1-2 in the rain for CadoMotus, Van Loon wins on return in 't Veld

The rain that held off for the World on Wheels event in Vorden on Saturday did not miss 't Veld this afternoon for the Pinksterdag Skeeler Festijn. The 't Veld course in the North of Holland is known as a tough lap, with a 500-meter section of uneven cobblestones on the back of the course that often is the scene of the winning break.

L: Hilde far left as Elma De Vries leads pack. R: Anniek Ter Haar gives chase to the break away up ahead, Angeline on outside making a pass. (Photos courtesy of Harm de Boer)

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In wet, slick and rainy conditions, the races in 't Veld were all about wheels - just as the first World Inline Cups of Basel and Rennes had been. It was just minutes into the ladies event, and on the first lap of the mens, that the athletes with grip separated themselves from the athletes without. The availability of MPC wheels today proved a key element in who went with the decisive breaks and who did not.

Top L: Angeline Thomas, Margo Van de Merwe, Nachi Shinozuka. R: Nachi Shinozuka, Angeline Thomas, Margo Van de Merwe. Bottom: Nachi Shinozuka and Angeline Thomas.

In the ladies race, CadoMotus World's Angeline Thomas separated herself from the field after a number of attacks involving teammates Jannitta Spigt and Hilde Goovaerts, as well as CadoMotus National's Margo van de Merwe. As in-form skaters struggled to keep in touch - first TimeOut's Anniek Ter Haar, then multiple Nederlands National Champion Elma de Vries, the CadoMotus girls, together with Japanese Nachi Shinozuka, kept the pressure on in the adverse conditions to skate away from the main field... that was soon scattered throughout the course.

Top L: Hilde Goovaerts, Nachi Shinozuka, Jannitta Spigt. R: Margo van de Merwe

Bottom L: Angeline Thomas R: Jannitta Spigt.


Angeline Thomas skated away in a strong solo effort to claim the win with almost a one minute margin over teammate Hilde Goovaerts, who outsprinted Nachi Shinozuka for second place by just 0.295 seconds. CadoMotus World's Jannitta Spigt was herself only narrowly outgunned in the final stretch by Shinozuka, finishing just 0.58 sec behind her in front of a wet and enthusiastic 't Veld crowd.

Angeline Thomas crossing the line for her 2nd Win.

Together with the 1-2 finish in Vorden yesterday, today's result caps off a successful weekend for the CadoMotus World Ladies, taking first and second place in both Vorden and 't Veld.


Dames 1

1. Angeline Thomas (AUS) CadoMotus World Ladies
2. Hilde Goovaerts (BEL) CadoMotus World Ladies
3. Nachi Shinozuka (JAP) Timmerman/PS
4. Jannitta Spigt (NED) CadoMotus World Ladies
5. Margo van de Merwe (NED) CadoMotus National

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Hilde Goovaerts 2nd, Angeline Thomas 1st, Nachi Shinozuka 3rd.

In the Mens event it was just over 1 lap before the field began to split as differences in wheel performance on the slick and often rough 't Veld course took their toll. The Powerplay.nl team of Jan van Loon, Alain Gloor and Geert Plender used their MPC wheels to their advantage, playing a lead role in the opening break of the race that included Roy Boeve, Michael Byrne, Josh Lose and Koen Verweij. This group, all on MPC, opened a significant gap on the field, before attacks began from within the group - often initiated by the controlling Powerplay team with 3 athletes in the break.

L: Alain Gloor leads Josh Lose and Roy Boeve. R: Michael Byrne leads Koen Verweij and Geert Plender.

Strong and repeated efforts from Plender, Gloor and Van Loon proved too much as the light, fast-footed skaters wore down their fellow escapees. Van Loon eventually made a solo escape from the breakaway group, and as Boeve tried to verbally 'inspire' the others to keep chasing, it would only serve to keep the remaining two Powerplay skaters well in control and able to attack at will from the back. Work from Lose, Boeve and Verweij kept Van Loon in sight and not too far ahead, from which Gloor used the reduced range to jump across to his teammate and help him to raise the pace and put them out of reach of the others.

Michael Byrne leading Roy Boeve, Josh Lose and Alain Gloor.

Lose and Byrne fell away, in sight but unable to close on the trio of Plender, Boeve and Verweij - and on the final lap it was Van Loon and Gloor who came across the line with a 1-minute 15-second gap over the sprint between Verweij and Boeve for third.


Heren A

1. Jan Van Loon (NED) Powerplay.nl
2. Alain Gloor (SUI) Powerplay.nl
3. Koen Verweij (NED)
4. Roy Boeve (NED) Habovo
5. Geert Plender (NED) Powerplay.nl

6. Michael Byrne (AUS) Stouwdam/Unive- CadoMotus
7. Josh Lose (AUS) Hyper/CadoMotus

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Alain Gloor 2nd, Jan Van Lone 1st, Koen Verweij 3rd.

With klassement leader Sjoerd Huisman only managing 21st, Boeve's efforts worked well on the overall classification as he closed the gap on Huisman. Next week the World on Wheels competition takes a break as the Dutch National Marathon Championships will be held in Nijverdaal.