Cycling Evening News 03.05.12

Swift end to the Giro for Sky's Ben - Tour of the Gila - Brailsford will select Millar - Italy drops National Team lifetime ban for ex-dopers - Surprise success for Afghan team at Pakistan Women's Nats - Weylandt's girlfriend to attend Giro - Kampenhout honours Impanis - Yorkshire CX series - Leipheimer uncertain for Tour of California - Hulsmans will miss Giro - Yawn: another "I ride a bike but I'm still a lady" story - Cancellara's recovering - Other racing news - Addison Lee damage limitation exercise - Cycling newswire

Racing
Swift end to the Giro for Sky's Ben
It's looking unfortunately as though the Giro d'Italia is already over for Team Sky's Ben Swift - the 24-year-ol reported via his Twitter feed that he had a heavy crash during training on Thursday and will have to undergo tests. British Cycling reports that he has suffered a fractured shoulder..

Ben Swift ‏ @swiftybswift well that is my Giro over, had a very heavy crash out on the bike today very disappointed not to be able to start. further checks tomorrow

He will be replaced by Jeremy Hunt (born on the 12th of March in 1974, Hunt does not become the oldest man in the race as has been reported elsewhere - Luca Mazzanti was born on the 4th of February in the same year).

Tour of the Gila

Kristin Armstrong, now with Exergy Twenty12

Kristin Armstrong (Exergy Twenty12) rode a remarkable stage to finish no less than 2'18" faster than second place Carmen Small yesterday, grabbing herself a considerable lead in the General Classification.

Alison Powers ‏ @alpcyclesThe Mo-ge-on and @k_armstrong hurt my legs today. Team did great and I was 4th.

Top Ten
  1.  Kristin Armstrong Exergy Twenty12 3h15'39"
  2.  Carmen Small Team Optum Presented By Kelly Benefit Strategies +2'18"
  3.  Jade Wilcoxson Team Optum Presented By Kelly Benefit Strategies +2'42"
  4.  Alison Powers NOW and Novartis for MS +2'48"
  5.  Janel Holcomb Team Optum Presented By Kelly Benefit Strategies +3'35"
  6.  Robin Farina NOW and Novartis for MS +3'39"
  7.  Emily Kachorek Primal/MapMyRide +3'43""
  8.  Tayler Wiles Exergy Twenty12 +3'54"
  9.  Catherine Johnson Panache Boulder +4'00"
  10.  Olivia Dillon NOW and Novartis for MS +4'16"
Full results and GC

Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) was the fastest man on the challenging climb into the Mogollon Mountains at the end of Stage 1 at the Tour of the Gila yesterday, winning the stage after cruising over the finish line with a 12" advantage over a three-man chase group.

Top Ten
  1.  Rory Sutherland UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis 4h45'43"
  2.  Joseph Dombrowski Bontrager Livestrong +12"
  3.  Chad Beyer Competitive Cyclist Racing Team +14"
  4.  Sebastian Salas Team Optum Presented By Kelly Benefit Strategies ST
  5.  Christopher Baldwin Bissel +33"
  6.  Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis +39"
  7.  Francisco Mancebo Competitive Cyclist Racing Team +52"
  8.  Luis Enrique Davila +1'02"
  9.  Cesar Grajales Competitive Cyclist Racing Team ST
  10.  Carlos Lopez Gonzalez +1'14"
Full results and GC

For the men, 128.7km Stage 2 both starts and finishes at Fort Bayard - a historic frontier fort that was once home to the Buffalo Soldiers (known also as "The Negro Cavalry," they were one of several troops made up of black soldiers and not fully integrated into other units until the 1950s) who, in the 1890s, were elected to be the first "bicycle troop" because bikes were cheaper than the horses supplied to other (white) troops. On their first test ride, over 3,056km from Montana to Missouri, they proved themselves able to cover the distance more quickly than the horses.

They reach the first Cat 3 climb at 16km and climb to 2,164m, then the second begins at 24km and climbs to 2,361m. After crossing the Continental Divide (with an uncategorised climb of, oh, only 2,045m) they head to a final and very steep Cat 3 at 100km, climbing to 2,070m before the descent and last 16km back to Fort Bayard. The women use a similar parcours but miss the first 25.4km and climb, beginning instead at Pinos Altos. The remainder of the route is identical to the men's.


