Il quinto appuntamento con la Coppa del Mondo di ciclocross, a Heusden Zolder in Belgio, ha il volto sorridente dell'olandese Lars Van Der Haar che per distacco si aggiudica la prova Open maschile al termine di una galoppata solitaria iniziata nel corso del primo giro. L'olandese, della Giant Development Team, ha imposto un forcing forsennato e, nonostante un salto di catena nel finale, è riuscito ad imporsi nettamente sul belga Kevin Pauwels (sempre più leader di Coppa, ndr) giunto in seconda posizione a 45". Terza piazza a Van Kessel che anticipa Taramarcaz e il tedesco Walsleben.

Ordine d'arrivo
1 VAN DER HAAR Lars NED DEVELOPMENT TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO en 1h08'10''
2 PAUWELS Kevin BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM +00:45
3 VAN KESSEL Corne NED TELENET - FIDEA +01:10
4 TARAMARCAZ Julien SUI CORENDON - KWADRO +01:10
5 WALSLEBEN Philipp GER BKCP - POWERPLUS +01:26
6 VAN DER POEL David NED BKCP - POWERPLUS +01:31
7 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM +01:33
8 WEBER Sascha GER VERANCLASSIC - DOLTCINI +01:34
9 BINA Martin CZE CORENDON - KWADRO +01:34
10 ADAMS Jens BEL VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN +01:39
11 PEETERS Rob BEL VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN +01:48
12 MEISEN Marcel GER CORENDON - KWADRO +02:01
13 MERLIER Tim BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM +02:07
14 WELLENS Bart BEL TELENET - FIDEA +02:07
15 AERNOUTS Jim BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM +02:08
16 ZAHNER Simon SUI +02:14
17 MEEUSEN Tom BEL TELENET - FIDEA +03:16
18 POWERS Jeremy USA +03:31
19 CANAL Fabien FRA LOOK - BEAUMES DE VENISE +03:40
20 PAPRSTKA Tomas CZE REMERX-MERIDA TEAM KOLIN +03:47
21 WUBBEN Niels NED TELENET - FIDEA +03:55
22 RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier ESP +03:56
23 GIL Mariusz POL CORENDON - KWADRO +04:13
24 AERNOUTS Bart BEL CORENDON - KWADRO +04:29
25 FALASCHI Bryan ITA +04:30
26 QUAST Ole GER +04:36
27 BOROS Michael CZE +04:36
28 PETRUS Lubomir CZE BKCP - POWERPLUS +04:46
29 HARING Martin SVK CK BANSKA BYSTRICA +05:10
30 LHOTELLERIE Clement FRA +05:38
31 BOSMAN Gert-Jan NED PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG +05:56
32 HANSEN Kenneth DEN +05:59
33 WILDHABER Marcel SUI SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM +06:12
34 LASAK Matej CZE +06:38
35 VAN DEN BRAND Twan NED CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS +06:43
36 BETALU Josep ESP +06:52
37 FALENTA Alois FRA +06:53
38 PAGE Jonathan USA +07:10
39 DASSONVILLE Flavien FRA BIGMAT - AUBER 93 à 2 tours
40 BARBA FRUTOS Ismael Felix ESP à 2 tours
41 TAKENOUCHI Yu JPN VERANCLASSIC - DOLTCINI à 2 tours
42 NAVARRO VIDAL Agustin ESP à 3 tours
43 SCHOOLER Aaron CAN à 3 tours
44 MARION Robert USA à 3 tours
45 ARREGUI DOMINGUEZ Asier ESP à 3 tours
46 MAYER Yannick GER BIKE AID - RIDE FOR HELP à 3 tours
47 SAGUES PORTABELLA Ramon ESP à 3 tours
48 EDMOND Angus NZL à 3 tours
49 MCCONNELL Mark CAN à 3 tours
50 THEOBALD Ulrich GER à 4 tours
51 ROTA CANO Arnau ESP à 4 tours
52 MILLBURN Garry AUS à 5 tours
53 URDAIBAI ERAUZKIN Asier ESP à 5 tours

Non partiti
VANTORNOUT Klaas BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM
BOSMANS Wietse BEL BKCP - POWERPLUS
PARBO Joachim DEN

