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| Shonak |
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World Cup Roubaix
Naturally Roubaix is mostly known for the biggest classic of the year, Paris – Roubaix, but also the Cyclo-Cross edition of Roubaix has harbored some amazing races the last couple of years. I dream of winning in the Velodrome, both in CX as well as on the road.
The race started fast as usual. Rain poured down, making the mud all the greedier. I enjoyed it and felt like my legs were ready to deliver today after my disappointing ride in Gieten. When Van Aert and Aeronauts tried their usual move on an attack half-way through, just as the rain stopped, I thought I’d follow them. Quickly I snatched their wheel, Alaphilippe on mine in return. However, Van Aert and Aeronauts weren’t playing along, and on the flatter parts I did most of the pulling. Not that would help one particularly much on a course like Roubaix, but at least it would have been a nice gesture. This way, you have the feeling they race against you more than they’d want to win.
When my dad told me that Nys attacked out of the bunch and was grinding through the mud, I decided to drop my companions too. I felt today that they wern't that much of a competition for me and with a vital blow, I distanced them. I couldn’t worry about wasting energy when I’d end up wasting the victory. Lose to Nys alright but to Aeronauts once more? Ain’t gonna happen.
We were riding the last original lap before we’d head into the Velodrome. On the hills, Nys caught me for good then. Come on, was my first thought, but I looked in his face and thought, that I hadn’t lost anything yet. From behind, Philipp Walselben was the strongest of the rest and came always closer. I tried tactical games, keep my breath in Nys’ neck for him to know that damn young fellow was still around. As the rain came down again, Walsleben eventually caught us. With the next best group almost 50 seconds down, we were looking for a sprint of three in the Velodrome. I decided a third place was better than losing it all and took the lead in the last hills.
On the last downhill of Roubaix, I forced my luck and attacked. All in the slippery mud. I almost fell into the audience, almost would have lost control. But I made it. Nys was still on my wheel though, but we had managed to gap Walsleben a bit. That damn German came right back though when Nys and I looked at each other on the way to the Velodrome. I was getting nervous. I was looking for Nys wheel. And then I started bidding my time as we rolled into the Velodrome.
The crowd was so loud, so damn loud. I’ve hardly ever heard that in such a way. Paris-Roubaix appeared to be a minor classic when this race prided itself to be so much more than that mighty Hell of the North. I kept remembering myself that I had Nys wheel. All I had to do was stick to it. Sprint of Three. Three. Three.
I wanted the top step though, at the end of the day. Walsleben pushed a bit, always to the side. Some nice, necessary elbow action for the fight of Nys’ wheel. But god damn it. When we launched our sprint, Nys wheel was all I could get. Walsleben was behind me, Nys wheel still ahead of me when we crossed the finish line.
I spit on the floor of the velodrome, tempered with fury, angry at myself. Having not had the legs to overcome that last barrier.
World Cup Roubaix 2015/16, Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Sven Nys | Crelan- Euphony | 3h06'38 | | 2 | Raphael Visconti | Cannondale Cyclocross World | s.t. | | 3 | Philipp Walsleben | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Francis Mourey | FDJ - BigMat | + 51 | | 5 | Klaas Vantornout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 6 | Tom Meeusen | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 7 | Lars Van Der Haar | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 8 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | Orange Babies | + 3'17 | | 9 | Kevin Pauwels | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | + 11'36 | | 10 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Wout Van Aert | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 12 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 13 | Bart Wellens | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 14 | Bart Aernouts | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | s.t. | | 15 | Julien Alaphilppe | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 16 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 17 | Martin Bina | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 18 | Julien Taramarcz | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 19 | Thijs Van Amerongen | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | s.t. | | 20 | Marcel Meisen | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 21 | Martin Zlamalik | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 22 | Micki