Brailsford will select Millar

The only thing that can now keep
David Millar from the Olympics is
David Millar

Dave Brailsford says he will select David Millar for the British Olympic team as long as he's fast enough. "He's available and that's the key thing, it's not my decision to make policy," he told reporters at a press conference yesterday in the wake of the Court for Arbitration in Sport's decision to end the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban on athletes who have been banned for doping.

However, it's still not clear if the rider will accept. Millar, who served a two-year suspension for EPO, has said that he has no wish to compete as a "black sheep," but hoped the CAS would block the law so that he can represent Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Italy drops its own National Team doping ban
The FCI, Italy's cycling federation, has lifted its own lifetime ban on riders riding on the National team after a doping conviction, despite having already survived one legal challenge from Danilo di Luca. The policy had come under attack again recently with an appeal mounted by Annalisa Cucinotta, who served a two-year suspension after testing positive for Boldenone - an anabolic steroid not approved for human use and primarily prescribed by veterinarians to horses. The recent CAS decision in the BOA case will have been received by the FCI as an indication that they had little chance of continuing the policy.

Annalisa Cucinotta

In Britain, as far as cycling is concerned David Millar has been the biggest name in the case (though he chose not to play an active part in the appeal). In Italy, the end of the rule frees up a number of high-profile riders who may now be selected for their nation's Olympic team, including Davide Rebellin, Stefano Garzelli, Alessandro Petacchi and Ivan Basso as well as di Luca.


Surprise success for Afghan women at Pakistan Nationals
The Pakistan Railways team won two of three medals on offer in Day 2 at the Pakistan National Women's Championships after winning the 20km team time trial and 1km sprint. Punjab took gold for the 1km individual time trial. A surprise success was the Afghanistan National Team, competing for the first time after receiving an invitation to the race due to the lack of events in their own nation - they won two bronze medals by coming third in the same events won by the Railways team. Further races will be held today at Lahore's open-air velodrome.

An-Sophie to attend Giro
Wouter Weylandt's girlfriend Ann-Sophie de Graeve will visit two stages of the Giro d'Italia. "I've never spoken about Wouter's death because I haven't been able to find the words to do so," she told Gazzetta dello Sport. "I was looking for reasons and explanations, not places, but I couldn't find them."

Weylandt, a rider with Leopard Trek, died on the 9th of May last year during Stage 3 as he descended the Passo del Bocco after his pedal touched a wall running alongside the road, throwing him to the other side of the road. A doctor working with the Garmin-Cervélo team administered CPR in an attempt to revive him, but an autopsy later found he had died immediately upon impact from a fractured skull and massive internal injuries.

An-Sophie, who gave birth to their daughter on the 1st of September 2011, will visit Stage 3 in Denmark and the following time trial stage in Verona.

Kampenhout honours Impanis

Raymond Impanis, 19.10.1925 - 31.12.2010

The council of Kampenhout unveiled a commemorative bust of Raymond Impanis in the town's Sint-Servaaskerk last week. A winner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, the Waalse Pijl, Paris-Roubaix and two editions of Gent-Wevelgem and Paris-Nice, Impanis was considered one of the finest Classics riders of the 1950s but also did well in stage races with third place in the 1956 Vuelta a Espana, finished in the top ten of the Tour de France three times and once at the Giro d'Italia.

Born in Berg on about the 19th of October 1925 and abandoned as a baby on the steps of the village church, Impanis was found by a priest and raised by the local baker - his surname being based on the Latin plural "panis," plural of bread. He lived around Kampenhout for the rest of his life, was made an Honourary Citizen in 1999 and died in the 31st of December 2010 at the age of 85.


Yorkshire CX Summer Series off to a good start
The Yorkshire Pedalsport Cyclo Cross Summer Series got underway yesterday at Oakbank School in Keighley with Ian Taylor (Craven Energy) making good use of a parcours made very tough by recent heavy rain to battle his way through to the front on the very first lap and a ten second advantage. He then continued to add to it all the way to the end of the race, finishing with a lead of 2'41" over second place Ed McParland (GT Racing).

Leipheimer uncertain for Tour of California

Kevin Hulsmans, now with Farnese Vini-Selle Italia

Levi Leipheimer, who was involved in a collision with a car one day before he was due to start the Tour of the Basque Country, is worried that he may not have sufficiently recovered in time for the Tour of California. The rider sustained a broken leg in the accident, leading some to wonder if - at the age of 38 - his career might be over, though he has not yet given any indication that he has considered retiring.

Hulsmans will miss the Giro
Kevin Hulsmans, who had been chosen for the Farnese Vini-Selle Italia Giro team, will miss the race due to an inflamed knee he's been suffering since Paris-Roubaix. Instead, he'll concentrate on recovering in time for the Ronde van België.

