Belgian Cross Country National Championships 2009: Results

Roel Paulissen claimed the Belgian national mountain bike championship on Sunday, finished six minutes ahead of Sven Nys. Björn Brems was third.

Paulissen pulled away from the start. “The hardest part was right at the beginning. So I put all my effort into the start,” the defending champion said. “To my great surprise I had a big lead immediately.”

The title was Paulissen's seventh. “That is something to be proud of.”

Sanne Cant won the elite women's race ahead of Kristien Nelen and Githa Michiels.

Elite men
1	Roel Paulissen	2:01:35
2	Sven Nys	0:05:39
3	Bjorn Brems	0:07:13
4	Filip Meirhaeghe	0:10:53
5	Jimmy Tielens	0:11:40
6	Sven Vanthourenhout	0:14:04
7	Jan Verstraeten	0:14:17
8	Ludovic Mottet	0:15:22
9	Patrick Gaudy	0:15:34
10	Kevin Van Hoovels	0:15:44
11	Joris Massaer	0:17:23
12	Pïeter Bruynseels	0:19:37
13	Jorgen Flion	0:20:09
14	Kurt De Poorter
15	Tom Geeraerts
16	Gody Jacobs
17	Stijn Van Boxstael
18	Frans Claes
19	Frédéric Baus
20	Mike Mulkens
21	Thomas Achouri
22	Peter Coddens
23	Stijn Robert Rubbens
24	Dominique Massonet
25	Sébastien Fontaine
26	Xavier Vermeeren
27	Steve Appermans
28	Mathieu Louis
29	Arnaud Decoux
30	Pierre Quindot
31	Pierre Quindot
32	Joris Garrein
DNF	Nicolas Beaudoin
DNF	Gunther Coenen
DNF	Jonathan Decoux
DNF	Stephane Didelot
DNF	Davy Foubert
DNF	Cédric Gaudy
DNF	Michael Goossens
DNF	Kristof Houben
DNF	Philippe Lodomez
DNF	Wesley Luca
DNF	Martin Camille
DNF	Eli Smeyers
DNF	Jan Soetens
DNF	Hans Urkens
DNF	Benny Van Genechten
DNF	Bart Van Hecke
DNF	Antoine Vanderstichelen
DNF	Nicolas Vermeulen
DNF	Jaïr Welkenhuysen

Elite women
1	Sanne Cant	1:54:47
2	Kristien Nelen
3	Githa Michiels
4	Joyce Vanderbeken
5	Ann De Tre
6	Sabine Bombaert
7	Nancy Bober
8	Elisabeth Mottet
9	Ilse Vandekinderen
10	Nel Van Damme
11	Sara Mertens
12	Katrien Vermeiren

Under 23 men
1	Tom Meeusen	2:11:05
2	Pascal Hossay	0:06:01
3	Tim Wijnants	0:07:46
4	Jonas De Backer	0:09:26
5	Rob Vangenechten
6	Sebastien Carabin
7	Olivier Labie
8	Simon Vandereet
9	Jelle Brackman
10	Quentin Art
11	Mathias Haezebrouck
12	Robby De Bock
13	Laurent Mineur
14	Yovan Greisch
15	Brice Scholtes
16	Simon Mylle
17	Bert Luca
18	Laurent Evrard
19	Samuel Maryns
20	Michiel Dieleman
21	Adrien Colonval
22	Thomas Desonay
23	Benjamin Fevrier
24	Robin Thaens
25	Wouter Rubbens
26	Hans Van Nyen
27	Thomas Peeters
DNF	Thomas Baisir
DNF	Jordy Billast
DNF	Nicolas Bruwiere
DNF	Nick Daems
DNF	Sam De Weghe
DNF	Loïc Donsin
DNF	Dries Govaerts
DNF	Simon Hupperetz
DNF	Denis Jacquemin
DNF	Antoine Pirlot
DNF	Fabrice Wangen