Boulo wins but falls one point short
Van der Haar wins World Cup
Matthieu Boulo (France) grabbed his second consecutive win in the World Cup in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands. The French champion held off Belgian champion Joeri Adams in a long sprint on the muddy course. The two wins from Boulo were not enough to take the overall World Cup win, however, as European champion Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) showed more consistency this season. Although he didn’t win a single World Cup round, the Dutchman tops the overall ranking with one point more than Boulo.
“I was only thinking about the victory today, not the overall standings. During the last lap there were a lot of fights going on to get the best position in our large group. I started my sprint from far out and was able keep it until the line,” Boulo told Cyclingnews.
During the first half of the race Boulo featured in a large lead group that also included World Cup leader Vincent Baestaens (Belgium). The latter seemingly blew his engine during the fourth lap and he quickly lost ground. Van der Haar and Boulo were the only riders left in contention for the overall win and both featured at the front.
Adams made up for a bad start and bridged up to the six leaders during the fifth lap and he went on to surprise his opponents by leading for the first half of the final lap. “I tried to lower the speed in the group so I could recover but suddenly Boulo ran past me in the mud. Right after that I couldn't click quickly into my pedal and lost his wheel. It was too much to make up before the finish,” Adams said.
Boulo steamed towards the win ahead of Adams. Van der Haar did just enough to win the World Cup by grabbing third place on home soil. Belgians Jim Aernouts and Vinnie Braet fell just short of the podium.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) France | 0:51:48 |
2 | Joeri Adams (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:01 |
3 | Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:03 |
4 | Jim Aernouts (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:06 |
5 | Vinnie Braet (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:07 |
6 | Marek Konwa (Pol) Poland | 0:00:10 |
7 | Wietse Bosmans (Bel) Belgium | 0:00:20 |
8 | Irwin Gras (Fra) France | 0:00:40 |
9 | Twan Van Den Brand (Ned) Netherlands | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Ole Quast (Ger) Germany | 0:00:42 |
11 | Arnaud Grand (Swi) Switzerland | 0:00:45 |
12 | Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) Netherlands-B | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:46 |
14 | Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) Netherlands | 0:00:58 |
15 | David Van Der Poel (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:01:07 |
16 | Elia Silvestri (Ita) Italy | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Belgium | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Jens Adams (Bel) Belgium | 0:01:13 |
19 | Tijmen Eising (Ned) Netherlands | 0:01:20 |
20 | Marcel Meisen (Ger) Germany | 0:01:22 |
21 | Kobus Hereijgers (Ned) Netherlands-B | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) United States | 0:01:27 |
23 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) France | 0:01:28 |
24 | Mirko Tabacchi (Ita) Italy | 0:01:38 |
25 | Karel Hnik (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:01:44 |
26 | Valentin Scherz (Swi) Switzerland | 0:01:49 |
27 | Michael Schweizer (Ger) Germany | 0:02:15 |
28 | Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Belgium | 0:02:21 |
29 | Jan Nesvadba (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:02:27 |
30 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Italy | 0:02:45 |
31 | Michael Boros (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:02:50 |
32 | Tomas Paprstka (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:02:54 |
33 | Kenneth Hansen (Den) Denmark | 0:02:58 |
34 | Luca Braidot (Ita) Italy | 0:03:03 |
35 | Lubomir Petrus (Cze) Czech Republic | 0:03:04 |
36 | Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:03:25 |
37 | Lukas Müller (Swi) Switzerland | 0:03:35 |
38 | Michael Winterberg (Swi) Switzerland | 0:03:43 |
39 | Fabian Danner (Ger) Germany | 0:03:44 |
40 | Alex Kirsch (Lux) Luxembourg | 0:03:46 |
41 | Geert Van Der Horst (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:04:02 |
42 | Cody Kaiser (USA) United States | 0:04:16 |
43 | Nils Van Kooy (Ned) Netherlands-B | 0:04:17 |
44 | Zach McDonald (USA) United States | 0:04:36 |
45 | Jerome Townsend (USA) United States | 0:05:31 |
46 | Max Walsleben (Ger) Germany | 0:05:51 |
47 | Vincent Dias Dos Santos (Lux) Luxembourg | 0:06:10 |
48 (-1 lap) | Wojciech Herba (Pol) Poland | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Jonas Guddal (Den) Denmark | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 (-3 laps) | Piotr Antkowiak (Pol) Poland | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
1 | Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) | 220 | pts |
2 | Matthieu Boulo (France) | 219 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Wietse Bosmans (Belgium) | 186 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Vincent Baestaens (Belgium) | 183 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Joeri Adams (Belgium) | 166 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jim Aernouts (Belgium) | 139 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Elia Silvestri (Italy) | 121 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Tijmen Eising (Netherlands) | 112 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Vinnie Braet (Belgium) | 110 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Micki Van Empel (Netherlands) | 81 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Mike Teunissen (Netherlands) | 79 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Matteo Trentin (Italy) | 78 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Ole Quast (Germany) | 75 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Marcel Meisen (Germany) | 74 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Gert-Jan Bosman (Netherlands) | 65 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Arnaud Grand (Switzerland) | 64 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Irwin Gras (France) | 63 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Marek Konwa (Poland) | 62 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Michiel Van Der Heijden (Netherlands) | 52 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Gianni Vermeersch (Belgium) | 49 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Twan Van Den Brand (Netherlands) | 48 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Sean De Bie (Belgium) | 45 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Daniel Summerhill (United States) | 37 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Karel Hnik (Czech Republic) | 34 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Kevin Eeckhout (Belgium) | 28 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Tomas Paprstka (Czech Republic) | 28 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Jimmy Turgis (France) | 27 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | David Van Der Poel (Netherlands) | 26 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Michael Schweizer (Germany) | 26 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Jens Adams (Belgium) | 26 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Sven Beelen (Belgium) | 25 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Kenneth Hansen (Denmark) | 23 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Jiri Polnicky (Czech Republic) | 22 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Zach McDonald (United States) | 22 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Mirko Tabacchi (Italy) | 22 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Emiel Dolfsma (Netherlands) | 19 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Tim Merlier (Belgium) | 18 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Angelo De Clercq (Belgium) | 18 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Thibault Taboury (France) | 16 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Jan Nesvadba (Czech Republic) | 16 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | David Menut (France) | 15 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Michael Boros (Czech Republic) | 14 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Théo Vimpere (France) | 12 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Lubomir Petrus (Czech Republic) | 11 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Melvin Rulliere (France) | 11 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Kobus Hereijgers (Netherlands) | 10 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Camille Thominet (France) | 8 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Théo Dumanchin (France) | 8 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Jérémy Grimal (France) | 6 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Corne Van Kessel (Netherlands) | 6 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Valentin Scherz (Switzerland) | 5 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Freddie Guilloux (France) | 5 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Radek Polnicky (Czech Republic) | 4 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Vincent Dias Dos Santos (Luxembourg) | 4 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Matthias Bossuyt (Belgium) | 3 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Yannick Mayer (Germany) | 2 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Luca Braidot (Italy) | 1 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Michael Winterberg (Switzerland) | 1 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
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