Superprestige - Noordzeecross 2016: Elite Men Results

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

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Sven Nys (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Lars van der Haar (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Michael Vanthourenhout (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Wout Van Aert celebrates his 'grand slam' - winning the Superprestige, BPost Trofee, World Cup and World Championships in one season (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sven Nys completes his career (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Wout Van Aert distances Nys for the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sven Nys in his final Superprestige appearance (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sven Nys congratulates Van Aert on his win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sven Nys waved goodbye to a storied Superprestige career (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Mathieu Van der Poel (BKCP-Corendon) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Wout Van Aert celebrates the overall Superprestige win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Tom Meeusen, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout Van Aert on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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

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Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea) (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

#	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
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
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
30	Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec
31	Michael Van Den Ham (Can) Canada
32	Niels Koyen (Bel) Bike Experience Cycling Team
33	Quincy Vens (Bel) Superano Ham - Isorex - Tarteletto
34	Yoann Corbihan (Fra) Hennebont Cyclisme
35	Nicolas Le Besq (Fra) Ac Centuloise
36	Edwin De Wit (Bel) Reno Systems Cycling Team
37	Tony Le Bail (Fra) Vc Scaerois
38	Camille Dubois (Fra) Uc Ifs Heronville
39	Arnaud Martin (Fra) Uc Ifs Heronville
DNF	Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Era Real Estate-Murprotec
DNF	Tim Merlier (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental
DNF	Radomir Simunek (Cze) Era Real Estate-Murprotec
DNF	Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team
DNF	Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Marlux - Napoleon Games Cycling Team
DNF	Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental
DNF	Kevin Botrel (Fra) Vs Ploumagoar

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