Nys wins ahead of Pauwels, Wellens & Stybar
Page secures a top ten place for USA
Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) beat all his main rivals in a muddy edition of the GP Sven Nys, in his hometown Baal. In his new light-green kit Nys ploughed away from his last rival Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) in the second of seven laps and he completed a long solo ride in front of his home crowd. It was Nys’ eleventh win in his home race.
“For an entire hour I had goose bumps. It’s been a few years since I dominated like this but I came out of the Christmas week very well and the whole town was standing behind me, united as one,” Nys said on tv-channel Sporza.
After taking it easy in the final laps Nys had a 45 second gap on a well-performing Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor). The latter extended his lead over world champion Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) in the Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy during this sixth round on New Year’s Day.
“I didn’t expect to finish ahead of Stybar on a course like this,” Pauwels said. Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) was the surprising name on the podium since top guns Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Stybar performed below par in Baal. The latter showed up in Baal with a new pink bike from Specialized, a pink helmet and the new team kit from Omega Pharma-Quickstep. Stybar had a super-fast start, then dropped back into eighth position halfway in race but the Czech fought back to finish fourth on the line.
“Maybe I started too fast but I was motivated to show off my new shirt and bike. Then I lost a lot of ground in two laps,” Stybar said.
The battle for second place was the most interesting to watch. Vantornout, Pauwels, Wellens and Albert rode together in the first chase group until the fifth lap. Then Albert cracked, Wellens punctured out of the group and during the penultimate lap Vantornout lost ground too. The tall Belgian struggled while running and he was passed by Wellens.
“Before that I flatted but tried to follow Pauwels and Vantornout which cost a lot of energy; I shouldn’t have done that,” Wellens said.
“Suddenly I saw Vantornout standing there and I realized that everybody can run into problems.”
Stybar profited from Albert and Vantornout during their difficult last laps and he blasted past them. “In the end I started going better and suddenly I realized that fourth place was still an option so I went full gas for that,” Stybar said.
One by one the mud-clad riders rolled towards the finish line. Rob Peeters (Telenet-Fidea) was fifth ahead of Albert, Sven Vanthourenhout (Landbouwkrediet), Bart Aernouts (Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team). Vantornout eventually came home in a disappointing ninth place. Jonathan Page (Planetbike) showed off his best performance of the season. By sprinting ahead of Martin Zlamalik (KDL-Trans) at the finish he completed the top-10 in Baal. In one week he claimed his second top-10 result in a C1-race this season and his first top-10 in a race that is part of one of the major series.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 1:00:12 |
2 | Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | 0:00:46 |
3 | Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 0:01:10 |
4 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:01:30 |
5 | Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 0:01:40 |
6 | Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus | 0:01:46 |
7 | Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 0:01:50 |
8 | Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team | 0:02:16 |
9 | Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | 0:02:39 |
10 | Jonathan Page (USA) Planet Bike-Blue Bicycles | 0:02:44 |
11 | Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Landbouwkrediet - KDL | 0:02:49 |
12 | Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Style & Concept | 0:03:22 |
13 | Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Team AA Drink-Leontien.nl | 0:03:28 |
14 | Thijs Al (Ned) Team AA Drink-Leontien.nl | 0:03:42 |
15 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Mariusz Gil (Pol) Baboco | 0:04:30 |
17 | Patrick Gaudy (Bel) Barracuda | 0:04:42 |
18 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus | 0:05:27 |
19 | Kevin Cant (Bel) Van Goethem | 0:05:35 |
20 | Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) | 0:05:43 |
21 | Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Style & Concept Cycling Team | 0:06:00 |
22 | Ben Berden (Bel) Ops Ale-Stoemper | 0:06:45 |
23 (-1 lap) | Stijn Huys (Bel) Orange Babies | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Bart Hofman (Bel) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Geert Wellens (Bel) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 (-2 laps) | Jimmy Tielens (Bel) Team DW Bikes | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Jo Pirotte (Bel) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Bart Verschueren (Bel) KDL-Landbouwkrediet | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 (-3 laps) | Craig Richey (Can) Renner Custom - Raleigh | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 (-4 laps) | Jeremy Durrin (USA) J.A.M. Fund - NCC | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 (-5 laps) | Tom Dernies (Bel) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Wouter Been (Ned) WTOS Delft | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joeri Adams (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Bianco (Ita) L´Arcobaleno Carraro Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Darryn Medhurst (USA) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mike Thielemans (Bel) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Twan Van Den Brand (Ned) WV Schijndel | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | John Spruyt (Bel) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 3 | pts |
2 | Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 0:08:27 |
2 | Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | 0:08:29 |
3 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:08:39 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | 135 | pts |
2 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | 119 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 107 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus | 98 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 85 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 73 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team | 72 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 67 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | 60 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 58 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Jan Denuwelaere (Bel) Style & Concept Cycling Team | 52 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Team AA Drink-Leontien.nl | 59 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus | 44 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Mariusz Gil (Pol) Baboco | 38 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Joeri Adams (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 36 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team | 31 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Landbouwkrediet - KDL | 28 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jonathan Page (USA) Planet Bike-Blue Bicycles | 24 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 23 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus | 20 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Style & Concept Cycling Team | 15 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 14 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Eddy Merckx-Indeland | 13 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Mitchell Huenders (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam | Row 23 - Cell 2 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
24 | Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus | Row 24 - Cell 2 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
24 | Thijs Al (Ned) Team AA Drink-Leontien.nl | 12 | pts |
24 | Aurelien Duval (Fra) U.V.Aube | 11 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
24 | Patrick Gaudy (Bel) Barracuda | 8 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
24 | Robert Gavenda (Svk) Landbouwkrediet - KDL | 7 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
24 | Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) Team AA Drink-Leontien.nl | 5 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
24 | Dave De Cleyn (Bel) | Row 30 - Cell 2 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
24 | Kevin Cant (Bel) Van Goethem | 4 | pts |
24 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | Row 32 - Cell 2 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
24 | Niels Wubben (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team | 3 | pts |
24 | Simon Zahner (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
24 | Sascha Weber (Ger) | Row 35 - Cell 2 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
24 | Egoitz Murgoitio (Spa) | 2 | pts |
24 | Marco Bianco (Ita) L´Arcobaleno Carraro Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
24 | Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) | 1 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | 10 | pts |
2 | Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 8 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | 6 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus | Row 3 - Cell 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 3 | pts |
6 | Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor | Row 5 - Cell 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 2 | pts |
8 | Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet-Fidea | 1 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
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