Boulo outsprints Van der Haar
Baestaens holds World Cup lead
France's Matthieu Boulo has won the seventh round of the men’s Under 23 World Cup on home soil in Pontchâteau. The 21-year-old French champion outsprinted European champion Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) for the victory. Matteo Trentin (Italy) was best of the rest at half a minute from the leading duo. Belgian pro rider Vincent Baestaens finished sixth in France and remains World Cup leader.
After a fast reconnaissance lap with a compact peloton, Trentin was one of the few riders who could keep the pace high. The Italian created a gap over the rest of the pack for two laps. Behind him Boulo had another acceleration in his legs and going into the third lap he chased Trentin down. Van der Haar was the only rider capable to stay near Boulo, while Trentin faded and was later caught by a group with Baestaens, Joeri Adams (Belgium), Jim Aernouts (Belgium), Mike Teunissen (The Netherlands), Ole Quast (Germany) and Irwin Gras (France).
Van der Haar needed a couple of laps to catch up with Boulo but during the sixth lap the two got together. About 45 seconds behind the leading duo Trentin launched a solo counter-attack.
Whilst the duo in front was looking for their second breath they knew that nobody would come back at them from behind. Trentin battled for third place with a gap of 10 seconds over Teunissen while the rest of the chasers followed further behind.
The duo in front headed for a sprint which was surprisingly won by Boulo. Trentin held on to his gap over the other chasers and claimed his first podium result of the season in the World Cup. Adams won the sprint of a large group for fourth place holding off Teunissen, Baestaens, Gras, Silvestri, Aernouts, Vinnie Braet (Belgium) and Jimmy Turgis (France).
In the World Cup standings Baestaens lost 20 points on Van der Haar and now has only a five point lead. Formerly second place Wietse Bosmans (Belgium) had an off-day in Pontchâteau and his 18th position puts him back into fourth place. Boulo is now third at 21 points from Baestaens.
Van der Haar heads into next week's last World Cup round in Hoogerheide which is ridden on home soil knowing that he currently has much better form than Baestaens.
1 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) France | 0:51:55 |
2 | Lars van der Haar (Ned) Netherlands | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Italy | 0:00:33 |
4 | Joeri Adams (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:54 |
5 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:55 |
6 | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Belgium | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Irwin Gras (Fra) France | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Elia Silvestri (Ita) Italy | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Belgium | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Ole Quast (Ger) Germany | 0:00:57 |
11 | Vinnie Braet (Bel) Belgium | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) France | 0:00:59 |
13 | Micki Van Empel (Ned) Netherlands | 0:01:20 |
14 | Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Thibault Taboury (Fra) France-B | 0:01:22 |
16 | David Menut (Fra) France | 0:01:24 |
17 | Jan Nesvadba (Cze) Czech Republic | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) Belgium | 0:01:26 |
19 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) France | 0:01:27 |
20 | Lubomir Petrus (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:01:28 |
21 | David Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Twan Van Den Brand (Ned) Netherlands | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Camille Thominet (Fra) France | 0:01:31 |
24 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:03 |
25 | Jérémy Grimal (Fra) France-B | 0:02:04 |
26 | Freddie Guilloux (Fra) France-B | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Kevin Eeckhout (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:50 |
28 | Tomas Paprstka (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:02:56 |
29 | Michael Schweizer (Ger) Germany | 0:03:16 |
30 | Luca Braidot (Ita) Italy | 0:03:35 |
31 | Michael Boros (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:03:51 |
32 | Miguel Fillaut (Fra) France-B | 0:04:02 |
33 | Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:04:13 |
34 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Germany | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Max Walsleben (Ger) Germany | 0:05:07 |
36 | Rudy Kowalski (Fra) France-B | 0:05:15 |
37 | Fabian Danner (Ger) Germany | -3laps |
1 | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Belgium | 180 | pts |
2 | Lars van der Haar (Ned) Netherlands | 175 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) France | 159 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) Belgium | 158 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Joeri Adams (Bel) Belgium | 116 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Elia Silvestri (Ita) Italy | 106 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Tijmen Eising (Ned) Netherlands | 100 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Belgium | 99 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Micki Van Empel (Ned) Netherlands | 81 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Italy | 77 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Vinnie Braet (Bel) Belgium | 75 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Germany | 63 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Netherlands | 61 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Ole Quast (Ger) Germany | 53 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands | 52 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 48 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Sean De Bie (Bel) Belgium | 45 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Arnaud Grand (Swi) Switzerland | 44 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Irwin Gras (Fra) France | 37 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Belgium | 35 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Marek Konwa (Pol) Poland | 32 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Karel Hnik (Cze) Czech Republic | 28 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Kevin Eeckhout (Bel) Belgium | 28 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Tomas Paprstka (Cze) Czech Republic | 28 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) United States | 28 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Sven Beelen (Bel) Belgium | 25 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Twan Van Den Brand (Ned) Netherlands | 24 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Kenneth Hansen (Den) Denmark | 23 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Jiri Polnicky (Cze) Czech Republic | 22 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Michael Schweizer (Ger) Germany | 22 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Zach Mcdonald (USA) United States | 22 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) France | 19 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Tim Merlier (Bel) Belgium | 18 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Angelo De Clercq (Bel) Belgium | 18 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Thibault Taboury (Fra) France | 16 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | David Menut (Fra) France | 15 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Mirko Tabacchi (Ita) Italy | 15 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Jan Nesvadba (Cze) Czech Republic | 14 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Michael Boros (Cze) Czech Republic | 14 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Jens Adams (Bel) Belgium | 13 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) France | 12 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Lubomir Petrus (Cze) Czech Republic | 11 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Melvin Rulliere (Fra) France | 11 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | David Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands | 10 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Camille Thominet (Fra) France | 8 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Théo Dumanchin (Fra) France | 8 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Jérémy Grimal (Fra) France | 6 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Netherlands | 6 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Freddie Guilloux (Fra) France | 5 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Radek Polnicky (Cze) Czech Republic | 4 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Vincent Dias Dos Santos (Lux) Luxembourg | 4 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Matthias Bossuyt (Bel) Belgium | 3 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Yannick Mayer (Ger) Germany | 2 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Luca Braidot (Ita) Italy | 1 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Michael Winterberg (Swi) Switzerland | 1 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
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