Klemme opens up the winning account for Leopard Trek in GP Samyn
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Klemme opens up the winning account for Leopard Trek in GP Samyn

by Bjorn Haake at 12:57 PM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results
 
German also posts his first win since joining the ProTour

dominic klemmeDominic Klemme used a powerful solo in the end of the GP Samyn to take his first Protour victory. Klemme's move to reel in lone breakaway rider Kevyn Ista also marked the first win for the new Leopard Trek team. Ista hung on for second while Klemme's teammate and compatriot Robert Wagner finished the Belgian race in third spot.

The talented youngster was upbeat after the race. "I'm super happy," Klemme said. He admitted the going got tough in the end. "I had cramps in the final kilometers, but I knew I had to hang in there, because everyone was half dead back in the chase." Klemme decided he had to go after Ista in order to prevent a solo win by the Belgian.

With the group chasing hard behind, it wasn't certain the bold move would stick. "I wasn't sure my attack was going to last until the finish line, but the top of the climb was visible, so I could see the finish all the time." The finish line was one thing he had in mind, his new team the other. "I was super motivated to win this one for us."

Björn Leukemans of Vacansoleil seemed to be heading to the win when he escaped from the peloton around 60 km from the finish. But a smaller group of riders got back to him with only six kilometers to go. When Ista escaped from that group with three kilometers to go, he looked like he had the race sown up. But on the final climb to Dour, Klemme caught and passed Ista, when both were already on the finishing straight.

Sport director Lars Michaelsen was obviously very happy with the first win of Leopard Trek. "I asked the riders to stay in the front of the race at all times. We all had our minds set on winning from the first kilometer." That outlook did not change in the end. "When we reached the local circuit, I asked the team to close the gap on the breakaway group. They were very alert and I have to congratulate them all. We have a lot to be proud of today."

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2011 GP Samyn, Belgium (UCI 1.1, 193km):

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Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Dominic Klemme (Leopard-Trek) 04:43:44
bel BEL 2 Kevyn Ista (Cofidis) 00:00:08
ger GER 3 Robert Wagner (Leopard-Trek) 00:00:09
bel BEL 4 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Quick Step) s.t.
blr BLR 5 Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ) s.t.
fra FRA 6 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 7 Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:11
fra FRA 8 Sébastien Chavanel (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 9 Adrien Petit (Cofidis) s.t.
lat LAT 10 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis) 00:00:12
bel BEL 11 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 12 Koen Barbe (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 13 Gilles Devillers (Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole) s.t.
bel BEL 14 Sébastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
fra FRA 15 Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis) s.t.
ned NED 16 Stefan Van Dijk (Verandas Willems-Accent) s.t.
por POR 17 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ned NED 18 Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) 00:00:21
ned NED 19 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 20 Mathieu Drujon (BigMat-Auber 93) 00:00:28
bel BEL 21 Frédéric Amorison (Landbouwkrediet) 00:00:44
bel BEL 22 Björn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 23 Arnaud Coyot (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 24 Rony Martias (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:55
fra FRA 25 Franck Bouyer (Europcar) 00:01:08
ned NED 26 Huub Duyn (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly) 00:01:57
bel BEL 27 Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
can CAN 28 David Veilleux (Europcar) 00:02:17
bel BEL 29 Jonas Vangenechten (Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole) 00:02:22
bel BEL 30 Staf Scheirlinckx (Verandas Willems-Accent) 00:02:24
bel BEL 31 Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:02:31
ger GER 32 Eric Baumann (NetApp) 00:03:36
fra FRA 33 Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ) s.t.
swe SWE 34 Jonas Ljungblad (Differdange-Magic-sportfoot.de) s.t.
fra FRA 35 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
gbr GBR 36 Adam Blythe (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
fra FRA 37 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
bel BEL 38 Rob Goris (Verandas Willems-Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 39 Kurt Hovelynck (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly) s.t.
ned NED 40 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 41 Thomas Vernaeckt (Verandas Willems-Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 42 Ludovic Mottet (Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole) s.t.
bel BEL 43 Kristof Goddaert (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
col COL 44 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
can CAN 45 Simon Lambertlemay (SpiderTech powered by C10) s.t.
can CAN 46 Hugo Houle (SpiderTech powered by C10) s.t.
bel BEL 47 Thomas Degand (Verandas Willems-Accent) s.t.
slo SLO 48 Jan Tratnik (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 49 Robin Steenuit (Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole) s.t.
fra FRA 50 Arnaud Gerard (FDJ) s.t.
bel BEL 51 Kevin Peeters (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
ltu LTU 52 Vytautas Kaupas (Differdange-Magic-sportfoot.de) s.t.
fra FRA 53 Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) s.t.
fra FRA 54 Arnaud Molmy (BigMat-Auber 93) s.t.
fra FRA 55 Ronan Racault (BigMat-Auber 93) s.t.
bel BEL 56 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) s.t.
esp ESP 57 Jesus Del Nero Montes (NetApp) s.t.
ger GER 58 Patrick Gretsch (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
jpn JPN 59 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 60 Guillaume Le Floch (Europcar) s.t.
bel BEL 61 Boris Dron (Lotto-Bodysol-P?le Continental Wallon) s.t.
den DEN 62 Anders Lund (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
bel BEL 63 Kevin Hulsmans (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly) s.t.
ita ITA 64 Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 65 Geert Steurs (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 66 Gregory Habeaux (Verandas Willems-Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 67 Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
cze CZE 68 Jan Barta (NetApp) s.t.
bel BEL 69 Julien Vermote (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 70 Jurgen Van Goolen (Verandas Willems-Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 71 Kevin Van Melsen (Verandas Willems-Accent) s.t.
den DEN 72 Nikola Aistrup (Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland) s.t.
fra FRA 73 Fabien Bacquet (BigMat-Auber 93) s.t.
bel BEL 74 Maarten Neyens (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
bel BEL 75 Olivier Pardini (Wallonie Bruxelles-Credit Agricole) s.t.
bel BEL 76 Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) s.t.
usa USA 77 Craig Lewis (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
usa USA 78 Danny Pate (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
bel BEL 79 Iljo Keisse (Quick Step) s.t.
den DEN 80 Martin Mortensen (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
bel BEL 81 Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
irl IRL 82 Matthew Brammeier (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
bel BEL 83 Romain Zingle (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 84 Sander Helven (Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly) s.t.
fra FRA 85 Steve Houanard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
lux LUX 86 Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 87 Julien Berard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
aut AUT 88 Stefan Denifl (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
bel BEL 89 Tom Dernies (Lotto-Bodysol-P?le Continental Wallon) s.t.
fra FRA 90 Saïd Haddou (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 91 Sandy Casar (FDJ) s.t.
fra FRA 92 Mathieu Claude (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 93 Jean-Lou Paiani (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 94 Anthony Colin (Roubaix-Lille Metropole) s.t.
fra FRA 95 Loic Desriac (Roubaix-Lille Metropole) s.t.
bel BEL 96 Gert Dockx (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
bel BEL 97 Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) s.t.
fra FRA 98 Jerome Cousin (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 99 Christophe Laborie (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
aus AUS 100 William Clarke (Leopard-Trek) s.t.

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