Ritirati
FIELD Ian GBR
SIMUNEK Radomir CORENDON - KWADRO CZE

CLASSIFICA COPPA DEL MONDO dopo 5 prove
1 PAUWELS Kevin BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 370 pts
2 VAN DER HAAR Lars NED DEVELOPMENT TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 290
3 VAN KESSEL Corne NED TELENET - FIDEA 283
4 WALSLEBEN Philipp GER BKCP - POWERPLUS 269
5 MEEUSEN Tom BEL TELENET - FIDEA 257
6 ADAMS Jens BEL VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN PALACE CT 212
7 PEETERS Rob BEL VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN PALACE CT 201
8 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 190
9 VANTORNOUT Klaas BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 185
10 WELLENS Bart BEL TELENET - FIDEA 180
11 POWERS Jeremy USA 172
12 WEBER Sascha GER VERANCLASSIC - DOLTCINI 170
13 TARAMARCAZ Julien SUI CORENDON - KWADRO 169
14 AERNOUTS Bart BEL CORENDON - KWADRO 169
15 MOUREY Francis FRA FDJ.fr 164
16 CANAL Fabien FRA LOOK - BEAUMES DE VENISE 164
17 AERNOUTS Jim BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 164
18 VAN DER POEL David NED BKCP - POWERPLUS 156
19 MERLIER Tim BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 148
20 WUBBEN Niels NED TELENET - FIDEA 147
21 MEISEN Marcel GER CORENDON - KWADRO 145
22 BOROS Michael CZE 142
23 VAN AMERONGEN Thijs NED TELENET - FIDEA 129
24 WILDHABER Marcel SUI SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM 119
25 RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier ESP 119
26 FIELD Ian GBR 106
27 PAGE Jonathan USA 106
28 ZAHNER Simon SUI 102
29 GIL Mariusz POL CORENDON - KWADRO 99
30 VAN DEN BRAND Twan NED CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS 95
31 PAPRSTKA Tomas CZE REMERX-MERIDA TEAM KOLIN 93
32 NYS Sven BEL 82
33 VAN AERT Wout BEL VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN PALACE CT 80
34 SWEECK Laurens BEL CORENDON - KWADRO 78
35 PETRUS Lubomir CZE BKCP - POWERPLUS 77
36 AERTS Toon BEL TELENET - FIDEA 71
37 VAN DER POEL Mathieu NED BKCP - POWERPLUS 65
38 HANSEN Kenneth DEN 62
39 BETALU Josep ESP 56
40 BOSMAN Gert-Jan NED PARKHOTEL 52
41 SIMUNEK Radomir CZE CORENDON - KWADRO 52
42 LHOTELLERIE Clement FRA 51
43 MOSER Andreas SUI 48
44 GRAND Arnaud SUI 46
45 BINA Martin CZE CORENDON - KWADRO 44
46 QUAST Ole GER 39
47 WINTERBERG Lukas SUI 36
48 HARING Martin SVK CK BANSKA BYSTRICA 35
49 SAEGESSER Severin SUI 35
50 VANTHOURENHOUT Michael BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 33
51 FRANZOI Enrico ITA MARCHIOL EMISFERO 31
52 DASSONVILLE Flavien FRA BIGMAT - AUBER 93 30
53 VAN IJZENDOORN Eddy NED 29
54 SKALA Jakub CZE 28
55 TAKENOUCHI Yu JPN VERANCLASSIC - DOLTCINI 28
56 FALASCHI Bryan ITA 26
57 KYZIVAT Vladimir CZE 26
58 VAN LEEUWEN Patrick NED CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS 25
59 BIANCO Marco ITA 23
60 HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Aitor ESP 21
61 CLARKSON Jack GBR 19
62 RULLIERE Melvin FRA 19
63 LASAK Matej CZE 17
64 DURRIN Jeremy USA OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES 15
65 FALENTA Alois FRA 14
66 JAMES Steven GBR 13
67 BARBA FRUTOS Ismael Felix ESP 11
68 SUMNER Ben GBR 11
69 BERDEN Ben BEL 11
70 SCHOOLER Aaron CAN 11
71 GUJAN Martin SUI ORANGE MONKEY PRO TEAM 10
72 NAVARRO VIDAL Agustin ESP 10
73 PARBO Joachim DEN 10
74 PATON Alex GBR 9
75 SAGUES PORTABELLA Ramon ESP 9
76 CRAWFORTH Jody GBR 8
77 MARION Robert USA 7
78 SCHWEIZER Michael (JR) GER 7
79 BAUSCH Gusty LUX 7
80 EDMOND Angus NZL 7
81 ARREGUI DOMINGUEZ Asier ESP 6
82 BARNES Nicholas GBR 6
83 MAYER Yannick GER BIKE AID - RIDE FOR HELP 5
84 WILDHABER Michael SUI 5
85 SILVESTRI Elia ITA 5
86 RAVENSCROFT Jack GBR 4
87 DRUMM Felix GER 4
88 MONTGOMERY David IRL 3
89 MCCONNELL Mark CAN 3
90 KINNING Glen IRL 2
91 THEOBALD Ulrich GER 1
92 JETTE Cameron CAN SCOTT-3ROX RACING 1