Van Empel | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 23 | Paul Voss | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 24 | Marco Aurelio Fontana | Selle Italia - Guercotti | s.t. | | 25 | Mariusz Gil | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 26 | Rob Peeters | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 27 | Niels Wubben | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 28 | Lukas Fluckiger | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 29 | Radomir Simunek | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 30 | Ian Field | Hargroves | + 12'38 | | 31 | Enrico Franzoi | Selle Italia - Guercotti | + 13'17 | | 32 | Eddy Van Ijzerdoorn | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 33 | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | + 13'42 | | 34 | Dieter Vanthourenhout | BKCP - Powerplus | + 14'23 | | 35 | Tom Van Den Bosch | Hargroves | s.t. | | 36 | Aurélien Duval | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 37 | Gianni Vermeersch | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 38 | Mathias Fluckiger | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 39 | Jiri Polnicky | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 40 | Julien Nys | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Jonathan Page | Planet Bike | s.t. | | 42 | Gerben De Knegt | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 43 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 44 | Roy Van Heeswijk | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 45 | Petr Dlask | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 46 | Vladimir Kyzivat | Czech | s.t. | | 47 | Sascha Weber | Stevens Racing Team | s.t. | | 48 | Angelo De Clerq | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 49 | Joeri Adams | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 50 | Mathieu Boulo | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 51 | Mike Teunissen | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 52 | Robert Gavenda | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 53 | Tomas Novy | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 54 | Rafael Visinelli | Selle Italia - Guercotti | s.t. | | 55 | Kenneth Van Compernolle | Style & Concept | s.t. | | 56 | Bart Verschueren | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 57 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 58 | Wietse Bosmans | BKCP - Powerplus | + 15'52 | | 59 | Matt Mcdonald | Hargroves | s.t. | | 60 | Tomas Paprstka | Czech | s.t. | | 61 | Maxim Debusschere | Style & Concept | s.t. | | 62 | Filip Eberl | Czech | s.t. | | 63 | Ondrej Bambula | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 64 | Quentin Jauregie | Enertherm - BKCP | s.t. | | 65 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 66 | Matthias Van Den Keybus | Enertherm - BKCP | s.t. | | 67 | Mark Lalonde | Planet Bike | s.t. | | 68 | Sascha Wagner | Stevens Racing Team | + 17'08 |
Top 15 World Cup Clas. 201516, 4/8
| Rank | Rider | WC Points | | 1 | Sven Nys | 240 | | 2 | Raphael Visconti | 215 | | 3 | Tom Meeusen | 200 | | 4 | Lars Van Der Haar | 185 | | 5 | Philipp Walsleben | 185 | | 6 | Francis Mourey | 160 | | 7 | Julien Alaphilippe | 90 | | 8 | Kevin Pauwels | 80 | | 9 | Bart Aernouts | 66 | | 10 | Klaas Vantornout | 62 | | 11 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | 50 | | 12 | Wout Van Aert | 34 | | 13 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | 33 | | 14 | Rob Peeters | 20 | | 15 | Gianni Vermeersch | 20 |
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 14-12-2014 16:50
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Another great race from Raphael in Roubaix, unfortunately he was just denied by the old man, who has still got it
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Posted on 14-12-2014 20:39
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Damn it! |
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Posted on 14-12-2014 23:08
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That was indeed a Great effort from Raphael at Roubaix  |
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Posted on 16-12-2014 20:14
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Thanks all, it was (another) special ride despite missing out so closely onto the win.
World Cup Valkenburg
Up and down the Cauberg a couple of times. As such, the race should suit me just fine. But I was still pissed off at my performance in Roubaix, despite getting second. No one likes it when a potentially prestigious win gets snatched away. So I forced my luck in Valkenburg – and overdid it. Two times attacking and afterwards I wasn't able to follow the important moves where it'd have counted the most. I finished on a 9th place, my World Cup ambitions crushed for now. Lars Van der Haar won on home soil, edging out Pauwels and Nys impressively in the finale run into the Cauberg.
