Sweeck leads Belgian podium sweep
Belgians dominate home World Cup
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The Belgian Junior men were unstoppable on snow-covered home soil in Kalmthout. Laurens Sweeck, winner of the first World Cup round, added a second solo win to his tally. Daniel Peeters (Belgium) managed to put himself just ahead of Laurens's twin brother Diether Sweeck.
Clément Venturini (France) was best of the rest at fifteen seconds from the winner. Behind him Lars Forster (Switzerland) outsprinted Yannick Eckmann (Germany) and Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic).
Of the American riders, Bjorn Fox was the first of the delegation at more than three minutes down from the winner.
| 1 | Laurens Sweeck (Belgium) | 0:36:51 |
| 2 | Daniel Peeters (Belgium) | 0:00:08 |
| 3 | Diether Sweeck (Belgium) | 0:00:10 |
| 4 | Clément Venturini (France) | 0:00:15 |
| 5 | Lars Forster (Switzerland) | 0:00:17 |
| 6 | Yannick Eckmann (Germany) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic) | 0:00:18 |
| 8 | Jakub Skala (Czech Republic) | 0:00:33 |
| 9 | Federico Zurlo (Italy) | 0:00:37 |
| 10 | Tomas Medek (Czech Republic) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Quentin Jauregui (France) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Silvio Herklotz (Germany) | 0:00:39 |
| 13 | Jaap De Man (Netherlands) | 0:00:42 |
| 14 | Yorben Van Tichelt (Belgium) | 0:00:43 |
| 15 | Fabien Doubey (France) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spain) | 0:00:53 |
| 17 | Kévin Bouvard (France) | 0:00:54 |
| 18 | Jens Vandekinderen (Belgium) | 0:00:57 |
| 19 | Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium) | 0:00:58 |
| 20 | Toon Aerts (Belgium-B) | 0:01:03 |
| 21 | Lorenzo Samparisi (Italy) | 0:01:08 |
| 22 | Daan Soete (Belgium) | 0:01:15 |
| 23 | Douwe Verberne (Netherlands) | 0:01:23 |
| 24 | Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland) | 0:01:28 |
| 25 | Stan Godrie (Netherlands) | 0:01:34 |
| 26 | Tomas Bohata (Czech Republic) | 0:01:42 |
| 27 | Matthias Van De Velde (Belgium-B) | 0:01:48 |
| 28 | Daan Hoeyberghs (Belgium-B) | 0:01:53 |
| 29 | Andri Frischknecht (Switzerland) | 0:01:54 |
| 30 | Wojciech Malec (Poland) | 0:02:09 |
| 31 | Dylan Page (Switzerland) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Anthony Turgis (France) | 0:02:12 |
| 33 | Koen Weijers (Netherlands) | 0:02:13 |
| 34 | Romain Seigle (France) | 0:02:17 |
| 35 | Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands) | 0:02:25 |
| 36 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium-B) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Alistair Slater (Great Britain) | 0:02:37 |
| 38 | Steffen Müller (Germany) | 0:02:44 |
| 39 | Karl Hoppner (Canada) | 0:02:57 |
| 40 | Dominic Zumstein (Switzerland) | 0:03:00 |
| 41 | Kevin Suarez (Spain) | 0:03:01 |
| 42 | Jorn Claes (Belgium-B) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Ondrej Louvar (Czech Republic) | 0:03:05 |
| 44 | Bjorn Fox (United States) | 0:03:10 |
| 45 | Tom Schwarmes (Luxembourg) | 0:03:19 |
| 46 | Hugo Robinson (Great Britain) | 0:03:21 |
| 47 | Tomas Svoboda (Czech Republic) | 0:03:24 |
| 48 | Yannick Gruner (Germany) | 0:03:31 |
| 49 | Zane Godby (United States) | 0:03:32 |
| 50 | Patryk Kostecki (Poland) | 0:03:35 |
| 51 | Jack Clarkson (Great Britain) | 0:03:40 |
| 52 | Enrico Scapolan (Italy) | 0:04:06 |
| 53 | Timo Verschueren (Belgium-B) | 0:04:11 |
| 54 | Emil Arvid Olsen (Denmark) | 0:04:14 |
| 55 | Joseph Moses (Great Britain) | 0:04:33 |
| 56 | Marcin Malewicz (Poland) | 0:04:37 |
| 57 | Jimmy Reinert (Luxembourg) | 0:04:41 |
| 58 | Andrew Dillman (United States) | 0:04:42 |
| 59 | Julian Lehmann (Germany) | 0:04:55 |
| 60 | Sven Fritsch (Luxembourg) | 0:04:56 |
| 61 | Cypress Gorry (United States) | 0:05:06 |
| 62 | Kamil Wolkiewicz (Poland) | 0:05:30 |
| 63 | Wojciech Szyniec (Poland) | 0:05:39 |
| 64 | Ben Krux (Luxembourg) | 0:05:49 |
| 65 | Jeroen Meijers (Netherlands) | 0:05:54 |
| 66 | Kolben Preble (United States) | -3laps |
| 1 | Laurens Sweeck (Belgium) | 120 | pts |
| 2 | Daniel Peeters (Belgium) | 100 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Diether Sweeck (Belgium) | 90 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Lars Forster (Switzerland) | 70 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Clément Venturini (France) | 57 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Yannick Eckmann (Germany) | 56 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Yorben Van Tichelt (Belgium) | 45 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Quentin Jauregui (France) | 44 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Jens Vandekinderen (Belgium) | 43 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands) | 40 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Jaap De Man (Netherlands) | 38 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Silvio Herklotz (Germany) | 38 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Fabien Doubey (France) | 34 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Federico Zurlo (Italy) | 32 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Tomas Medek (Czech Republic) | 31 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Kévin Bouvard (France) | 30 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spain) | 30 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic) | 28 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Stan Godrie (Netherlands) | 28 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Jakub Skala (Czech Republic) | 26 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Daan Soete (Belgium) | 23 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Toon Aerts (Belgium) | 22 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Lorenzo Samparisi (Italy) | 20 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Daan Hoeyberghs (Belgium) | 15 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Jeroen Meijers (Netherlands) | 13 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium) | 12 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland) | 12 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Douwe Verberne (Netherlands) | 8 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Matthias Van De Velde (Belgium) | 8 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Jorn Claes (Belgium) | 7 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Maxim Panis (Belgium) | 6 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Tomas Bohata (Czech Republic) | 5 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Kevin Ledanois (France) | 3 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Andri Frischknecht (Switzerland) | 2 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Dominic Zumstein (Switzerland) | 2 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Wojciech Malec (Poland) | 1 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Emil Arvid Olsen (Denmark) | 1 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
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