Yawn - another "I ride a bike but I'm still a lady" story
On the morning of her Olympic appearance in London this summer," says the The Toronto Star, "Emily Batty will first attend to her own appearance." The newspaper then goes on to describe how she will put on her make-up, fasten a string of pearls about her neck and diamonds in her ears before she tackles the cross country course.

"I’m a cyclist, that’s my profession, my passion, but I’m definitely a woman first," she says. OK Emily, that's fair enough. You can ride in whatever you like, even a frilly pink frock and high-heels if you choose (provided the UCI allow it, and you can find high-heels with pedal cleats). That's your business and nobody has the right to tell you otherwise. It's the fact and way that this is presented as news that is an issue.

Apparently, "the emerging mountain bike superstar has a supermodel-like appeal for young male fans of the sport" - a comment that does women's cycling no favours at all, because we most definitely do not want any young women considering taking up cycling to think that they need to impress male fans if they're going to get anywhere. It's a hard and, often, ugly sport, and those women who compete do so because they are competitive athletes, not to look good - which is precisely how it should be.

"Batty, just 5-foot-2, says the sport has always been a male bastion, but that her emergence as a top draw star may be helping to erode its machismo," the article continues (in actual fact, she doesn't say that at all - she says that "carrying feminine ways" into cycling makes her easy for fans to recognise). Bullshit. Women such as Alfonsina Strada, Elsy Jacobs, Beryl Burton, Jeannie Longo, Missy Giove, Leontien van Moorsel, Caroline Alexander, Judith Arndt, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Marianne Vos have been eroding the machismo of cycling and making inroads for other women to follow them for years; not by looking pretty out on the parcours but by being excellent cyclists. Batty may well do the same if she's good enough (and going by her palmares to date, she probably is), but not because of how she looks.

Nobody worth listening to has ever believed that cycling (or any other sport) in some way reduces a woman's femininity, nor that femininity is the measure of a woman's value. Once again, Emily Batty can wear whatever the hell she likes, but reporting the fact that she slaps on a bit of lippy before a race is categorically not news, nor do cycling fans - nor those who are going to become cycling fans and/or riders - care. Worst of all, reporting it in the way that The Star did may damage the sport.

Cancellara's getting better
Fabian Cancellara, whose Spring Classics campaign was brought to a sudden halt by the quadruple collarbone fracture he suffered at the Ronde van Vlaanderen, says that recovery is taking more time than expected but it won't be longer.

"I thought, 'hey, it's my collarbone, that heals quickly,'" the Swiss rider explains, "but the breaks were just a part of it. There's also the damage around the bone - my shoulder, the ligaments, the muscles, it was all damaged. It still feel strange and painful. I could take painkillers, but I prefer to do without. I felt hopeful after the surgery and the pain disappeared quickly, so I stopped taking painkillers then. Everything was going well, sensation returned - then I had another ultrasound and they found another tear in the ligaments

"What I have to do now is find a new position on the bike. The handlebars and saddle are different to what I'm used too because I have to sit as upright as possible, which is uncomfortable. I feel like a cyclotourist!"(More from Het Nieuwsblad)


Other News
"Youth circuit racing is popular" (Stratford Observer, London)

"Brit Stannard ready for Grand Tour outing" (British Cycling)

"Giro d'Italia with a future start in Germany?" (Cycling News)

"Porte tries Dauphine route to Games" (Brisbane Times)

"Waikato's Jaime Nielsen won the bragging rights over her Olympic teammates on the first day of the national club cycling road race championships today" (NZHerald)

"Amateur cyclists will attempt “America’s Toughest Stage Race” in Utah" (Examiner)


"Utah welcomes the USA Cycling Collegiate Road Nationals" (Daily Peloton)

"Cyclists storm Maple Ridge streets" (Maple Ridge News, Canada)

Stephen de Jongh on Sky's Giro squad (Gazzetta dello Sport)

"Second Edition Of National Cycling Tour Of Ghana Launched In Accra" (Government of Ghana)

Cycling
Addison Lee to introduce cyclist awareness training for drivers

Addison Lee - the London minicab firm that found itself in a real-life PR nightmare last month after chairman John Griffin claimed that the capital's cyclists have only themselves to blame if they're killed or injured on the roads - has announced that its drivers will be given special training to increase their awareness of cyclists.

