Sunday, 2 January: Fidea Cyclocross Tervuren
Hey, they ride on 1 January, so why not the day after? There's no list of participants yet, but the organisers promise us that the best of the world will be there. Well, at least the Fidea boys will I imagine. Tervuren forest is a nice place to race. There's little to distinguish this race from the others, though I gotta say I love a sport where they think spraypainting tree roots and sharp rocks pink is enough to make things safe. I like forest races too, as it always means there's some up and down bits.
De Tervuren cross is a standalone one (sorta), but it's famous enough to get the big guns at the start line. Also, it's aired live on vt4.be, so you won't have any trouble finding a stream. With a week to go before the national championships, you'll find riders with differing strategies: so will like to ride hard as a final test, so will treat today like a glorified training ride. We'll see who does what.
You can find a pdf of the parcours here, and the .doc tech guide here; and in case you don't speak Dutch, this is what it says -
Parcours length: 2580m consisting of:
- 205m of asphalt (+200m run in at the start)
- 625m of forest roads
- 485m of grass
- 1105m of dirt roads
- 160m of pits (2x 80m)Total height difference: +/- 15m
Total amount of climbing per lap: +/- 50mThere are two very technical sections after the beams leading up to the pits.
Enjoy!
Participants
1 | Zdenek Stybar |
2 | Sven Nys |
3 | Niels Albert |
4 | Kevin Pauwels |
5 | Bart Aernouts |
6 | Bart Wellens |
7 | Klaas Vantornout |
8 | Gerben De Knegt |
9 | Tom Meeusen |
10 | Dieter Vanthourenhout |
11 | Radomir Simunek |
12 | Philipp Walsleben |
13 | Rob Peeters |
14 | Vincent Baestaens |
15 | Enrico Franzoi |
16 | Thijs Van Amerongen |
17 | Eddy Van Ijzendoorn |
18 | Jonathan Page |
19 | Egoitz Murgoitio Rekalde |
20 | Sven Vanthourenhout |
21 | Marco Bianco |
22 | Wietse Bosmans |
23 | Joeri Adams |
24 | Jim Aernouts |
25 | Thijs Al |
26 | Brian Matter |
27 | Robert Gavenda |
28 | Tom Van den Bosch |
29 | Mark Lalonde |
30 | Daniel Ruiz |
31 | Bart Verschueren |
32 | Matteo Trentin |
33 | Arnaud Jouffroy |
34 | Sean Babcock |
35 | Ben Berden |
36 | Steven De Decker |
37 | Yu Takenouchi |
38 | Kevin Cant |
39 | Kenneth Van Compernolle |
40 | Ryan Iddings |
41 | Xabier Garcia Irazola |
42 | Sean De Bie |
43 | Tim Vannuffel |
44 | Mitchell Hoke |
45 | Quentin Bertholet |
46 | Jempy Drucker |
47 | Jan Verstraeten |
48 | Tom Vannoppen |
49 | Mike Thielemans |
50 | Jo Pirotte |
51 | Geert Wellens |
52 | Patrick Gaudy |
53 | Sven Van Eyndt |
54 | Ramon Sinkeldam |
55 | Bart Barkhuis |
56 | Loris Tursi |
57 | David Andrew Quist |
58 | Bram Schmitz |
59 | Daan Bongers |
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1 | Marianne Vos | |
2 | Sanne Van Paassen | |
3 | Daphny Van den Brand | |
4 | Helen Wyman | |
5 | Pavla Havlikova | |
6 | Sanne Cant | |
7 | Hanka Kupfernagel | |
8 | Sophie De Boer | |
9 | Linda Van Rijen | |
10 | Nikki Harris | |
11 | Arenda Grimberg | |
12 | Sabrina Stultiens | |
13 | Maureen Bruno Roy | |
14 | Amy Dombroski | |
15 | Ellen Van Loy | |
16 | Reza Hormes Ravenstijn | |
17 | Gabriella Day | |
18 | Nancy Bober | |
19 | Joyce Vanderbeken | |
20 | Martina Zwick | |
21 | Gertie Willems | |
22 | Nicolle De Bie-Leijten | |
23 | Tessa Van Nieuwpoort | |
24 | Christine Vardaros | |
25 | Ayako Toyooka | |
26 | Nathalie Nijns | |
27 | Vicki Thomas | |
28 | Katrien Thijs | |
29 | Lana Verberne | |
30 | Anja Nobus | |
31 | Iris Ockeloen | |
32 | Lisa Bogaert | |
33 | Ilse Vandekinderen | |
34 | Lucy Cash | |
35 | Maaike Lanssens |