World Cup Valkenburg, Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Lars Van Der Haar | Argos Shimano | 4h13'51 | | 2 | Kevin Pauwels | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | + 49 | | 3 | Sven Nys | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 4 | Wout Van Aert | BKCP - Powerplus | + 1'13 | | 5 | Francis Mourey | FDJ - BigMat | + 2'19 | | 6 | Julien Alaphilppe | Omega Pharma | + 2'31 | | 7 | Tom Meeusen | Telenet - Fidea | + 2'41 | | 8 | Philipp Walsleben | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Raphael Visconti | Cannondale Cyclocross World | s.t. | | 10 | Klaas Vantornout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | + 7'42 |
Spoiler | 11 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Rabobank Giant Offroad | + 7'50 | | 12 | Bart Aernouts | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | s.t. | | 13 | Rob Peeters | Telenet - Fidea | + 8'37 | | 14 | Bart Wellens | Telenet - Fidea | + 9'25 | | 15 | Mariusz Gil | Kwadro - Stannah | + 9'36 | | 16 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan- Euphony | + 12'51 | | 17 | Thijs Van Amerongen | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | + 14'38 | | 18 | Radomir Simunek | Kwadro - Stannah | + 15'33 | | 19 | Marcel Meisen | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 20 | Martin Bina | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 21 | Dieter Vanthourenhout | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 22 | Enrico Franzoi | Selle Italia - Guercotti | s.t. | | 23 | Ian Field | Hargroves | s.t. | | 24 | Angelo De Clerq | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | + 15'50 | | 25 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | + 16'09 | | 26 | Martin Zlamalik | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 27 | Julien Taramarcz | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 28 | Paul Voss | Argos Shimano | + 17'44 | | 29 | Gerben De Knegt | Orange Babies | + 18'10 | | 30 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | Orange Babies | + 18'43 | | 31 | Roy Van Heeswijk | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 32 | Kenneth Van Compernolle | Style & Concept | s.t. | | 33 | Gianni Vermeersch | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 34 | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 35 | Mike Teunissen | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 36 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 37 | Vladimir Kyzivat | Czech | s.t. | | 38 | Mathias Fluckiger | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 39 | Eddy Van Ijzerdoorn | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 40 | Robert Gavenda | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 41 | Aurélien Duval | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 42 | Micki Van Empel | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 43 | Petr Dlask | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 44 | Jiri Polnicky | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 45 | Wietse Bosmans | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 46 | Joeri Adams | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 47 | Tom Van Den Bosch | Hargroves | + 19'42 | | 48 | Niels Wubben | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 49 | Jonathan Page | Planet Bike | + 20'09 | | 50 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | + 20'17 |
Top 15 World Cup Clas. 2015/16, 5/8
| Rank | Rider | WC Points | | 1 | Sven Nys | 290 | | 2 | Lars Van Der Haar | 265 | | 3 | Raphael Visconti | 235 | | 4 | Tom Meeusen | 230 | | 5 | Philipp Walsleben | 210 | | 6 | Francis Mourey | 200 | | 7 | Kevin Pauwels | 145 | | 8 | Julien Alaphilippe | 125 | | 9 | Wout Van Aert | 79 | | 10 | Klaas Vantornout | 77 | | 11 | Bart Aernouts | 75 | | 12 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | 50 | | 13 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | 43 | | 14 | Rob Peeters | 20 | | 15 | Gianni Vermeersch | 20 |
Edited by Shonak on 16-12-2014 20:15
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 16-12-2014 21:45
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That was a pretty quiet race for Raphael, but understandable after the disappointment of Roubaix
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Posted on 17-12-2014 10:06
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Frustration on show from Raphael here but he is still in the mix on the Overall so don't throw it away  |
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Posted on 19-12-2014 19:03
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World Cup Heusden – Zolder
I decided to focus on the World Cup with a goal of finishing Top 3. This meant that I’d skip 2-3 Bpost and Superprestige races around December’s End and specifically work for Heusden-Zolder.
The day started well with Tom Meeusen suffering an off-day and being far behind early on. He spent the rest of the race catching up. Klaas Vantornout lead a bunch over the first few laps, with Kevin Pauwels and me in his wheel. Additionally, Sven Nys and most of the other riders lost contact to us. Things were looking bright on this muddy, rainy course, until Nys caught up to us on his own.
With about 3 laps out, we were a small group of quality riders. Current CX World Champion Pauwels
had all the cards to win today but Nys was just stronger than him, whilst I couldn’t hold up with Walsleben and Mourey and got even caught at the line by Lars Van der Haar, missing out on crucial points.