The news was revealed to BikeBiz editor Carlton Reid in an interview with Addison Lee's PR director Alistair Laycock, who claims to have started cycling to work and that the company is looking into the practicalities of installing video cameras in its fleet to provide a record of what happens in a crash and take action against a driver if he or she is found to be at fault. (More from road.cc)

So that's alright then, isn't it?

Erm - well, no, actually. It'd be wonderful if it was, but this sounds suspiciously like a company desperately trying to claw its way back out of the big hole dug by Mr. Griffin after discovering that cyclists are numerous, proactive and in possession of considerable political clout rather than failed loners who can't afford to drive or take cabs, as he apparently previously believed. Only by keeping an eye on Addison Lee in the future will we know for certain if the company - and Griffin - genuinely do wish to help prevent injury to cyclists or whether this is just an attempt to placate an enemy who turned out to be much more formidable than they had initially assumed. Are these long-term plans or will they be forgotten as soon as the media furore dies down? We'll be watching you, Addison Lee.

Newswire
Britain
"Cycling safety fears are stopping more hitting the saddle" (The Courier)

"How cycle safety has gone up the election agenda in London" (BBC)

Worldwide
"The Union of cyclists held the demonstration on the Earth's Day" (Dalje, Croatia)

"Cyclists accuse Toronto mayor Ford of 'war on bikes'" (BBC)

"A man who allegedly helped his friend flee a hit-and-run collision with a cyclist has been charged" (WA Today, Australia)

"Once downright hostile to cyclists, Fresno has come a long way" (Fresno Bee)

"Bicycles, coffee, and beer: the next generation of bicycle shop hits Carytown" (RVANews, Virginia)

"There's room for more bicyclists in Yuba-Sutter" (AppealDemocrat, California)

"Pedals turning on cycling plan" (Woodstock Sentinel Review, Ontario)

GVA Trofee: Oostmalle

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(image credit:  WSC Oostmalle)

Bad news - Sunday the 19th of February brings the last big cyclo cross meet of the season. However, the upset is slightly lessened by the fact that it's the GVA Trofee at Oostmalle; one of the most twisty, turny, technical tracks to have ever felt the rough touch of a pair of Rhinos. There are some similarities between this parcours and the legendary Koksijde with some sections on runway and some on sand; but the terrain that characterises this race is woodland. The highest points just reach 29m, but with the lowest at 17m on a parcours 3km in length there are some steep ramps with a maximum gradient of around 6.7% in places.

From the start line (51°16'36.78"N 4°45'35.66"E) the riders have a 390m blast along the runway to start off,  then it ends abruptly with a sharp left onto sand, potentially shattering the lead of any rider who was fastest from the line and passing over the reins to those riders who can handle the technical sections. After 200m (look here for an old oak tree which, with its roots half exposed, looks as though it's trying to crawl away), the parcours again turns left and follows a track for a few metres , then turns left to travel past the "Publiekstent" (which is probably where you need to go if you want beer), through a tight V-shaped bend and onward to the pits. After turning right, riders dip briefly into woodland and negotiate a couple of tight left-hand turns, then emerge back onto the sand and follow the edge of the woods back past the runway.

Having followed the perimeter of the woods for 110mm, the riders duck back into the trees for a relatively uncomplicated and straight 100m back through to the sand on the other side and then turn left before the path leads into the woods again 20m later. The following section, just under half a kilometre in length, is entirely in the woods and features some tight bends, sharp corners and all the usual puncture risks that lurk within a forest environment. It comes out back onto sand, then after 23m it's left and back into the woods again. This section has fewer bends than the last, but climbs fairly steeply and then descends fast just before it spits the riders back out onto the sand and into some hairpins. Once through, they make a second pass of the pits and remain on sand as they follow the path around the north-western banks of the lake to a track.

After just a few metres on the track, the parcours leads back onto the sand in the opposite direction it came for around 45m, then turns sharply right into the woods once more. This final 475m is entirely forested and features several technical sections, including sharp corners hairpins and the always-amusing beams over which most riders will shoulder their bikes but those with the skills (or desire to show off) will bunnyhop (51°16'37.51"N 4°45'46.09"E). It emerges at the runway next to the VIP tent near the start line, where another lap begins. On the final lap, riders will sprint along the runway to the finish line located just before the first corner (51°16'28.03"N 4°45'47.98"E).

