17:14 | Heleen Bij De Vaate finishes as 4th lady |
17:12 | The brons medal goes to Germany, to Ulrike Schwalbe |
17:10 | Marsika Kramer-Postma takes the silver medal |
17:08 | Catriona Morrison also extends her world title in the ladies race. |
16:52 | The first age grouper who crossed the line, is the French athlete Jeremy Boulogne |
16:50 | With one lap to go, Catriona Morrison is leading the race, followed bt Mariska Kramer |
16:45 | The top-10:
1 Joerie Vansteelant |
16:43 | The 4th place goes to Anthony Le Duey |
16:41 | The brons medal goes to Portugal, to Lino Barruncho in a time of 3h21’28" |
16:39 | Youngster Bart Aernouts takes the silver medalin a time of 3h19:10 |
16:35 | We have a world champion !!! Joerie Vansteelant extends his worldtitel in a time 3h15’05" Do we need to say that the Belgian supporters are getting crazy here in Geel |
16:28 | Justin Hurd, 5th in the Iron China, is also running in 5th position here in Geel |
16:26 | 3km to go for Joerie Vansteelant |
16:26 | Lino Barruncho took back his 3th place on 7’13" |
16:22 | Bart Aernouts is running the same pace as Vansteelant. So the gap remains 4’30" |
16:18 | Only one lap, only 4,5km separates Joerie Vansteelant from the victory in Geel. The supporting people in Geel are getting very excited |
16:12 | Barruncho is also catched by the chasing group. They all went into T2 now |
16:07 | Bart Aernouts is the second man on T2, 4’38" behind Joerie Vansteelant |
16:02 | Joerie Vansteelant rides into transistion now. His performance is really impressive. Joerie was the world champion here in Geel also as a U-23 in 2004. |
16:02 | Mariska Kramer has 1’10" on Michelle Lee. |
15:58 | Joerie Vansteelant is coming towards the centre of Geel. He has more than 3′ on Bart Aernouts. |
15:44 | The big chasing group is now on 7’50" behind Joerie Vansteelant |
15:42 | The number 3 in the race is still Lino Barruncho. His is riding 6’22" behind Vansteelant |
15:39 | Bart Aernouts just started his last lap, 3’08" behind Joerie Vansteelant |
15:38 | Miek Vinke is making her comeback after a heavy injury. She is now in 5th position on the bike |
15:35 | Joerie Vansteelant is flying. He just started his last lap on the bike |
15:32 | After 2 laps, Mariska Kramer is leading the womans race with 28 seconds on Michelle Lee |
15:30 | Sergey Yakoloev is catched by the group of Koen Maris |
15:22 | Mariska Kramer is riding away from her opponents. She has beaten a gap of 8" on Michelle Lee and Catorina Morisson. Murphy is already 1’45" behind Kramer. Ulrike Schwalbe is already 2’25" behind Kramer. |
15:16 | Yakolev is at 5’38" behind Vansteelant. He will be caught by a big group with Koen Maris leading that group. |
15:14 | Lino Barruncho is still in 3th position, but he is already 4’30" behind Joerie Vansteelant |
15:12 | Some pre-race and start pictures are available in the pictures section |
15:11 | Bart Aernouts also passed in the city centre on 1’40" behind Vansteelant |
15:10 | Joerie Vansteelant just passed through the city centre of Geel. He started his 3th lap |
15:08 | Anja Buysse and Veerle D’Haese are batteling for the title of first Belgian lady. But Miek Vyncke is on her way back |
15:04 | The gap between Joerie Vansteelant en Bart Aernouts is now 1’15" |
15:01 | The first woman have finished their first lap. Mariska Kramer has closed the gap and took over the lead . Michelle Lee and Catriona Morisson are in 2nd and 3th position |
14:55 | Lo�c H�lin and Dereck Treadwell are out of the race |
14:49 | Pascal Schuler and Anthony Le Duey arestill riding in 5th and 6th. Koen Maris is chasing the 2 French athletes. |
14:47 | Lino Barruncho (the number 2 in Geel in 2004) is still riding in 3th position. Sergey Yakolev is still in 4th position |
14:45 | Vansteelant has completed his first lap on the bike and is leading the race with 43 seconds on Bart Aernouts |
14:40 | Joerie is nog riding really hard. He is getting away from Bart Arnouts and had now a gap of 40 seconds on Aernouts |
14:35 | Joerie Vansteelant is leading with 12 seconds on Bart Aernouts, 50 seconds on Barruncho and 1’25" on Yakolev |
14:30 | Michelle Lee and Cheryl Murphy came into transition side by side. The 3th lady is Mariska Kramer, 25" behind the 2 leaders |
14:27 | Pascal Schuler and Anthony Le Duey are riding in 5th and 6th position, 2’45" behind the leaders. |
14:24 | After 4km on the bike, Joerie Vansteelant is leading with a gap of 10 seconds on Bart Aernouts, 27 seconds on Barruncho and 40 seconds on Yakolev |
14:21 | A gap of more than 3 minutes, and a big group of about 15 athletes are running into T1 now |
14:18 | The first athletes are running into transistion now. Vansteelant has a gap of 9 seconds on Barruncho, followed by Bart Aernouts and Sergey Yakolev |
14:14 | Barruncho is closing the gap with Vansteelant down to 3 seconds. But Vansteelant reacts and is accellerating again |
14:13 | After 3 laps on the run, Michelle Lee and Cheryl Murphy are leading the race. Mariska Kramer is in 3th position, 30 seconds behind the leading ladies |
14:10 | An attack of Joerie Vansteelant. He is running away from his opponents and has beaten a gap of 5 seconds |
14:03 | The leading group is keeping up the pace very high. The have a gap of 1’22" on 2 chasing French athletes. |
13:49 | After 2 laps, Joerie Vansteelant has taken the lead in the leading group. The have a gap of 40sec on a group of 3 French athletes. |
13:43 | 4 men are leading the race now. Barruncho got companie of Bart Aernouts, Joerie Vansteelant and Sergey Yakolev. They have about 50m on the chasing group. |
13:40 | In the ladies race, Michelle Lee is taking the lead before Mariska Kramer |
13:34 | After one lap, the Portuguese Lino Barruncho has taken the lead. Barruncho is about 10 seconds upfront on a chasing group of 7 athletes with the Belgian athletes Bart Aernouts and Jourie Vansteelant |
13:20 | And they are started. The male elite athletes are away for 4 laps on the run, 4 laps on the bike and another 2 laps on the run. The agegroupers -40 are started 2 minutes behind the elites, the female athletes another 2 minutes later |
13:15 | Good afternoon web visitors. We are sitting a few meters away from the starting line. With less then 5 minutes to go, the pro athletes are presented to the audience. The start will be given at 13:20 sharp. |