Sweeck tops Eckmann in Baal
US team posts strong results
Laurens Sweeck took his sixth victory of the season with a dominating performance at the GP Sven Nys in Baal, Belgium. With Sweeck well in the lead, the battle of the race came for second place, where American Yannick Eckmann went head to head with Sweeck's brother Diether.
Diether took the lead from Eckmann for a time, but the American was able to fight back into the lead and put ten seconds into the Belgian by the finish to claim second place.
Sweeck then had to fend off the surge from Floris de Tier to hold onto the final podium spot, which he did by only two seconds.
1 | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) | 0:44:53 | Row 0 - Cell 3 |
2 | Yannick Eckmann (USA) | 0:01:26 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Diether Sweeck (Bel) | 0:01:37 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Floris De Tier (Bel) | 0:01:39 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Timo Verschueren (Bel) | 0:03:35 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Lorenzo Pepermans (Bel) | 0:04:07 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Skyler Trujillo (USA) | 0:04:25 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Gabriel Chavanne (Swi) | 0:04:29 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Twan Brusselman (Bel) | 0:05:39 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jeffrey Bahson (USA) | 0:05:42 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Nick van Dijke (Ned) | 0:06:35 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Stijn Gielen (Bel) | 0:07:17 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Mike Van Aken (Bel) | 0:07:27 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Olivier Vandevyver (Bel) | 0:07:42 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Joni Geeraerts (Bel) | Row 14 - Cell 2 | -1 lap |
16 | Robin Van den Bruel (Bel) | Row 15 - Cell 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Bryan Borowski (Ned) | Row 16 - Cell 2 | -2 laps |
18 | Birger Vandael (Bel) | Row 17 - Cell 2 | -3 laps |
19 | Sibe Smets (Bel) | Row 18 - Cell 2 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Alexander Verslegers (Bel) | Row 19 - Cell 2 | -4 laps |
21 | Jonas Van Rensbergen (Bel) | Row 20 - Cell 2 | -5 laps |
1 | Matthias Van de Velde (Bel) | 0:33:13 |
2 | Daan Soete (Bel) | 0:00:28 |
3 | Jens Van Rompaey (Bel) | 0:02:22 |
4 | Jelto Veroft (Bel) | 0:02:37 |
5 | Kenny Schellens (Bel) | 0:03:00 |
6 | Samuel Lowe (GBr) | 0:03:20 |
7 | Jochem Verbeek (Bel) | 0:03:24 |
8 | Pjotr van Beek (Ned) | 0:03:54 |
9 | Kevin Panhuyzen (Bel) | 0:04:14 |
10 | Kenneth Van Dessel (Bel) | 0:04:58 |
11 | Jochen Vervoort (Bel) | 0:05:07 |
12 | Glenn Vissers (Bel) | 0:05:24 |
13 | Jorne Kockaerts (Bel) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Glenn Lens (Bel) | 0:06:02 |
15 | Kevin Dupont (Bel) | 0:06:27 |
16 | Stef Goormans (Bel) | 0:07:49 |
17 | Niels Buysen (Bel) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Thomas Smans (Bel) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Tjendo De Baere (Bel) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Wouter Van Engeland (Bel) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Hans Raeymaekers (Bel) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Lander Jespers (Bel) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Leroy Verslegers (Bel) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Keshia Verbeeck (Bel) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |

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