Altimetry (click for enlargement)

Programme: 10:00 Novices, 11:00 Juniors, 12:00 Under-23, 13:45 Elite Women, 15:00 Elite Men (CET)
Streams: Cycling Fans

Start Lists:
Elite Men

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet)
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus)
Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor)
Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step)
Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor)
Bart Aernouts (Rabobank)
Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus)
Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea)
Gerben De Knegt (Rabobank)
Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea)
Dieter Vanthourenhout (BKCP-Powerplus)
Rob Peeters (Telenet-Fidea)
Mariusz Gil (Baboco)
Jonathan Page (Planet Bike)
Joeri Adams (Telenet-Fidea)
Vincent Baestaens (Landbouwkrediet)
Martin Zlamalik (Sunweb-Revor_
Thijs Van Amerongen (AA Drink)
Radomir Simunek (BKCP-Powerplus)
Eddy Van Ijzendoorn AA drink
Enrico Franzoi (Selle Italia-Guerciotti)
Jim Aernouts (Sunweb-Revor)
Marco Bianco (Arcobaleno)
Sven Vanthourenhout (Landbouwkrediet)
Kenneth Van Compernolle (Style & Concept)
Jan Denuwelaere (Style & Concept)
Tom Van den Bosch (AA Drink)
Kevin Cant (Van Goethem)
Stijn Huys (Orange Babies Cycling Team)
Jimmy Tielens (DW Bikes)
Patrick Gaudy (Barracuda)

Elite Women

Hanka Kupfernagel (Stevens)
Sanne Van Paassen (Brainwash)
Sanne Cant (BKCP Powerplus)
Helen Wyman (Kona)
Daphny Van Den Brandt (AA Drink-Leontien.nl)
Pavla Havlikova (Telenet-Fidea)
Sophie De Boer (Telenet-Fidea)
Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea)
Linda Van Rijen (WV Eemland)
Gabriella Day (The Chainstay)
Amy Dombroski (Crank Brothers)
Martina Zwick (Abus Nutrixxion)
Reza Hormes Ravenstijn (Orange Babies Cycling Team)
Joyce Vanderbeken (Terheyde Cycling Team)
Nicolle De Bie-Leijten (Telenet-Fidea)
Christine Vardaros (Baboco)

Under-23

Lars Van der Haar (Rabo Offroad)
Wietse Bosmans (BKCP-Powerplus)
Tijmen Eising (Sunweb-Revor)
Mike Teunissen (Rabobank)
Vinnie Braet (Sunweb-Revor)
Kenneth Hansen (Haderslev Starup)
Micki Van Empel (Telenet-Fidea)
David Van der Poel (BKCP-Powerplus)
Stef Boden (Sunweb-Revor)
Arnaud Jouffroy (Telenet-Fidea)
Floris De Tier (Baboco)
Corne Van Kessel (Telenet-Fidea)
Angelo De Clercq (Sunweb-Revor)
Gianni Vermeersch (BKCP-Powerplus)

GP Heuts Heerlen CX results

Kevin Pauwels

Kevin Pauwels was always going to be a favourite in this race, but he pushed the boat out to win in style by dominating the second half and then upped the pace as the finish line approached. He won here last year, too, but today's success proves what a serious talent he is.

Lars Van Der Haar - winner of the Under-23 World Championship two weeks ago - raced among the Elite for the first time; while he couldn't match Pauwels he'll be overjoyed with second place, having beaten names as illustrious as Bart Aernouts and Philip Wasleben. "I can't yet compete with Pauwels, but this result reassures me I've got what it takes," he said after the race. "Compared with last year - when I couldn't get onto the podium - I've taken a huge step forwards. Hopefully I can improve even more by next winter and then I might even be able to take a bite out men like Pauwels. I'm looking forward to the challenge."

Pauwels agrees. "It might not be this season, but maybe the next - that's when I expect he'll be joining the Elite. I swear there were a couple of times today when I was having difficulty staying with him," he said.

British champion Ian Field did not finish.


It's been an excellent weekend for Dutch cyclo crosser Daphny Van Den Brand - yesterday, she won the Superprestige Middelkerke race and today she repeated that success on the frozen parcours at Heerlen after giving Sanne Van Paassen and Nikki Harris the slip as the three of them raced to the end of the final lap.

A last sprint along the tarmac gave her a ten second advantage as she crossed the finish line, with Van Paassen crossing eight seconds ahead of British rider Harris. Helen Wyman won this race last year and was a favourite today - however, she's had some problems in the freezing conditions during the latter part of this season after coming down with a chest infection that has cut a swathe through women's 'cross, making her fifth place finish 1'16" behind Van Den Brand  perfectly respectable. (More details on the Women's race)

Dutch website Wheeler Watchers have excellent photos to illustrate the icy conditions.

