2013 Koppenbergcross
Tom Meeusen of Team Telenet-Fidea won the 2013 Bpost Bank Trofee Koppenbergcross earlier this month and here is a gallery from the event thanks to Tom Prenen. We will have more galleries along those lines and while they can be appreciated anytime we will make sure in the future they they will be more timely. But tomorrow we will share the female Elite edition of this event.
2013 Bpost Bank Trofee Koppenbergcross
Oudenaarde, Belgium / November 1, 2013
Elite men
1. Tom Meeusen (BEL) 59:06
2. Kevin Pauwels (BEL) 59:08
3. Klaas Vantornout (BEL) 59:11
4. Philipp Walsleben (GER) 59:15
5. Sven Nys (BEL) 59:16
All images © Tom Prenen
The Elite men powering up the Koppenberg.
Before the race World Champion Sven Nys warms up on the course.
Niels Albert is also getting ready for the race.
The press is primed and ready and so are the spectators.
And they are off.
Brit Ian Field got an early gap and managed to dive first into the massive spectator front.
Here comes the cavalry.
There is no room for error here as Jan Denuwelaere, Philipp Walsleben and Niels Albert look for position.
Tom Meeusen, Joeri Adams and Corne van Kessel are shadow boxing up front.
Kevin Eeckhout in action.
Jan Denuwelaere is watched closely by the spectators.
Sven Nys did not have a perfect day but he managed to finish 5th.
Joeri Adams gets the spectators to himself here.
German Philipp Walsleben on the way to 4th place at the Koppenbergcross.
Marcel Meisen is digging deep here and the tongue is proof.
Patrick Gaudy, Sven Vanthourenhout and Jan Denuwelaere coming up the Koppenberg.
Jan Denuwelaere alone here.
Spectators here are busy with the other action and have no time for Yu Takenouchi.
In the triathlon world a Bart Aernouts races for team Uplace, but this Bart Aernouts is not related and does not do triathlons.
Twan van den Brand leads a bunch over the Koppenberg.
