January 13, 2007 (Liévin, France) – Canada’s Wendy Simms (Kona-Yor Key Mortgage Team) placed 5th today after leading the race as Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) won round #8 of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup over reigning CX World Champ Maryline Salvetat (Fra) VSLL Castres. Canada’s Kelly Jones (Sugoi/Cannondale/Bontrager) finished 30th, Joanie Caron was 36th and Lyne Bessette (Can) Team Cyclecrossworld.Com did not start.

Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank won the men’s race over Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team in second and Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux in third as top crosser Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank finished in 7th. Canada’s Osmond Bakker (Stevens Cross) finished 41st with Aaron Schooler in 42nd, Pascal Bussieres in 44th and Mike Garrigan (Can) Epic Ride-Jetpower DNF’d.

Please check back – we’re hoping that photos from the women’s race will be available shortly.

Results

Elite Women

1. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Focus 35.01
2. Maryline Salvetat (Fra) VSLL Castres 0.12
3. Laurence Leboucher (Fra) Sarthe-Gasseau 1.03
4. Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Les Pruneaux D’Agen 1.15
5. Wendy Simms (Can) Kona-Yor Key Mortgage Team 1.28
6. Stephanie Pohl (Ger) Team Getränke-Hoffmann 1.36
7. Pavla Havlikova (Cze) KC Kooperativa SG Jablonec n.N 1.44
8. Nadia Triquet-Claude (Fra) UC Bassin Houiller 1.46
9. Caroline Mani (Fra) CR Franche Comté 1.49
10. Helen Wyman (GBr) Global Racing Team 1.53
11. Saskia Elemans (Ned) WV de Meteoor 2.05
12. Rachel Lloyd (USA) Proman/Paradigm 2.21
13. Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) Team Flexpoint 2.36
14. Loes Sels (Bel) Vlaanderen – Capri Sonne – T Interim 2.43
15. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned) Team DSB Bank 2.45
16. Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) ZZPR.nl
17. Susanne Juranek (Ger) RSC Oldenburg 1965 2.58
18. Sue Butler (USA) River City Bicycles 3.04
19. Veerle Ingels (Bel) AVB/USspa Cycling Team 3.25
20. Elke Riedl (Ned) Restore Cycling 3.32
21. Abke Francissen (Ned) Team Brabant 2000 3.39
22. Wendy Williams (USA) River City Bicycles 3.42
23. Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Ton van Bemmelen Sports – OdySis 4
24. Gabriella Day (GBr) Global Racing Team 4.03
25. Katrien Pauwels (Bel) Empella Czech Team 4.1
26. Sanne Cant (Bel) ASD Selle Italia Guerciotti 4.2
27. Jasmin Achermann (Swi) VC Rain Toshiba 4.29
28. Katrien Aerts (Bel) Benelux Team 5.5
29. Mika Ogishima (Jpn) UWTC de Volharding 6.12
30. Kelly Jones (Can) Sugoi/Cannondale/Bontrager 6.19
31. Suzie Godart (Lux) Fenixs – HPB 6.22
32. Veronica Alessio (Ita) Team Desenzanese Asd 6.36
33. Lise Müller (Swi) Cyclophile Sédunois 6.54
34. Céline Wittek (Fra) CV Liévinois 7.2
35. Aline Parsy (Fra) Pédale Madeleinoise 1 lap
36. Joanie Caron (Can)
DNS Christine Vardaros (USA) Team Vanderkitten
DNS Daniela Bresciani (Ita) Team Colnago-Arrighini
DNS Lyne Bessette (Can) Team Cyclecrossworld.Com

Elite Men

1. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 1.04.18
2. Bart Wellens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 0.17
3. Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.47
4. Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 1.36
5. John Gadret (Fra) AG2r – La Mondiale 1.48
6. Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team 1.51
7. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 1.57
8. Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank 1.56
9. Radomír Simunek (Cze) Palmans-Cras 1.58
10. Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank 1.59
11. Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank 2.08
12. Thijs Al (Ned) BeOne CRC Team 2.1
13. Jonathan Page (USA) Sunweb Pro Job 2.12
14. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) AA Sport Drinks 2.3
15. Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team 2.36
16. Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Selle Italia Guerciotti 2.46
17. Wilant Van Gils (Ned) ZZPR.nl 3.22
18. Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Télécom 3.32
19. Marek Cichosz (Pol) CWKS Legia Warszawa 3.47
20. Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 4.05
21. Steve Chainel (Fra) Auber 93 4.19
22. Nicolas Bazin (Fra) US Domont 4.24
23. Pirmin Lang (Swi) Delta 4.34
24. Christian Heule (Swi) Stevens Racing Team 4.37
25. Tim Johnson (USA) Leer/Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com 4.48
26. Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 4.57
27. Michael Müller (Swi) Team Empella Suisse 5.02
28. Petr Dlask (Cze) Fidea Cycling Team 5.11
29. Marius Gil (Pol) 5.23
30. David Derepas (Fra) VC Roubaix Lille Metropole 5.37
31. Milan Barenyi (Svk) CK ZP Sport a.s. Podbrezová 1 lap
32. Jan Chrobák (Cze) Johnson Controls AS
33. Marco Bianco (Ita) Arcobaleno Carraro
34. Sébastien Hansen (Fra) US Domont
35. Václav Metlicka (Svk) Team Kral R.C. Pfeil 2 laps
36. Gusty Bausch (Lux)
37. Jeremy Powers (USA) Cyclocrossworld.Com
38. Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Hörmann-Kramer
39. Bart Dirkx (Ned) TWC Tempo/BMV 3 laps
40. Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned) 4 laps
41. Osmond Bakker (Can) Stevens Cross
42. Aron Schooler (Can)
43. Martin Vestby (Nor) Time – Van Hemert 5 laps
44. Pascal Bussieres (Can)
DNF Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team
DNF Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet РȚnissteiner
DNF Rafael Visinelli (Ita) GS Forestale
DNF Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona-YourKey.com
DNF Molly Cameron (USA) Vanilla Bicycles-Stumptown Coffee
DNF Robert Glajza (Svk) CK ZP Sport a.s. Podbrezová
DNF Maros Kovac (Svk)
DNF Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Harvestehuder RSV v. 1909
DNF René Birkenfeld (Ger) Harvestehuder RSV v. 1909
DNF Mike Garrigan (Can) Epic Ride-Jetpower
DNF David Pagnier (Fra) ASPTT Mulhouse

