Watch Your Back, Gary

In a rare mid-week race (is it a holiday in Belgium too?), Lars Boom took his second consecutive victory over Albert and Nys at the Jaarmarktcross in Niel, Belgium (GVA #2). It wasn’t even close. Boom shattered the competition, leaving a trail of grimacing, tormented bodies in his wake. Albert was 45 seconds back, and Nys was over a minute behind. Look out. Powerful Sven Nys has been humbled by the younguns for two races in a row. In fact, the top five finishers were identical to Sunday’s race: Boom, Albert, Nys, Wellens and Sven Vanthourenhout. Full results, report and photos here:

It all added up to a sweet win for yours truly in the FGBC CX Pool. In addition to Boom and Albert, Aernouts, Groenendaal, and Soetens finished 6th, 8th, and 17th, respectively, to add up to a nice one-day total of 435 points. Gary could only muster 300 points today. So his near 250 point lead is all of a sudden down to 100. Deanna finished second today, with 365 points, while Jonny G tied with Paddy & Naomi at 340 points. Meanwhile, Tomek cracks the top five for this first time this year. It comes at the expense of Jonny M. All of these guys, along with Olli and Rachel, find themselves in a really tight group that sits just back of the blistering early pace being set by Gary and me. There are 645 points between first and third place, while third through seventh are separated by just 285 points. Full scoring spreadsheet here.

You can find the last lap (i.e., laatste ronde) here. Highlights here.

Today’s Results:

Chris H 435
Deanna 365
Paddy & Naomi 340
Jonny G 340
Hal 335
Andy 320
Gary 300
Olli 300
Ian 285
Bill 285
Tomek 280
Charlene 270
David S 265
Chris A 265
Vic 240
Adam 230
Brad 205
Matt 205
Rachel 190
Jonny M 185
Dallas 130


Overall Standings:

Gary 5030
Chris H 4930
Olli 4385
Rachel 4255
Tomek 4230
Jonny M 4200
Jonny G 4170
Deanna 4135
Paddy & Naomi 4100
Charlene 4030
Chris A 3985
David S 3880
Matt 3825
Brad 3475
Andy 3405
Hal 3350
Ian 3150
Bill 3050
Adam 2950
Vic 2925
Dallas 2835