Jonathan Page (Liberty Seguros-Cervélo), who saw his national-championship string snapped by a stomach bug earlier in December, has found a little something to ease the pain — a podium finish on Thursday at the Noordzeecross in Middelkerke, Belgium.

Page finished third, just 30 seconds behind Sven Vanthourenhout. Gerben De Knegt took the runner-up spot at 17 seconds back.

It was a solid performance, considering the stomach ailment that has plagued Page since before the U.S. Cyclo-Cross National Championships December 10 in Providence, Rhode Island.

"I have some kind of infection growing in my stomach," Page said on his website. "I have a very high white blood cell count so it is apparently a pretty good one."

Noordzeecross
Middelkerke, Belgium. December 29
Top 10
1. Sven Vanthourenhout
2. Gerben De Knegt, at 0:17
3. Jonathan Page, at 0:30
4. Thomas Frischknecht, at 1:54
5. Christian Heuleat 2:02
6. Sven Nys, at 2:23
7. Peter Van Santvliet
8. Maarten Nijland
9. Geert Wellens
10. Tim Van Nuffel