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Meeusen takes the win. © Bart Hazen

Meeusen takes the win. © Bart Hazen

by Bart Hazen

Before the Nys’ and van den Brands of the ‘cross world took the stage in Gieten, the Juniors and U23 riders had their moment to shine.  The younger riders did not disappoint with exciting races in the muddy conditions.   US riders were represented well in the races with Chris Wallace, Zach McDonald and Brandon Mart racing at Gieten.

Juniors – Brief Report

Mike Teunissen took the holeshot and kept the early lead through most of the race. David van der Poel didn’t have a great start but fought back and joined Teunissen with less than two laps to go. In the sprint for the win Van der Poel took the win over Teunissen. Emiel Dolfsma finished third. Teunissen now leads the Superprestige rankings after  5 races with 61 points. Van der Poel is second with 58 points and Michiel van der Heijden is third at 57 points.  US racer Chris Wallace finished on the lead lap in 36th.

U23 – Brief Report

BKCP’s Lubomir Petrus took the holeshot followed by Tom Meeusen, Jim Aernouts, Kenneth van Compernolle and Jan Denuwelaere.   Tom Meeusen took over during the second lap, followed by Aernouts and Van Compernolle. Van Compernolle tried to shake his companions and joined the company of Meeusen, Aernouts and Kacper Szcepaniak. From then on, Meeusen made it a hard race and only the surprising Polish rider Kacper Szcepaniak was able to follow.

Kenneth van Compernolle, the winner of this race in 2008, was part of the initial break but was eventually dropped. In the final two laps of the race Szcepaniak fell off the pace and Meeusen, the Belgian of the Telenet-Fidea squad, could add another race to his impressive U23 palmares. US Champion Zach McDonald raced well, finishing 23rd.

Full Results – Juniors

Rank Name Nat. Result
1 David VAN DER POEL NED 41:10:00
2 Mike TEUNISSEN NED 41:10:00
3 Emiel DOLFSMA NED 41:22:00
4 Gianni VERMEERSCH BEL 41:35:00
5 Danny VAN POPPEL NED 42:05:00
6 Michiel VAN DER HEIJDEN NED 42:14:00
7 Gert-Jan BOSMAN NED 42:30:00
8 Xandro MEURISSE BEL 42:30:00
9 Jon Ander INSAUSTI ESP 42:30:00
10 Jesper BAELEN BEL 42:37:00
11 Jeroen MEIJERS NED 42:49:00
12 Laurens SWEECK BEL 42:54:00
13 Douwe VERBERNE NED 43:26:00
14 Dennis HEERING NED 43:33:00
15 Robin WENNEKERS NED 43:42:00
16 Twan BRUSSELMAN NED 44:05:00
17 Stan GODRIE NED 44:12:00
18 Laurens SWEECK BEL 44:12:00
19 Elmar REINDERS NED 44:20:00
20 Hendrik SWEECK BEL 44:20:00
21 Maxim PANIS BEL 44:31:00
22 Tobias DEPRIE GER 44:43:00
23 Michael VANTHOURENHOUT BEL 45:02:00
24 Julian LEHMANN GER 45:08:00
25 Kay WELTEN NED 45:15:00
26 Kenny KASTELIJN NED 45:20:00
27 Joey VAN RHEE NED 45:36:00
28 Eelke VAN DER HORST NED 45:50:00
29 Dennis STULTIENS NED 45:55:00
30 Davey KLEINJAN NED 46:17:00
31 Lukas MÜLLER SUI 46:23:00
32 Fabian AMMERLAAN NED 46:47:00
33 Bartosz PILIS POL 47:05:00
34 Matthias HEINE GER 47:28:00
35 Jeroen VAN DEN HOUT NED 47:38:00
36 Chris WALLACE USA 47:43:00
37 Anne FOKKEMA NED 47:48:00
38 Dennis EIKELENBOOM NED 48:05:00
39 Yoeri TON NED 48:23:00
40 Jaap DE MAN NED
41 Axel DEKKER NED
42 Sebastian DEMEULENAERE BEL
43 Jasper PLENDER NED
44 Bryan BOROWSKI NED
45 Nicolaj HANSEN DEN
46 Roy VAN DEN HOUT NED
47 Felix RIECKMANN GER
48 Lars MARIS NED
49 Lars VAN DER ZIJDEN NED
50 Olaf OUSSOREN NED
51 Rudy BOTTER NED
52 Mads GREGERSEN DEN
53 Bart BUIJK NED
54 Tristan TIMMERMANS NED
55 Bernie DOLFSMA NED
56 Jorian WALS NED
57 Sebastiaan BEYER GER
58 Jelle BOLDING NED
59 Erwin KETELLAPPER NED
60 Bas VLASKAMP NED

Full Results – U23

Rank Name Nat Result Points
1 Tom MEEUSEN BEL 50:32:00 20
2 Kacper SZCZEPANIAK POL 50:56:00 15
3 Kenneth VAN COMPERNOLLE BEL 51:24:00 12
4 Pawel SZCZEPANIAK POL 51:40:00 10
5 Micki VAN EMPEL NED 51:45:00 8
6 Jim AERNOUTS BEL 51:55:00 5
7 Jan DENUWELAER BEL 51:55:00 4
8 Corne VAN KESSEL NED 51:55:00 3
9 Jiri POLNICKY CZE 52:03:00 2
10 Vincent BAESTAENS BEL 52:08:00 1
11 Tijmen EISING NED 52:11:00
12 Lars VAN DER HAAR NED 52:16:00
13 Lubomir PETRUS CZE 52:22:00
14 Stef BODEN BEL 52:42:00
15 Kevin EECKHOUT BEL 53:00:00
16 Maurits LAMMERTINK NED 53:07:00
17 Wietse BOSMANS BEL 53:13:00
18 Mitchell HUENDERS NED 53:22:00
19 Sascha WEBER GER 53:26:00
20 Twan VAN DEN BRAND NED 53:30:00
21 Arnaud JOUFFROY FRA 53:37:00
22 Ramon SINKELDAM NED 53:49:00
23 Zach MC DONALD USA 53:55:00
24 Ole QUAST GER 54:19:00
25 Jelle BRACKMAN BEL 54:28:00
26 Lukas WINTERBERG SUI 54:42:00
27 Sven BEELEN BEL 55:04:00
28 Edwin ARTS NED 55:30:00
29 Kaj SLENTER NED 55:55:00
30 Mattias NILSSON SWE 56:00:00
31 Kobus HEREIJGERS NED 56:12:00
32 Boy VAN POPPEL NED 56:17:00
33 Naran KHANGARID MGL 56:33:00
34 Dries PAUWELS BEL 57:28:00
35 Dario STAUBLE SUI
36 Barry HAYES GER
37 Kamil GRADEK POL
38 Baasankhuu MYAGMARSUREN MGL
39 Jelmer JUBBEGA NED
40 Bart BARKHUIS NED
41 Julian VAN DIJK NED
42 Gijs STRATING NED
43 Henk BOS NED
44 Stefan POUTSMA NED
45 Brandon MART USA
46 Dennis VAN BRUGGEN NED
47 Geert KUIT NED

Photo Gallery – Juniors


Photo Gallery – U23