World Cup Heusden - Zolder, Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Sven Nys | Crelan- Euphony | 3h20'50 | | 2 | Kevin Pauwels | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | + 56 | | 3 | Francis Mourey | FDJ - BigMat | + 1'51 | | 4 | Philipp Walsleben | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Lars Van Der Haar | Argos Shimano | + 2'21 | | 6 | Raphael Visconti | Cannondale Cyclocross World | s.t. | | 7 | Wout Van Aert | BKCP - Powerplus | + 2'44 | | 8 | Tom Meeusen | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 9 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Rabobank Giant Offroad | + 3'53 | | 10 | Julien Alaphilppe | Omega Pharma | + 6'05 |
Spoiler | 11 | Bart Aernouts | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | + 7'52 | | 12 | Bart Wellens | Telenet - Fidea | + 11'02 | | 13 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 14 | Joeri Adams | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 15 | Sascha Weber | Stevens Racing Team | s.t. | | 16 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 17 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 18 | Martin Zlamalik | Crelan- Euphony | + 11'46 | | 19 | Klaas Vantornout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | + 13'34 | | 20 | Thijs Van Amerongen | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | + 16'03 | | 21 | Rob Peeters | Telenet - Fidea | + 16'18 | | 22 | Dieter Vanthourenhout | BKCP - Powerplus | + 16'31 | | 23 | Mariusz Gil | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 24 | Julien Taramarcz | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | + 17'16 | | 25 | Aurélien Duval | Argos Shimano | + 17'49 | | 26 | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | + 18'10 | | 27 | Jiri Polnicky | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 28 | Eddy Van Ijzerdoorn | Orange Babies | + 19'10 | | 29 | Wietse Bosmans | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 30 | Vladimir Kyzivat | Czech | s.t. |
Top 15 World Cup Clas., 6/8
| Rank | Rider | WC Points | | 1 | Sven Nys | 370 | | 2 | Lars Van Der Haar | 305 | | 3 | Raphael Visconti | 270 | | 4 | Tom Meeusen | 255 | | 5 | Philipp Walsleben | 255 | | 6 | Francis Mourey | 250 | | 7 | Kevin Pauwels | 210 | | 8 | Julien Alaphilippe | 140 | | 9 | Wout Van Aert | 109 | | 10 | Bart Aernouts | 85 | | 11 | Klaas Vantornout | 79 | | 12 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | 63 | | 13 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | 55 | | 14 | Bart Wellens | 28 | | 15 | Rob Peeters | 20 |
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 19-12-2014 22:15
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Two more to go and in third position, it's going good! Followed closely, though. Keep it up! |
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Posted on 19-12-2014 22:48
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Raphael with a good ride in 6th.
Hopefully he can keep on scoring these valuable points and stay in the top three of the rankings.
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Posted on 19-12-2014 22:50
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Raphael put in another good performance , but Nys is a machine |
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Posted on 20-12-2014 12:30
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@sutty: Yeah, Nys really is brutal in the DB. 
@Vali: That's certainly the goal. 
@Ian: Let's see if he is to make it
World Cup Rome
I had the pleasure of doing a press conference pre-race. Or maybe, the pleasure was more of an obligation. The only person next to me was my dad and we were together answering question over question. Why the change of team, why the change of nation… why am I riding alone, on my own cost?
"This is a sport I love and I belong to. I didn’t want to just skip a whole season of Cyclo-Cross because of contract details. So instead, I decided to ride on my own.”
“Yeah, some teams are interested in me. There’s also the possibility of a completely new team since we are in negotiations already. I doubt that IAM Cycling will want to get into Cyclo-Cross but of course they are welcome to do so.”
“I hope they [team managers] appreciate my versatility and accept my desire to ride winter races. To say the least, I don’t think my performances for IAM Cycling will suffer under Cyclo-Cross”.
So eventually, there I was. All new, all white. I had already won the Austrian Championship a few days earlier. It was an easy race and barely worth mentioning but it was fun and the Austrian crowds welcomed me in an unique manner. I feared the Italians may be upset with me in Rome. It was a point of truth. But it turned out: Italians were Cyclo-Cross fans first and foremost and as such, they just seemed to be happy with me at the start line.
I didn’t want to waste any time on the course and put in a real fast start. Vantornout and Pauwels were the ones following me, later up Van der Haar and Meeusen joined as well. A teammate of Pauwels got overlapped and did an unregular pull but nevermind that clown. I was feeling great and always kept myself up front in the race, fourth position the least.
Sven Nys, Wout Van Aert and Mathieu Van der Poel had been significantly and almost critically dropped already. Race was full on from the start. Unfortunately, Nys managed to solo come back to us. When I noticed this I immediately attacked. Pauwels was obligatory to follow my move but even Nys had the power to crack us down.
Pauwels and I got into a tactical position fight. We played a bit of games in the last two laps, whilst still having only barely an advantage on our opponents. I tried to be smart about it but unfortunately, there was still chance in the sprint against Pauwels today. I finished second, a worthwhile result.
With this result I am also a whole lot closer to my goal of finishing on the podium overall in the World Cup. Obviously I am mighty excited for Hoogerheide already.
