Superprestige: Hamme-Zogge

Not to be lost in all the excitement surrounding Supercross is the fact that the pros over in Belgium were doing their own super race. Nys wins again, followed by Stybar and Wellens. It's starting to look like Stybar is a definite force. He's just a youngin--21, I think. I doubt he'll be a $9 bargain next year. Full results, report, and photos over at CN.

The top 20:

Nys - 150
Stybar - 125
Wellens - 100
Groenendaal - 90
Van Gils - 80
Pauwels - 75
Dlask - 70
Peeters - 65
Al - 60
Vervecken - 55
Heule - 50
Simunik - 45
Verstraeten - 40
Commeyne - 35
Berden - 30
Soetens - 25
D. Vanthourenhout - 20
Vantornout - 15
Page - 10
Van Den Bosch - 5

Vic takes the win for a second consecutive race, and Andy closes the gap between 1st and 2nd to less than 100 points. It's starting to look like the pack has split in two distinct halves. There's a lead group of 8 being pursued by 6 chasers who are a fair way back at this point. But I suppose it's still rather early in the season.

Yesterday's Results:

Vic - 235
Andy - 230
Naomi - 220
Jonny B - 210
Rachel - 200
Chris - 175
Arlene - 170
Matt - 80
Dallas - 80
Tomek - 10
Laura - 10
Hal - 0
Paddy - 0
David - 0

Overall Standings:

Chris 960
Andy 875
Vic 810
Naomi 730
Arlene 695
Rachel 655
Jonny B 640
Matt 635
Tomek 365
Dallas 340
Hal 305
David S 240
Laura 220
Paddy 190

Next up is the Jaarmarkt Cross race (GVA #2) on Saturday in Niel, Belgium, followed by the 3rd World Cup race of the season on Sunday in Pijnacker, Netherlands. Doublecross.

OTT: Devendra Banhart, Fall