Superprestige - Noordzeecross 2016: Elite Men Results

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The final Superprestige podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Mathieu van der Poel (BKCP-Corendon) claimed the final Superprestige victory of the season in Middelkerke, soloing away on the slick, muddy course to beat Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea) and world champion Wout Van Aert (Crelan Vastgoedservice). Van Aert took out the overall classification for the series over Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink), who completed his final Superprestige race in fourth place.

The mishap-strewn race began with a dramatic mechanical to Laurens Sweeck, who snapped his chain in the start, and turned tense when Van Aert wrecked his derailleur on the second lap and was forced to run quite some distance to the pits for a fresh bike, dropping to 30th position.

The deficit put Nys in a strong position to unseat Van Aert in the overall standings - the veteran with 64 Superprestige wins and 13 final classification victories was riding well to maintain third, but could not withstand the comeback of the world champion.

Nys succumbed in the final lap, missing out on the race podium, but held onto second overall ahead of Lars van der Haar in the series.

Full Results

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) BKCP-Corendon	1:05:01
2	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	0:00:22
3	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental	0:00:43
4	Sven Nys (Bel) Crelan AA Drink Team	0:00:49
5	Toon Aerts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	0:01:00
6	Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant - Alpecin	0:01:20
7	Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team	0:01:39
8	Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	0:02:03
9	Jim Aernouts (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	0:02:05
10	Diether Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec	0:02:08
11	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team	0:02:11
12	Joeri Adams (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental	0:02:20
13	Vincent Baestaens (Bel) BKCP-Corendon	0:02:31
14	Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team	0:03:12
15	Stephen Hyde (USA) Cannondale Cyclocrossworld	0:03:22
16	Twan Van Den Brand (Ned) Orange Babies Cyclingteam	0:03:41
17	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Corendon	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga Ibanez (Spa) Mmr Cx Team / Cc Zuiano	0:04:02
19	Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Superano Ham - Isorex - Tarteletto	0:04:09
20	Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	0:04:20
21	Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Crelan Aa Drink Team	0:05:15
22	David Van Der Poel (Ned) Bkcp-Corendon	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Niels Wubben (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	0:05:32
24	Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) Kalas-H.Essers-Noff Cycling Team	0:05:52
25	Michael Boros (Cze) Bkcp-Corendon	0:06:16
26	Dave De Cleyn (Bel) Rs-Bikes Racing Team Pulderbos	0:06:36
27	Bart Hofman (Bel) Nodrugs Heroes Flanders	0:07:26
28	Stan Godrie (Ned) Rabobank Development Team	0:07:39
29	Antonin Marecaille (Fra) Avc Aix En Provence	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Michael Van Den Ham (Can) Canada	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Niels Koyen (Bel) Bike Experience Cycling Team	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Quincy Vens (Bel) Superano Ham - Isorex - Tarteletto	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Yoann Corbihan (Fra) Hennebont Cyclisme	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Nicolas Le Besq (Fra) Ac Centuloise	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Edwin De Wit (Bel) Reno Systems Cycling Team	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Tony Le Bail (Fra) Vc Scaerois	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Camille Dubois (Fra) Uc Ifs Heronville	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Arnaud Martin (Fra) Uc Ifs Heronville	Row 38 - Cell 2
DNF	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec	Row 39 - Cell 2
DNF	Tim Merlier (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental	Row 40 - Cell 2
DNF	Radomir Simunek (Cze) Era Real Estate-Murprotec	Row 41 - Cell 2
DNF	Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team	Row 42 - Cell 2
DNF	Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team	Row 43 - Cell 2
DNF	Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental	Row 44 - Cell 2
DNF	Kevin Botrel (Fra) Vs Ploumagoar	Row 45 - Cell 2

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Final Superprestige standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Wout van Aert	107	pts
2	Sven Nys	99	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Lars van der Haar	87	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Kevin Pauwels	84	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Klaas Vantornout	70	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Tom Meeusen	63	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Laurens Sweeck	60	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Mathieu van der Poel	49	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Corné van Kessel	42	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Tim Merlier	40	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Toon Aerts	36	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Rob Peeters	28	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Gianni Vermeersch	23	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	David van der Poel	20	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Julien Taramarcaz	19	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Diether Sweeck	19	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Thijs van Amerongen	14	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Jim Aernouts	14	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Joeri Adams	13	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Philipp Walsleben	11	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Vincent Baestaens	11	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Michael Vanthourenhout	9	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Michael Boros	9	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Jens Adams	7	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Clément Venturini	7	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Jens Vandekinderen	4	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Marcel Meisen	4	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Radomir Simunek	4	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Niels Wubben	3	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Sven Vanthourenhout	2	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Stan Godrie	1	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Stephen Hyde	1	Row 31 - Cell 3