The cyclocross season officially ended today with the dispute Oostmalle trophy last round of GVA (in Belgium continues the season with some event not included in the UCI calendar). The race track designed by the organizers traced the one where a little over a month ago Sven Nys won the Belgian champion's jersey. Very different conditions instead of the path is completely frozen at the Belgian league, mostly dry and sandy in the race today. The overall GVA of the trophy, while hanging on the side of Nys (to which a sixth-place finish was enough to take the stage for ultimate success) left the door open to the world champion Niels Albert and STYBAR. Niels Albert has worthily ended his season departures are negative in the absence of the attachment of the pedal at the start, thereby making last into the first corner. Excellent starting Simunek, who led the first few corners before being overtaken by STYBAR, triggered more than ever since the first rides. STYBAR Simunek has been removed and it subsequently made a handful of seconds between himself and his pursuers. Sven Nys on the hunt for valuable points in the sprint placed at the end of the second lap, did not allow the rivals to get too far away and threw himself in pursuit, with a wheel STYBAR and Kevin Pauwels. After the sprint (won by Nys STYBAR up) Bart Wellens had launched the attack. Nys, locked in the grip of the athletes Fidea, did not respond and two-time world champion has quickly gained about ten seconds. The unresponsiveness Nys has allowed part of a large group of competitors, including Albert painfully emerged from the back to recover the wheels of the early followers of the fugitive. At the end of the fifth of ten laps on the advantage of Wellens Nys, STYBAR, Pauwels, Albert, Simunek, Vantornout, Sven and Dieter Vanthourenhout, Meeusen, De Knegt, and Van Ijzendoorn Aernouts was 43.''
Wellens's flight continued without problems, with increasing advantage in the remaining five steps without meeting the resistance of the pursuers, more committed to control himself in the fight for second position in the hunt for the leader. In turn, almost all members of the group tried to attack but Nys STYBAR and have never allowed anyone to gain yards.
Only Sven Vanthourenhout Aernouts and were able to take advantage, but even in just a half lap Nys has fallen on them followed by STYBAR and company and group has again dropped the pace. The bad day for Albert has lived in another incident three laps from the end when the former world champion, due to a failure of the seat, was forced to make a pit stop that was ousted from the top 10. In the penultimate lap, with the advantage of higher retail Wellens, STYBAR increased the pace in search of second place. Only Nys, Vantornout, S. Vanthourenhout Aernouts and legs had to resist the progression of the Czech Republic. Just before the bell rang Vantornout further increased the pace understood only in second place. The action of the Belgian Torhout has, however, quickly weighed in, and around half ended. Shortly after the engagement and STYBAR Vantornout have touched and the Belgian fell from his head on a fence and being dazed on the ground. In the confusion created by the fall Vanthourenhout D. and Pauwels have recovered the trail of Nys and STYBAR. Meanwhile, Bart Wellens came with their arms up in the right final accompanied by the din of the crowd (Wellens It stands firmly at the top of audience satisfaction Flemish), capturing their first win of the season after heavy event that less than eight days before Eeklo . Wellens for a smile at the end of a season negative due to a virus that kept him out of contention for more than half of the calendar. Zdenek STYBAR won the sprint group and took second place to the day before the company of those who completed the podium Pauwels, filled with the colors of the Faith. Sven Vanthourenhout took fourth place ahead of his cousin Dieter. Sven Nys in sixth place with wins for the seventh time in his career Trophy GVA. The young Meeusen is seventh while De Knegt, Aernouts and Albert completed the top 10. Eleventh place and ovation from the crowd for Erwin Vervecken, last race of a great career. In general
GVA, said the success of Nys, second place for STYBAR who consoles himself with the special list of targets Volanti by Niels Albert e terzo, che la stagione con chiude 16 Vittorie ma senza nelle Vittorie classifiche generalists.
1 Bart Wellens (Bel) 1:01:44 2
Zdenek Stybar (Cze) 0:00:59 3
Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 4
Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) 0:01:03 5
Dieter Vanthourenhout ( Aus) 0:01:05 6
Sven Nys (Bel) 0:01:07 7
Tom Meeusen (Bel) 0:01:08 8
Gerben de Knegt (Ned) 0:01:09 9
Aernouts Bart (Bel )
10 Niels Albert (Bel) 0:01:34 11
Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 0:01:42
Trofeo GVA:
1 Sven Nys (Bel) 188 pts 2 Zdenek
Stybar (Cze) 182 3
Niels Albert (Bel) 168 Kevin
4 Pauwels (Bel) 125 5
Gerben de Knegt (Ned) 115
