Cyclocross van het Waasland 2013: Results

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Albert and van der Poel sprint to the line (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Jon Insausti (Caja Rural) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea) finished well down in the results (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Albert and van der Poel quickly separated themselves from the bunch (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Joeri Adams (Telenet Fidea) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Enrico Franzoi made his return to the Belgian 'cross circuit (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Bart Aernouts (AA Drink) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Niels Albert (BKCP Powerplus) in the lead group with Mathieu van der Poel and Rob Peeters (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Kiwi Alexander Revell (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Pieter Vanspeybroucke (Topsport) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Sven Nys on the run through the sand (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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BKCP's Wietse Bosmans just can't find any luck lately. He snapped his derailleur. (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Nys leads Aernouts and Mourey along the beach (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Sven Nys (Crelan-KDL) spent much of the race chasing (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Martin Bina (Kwadro-Stannah) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Francis Mourey (FDJ) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Sven Nys had a crash and was out of podium contention (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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David van der Poel (BKCP Powerplus) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Niels Albert wins with a bike throw over van der Poel (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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The photo finish between Albert and van der Poel (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Can you see who won? It took a microscope to see if Albert or van der Poel crossed first (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Mathieu van der Poel, Niels Albert and Rob Peeters on the podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Albert and van der Poel bring it down to the line (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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The sprint was decided by millilmeters (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Niels Albert tailed by Rob Peeters (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Philipp Walsleben (BKCP Powerplus) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Laurens Sweeck (Crelan) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Sven Nys limits his losses (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Van der Poel on the attack in Sint Niklaas (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Van der Poel on his own on the beach (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Mathieu van der Poel launched attack after attack, but couldn't dislodge Albert (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Lubomir Petrus (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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David van der Poel (BKCP-Powerplus), brother of near-champion Mathieu (Image credit: Photopress.be)

Niels Albert (BKCP Powerplus) just barely got the better of his U23 teammate, winning the sprint by mere millimeters over Mathieu van der Poel in Sint Niklaas. The former world champion was only declared winner after a close examination of the film by the judges. Telenet-Fidea rider Rob Peeters rounded out the podium.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team	1:03:40
2	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Enertherm-BKCP
3	Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team	0:00:29
4	Sven Nys (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team	0:00:49
5	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team	0:01:03
6	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus
7	Martin Bina (Cze) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team	0:01:05
8	Bart Aernouts (Bel) AA Drink Cycling Team
9	Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team	0:01:27
10	Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:31
11	Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Selle Italia-Guerciotti	0:01:39
12	Thijs van Amerongen (Ned) AA Drink Cycling Team
13	David van der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Powerplus	0:02:12
14	Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team	0:02:35
15	Joeri Adams (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team	0:02:54
16	Marcel Meisen (Ger) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team	0:02:57
17	Patrick Gaudy (Bel) The Barracuda Company
18	Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team
19	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team	0:03:17
20	Mariusz Gil (Pol) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team	0:03:24
21	Joeri Hofman (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team
22	Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team
23	Diether Sweeck (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team	0:03:43
24	Stijn Huys (Bel) Orange Babies Cycling Team
25	Kevin Cant (Bel) Primator Cyclingteam	0:03:57
26	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel)	0:04:14
27	Jonas Pedersen (Den)	0:04:34
28	Bart Hofman (Bel) Afdeling Oost-Vlaanderen WBV - VZW	0:04:51
29	Jon Insausti (Spa)	0:05:22
30	Niels Koyen (Bel) DNCS-Pro 2012 Cycling Team	0:06:20
31 (-1 lap)	Jeffrey Mellemans (Bel) Heylen Meubelcentrale Zlwc St. Truiden
32 (-2 laps)	Antonin Marecaille (Fra) L´Enfer Dunord
33	Ingmar Uytdewilligen (Bel)
34 (-3 laps)	Edwin De Wit (Bel)
35	Lorenzo Pepermans
36	Aaron Schooler (Can) Team H&R Block
37	James Spragg (GBr) Team Bergamont Bicycles by BMC Group
38 (-4 laps)	Wouter Goosen (Bel) Zannata Cycling Team
39 (-5 laps)	Alexander Revell (NZl)
DNF	Radomir Simunek (Cze) Kwadro-Stannah Cycling Team
DNF	Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team
DNF	Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team
DNF	Davy Commeyne (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty Cycling Team
DNF	Ben Boets (Bel)
DNF	Daan Soete (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team
DNF	Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team