2009 European Championships Cyclocross - Hoogstraten,
U23 Men
World Cup leader Robert Gavenda is the new U23 European Champion. The Slovakian
of the Telenet-Fidea team was the best in a real spectacle over Poland's Pawel
Szczepaniak and Belgian Tom Meeusen. Poland's Kacper Szczepaniak and Italy's
Elia Silvestri completed the top five.
Robert Gavenda leads the brothers Szczepaniak and Arnaud Jouffroy
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
The U23 race was fast but very exciting. New BKCP-Powerplus signing Arnaud Jouffroy
(France) took the hole shot with Italy's Elia Silvestri. The duo stayed in front
for a few laps before Slovakian Champion Robert Gavenda and the Polish brothers
Szczepaniak took over.
The break is climbing one of the hills
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
In the final the trio got company of Tom Meeusen, the surprising Elia Silvestri
and French Arnaud Jouffroy. With two laps to go Gavenda, the strongest rider
in the race, dropped the others to win solo with a small lead over his former
break companions.
Robert Gavenda
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
For Gavenda it's his third big win of the season after the World Cup in Treviso
and the win in the Koppenberg cross last week.
Result
1 Robert GAVENDA SVK 22 50:26
2 Pawel SZCZEPANIAK POL 21 50:31
3 Tom MEEUSEN BEL 22 50:34
Pawel Szczepaniak
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
4 Kacper SZCZEPANIAK POL 20 50:34
5 Elia SILVESTRI ITA 20 50:53
6 Jim AERNOUTS BEL 21 50:53
7 Arnaud JOUFFROY FRA 20 50:53
8 Kenneth VAN COMPERNOLLE BEL 22 50:53
9 Matthieu BOULO FRA 21 51:07
10 Jan DENUWELAER BEL 22 51:18
Robert Gavenda attacks the break. Pawel Szczepaniak
tries to bridge up
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
11 Lars VAN DER HAAR NED 19 51:18
12 Mitchell HUENDERS NED 22 51:26
13 Stef BODEN BEL 20 51:38
14 Twan VAN DEN BRAND NED 21 51:45
15 Kevin CANT BEL 22 51:51 1
16 Ole QUAST GER 21 51:51
17 Jiri POLNICKY CZE 21 51:51
18 Tijmen EISING NED 19 51:51
19 Matteo TRENTIN ITA 21 52:04
20 Arnaud GRAND SUI 20 52:04
New BKCP signing Arnaud Jouffroy
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
21 Micki VAN EMPEL NED 20 52:25
22 Marcel MEISEN GER 21 52:48
23 Corne VAN KESSEL NED 19 52:48
24 Jan NESVADBA CZE 19 52:58
25 Kobus HEREIJGERS NED 21 53:04
26 Sven BEELEN BEL 20 53:04
27 Irwin GRAS FRA 19 53:04
Robert Gavenda
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
28 Thibault TABOURY FRA 21 53:04
29 Michael WINTERBERG SUI 20 53:07
30 Alessandro CALDERAN ITA 21 53:24
31 Fabian DANNER GER 20 53:24
32 Filip ADEL CZE 20 53:30
33 Melvin RULLIERE FRA 21 53:35
34 Max WALSLEBEN GER 20 53:48
European Champion Robert Gavenda
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
35 Karel HNIK CZE 19 53:48
36 Matthias RUPP SUI 20 53:48
37 Michael SCHWEIZER GER 19 53:53
38 Lubomir PETRUS CZE 20 53:56
39 David MENGER CZE 22 54:45
40 Théo VIMPERE FRA 20 55:01
41 Eric BRUNGGER SUI 20 55:08
42 Enno QUAST GER 19 55:50
The U23 podium
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
43 Nico BRÜNGGER SUI 22 56:18
44 Geert VAN DER HORST NED 20
45 Domenico maria SALVIANI ITA 19
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