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Sven Nys dominated the race, finishing almost a minute ahead of the second place finisher. © Cyclocross Online

Sven Nys dominated the race, finishing almost a minute ahead of the second place finisher. © Cyclocross Online

De Boer Avoids Crashes and Mechanicals, Takes First

As we reported yesterday, at Sunday’s race at Ronse, American Elle Anderson had a great start, leading the peleton early after the holeshot. Unfortunately, in the turn onto the cobbles, Anderson took a nasty spill with Sanne Cant. Ellen Van Loy was also caught in in the early chaos. All three women were able to fight back throughout the remainder of the race, with Van Loy taking fourth, Anderson fifth, while Cant settled for 12th.

From those who managed to survive the early crash, Helen Wyman, Sophie De Boer, Jolien Verschueren and Nikki Harris took turns at the front of the race. Both Wyman and Harris were unlucky with mechanicals throughout the race, with De Boer being the primary benefactor.

Although Wyman surged late in the race, De Boer was able to hold her off to take the win with a lead of seven seconds.

Sven Nys Leads Early and Often for a Solo Win, Stybar Back in the Swing of Cyclocross

Jan Verstraeten, Sven Nys’s team manager, was talking to Cyclocross Magazine’s contributor, Christine Vardaros, who learned that Nys was running only 1.2 bar (close to 17.7 PSI) in his Dugast Typhoons today: a risky move for most riders above 140 pounds, but he didn’t seem to have any problems after the race began. Lars van der Haar opted for a more aggressive mud tread for the day.

Mathieu Van Der Poel had a great start, and already the future looks bright for the 19-year-old Elite rider who shocked the cyclocross community with a big win last weekend.

Nys, usually more comfortable in the sixth to eighth position early on, decided to push through the group and latch on to Van Der Poel’s wheel for second. World Champion Zdenek Sybar passed both men in a sprint to take the lead. This didn’t last too long as Nys took control on the run-up.

Stybar faded as Klaas Vantornout and Kevin Pauwels joined the lead group, but by then Nys decided to make his move on the second lap, creating a gap which would continue throughout the race, and he would eventually win by 50 seconds.

2014 BPost Bank Trofee #1 – Ronse Video Highlights:

2014 BPost Bank Ronse Results: Women

RankNameNat.Result
1Sophie DE BOERNED47:14:00
2Helen WYMANGBR47:21:00
3Jolien VERSCHUERENBEL47:30:00
4Ellen VAN LOYBEL47:34:00
5Elle ANDERSONUSA48:31:00
6Githa MICHIELSBEL48:57:00
7Aida NUNO PALACIOESP49:19:00
8Pavla HAVLIKOVACZE49:32:00
9Nikki HARRISGBR49:48:00
10Karen VERHESTRAETENBEL49:50:00
11Loes SELSBEL49:55:00
12Sanne CANTBEL49:56:00
13Bianca VAN DEN HOEKNED50:59:00
14Laura VERDONSCHOTBEL51:28:00
15Lizzy WITLOXNED52:28:00
16Monique VAN DE REENED53:07:00
17Lindy VAN ANROOIJNED53:08:00
18Katrien THIJSBEL53:23:00
19Maud KAPTHEIJNSNED53:27:00
20Hannah PAYTONGBR
21Christine VARDAROSUSA
22Femke VAN DEN DRIESSCHEBEL
23Lotte EIKELENBOOMNED
24Cindy BAUWENSBEL
25Shana MAESBEL
26Ilse VANDEKINDERENBEL
27Anja GELDHOFBEL
28Axelle BELLAERTBEL
29Kim VAN DE STEENEBEL
30Meg DE BRUYNEBEL
31Jessika TIMMERMANSBEL
32Chris VAN DORSSELAEREBEL
33Jana DOBBELAEREBEL
34Cindy DIERICXBEL

2014 BPost Bank Ronse Results: Men

RankNameNat.Time
1Sven NYSBEL1:00:58
2Mathieu VAN DER POELNED1:01:48
3Klaas VANTORNOUTBEL1:01:52
4Kevin PAUWELSBEL1:02:02
5Lars VAN DER HAARNED1:02:02
6Tom MEEUSENBEL1:02:38
7Wout VAN AERTBEL1:02:47
8Zdenek STYBARCZE1:02:57
9Thijs VAN AMERONGENNED1:02:59
10Joeri ADAMSBEL1:03:19
11Jim AERNOUTSBEL1:03:25
12Jens ADAMSBEL1:03:32
13Dieter VANTHOURENHOUTBEL1:03:37
14Marcel MEISENGER1:03:41
15Philipp WALSLEBENGER1:03:55
16Julien TARAMARCAZSUI1:03:58
17Wietse BOSMANSBEL1:04:03
18Sven VANTHOURENHOUTBEL1:04:03
19Bart AERNOUTSBEL1:04:03
20Niels WUBBENNED1:04:10
21Twan VAN DEN BRANDNED1:04:34
22Patrick GAUDYBEL1:04:44
23Bart WELLENSBEL1:04:56
24Vinnie BRAETBEL1:05:23
25Kevin VAN HOOVELSBEL1:05:58
26Jonathan PAGEUSA
27Patrick VAN LEEUWENNED
28Martin BINACZE
29Dariusz GILPOL
30Javier RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZESP
31Kenneth VAN COMPERNOLLEBEL
32Eddy VAN IJZENDOORNNED
33Hendrik SWEECKBEL
34Yu TAKENOUCHIJPN
35Jan DENUWELAEREBEL
36Niels KOYENBEL