Elite Men

  1.  Kevin Pauwels 00:59:30
  2.  Lars Van Der Haar 00:13
  3.  Thijs Van Amerongen 01:09
  4.  Jonathan Page 01:28 
  5.  Gert-jan Bosman ST
  6.  Bart Aernouts ST
  7.  Gerben De Knegt 01:30 
  8.  David Van Der Poel ST
  9.  Emiel Dolfsma ST
  10.  Thijs Al   ST
  11.  Micki Van Empel 01:44 
  12.  Twan Van Den Brand 02:02 
  13.  Mike Teunissen 02:18 
  14.  Niels Wubben 02:37 
  15.  Francis Mourey 03:09 
  16.  Philipp Walsleben ST
  17.  Patrick Van Leeuwen 04:54 
  18.  Jordy Luisman ST
  19.  Eddy Van Ijzendoorn 05:40 
  20.  Kaj Slenter 06:00 
  21.  Marco Bianco ST
  22.  Roy Van Heeswijk ST
  23.  Bart Barkhuis ST
  24.  Paul Schuurmans ST
  25.  Thomas Rieff ST
  26.  Kalina Talius ST
  27.  Bryan Van Den Hoek ST
  DNF  Ian Field  



Elite Women
  1.  Daphny Van Den Brand 00:37:50
  2.  Sanne Van Paassen   00:10
  3.  Nikki Harris 00:18
  4.  Sophie De Boer 00:36 
  5.  Helen Wyman 01:16 
  6.  Arenda Grimberg 01:26 
  7.  Sabrina Stultiens ST
  8.  Reza Hormes Ravenstijn 01:54 
  9.  Nikoline Hansen 02:02 
  10.  Joyce Vanderbeken 02:10 
  11.  Amy Dombroski ST
  12.  Iris Ockeloen 03:02 
  13.  Ellen Van Loy 03:10 
  14.  Evy Kuijpers ST
  15.  Nancy Bober 03:35 
  16.  Yara Kastelijn 04:05 
  17.  Christine Vardaros 04:21 
  18.  Margriet Kloppenburg 04:40 
  19.  Madara Furmane 05:37 
  20.  Lotte Eikelenboom ST
  21.  Marianne Alleleijn ST

Masters
  1.  Marcel Scheffer 00:40:39 
  2.  John Spek 01:42 
  3.  Lars Rietveld 01:45 
  4.  Ton Van Korven 02:08 
  5.  Lino Colombo ST
  6.  Gerard Van Rijssel 02:48 
  7.  Edwin Van Pinxteren WV Schijndel 03:08 
  8.  Henk Weerman 03:37 
  9.  Rene Snoeren 03:40 
  10.  Pascal Alleleijn 03:43 
  11.  Marcel Boschker 04:27 
  12.  Udo Janssen DRC De Mol 04:44 
  13.  Vincenzo Pascarella 04:59 
  14.  Bert Jan Hamer 05:21 
  15.  Jason Marriot 05:39 
  16.  Richard Visscher 06:59 
  17.  Ger Koenen 07:31 
  18.  Heiko Fenzi ST
  19.  Arie Den Braven ST
  20.  Ties Verhagen ST
  21.  Hans Steekers ST
  22.  Albert Van Der Leeuw ST
  DNF  Nils Ten Brinke AR En TV De Adelaar  

Amateur Class
 1.  Peter Van Den Heuvel 00:40:54 
  2.  Leon Brouwer 00:28 
  3.  Edwin Arts 00:54 
  4.  Niels Van Baar 01:02 
  5.  Jochem Koren 01:10 
  6.  Daan Bongers 01:34 
  7.  Arno Winters 01:43 
  8.  Stefan Kramer 02:20 
  9.  Erwin Waenink 02:35 
  10.  Niels Luisman 03:27 
  11.  Peter Kraaijenvanger 04:23 
  12.  Wesley Steekers ST
  13.  Gijs Jongeling 04:46 
  14.  Mike Van Veelen 04:58 
  15.  Bastin Van Alten 05:00 
  16.  Guido Delnoije 05:07 
  17.  Jim Koren 06:29 
  18.  Lars Tegel 06:39 
  19.  Pieter Nagelmaeker 07:22 
  20.  Tom Van Braak ST
  21.  Edward Rietbergen ST
  22.  Wouter Jaegers ST
  DNF  Atse Ten Brinke  
  DNF  Ronald Kolkman 
  DNF  Coen Sevens 

