Gert-Jan Bosman wins UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup #3 2011 – Cycling Update
Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team’s Gert-Jan Bosman ended the marvellous performance of the Dutch team in the second round of the UCI Cyclo-Cross Under23 World Cup 2011 in Koksijde on Saturday.
The World Cup leader and European champion, Lars van der Haar (Rabobank-Giant Off-road Team) snatched the fourth place and retained his overall leader’s white jersey.
After the first lap of the race, Stan Godrie (Rabobank-Giant Offroad) gained a lead but later on, he was joined by a large group of chasers that included, Van der Haar, Micki van Empel (Telenet-Fidea), Mike Teunissen (Rabobank-Giant), and the Belgians: Bosmans
and Braet.
Gert-Jan Bosman had strong legs and set the fastest time of 52 minutes and 41 seconds while Stan Godrie was in the second place with a difference of 5 seconds.
Micki Van Empel managed to supersede the chasers but failed to beat the leaders and snatched the third place, 7 seconds down to Bosman.
The former winner, Van der Haar admitted that he did not perform very well and said, “I felt it when I ran. Usually you blast through the sand and then you have a gap but I didn’t have it today. I wasn’t well warmed up because we had to park so far away,
had a fire in the camper, and were forced to stay in the box for 15 minutes. That didn’t help”.
After winning the stage, Bosman told the media, “It’s good to win again. I knew the form was good and that this course suited me well so I’m glad it finally delivered. We [Dutch riders] didn’t talk with each other but you could tell we were riding with rather
than against each other”.
Lars Van Der Haar grabbed the fourth spot, 11 seconds adrift, ahead of Mike Teunissen and Wietse Bosmans.
Vinnie Braet, Michiel Van Der Heijden and Jens Adams were in the seventh, eighth and ninth place, respectively.
Van der Haar took the overall World Cup standing with 100 points and the stage winner, Bosman stood second with 84 points. Teunissen secured the third position, 80 points ahead of Wietse Bosmans. Zach Mcdonald (United States) dropped from the tenth to the
eleventh place with 37 points.
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