Kevin Pauwels on the run up(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Of course beer and food was available for the fans(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mathieu Van der Poel (BKCP - Powerplus Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lars Van Der Haar (Giant-Shimano Development Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) descends(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) coming out of a sandy corner(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) leads Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea Cycling Team) up the hill(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Niels Wubben (Telenet Fidea Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mathieu Van der Poel (BKCP - Powerplus Cycling Team) sneaks through the gap as Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team) decides to carry his bike over the sand(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) on the sand(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team) crashes as Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea Cycling Team) rides past(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Philipp Walsleben (BKCP - Powerplus Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Japan's Yu Takenouchi(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jens Adams (Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There was plenty of different viewing locations for the race(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bart Barkhuis (Corendon - KwadrO Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The rider running up the sand hill(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) picks his line on the sandy descent(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team) leads on the descent(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A popular spot to watch the race from(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There was no single line chosen by the men on the descent(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lars Van Der Haar (Giant-Shimano Development Team) crosses the line in third place(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gianni Vermeersch (Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The sand descent was a popular spot to watch the race from(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Riders trying to stay up right on the sand(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A single line of riders head down the sandy descent(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Julien Taramarcaz (Corendon - KwadrO Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Joeri Adams (Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rob Peeters (Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Cycling Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) leads out of a corner(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) buries himself in the sprint(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) takes the win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) takes the win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) loses the sprint to (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) takes the win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Superprestige podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Zonhoven podium (l-r): Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team), Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) and Lars Van Der Haar (Giant-Shimano Development Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys takes second on the day(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nys and Pauwels shake hands on the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels wins Superprestige in Zonhoven(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) carries his bike up the climb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) on the run-up(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lars van der Haar (Giant-Shimano Development)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) takes the win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) and Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team) sprint to the finish line(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games) and Sven Nys (Crelan - AA Drink Team)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team) tops the podium in Zonhoven(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) won a two-man sprint to the line against Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink) to take the win at the Superprestige’s second round in Zonhoven on Sunday. Lars van der Haar (Giant-Shimano Development) crossed the line 13 seconds behind the two leaders and placed third.
It was a weekend of second places for the Belgian champion, who lost the two-man sprint to Wout Van Aert (Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Cycling Team) during the previous day’s Bpost Bank Trofee Koppenbergcross.
A few of the same key players shaped the Superprestige race with Nys, Pauwels, van der Haar and Tom Meeusen (Telenet Fidea Cycling Team) taking the reins.
Nys made a late-race move that looked to have the race sewn up if it weren’t for a determined Pauwels, who dug deep to regain contact with the front rider at the end of the last lap.
Pauwels was the strongest of the pair during the sprint on the pavement to the finish line and he took a well-deserved victory. Although it was another second place for Nys this weekend, he didn’t leave the Superprestige round two event empty handed because he moved into the overall series lead.
Full Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team
0:58:04
2
Sven Nys (Bel) Crelan - AA Drink Team
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Giant-Shimano Development Team
0:00:13
4
Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
0:00:33
5
Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned) BKCP - Powerplus Cycling Team
0:00:58
6
Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team
0:01:12
7
Bart Aernouts (Bel) Corendon - KwadrO Cycling Team
0:01:15
8
Niels Wubben (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
0:01:22
9
Corné Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
0:01:38
10
Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP - Powerplus Cycling Team
0:01:44
11
Jens Adams (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Cycling Team
0:02:07
12
Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team
0:02:14
13
Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Crelan - AA Drink Team
Row 12 - Cell 2
14
Julien Taramarcaz (Swi) Corendon - KwadrO Cycling Team
Row 13 - Cell 2
15
Joeri Adams (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Cycling Team
0:02:19
16
Rob Peeters (Bel) Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace Cycling Team
0:02:28
17
Ian Field (GBr) Hargroves Cycles
0:02:34
18
Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team
0:02:48
19
Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team
0:02:54
20
Twan Van Den Brand (Ned) Orange Babies Cycling Team
0:03:45
21
Marcel Meisen (Ger) Corendon - KwadrO Cycling Team
Row 20 - Cell 2
22
Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continentaal Team
Row 21 - Cell 2
23
Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned) Orange Babies Cycling Team
Row 22 - Cell 2
24
Dave De Cleyn (Bel) Cycling Team Zemst VZW
Row 23 - Cell 2
25
Patrick Gaudy (Bel) Veranclassic-Doltcini Cycling Team
Row 24 - Cell 2
26
Hendrik Sweeck (Bel) Corendon - KwadrO Cycling Team
Row 25 - Cell 2
27
Yu Takenouchi (Jpn)
Row 26 - Cell 2
28
Niels Koyen (Bel) CCN - Metalac Cycling team
Row 27 - Cell 2
29
Bart Barkhuis (Ned)
Row 28 - Cell 2
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