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Photos from an exceptionally muddy Superprestige round at Hoogstraten
A sloppy start. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comMud? Yes, there was mud. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comSven Nys enjoying a strong weekend. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comPhilipp Walsleben slaloms through the goo on his way to seventh. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comJonathan Page hunting traction. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comJonathan Page had a good ride, finishing 13th. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comLars van der Haar had an off day and abandoned. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comJeremy Powers finished 26th in Hoogstraten. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comSven Nys muscling through the soupy circuit. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comTom Meeusen on his way to fifth. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comThijs van Amerongen took fourth, just behind a flagging Niels Albert. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comNiels Albert was boiling right along early in the race. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comTom Meeusen. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comSven Nys on a grassy stretch. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comRob Peeters on his way to sixth. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comKevin Pauwels finished 11th. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comSven Vanthourenhout rounded out the top 10. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comNiels Albert splashing along. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comMartin Bina en route to 14th. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comRob Peeters looks like he can’t wait to climb off the bike and find a shower. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comSven Nys takes his second win of the weekend. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comKlaas Vantornout finishes second. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comNiels Albert finishes a dejected third. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.comThe podium. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com
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