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Jonathan Page raced into the Top 20 in Zolder. © Bart Hazen

Jonathan Page raced into the Top 20 in Zolder. © Bart Hazen

Zolder, Belgium – Lars Boom took an impressive victory in his only World Cup performance of this season, displaying power, poise and smooth riding. On a tricky and snowy course that featured sand-like conditions, Lars Boom rode hard from the beginning of the day and showed great tenacity and balance over the hour-long course. The only rider able to stay close to him was Niels Albert, who used his technical handling and power in the snow to keep the gap at only 13 seconds. Behind Albert, Bart Wellens finally made a return to the elite podium and finished in 3rd. Sven Nys and Gerben de Knegt were locked in a difficult battle between 4th and 5th, with de Knegt eventually winning out and taking 4th.

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Full Results:

Rank Race Nr UCI Code NAME / First Name Team Time
1  BOOM Lars RABOBANK 1:08:29
2  ALBERT Niels BKCP – POWERPLUS +00:13
3  WELLENS Bart TELENET – FIDEA +01:16
4 DE KNEGT Gerben RABOBANK-GIANT OFFROAD TEAM +01:45
5 NYS Sven LANDBOUWKREDIET +01:55
6 AERNOUTS Bart RABOBANK-GIANT OFFROAD TEAM +02:24
7 PAUWELS Kevin TELENET – FIDEA +02:34
8 VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter BKCP – POWERPLUS +02:34
9  HEULE Christian +02:39
10  VAN AMERONGEN Thijs +02:42
11 MEEUSEN Tom TELENET – FIDEA +02:48
12 WILDHABER Marcel SCOTT-SWISSPOWER MTB-RACING +02:48
13  ZLAMALIK Martin SUNWEB – REVOR +02:54
14 VAN IJZENDOORN Eddy +03:02
15  CHAINEL Steve BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM +03:14
16 VANTORNOUT Klaas SUNWEB – REVOR +03:23
17  BAZIN Nicolas +03:30
18  PEETERS Rob TELENET – FIDEA +04:12
19   PAGE Jonathan +04:19
20  DLASK Petr TELENET – FIDEA +04:45
21  AL Thijs +05:54
22  ZAHNER Simon BMC RACING TEAM +06:00
23  KYZIVAT Vladimir +06:03
24  WALSLEBEN Philipp BKCP – POWERPLUS +06:44
25  GIL Mariusz +07:02
26  FRANZOI Enrico BKCP – POWERPLUS +07:06
27  GADRET John AG2R LA MONDIALE +07:18
28  KASEK David +07:31
29  FIELD Ian +07:43
30  BAMBULA Ondrej -1LAP
31  VAN LEEUWEN Patrick -1LAP
32  VAN GILS Wilant -1LAP
33 PARBO Joachim -2LAP
34  GAVENDA Robert TELENET – FIDEA -2LAP
35  VILLA Romain -2LAP
36  BABCOCK Sean -2LAP
37  SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Isaac -2LAP
38  BARENYI Milan -2LAP
39  URSI Fabio -2LAP
40  HUENDERS Mitchell -2LAP
41  PFINGSTEN Christoph VAN VLIET EBH ELSHOF -3LAP
42  TAKENOUCHI Yu -3LAP
43  TSUJIURA Keiichi -3LAP
44  COLOMBATTO Laurent -3LAP
45  BIRKENFELD René -3LAP
46  SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Antonio -3LAP
47  BIANCO Marco -3LAP
48  LALONDE Mark -4LAP
49  RICHEY Craig -4LAP
50  VOSS Paul TEAM MILRAM -4LAP
51  CHEVALLIER Jérome -4LAP
52  GARRIGAN Mike -4LAP
53  IDDINGS Ryan -4LAP
54  GLAJZA Robert -4LAP
55  KOSAKA Hikaru UTSUNOMIYA BLITZEN -5LAP
56  HARING Martin -5LAP
57  LEJEUNE Romain -5LAP
58  KNAPP Ryan -5LAP
59  HOKE Mitchell -5LAP
60  ADAMSON Shaun -5LAP
61  MATTER Brian -5LAP