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Lars Forster (Switzerland) on the podium in Zolder.
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Lars Forster (Switzerland) finished ahead of Nipl Vojtech (Czech Republic) and Stan Godrie (Netherlands).
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Lars Forster (Switzerland) wins the junior race.
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Nipl Vojtech (Czech Republic) was best of the rest.
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Stan Godrie (Netherlands) took third.
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Swiss rider Lars Forster dealt best with the snow and ice in Zolder to claim his first World Cup victory. During the third round of the World Cup, no Belgians featured on the podium and the exceptional course conditions might have had a hand in ensuring that. Forster didn't need much to time to show how much he enjoyed the snow around the car circuit. He distanced the rest of the field on the second lap and then quickly built up a lead of half a minute on the rest of the field.
Forster kept his composure until the end of the race and won ahead of Nipl Vojtech (Czech Republic) who was best of the rest ahead of early race leader Stan Godrie (The Netherlands). World Cup leader Laurens Sweeck lost the sprint for the remaining podium spots. Sweeck struggled during the first two laps but fought his way back to the top five, and he remains in the lead of the World Cup. Forster jumps from fourth to second place, 30 points behind Laurens Sweeck. Daniel Peeters (Belgium) and Diether Sweeck (Belgium) lost a spot and are now third and fourth overall.
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Lars Forster (Switzerland)
0:41:53
2
Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic)
0:00:30
3
Stan Godrie (Netherlands)
0:00:33
4
Laurens Sweeck (Belgium)
0:00:34
5
Jakub Skala (Czech Republic)
0:00:39
6
Tomas Medek (Czech Republic)
0:00:42
7
Jaap De Man (Netherlands)
0:00:58
8
Yorben Van Tichelt (Belgium)
0:01:03
9
Diether Sweeck (Belgium)
0:01:06
10
Fabien Doubey (France)
0:01:07
11
Clément Venturini (France)
0:01:08
12
Daniel Peeters (Belgium)
Row 11 - Cell 2
13
Tomas Bohata (Czech Republic)
0:02:10
14
Quentin Jauregui (France)
0:02:19
15
Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium)
0:02:25
16
Jens Vandekinderen (Belgium)
0:02:33
17
Lorenzo Samparisi (Italy)
0:02:39
18
Douwe Verberne (Netherlands)
0:02:42
19
Daan Soete (Belgium)
0:02:43
20
Yannick Eckmann (Germany)
0:02:46
21
Toon Aerts (Belgium)
0:03:19
22
Federico Zurlo (Italy)
0:03:24
23
Maxim Panis (Belgium)
0:03:30
24
Tomas Svoboda (Czech Republic)
0:03:39
25
Matthias Van De Velde (Belgium)
0:04:01
26
Julian Lehmann (Germany)
Row 25 - Cell 2
27
Kévin Bouvard (France)
0:04:21
28
Daan Hoeyberghs (Belgium)
0:04:30
29
Andrew Dillman (United States Of America)
0:04:32
30
Jeroen Meijers (Netherlands)
0:04:48
31
Bjorn Fox (United States Of America)
0:04:56
32
Steffen Müller (Germany)
0:05:04
33
Pjotr Van Beek (Netherlands)
0:05:05
34
Karl Hoppner (Canada)
0:05:06
35
Jorn Claes (Belgium)
Row 34 - Cell 2
36
Jan Brezna (Czech Republic)
0:05:08
37
Jeff Bahnson (United States Of America)
0:05:09
38
Wout Van Aert (Belgium)
0:05:27
39
Kevin Suarez (Spain)
0:05:59
40
Yannick Gruner (Germany)
0:06:32
41
Zane Godby (United States Of America)
0:06:45
42
Enrico Scapolan (Italy)
0:06:54
43
Emil Arvid Olsen (Denmark)
0:06:55
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Ondrej Glajza (Slovakia)
Row 43 - Cell 2
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Gunnar Bergey (United States Of America)
Row 44 - Cell 2
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Cypress Gorry (United States Of America)
Row 45 - Cell 2
DNF
Viliam Bodis (Slovakia)
Row 46 - Cell 2
DNF
Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands)
Row 47 - Cell 2
DNF
Silvio Herklotz (Germany)
Row 48 - Cell 2
DNS
Martin Smykal (Slovakia)
Row 49 - Cell 2
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World Cup standings
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Laurens Sweeck (Belgium)
160
pts
2
Lars Forster (Switzerland)
130
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Daniel Peeters (Belgium)
119
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Diether Sweeck (Belgium)
114
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic)
78
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Clément Venturini (France)
77
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Stan Godrie (Netherlands)
73
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Yorben Van Tichelt (Belgium)
71
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Yannick Eckmann (Germany)
67
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Jaap De Man (Netherlands)
66
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Jakub Skala (Czech Republic)
61
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Tomas Medek (Czech Republic)
61
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Quentin Jauregui (France)
61
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Jens Vandekinderen (Belgium)
58
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
Fabien Doubey (France)
56
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
Federico Zurlo (Italy)
41
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands)
40
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
Silvio Herklotz (Germany)
38
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Daan Soete (Belgium)
35
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
Kévin Bouvard (France)
34
Row 19 - Cell 3
21
Lorenzo Samparisi (Italy)
34
Row 20 - Cell 3
22
Toon Aerts (Belgium)
32
Row 21 - Cell 3
23
Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spain)
30
Row 22 - Cell 3
24
Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium)
28
Row 23 - Cell 3
25
Tomas Bohata (Czech Republic)
23
Row 24 - Cell 3
26
Douwe Verberne (Netherlands)
21
Row 25 - Cell 3
27
Daan Hoeyberghs (Belgium)
18
Row 26 - Cell 3
28
Jeroen Meijers (Netherlands)
14
Row 27 - Cell 3
29
Maxim Panis (Belgium)
14
Row 28 - Cell 3
30
Matthias Van De Velde (Belgium)
14
Row 29 - Cell 3
31
Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland)
12
Row 30 - Cell 3
32
Tomas Svoboda (Czech Republic)
7
Row 31 - Cell 3
33
Jorn Claes (Belgium)
7
Row 32 - Cell 3
34
Julian Lehmann (Germany)
5
Row 33 - Cell 3
35
Kevin Ledanois (France)
3
Row 34 - Cell 3
36
Andrew Dillman (United States Of America)
2
Row 35 - Cell 3
37
Andri Frischknecht (Switzerland)
2
Row 36 - Cell 3
38
Dominic Zumstein (Switzerland)
2
Row 37 - Cell 3
39
Wojciech Malec (Poland)
1
Row 38 - Cell 3
40
Emil Arvid Olsen (Denmark)
1
Row 39 - Cell 3