U23 Men

1. Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans-Cras 53.27
2. Aurelien Duval (Fra) 0.4
3. Paul Voss (Ger) 0.52
4. Van Amerongen Thijs 1.05
5. Jempy Drucker (Lux) Fidea Cycling Team 2.12
6. Clément Bourgoin (Fra) 2.37
7. Julien Pion (Fra) 2.48
8. Jonathan Lopez (Fra) 2.55
9. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank 3.02
10. Guillaume Perrot (Fra) 3.1
11. Lukas Kloucek (Cze) 3.16
12. Boy Van Poppel (Ned) 3.22
13. Robert Gavenda (Svk) 3.41
14. Ivar Hartogs (Ned) 3.5
15. Ondrej Bambula (Cze) 3.57
16. Thibaud Taboury (Fra) 4.01
17. Marco Ponta (Ita) 4.04
18. Yannik-Johannes Tiedt (Ger) 4.07
19. Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans-Cras 4.3
20. Yann Le Queau (Fra) 4.4
21. René Lang (Swi) 4.44
22. Jiri Polnicky (Cze) 4.5
23. Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank 5
24. Nico Brüngger (Swi) 5.16
25. Ole Quast (Ger) 5.25
26. Wim Leemans (Bel) 5.53

1 Lap Behind
27. Marcel Meisen (Ger)
28. Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol)
29. Guillaume Dessibourg (Swi)
30. David Menger (Cze)
31. Mitchell Huenders (Ned)

2 Laps Behind
32. Pawel Szczepaniak (Pol)
33. Nicholas Weighall (USA) Rad Racing NW

3 Laps Behind
34. Thibaut Villa (Fra)
35. Romain Georges Lejuene (Fra)
36. Chance Noble (USA)
37. Aurélien Gizzi (Fra)
38. Kyle Douglas (Can)

4 Laps Behind
39. Shaun Adamson (Can)
40. Lukas Prihoda (Cze)

DNF Romain Lejeune (Fra)
DNF Tom Meeusen (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team
DNF Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Fidea Cycling Team
DNF Sascha Wagner (Ger)
DNF Cristian Cominelli (Ita)
DNF Fabio Ursi (Ita)
DNF Tomasz Repinski (Pol)
DNF Carson Miller (USA) Fred Meyer
DNF Martin Haring (Svk)
DNF Twan Van Den Brand (Ned)

Juniors

1. Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) 42.4
2. Lubomir Petrus (Cze) 0.16
3. Sean De Bie (Bel) 0.33
4. Elia Silvestri (Ita) 1.05
5. Konwa Marek (Pol) 1.07
6. Peter Sagan (Svk) 1.18
7. Stef Boden (Bel) 1.31
8. Domenico Maria Salviani (Ita) 1.45
9. Matthias Rupp (Sui) 1.53
10. Geert Van Der Horst (Ned) 2.01
11. Tijmen Eising (Ned) 2.04
12. Pierre Garson (Fra) 2.1
13. Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) 2.18
14. Luca Braidot (Ita) 2.2
15. Jonathan Cessot (Fra)
16. Valentin Hadoux (Fra)
17. Rudy Kowalski (Fra) 2.25
18. Michael Winterberg (Sui) 2.27
19. Jean-pierre Prudentino (Fra) 2.35
20. Simon Geets (Bel) 2.38
21. Clément Koretzky (Fra) 2.47
22. Fabio Aru (Ita) 2.52
23. Matthias Bossuyt (Bel) 3.06
24. Vincent Dias Dos Santos (Lux) 3.38
25. Jakub Friml (Cze) 3.45
26. Filip Adel (Cze)
27. Josef Rauber (Ger) 3.59
28. Jasper Ockeloen (Ned) 4.08
29. Kacper Szczepaniak (Pol) 4.12
30. Pit Schlechter (Lux) 4.17
31. Karel Hnik (Cze) 4.28
32. Max Walsleben (Ger) 4.38
33. Paul Herman (Fra) 4.42
34. Dany Lacroix (Bel) 4.5
35. Andrzej Bartkiewicz (Pol) 4.52
36. Christophe Balanec (Fra)
37. Petr Marvan (Cze) 4.58
38. David Mauhourat (Fra) 5.06
39. Kevin Smit (Ned) 5.22
40. Michiel Dieleman (Bel) 5.3
41. Max Michely (Lux) 5.47
42. Massimo Coledan (Ita) 6.08
43. Daniele Dall’oste (Ita) 6.11
44. Toni Bretschneider (Ger) 6.13
45. Alain Page (Sui) 6.16
46. Michael Schweizer (Ger) 6.56
47. Harm Van Der Sanden (Ned) + 1 lap
48. Anthony Grand (Sui)
DNF David Larsen (Can)