Just one race in the FGBC CX Pool this weekend. But it was a World Cup race, so there were plenty of points up for grabs. It looks like Sven Nys finally has some competition this year. Boom and Albert were both able to drop him on the third lap. Boom grabbed the win, his first big one of the season, while Nys took third ahead of Wellens. Full results and report here.
Watch the final lap. A nice little battle between the two young guns. I love how they run the course through the shore of the lake, or whatever that body of water is. We could do that in Morden. There's lots of potential for a race in and around Colert Beach, don't you think? There's climbing, grass, sand, gravel, maybe even a bit of the lake trail. Isn't there even a boardwalk? Beach Cross 2009. Anybody?
The women's race saw the return of Katie Compton from a leg injury that's been keeping her on the shelf for the last few weeks. She's didn't lose much of her good form, though. She takes second behind defending world champ Hanka Kupfernagel. Wendy Simms finished in 14th.
As far as the pool goes, Jonny G picked up 765 points to win the day ahead of Tomek and Hal, who finished with 740 and 730, respectively. Gary still holds a lead of almost 250 points and doesn't show any signs of slowing down, especially now that Compton is back and Todd Wells has found the podium steps. Meanwhile, the king of last years inaugural FGBC CX Pool is languishing in the bottom third of the standings. He's barely ahead of Hal. And Vic, who finished last year in second place, is sitting dead last. What is going on?
Gary 4730
Chris H 4495
Olli 4085
Rachel 4065
Jonny M 4015
Tomek 3950
Jonny G 3830
Deanna 3770
Paddy & Naomi 3760
Charlene 3760
Chris A 3720
Matt 3620
David S 3615
Brad 3270
Andy 3085
Hal 3015
Ian 2865
Bill 2765
Adam 2720
Dallas 2705
Vic 2685
Full spreadsheet here.
Monday, November 10, 2008
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3 comments:
Oh sure, the kiss of death and we're barely a quarter of the way in.
If Trebon doesn't have a strong Euro campaign then Olli's the favourite. If he does, then you're the man, unless Katie can bag a lot of Euro points.
Gary
The kiss of death? I hope you're right. We'll see. It might also depend on whether Nys can dominate like he's done in the past. Based on what Boom and Albert showed on Sunday, that might not be a given. But then again, Nys raced on Saturday while they did not.
These guys are just amazing. Now that Boom is getting his technique back after the road season he's going to be very difficult to beat. Same top five today. How about S Vanthourenhout already back kicking butt after the broken hand and how about the old man, Groenendaal?
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