Wetterhall triumphs at Ronde van Drenthe
Eichler, Schillinger complete NetApp-Endura podium sweep
In pouring rain and temperatures barely above freezing, Alexander Wetterhall secured the first win of the season for Team NetApp-Endura at the Ronde van Drenthe. The 26-year-old Swede broke away from a leading group of 12 more than 30 kilometres from the finish and rode alone to win by 46 seconds on the first chase group.
In a show of strength by the German Pro Continental squad, Wetterhall's teammates Markus Eichler and Andreas Schillinger placed second and third to complete a podium sweep.
"I still haven't realized that I won," said Wetterhall. "I am so happy and of course I am pleased that we filled all spots on the podium as a team."
"That was probably the perfect race for us," said NetApp-Endura directeur sportif Jens Heppner. "It was awesome – I've rarely experienced anything like it. The whole team was extremely good. The boys were always out in front and they stamped their seal on the race. The solo ride from Alex in typical Classics weather is of course fantastic. It doesn't get any better."
1 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team NetApp-Endura | 4:56:47 |
2 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:46 |
3 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:49 |
6 | Elmar Reinders (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | 0:01:03 |
7 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:01:21 |
8 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 0:01:24 |
11 | Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | 0:01:28 |
12 | Viktor Manakov (Rus) RusVelo | 0:01:36 |
13 | Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:01:52 |
15 | Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:57 |
16 | Jim van den Berg (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:00 |
18 | Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:04:02 |
19 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Jeff Vermeulen (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Stefan Poutsma (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | 0:07:41 |
22 | Berden De Vries (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | 0:07:43 |
23 | Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Matt Brammeier (Irl) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Jasper Hamelink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Kevin Peeters (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tarik Chaoufi (Mar) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steffen Radochla (Ger) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jetse Bol (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Theo Bos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Graeme Brown (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robert Wagner (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | William Clarke (Aus) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Argos-Shimano | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joeri Bueken (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Claeys (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gilles Devillers (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Reinier Honig (Ned) Crelan-Euphony | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pieter Van Herck (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Mertens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clinton Robert Avery (NZl) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jiao Pengda (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tang Wang Yip (HKg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wu Kin San (HKg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yelko Gomez (Pan) Caja Rural | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesco Lasca (Ita) Caja Rural | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francisco Javier Moreno Allue (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Russell Downing (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roger Kluge (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ferekalsi Debesay Abrha (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bradley Potgieter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Meron Russom (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jim Songezo (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jani Tewelde Weldegabir (Eri) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martin Wesemann (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roman Maikin (Rus) RusVelo | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergei Pomoshnikov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexander Rybakov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) RusVelo | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) RusVelo | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jacobe Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yoeri Havik (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rick Ottema (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kai Reus (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke-Shanks | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Johim Ariesen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Koen Bouwman (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jochem Hoekstra (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steven Lammertink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rens Te Stroet (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Umberto Atzori (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wim Botman (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Roy Eefting (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Haan Wouter (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bart Van Haaren (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Koga Cycling Team | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jesper Asselman (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Melvin Boskamp (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrie Lindeman (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Remco Te Brake (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joey Van Rhee (Ned) Metec-TKH Continental Cyclingteam | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Ciacchini (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stephen Clancy (Irl) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joe Eldridge (USA) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Raeymaekers (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
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