No time splits yet. JP was only 45 seconds off Nijs yesterday. This is pretty darned good company to be in. I anxiously await crit poo's comments to the contrary.
JC
1. Richard Groenendaal 2. Sven Nys 3. Gerben de Knegt 4. Tom Vannoppen 5. Petr Dlask 6. Bart Wellens 7. Jonathan Page 8. Erwin Vervecken 9. Sven Vanthourenhout 10.Wim Jacobs 11.Enrico Franzoi 12.Wilant Van Gils 13.Radomir Simunek 14.Peter Van Santvliet 15.Martin Zlamalik 16.Kamil Ausbuher 17.Thijs Al 18.Tim Van Nuffel 19.Davy Commeyne 20.Malte Urban
1. Richard Groenendaal 2. Sven Nys 3. Gerben de Knegt 4. Tom Vannoppen 5. Petr Dlask 6. Bart Wellens 7. Jonathan Page 8. Erwin Vervecken 9. Sven Vanthourenhout
1&2 finished together, 3 alone, 4-9 somewhat fragmented. Vanthourenhout and Vervecken were at the front of that little group until they crashed heavily a few turns from the end. Sadly not caught on camera.
1. Richard Groenendaal 2. Sven Nys 3. Gerben de Knegt 4. Tom Vannoppen 5. Petr Dlask 6. Bart Wellens 7. Jonathan Page 8. Erwin Vervecken 9. Sven Vanthourenhout
1&2 finished together, 3 alone, 4-9 somewhat fragmented. Vanthourenhout and Vervecken were at the front of that little group until they crashed heavily a few turns from the end. Sadly not caught on camera.
-- E. Dronkert
That sounds like what Cori said, briefly. I think JP went down as well but I think it was before that and had to chase back on, so he would have been last in the group, which would make sense if he was chasing back on.
That has to be his best result to date. Even being close enough to Vervecken and Vanthourenhout to beat them following a crash is a step up. Not to mention beating Franzoi and the other also-runs he is usually battling.
What is up with Commeyne this year? He seems to be well below his normal level.
What is up with Commeyne this year? He seems to be well below his normal level.
In Dutch: http://www.superprestigecyclocross.com/nieuws1.asp?idx=1928 Summ.: he said he overtrained, too intense. He feels it slowly going better now. He's confident the good legs will be back if he keeps working bloody hard in training.
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What is up with Commeyne this year? He seems to be well below his normal level.
In Dutch: http://www.superprestigecyclocross.com/nieuws1.asp?idx=1928 Summ.: he said he overtrained, too intense. He feels it slowly going better now. He's confident the good legs will be back if he keeps working bloody hard in training.
That has to be his best result to date. Even being close enough to Vervecken and Vanthourenhout to beat them following a crash is a step up. Not to mention beating Franzoi and the other also-runs he is usually battling.
What is up with Commeyne this year? He seems to be well below his normal level.
He has been right with Vervecken at several races this year. they seem to sprint it out alot. Of course, then Vervecken goes out and wins a race.
Franzoi is another guy who is with JP some days and on the podium others. I know Jonathan feels like he can ride with these guys, and they are podium on their best days. He has been frustrated by the fact that he never seems to have the days where he is on the podium. I dunno. Maybe this is the start of something. Been pretty consistent the last couple weeks. 7th on saturday was damn good too, considering it was basically the same 6 guys ahead of him, just less depth behind him.
Franzoi seems to be suffering from riding a full road season for Lampre. Seems to me most of the races I've seen Page is not at the front of the race (i.e. the guys who get on TV) after the first lap or two. Last year's worlds he was there for half the race or so, but so were 25 other guys. At this Superprestige race it sounds like he was right up there in the mix the whole time. He shouldn't expect to be on the podium yet. Vervecken, Franzoi, Van Noppen have days on the podium and then days where they are back with Page. Page finishes with them when they are on a bad day and he's on a good day, on his bad days he's back in the midst of all the also-rans around 15th- 20th.
Yeah. If you like come out and race the two cyclocross races I'm promoting there this weekend.
not coming all the way down from Boston.
I found out about Fair Hill after I moved away from Baltimore. My parents moved close enough to it so that when I can bring my bike to visit them, I do. It's a nice place for singlespeeds or epic long 'cross rides.
