Moerenhout wins championship
Rabobank rider gets national title
Koos Moerenhout has won the Dutch national championship in Heerlen-Langraaf, on Sunday.
In a thrilling finale Moerenhout emerged to lead home a group of six riders who finished just eleven seconds ahead of the remnants of the peloton. The Rabobank rider out-sprinted Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Joost van Leijen (Van Vliet-EBH Elshof) to claim victory.
The win was Moerenhout’s second victory in the national championships in three years, after his first win in 2007. The 35-year-old also continued his trade team’s dominance of the championship, it was the fourth successive victory by a member of the Rabobank squad.
| 1 | Koos Moerenhout | 5:04:55 |
| 2 | Kenny Van Hummel | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Joost Van Leijen | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Bobbie Traksel | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Addy Engels | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Sebastian Langeveld | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Maarten Tjallingii | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Theo Eltink | 0:00:11 |
| 9 | Martijn Maaskant | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Reinier Honig | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Huub Duyn | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Maarten De Jonge | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Rob Ruygh | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Arjan De Baat | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Aart Vierhouten | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Steven De Jongh | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Floris Goesinnen | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Piet Rooyakkers | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Koen De Kort | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Thijs Al | 0:00:14 |
| 21 | Albert Timmer | 0:00:15 |
| 22 | Robert Gesink | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Pieter Weening | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Karsten Kroon | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Johnny Hoogerland | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Niki Terpstra | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Jeroen Boelen | 0:01:11 |
| 28 | Servais Knaven | 0:01:14 |
| 29 | Stefan Van Dijk | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Jos Pronk | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Rikke Dijkxhoorn | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Laurens Ten Dam | 0:03:20 |
| 33 | Lars Boom | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Wout Poels | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Stef Clement | 0:03:27 |
| 36 | Roy Curvers | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Thomas Berkhout | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Matthe Pronk | 0:04:08 |
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