World Cup Rome, Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Kevin Pauwels | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | 3h01'19 | | 2 | Raphael Visconti | Austria | s.t. | | 3 | Sven Nys | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 4 | Lars Van Der Haar | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 5 | Tom Meeusen | Telenet - Fidea | + 1'01 | | 6 | Wout Van Aert | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 7 | Francis Mourey | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 8 | Philipp Walsleben | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 10 | Bart Aernouts | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Jiri Polnicky | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 12 | Tomas Novy | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 13 | Rafael Visinelli | Selle Italia - Guercotti | s.t. | | 14 | Klaas Vantornout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 15 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan- Euphony | + 4'11 | | 16 | Bart Wellens | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 17 | Dieter Vanthourenhout | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 18 | Petr Dlask | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 19 | Julien Alaphilppe | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 20 | Gianni Vermeersch | BKCP - Powerplus | + 5'44 | | 21 | Niels Wubben | Rabobank Giant Offroad | + 6'18 | | 22 | Thijs Van Amerongen | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | + 6'57 | | 23 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 24 | Martin Bina | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 25 | Enrico Franzoi | Selle Italia - Guercotti | + 7'41 | | 26 | Bart Verschueren | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 27 | Rob Peeters | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 28 | Aurélien Duval | Argos Shimano | + 8'40 | | 29 | Radomir Simunek | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 30 | Wietse Bosmans | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 31 | Ian Field | Hargroves | s.t. | | 32 | Martin Zlamalik | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 33 | Gerben De Knegt | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 34 | Mathieu Boulo | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 35 | Robert Gavenda | Argos Shimano | s.t. |
World Cup Clas. 2015/16, 7/8
| Rank | Rider | WC Points | | 1 | Sven Nys | 420 | | 2 | Lars Van Der Haar | 350 | | 3 | Raphael Visconti | 335 | | 4 | Tom Meeusen | 295 | | 5 | Kevin Pauwels | 290 | | 6 | Philipp Walsleben | 280 | | 7 | Francis Mourey | 280 | | 8 | Wout Van Aert | 144 | | 9 | Julien Alaphilippe | 142 | | 10 | Bart Aernouts | 100 | | 11 | Klaas Vantornout | 86 | | 12 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | 83 | | 13 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | 55 | | 14 | Bart Wellens | 33 | | 15 | Sven Vanthourenhout | 26 |
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Posted on 20-12-2014 12:56
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Great riding out there today! |
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Posted on 20-12-2014 13:51
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That was a superb performance from Raphael , only the world champion was able to get the better of him
I also especially like the jersey he has been riding in
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Posted on 20-12-2014 15:48
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Raphael was so close to a Great result here |
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Posted on 01-01-2015 18:01
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Thank you for the recent nomination in One-Rider Story of the Year. So, might as well get an update out too!
World Cup Hoogerheide
It’s the final curtain to the World Cup and I was riding to keep my Top 3 Classification in the overall standings. Turns out, I was riding for the victory as well.
Philipp Walsleben had put in some massive gear alongside Van Aert early on. I was able to follow the Young Belgian and even dropped him. On my own I then got up to the German Champion and attacked him in one of the downhills, after staying on his wheel for about a lap. With the hungry pack behind me, mainly being led by Nys, I was riding against my odds. Funnily enough, I got stronger the longer I stayed up there. Talk about motivation.
I’ve kept my rivals at bay in the remaining laps, though they were in striking distance throughout it. Maybe it was the moment they caught Walsleben, when they decided to play it tactical. This gave me the chance to extend my lead. With a resurgence of power, I distanced them in the final lap and gained over a minute lead. This gave me enough time to really enjoy the win this time around.
What’s even better: Due to Van der Haar suffering an off-day, I’ve passed him in the World Cup standings. This ranks me second, only beaten by Nys in the World Cup this year.
I dare to say it: I’m here now. Good to stay. My second World Cup victory this season, second in the final rankings! Before I’ll head to Namur for the World Championships, I want to enjoy the moment though. This means for me: Only looking over and over at the race result sheet whilst being treated by the soigneur. I can’t let it slip now and keep sharp. The form is right, I want a medal this time around after being forsaken last year. Actually, I want the medal!