Superprestige Middelkerke results

Elite Men

  1.  Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quickstep
  2.  Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet - Euphony (Nys wins 2012 Superprestige)
  3.  Tom Meeusen Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team
  4.  Kevin Pauwels Sunweb - Revor
  5.  Radomir Simunek BKCP-Powerplus
  6.  Klaas Vantornout Sunweb - Revor
  7.  Sven Vanthourenhout Landbouwkrediet - Euphony
  8.  Dieter Vanthourenhout BKCP-Powerplus
  9.  Niels Albert BKCP-Powerplus
  10.  Jan Denuwelaere



Elite Women
  1.  Daphny Van Den Brand WV Schijndel 00:39:25
  2.  Nikki Harris 00:08
  3.  Pavla Havlikova 00:13
  4.  Arenda Grimberg 01:08 
  5.  Helen Wyman 01:28 
  6.  Nancy Bober 01:53 
  7.  Joyce Vanderbeken 02:06 
  8.  Nikoline Hansen 02:21 
  9.  Amy Dombroski Crank Brothers 02:33 
  10.  Nicolle De Bie 03:35 
  11.  Christine Vardaros Baboco - Revor Cycling Team 03:40 
  12.  Margriet Kloppenburg 00:01 
  13.  Caitlyn La Haye 00:02 
  14.  Sandie Verriest ST


Under-23

  1.  Stan Godrie Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 00:48:15 
  2.  Lars Van Der Haar Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 00:01 
  3.  Arnaud Jouffroy Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team ST
  4.  Wietse Bosmans BKCP-Powerplus 00:14 
  5.  Tim Merlier Sunweb - Revor 00:35 
  6.  Micki Van Empel Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team ST
  7.  Gianni Vermeersch BKCP-Powerplus 00:40 
  8.  Vinnie Braet Sunweb - Revor ST
  9.  Michael Vanthourenhout BKCP-Powerplus 00:49 
  10.  Laurens Sweeck 01:06 
  11.  Diether Sweeck 01:15 
  12.  Mike Teunissen Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team ST
  15.  Arnaud Grand Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team 01:26 
  16.  Emiel Dolfsma Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 01:35 
  17.  Joeri Hofman 01:37 
  18.  Toon Aerts 01:46 
  19.  Karel Hnik Sunweb - Revor 02:06 
  20.  Jens Adams BKCP-Powerplus 02:22 
  21.  Daniel Peeters Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team 02:25 
  22.  Floris De Tier Baboco - Revor Cycling Team 03:04 
  23.  Matthias Bossuyt Sunweb - Revor 03:55 
  24.  Tijmen Eising Sunweb - Revor 04:22 
  25.  Pieter Dewitte 05:06 
  26.  Luke Gray 06:07 
  27.  Karel Martens 06:30 
  28.  Nick Van Dijke 00:01 
  29.  Rutger La Haye ST



Juniors

  1.  Mathieu Van Der Poel Boxx Academy 0:40:34 
  2.  From Yorbin Tichelt 1:16 
  3.  Wout Van Aert Young Telenet fidea 1:33 
  4.  Matthias Van De Velde Boxx Academy 1:52 
  5.  Nicolas Cleppe Young Telenet fidea ST
  6.  Peter Van Beek 2:22 
  7.  Daan Soete Young Telenet fidea  ST 
  8.  Martijn Budding Boxx Academy   ST
  9.  Berne Vankeirsbilck 2:41 
  10.  Koen Weijers 2:54 
  11.  Daan Hoeyberghs Boxx Academy 3:02  
  12.  Tim Ariesen 3:05  
  13.  Braam Merlier 3:10  
  14.  Jonas Degroote 3:23  
  15.  Alexander Ameel 3:38  
  16.  Stig Callay 4:12  
  17.  Jelto Veroft 4:21  
  18.  Stef Claeys 4:25  
  19.  Seppe Gorrens 4:35  
  20.  Kenneth Van Dessel 4:50  
  21.  Nicky Gieskens 5:21  
  22.  Jens Couckuyt 5:44
  23.  Quinten Vandenbossche ST
  24.  Kevin Dupont 6:00 
  25.  Koen Van De Ven ST
  26.  Jory Degheldere 0:02 
  27.  Lander Jespers ST
  28.  Robin Sinnaeve 0:03 
  29.  Sören De Clercq ST
  30.  Gilles De Jaeger ST


