNF	Bob Schoonbroodt (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
DNF	Jesper Schipper (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke
DNF	Johim Ariesen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels
DNF	Jelle Posthuma (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels
DNF	James Spragg (GBr) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
DNF	Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly
DNF	Christian Moberg Jörgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO
DNF	Kasper Linde Jørgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO
DNF	Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO
DNF	Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Nikita Novikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha
DNF	Sebastian Forke (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
DNF	Grischa Janorschke (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
DNF	Steffen Radochla (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
DNF	Björn Schröder (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse
DNF	Ben Sydlik (Ger) Team Nutrixxion-Sparkasse
DNF	Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
DNF	Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
DNF	Christian Poos (Lux) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
DNF	Nico Schneider (Ger) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de
DNF	Joop De Gans (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Dirk Finders (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland
DNF	Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP
DNF	Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team NSP
DNF	Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP
DNF	René Obst (Ger) Team NSP
DNF	Luc Loozen (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland
DNF	Bob Martens (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland
DNF	Ritchie Motke (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland
DNF	Ward Schiffelers (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland
DNF	Pablo Schmeitz (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland
DNF	Raymond Werst (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland

Sprint 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	5	pts
2	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	3
3	David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland	2
4	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	1

Sprint 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	5	pts
2	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	3
3	Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly	2
4	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp	1

Sprint 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	5	pts
2	Lasse Bøchman (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO	3
3	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
4	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	1

Sprint 4
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	5	pts
2	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	3
3	Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly	2
4	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	1

Sprint 5
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	5	pts
2	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	3
3	Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly	2
4	David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland	1

Sprint 6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	5	pts
2	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	3
3	David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland	2
4	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	1

Sprint 7
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	5	pts
2	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	3
3	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
4	Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	1

Sprint 8
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	5	pts
2	Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	3
3	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	2
4	Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	1

Sprint 9
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	5	pts
2	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	3
3	Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
4	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	1

Sprint classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	26	pts
2	Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	13
3	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano	13
4	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	11
5	Lasse Bøchman (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO	3
6	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli	3
7	Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
8	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2
9	Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	1
10	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp	1