World Cup Hoogerheide, Results
| Rank | Name | Team | Time | | 1 | Raphael Visconti | Austria | 3h08'47 | | 2 | Sven Nys | Crelan- Euphony | + 1'03 | | 3 | Philipp Walsleben | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 4 | Wout Van Aert | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 5 | Julien Alaphilppe | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 6 | Kevin Pauwels | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 7 | Tom Meeusen | Telenet - Fidea | + 2'47 | | 8 | Francis Mourey | FDJ - BigMat | + 4'29 | | 9 | Rob Peeters | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 10 | Lars Van Der Haar | Argos Shimano | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Michael Vanthourenhout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 12 | Thijs Van Amerongen | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | s.t. | | 13 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | Rabobank Giant Offroad | + 6'19 | | 14 | Roy Van Heeswijk | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 15 | Lukas Fluckiger | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 16 | Bart Aernouts | AA Drink - Leontien.nl | + 7'26 | | 17 | Bart Wellens | Telenet - Fidea | + 10'40 | | 18 | Dieter Vanthourenhout | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 19 | Mariusz Gil | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 20 | Bart Verschueren | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 21 | Martin Zlamalik | Crelan- Euphony | + 11'29 | | 22 | Gianni Vermeersch | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 23 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Crelan- Euphony | s.t. | | 24 | Klaas Vantornout | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 25 | Wietse Bosmans | BKCP - Powerplus | s.t. | | 26 | Jonathan Page | Planet Bike | s.t. | | 27 | Ian Field | Hargroves | s.t. | | 28 | Martin Bina | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 29 | Micki Van Empel | Crelan- Euphony | + 12'23 | | 30 | Eddy Van Ijzerdoorn | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 31 | Aurélien Duval | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 32 | Enrico Franzoi | Selle Italia - Guercotti | s.t. | | 33 | Robert Gavenda | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 34 | Mathias Fluckiger | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 35 | Paul Voss | Argos Shimano | s.t. | | 36 | Vladimir Kyzivat | Czech | + 13'33 | | 37 | Jiri Polnicky | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 38 | Radomir Simunek | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 39 | Tom Van Den Bosch | Hargroves | s.t. | | 40 | Julien Taramarcz | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Joeri Adams | Telenet - Fidea | s.t. | | 42 | Petr Dlask | Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 43 | Gerben De Knegt | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 44 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | Orange Babies | s.t. | | 45 | Angelo De Clerq | Sunweb - Napoleon Games | s.t. | | 46 | Kenneth Van Compernolle | Style & Concept | s.t. | | 47 | Mathieu Boulo | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 48 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 49 | Marcel Meisen | Kwadro - Stannah | s.t. | | 50 | Steve Chainel | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 51 | Rafael Visinelli | Selle Italia - Guercotti | s.t. | | 52 | Mike Teunissen | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 53 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 54 | Tomas Novy | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 55 | Sascha Weber | Stevens Racing Team | s.t. | | 56 | Marco Aurelio Fontana | Selle Italia - Guercotti | + 15'27 | | 57 | Gert-Jan Bosman | Rabobank Giant Offroad | s.t. | | 58 | Niels Wubben | Rabobank Giant Offroad | + 16'06 | | 59 | Matthias Van Den Keybus | Enertherm - BKCP | s.t. | | 60 | Sascha Wagner | Stevens Racing Team | s.t. | | 61 | Tomas Paprstka | Czech | s.t. | | 62 | Maxim Debusschere | Style & Concept | s.t. | | 63 | Mark Lalonde | Planet Bike | s.t. | | 64 | Ondrej Bambula | Cycklo Team Tabor | s.t. | | 65 | Quentin Jauregie | Enertherm - BKCP | s.t. | | 66 | Matt Mcdonald | Hargroves | + 17'03 | | 67 | Filip Eberl | Czech | + 18'30 | | 68 | Julien Nys | BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | + 19'04 |
World Cup Final Classification, 2015/2016
| Rank | Rider | WC Points | | 1 | Sven Nys | 485 | | 2 | Raphael Visconti | 415 | | 3 | Lars Van Der Haar | 365 | | 4 | Philipp Walsleben | 330 | | 5 | Tom Meeusen | 325 | | 6 | Kevin Pauwels | 325 | | 7 | Francis Mourey | 305 | | 8 | Wout Van Aert | 189 | | 9 | Julien Alaphilippe | 182 | | 10 | Bart Aernouts | 104 | | 11 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | 91 | | 12 | Klaas Vantornout | 86 | | 13 | Patrick Van Leeuwen | 55 | | 14 | Rob Peeters | 40 | | 15 | Bart Wellens | 33 |
Edited by Shonak on 01-01-2015 18:02
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-01-2015 18:39
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That was an awesome performance |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-01-2015 18:42
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Fantastic! Now only the victory but more than a minute on Nys! Great end of the World Cup |
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| Vali |
Posted on 02-01-2015 10:30
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That was just an absolutely great performance from Raphael.
If he can keep up that form, a medal is certainly in reach.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 11-01-2015 03:55
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