Novices  
  1.  Stan Godrie Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 00:48:15 
  2.  Lars Van Der Haar Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 00:01 
  3.  Arnaud Jouffroy Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team ST
  4.  Wietse Bosmans BKCP-Powerplus 00:14 
  5.  Tim Merlier Sunweb - Revor 00:35 
  6.  Micki Van Empel Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team ST
  7.  Gianni Vermeersch BKCP-Powerplus 00:40 
  8.  Vinnie Braet Sunweb - Revor ST
  9.  Michael Vanthourenhout BKCP-Powerplus 00:49 
  10.  Laurens Sweeck 01:06 
  11.  Diether Sweeck 01:15 
  12.  Mike Teunissen Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team ST
  15.  Arnaud Grand Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team 01:26 
  16.  Emiel Dolfsma Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 01:35 
  17.  Joeri Hofman 01:37 
  18.  Toon Aerts 01:46 
  19.  Karel Hnik Sunweb - Revor 02:06 
  20.  Jens Adams BKCP-Powerplus 02:22 
  21.  Daniel Peeters Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team 02:25 
  22.  Floris De Tier Baboco - Revor Cycling Team 03:04 
  23.  Matthias Bossuyt Sunweb - Revor 03:55 
  24.  Tijmen Eising Sunweb - Revor 04:22 
  25.  Pieter Dewitte 05:06 
  26.  Luke Gray 06:07 
  27.  Karel Martens 06:30 
  28.  Nick Van Dijke 00:01 
  29.  Rutger La Haye ST  1.  Stan Godrie Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 00:48:15 
  2.  Lars Van Der Haar Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 00:01 
  3.  Arnaud Jouffroy Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team ST
  4.  Wietse Bosmans BKCP-Powerplus 00:14 
  5.  Tim Merlier Sunweb - Revor 00:35 
  6.  Micki Van Empel Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team ST
  7.  Gianni Vermeersch BKCP-Powerplus 00:40 
  8.  Vinnie Braet Sunweb - Revor ST
  9.  Michael Vanthourenhout BKCP-Powerplus 00:49 
  10.  Laurens Sweeck 01:06 
  11.  Diether Sweeck 01:15 
  12.  Mike Teunissen Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team ST
  15.  Arnaud Grand Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team 01:26 
  16.  Emiel Dolfsma Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team 01:35 
  17.  Joeri Hofman 01:37 
  18.  Toon Aerts 01:46 
  19.  Karel Hnik Sunweb - Revor 02:06 
  20.  Jens Adams BKCP-Powerplus 02:22 
  21.  Daniel Peeters Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team 02:25 
  22.  Floris De Tier Baboco - Revor Cycling Team 03:04 
  23.  Matthias Bossuyt Sunweb - Revor 03:55 
  24.  Tijmen Eising Sunweb - Revor 04:22 
  25.  Pieter Dewitte 05:06 
  26.  Luke Gray 06:07 
  27.  Karel Martens 06:30 
  28.  Nick Van Dijke 00:01 
  29.  Rutger La Haye ST


Novices

  1.  Yannick Peeters 00:29:36 
  2.  Kobe Goossens 00:15 
  3.  Gianni Van Donink 00:19 
  4.  Jens Teirlinck ST
  5.  Thomas Joseph 00:35  
  6.  Jelle Schuermans 00:45 
  7.  Eli Iserbyt 00:50 
  8.  Thijs Aerts 01:10 
  9.  Thomas Van De Velde Vl Technics Abutriek 01:20 
  10.  Koen Van Dijke 01:35 
  11.  Johan Jacobs 01:50  
  12.  Mathias Moenaert 02:25 
  13.  Nick Van De Kerckhove 02:35 
  14.  Tim Janssen ST
  15.  Jorn Montaigne 02:50 
  16.  Loïc Hennaux ST
  17.  Olaf Remmerswaal 03:25 
  18.  Jordi Warlop ST
  19.  Kevin Van Bennekom ST
  20.  Dorian De Maeght 03:50 
  21.  Lawrence Tibackx 04:00  
  22.  Jonas Verstraete 04:15  
  23.  Laurens De Jonghe 04:55  
  24.  Jari Verhegge 05:10  
  25.  Kay Delobelle 05:20 
  26.  Lars Deseure ST
  27.  Tibo Degryse 06:00 
  28.  Jordy Neckebroek 06:10 
  29.  Tijn Decock ST
  30.  Yannick Houttekiet 00:01 
  31.  Axelle Bellaert ST
  32.  Thomas Pauwels ST