Dutch Track Championships 2007 - Alkmaar Part 1
The big winners of the week with the Elites were the popular world champion sprinter Theo Bos, and Marianne Vos, Niki Terpstra and Willy Kanis each with 2 titles. Photo Journal and Results

By Bart Hazen

From December 27 to 30th Dutch Track riders gathered together for the National Track Championships in Sportpaleis Alkmaar to decide who gained the honor of wearing the national jerseys in 2008. The riders, (both men and women) competed for 32 titles in several disciplines and categories (Novice, Juniors, U23 and Elite).

World Champion Theo Bos. Photo © Bart Hazen

All the top class riders took the start in the several disciplines except  Danny Stam and Robert Slippens. The famous six day couple is competing in the Six Day race of Zürich. Unfortunately Slippens had to abandon due to sickness. The rest of the line-up was excellent, with world class riders as Theo Bos, Teun Mulder, Peter Schep, Yvonne Hijgenaar, Marlijn Binnendijk, Jens Mouris, Levi Heimans, Tim Veldt, Willy Kanis and Marianne Vos.

Peter Schep Photo © Bart Hazen

Vos made her debut on the track a few weeks ago in Beijing during the World Cup and this week made her debut in the Dutch Championship. In China she did very well with winning the Scratch and the points race; not bad for for a debutante appearance.

Theo Bos unleashes his powerful sprint. Photo © Bart Hazen

The big winners of the week with the Elites were the popular world champion sprinter Theo Bos, and Marianne Vos, Niki Terpstra and Willy Kanis. These four riders won two national titles each. Bos won the Keirin and the sprint, Vos won the Scratch and the points race, Terpstra the scratch and the Madison, and Kanis the keirin and sprint.

The big winners in the other categories were Michael Vingerling (Juniors) with six titles (sprint, pursuit, Points race, 1 km time trial, Madison and scratch) and Amy Pieters (Junior Women) with four titles (Keirin, points race and 500 meter time trial).

Dutch Track Championships 2007 Results

Elite Men's Sprints Podium: Teun Mulder, Theo Bos and Tim Veldt
Photo © Bart Hazen

Elite Men
Sprint
1 Theo Bos
2 Teun Mulder
3 Tim Veldt
4 Yondi Schmidt (U23)
5 Jelger Bisschop
6 Jaime van der Lugt (U23)
7 Patrick Bos (U23)
8 Vincent Weening
9 Maas van Beek

Madison - Peter Schep and Jens Mouris Photo © Bart Hazen

1 Kilometer time trial
1 Tim Veldt 1.04.020
2 Yondi Schmidt 1.05.980
3 Jens Mouris 1.06.663
4 Jenning Huizenga 1.07.277
5 Sipke Zijlstra 1.07.312
6 Eelke van der Wal 1.08.000
7 Levi Heimans 1.08.391
8 Patrick Bos 1.08.812
9 Jaime van der Lugt 1.09.422
10 Jelger Bisschop 1.09.918

Omnium sprint U23
(sprint, 1 km, Keirin)
1 Yondi Schmidt
2 Patrick Bos
3 Jaime van der Lugt

Individual pursuit
1 Jenning Huizinga 4.28.148
2 Jens Mouris 4.31.984
3 Wim Stroetinga 4.33.031

Individual pursuit U23
1 Pim Ligthart 4.35.402
2 Jeff Vermeulen 4.40.895
3 Michel Kreder 4.45.184

Points Race
1 Pim Ligthart (U23)
2 Jeff Vermeulen (U23)
3 Wim Stroetinga
4 Arno van der Zwet (U23)
5 Patrick Kos
6 Michel Kreder
7 Bouke Kuiper
8 Bobbie Traksel
9 Niki Terpstra
10 Bas Giling

Omnium Endurance U23
(Pursuit, Points and Scratch)
1 Pim Ligthart
2 Jeff Vermeulen
3 Arno van der Zwet
4 Michel Kreder
5 Roy Pieters
6 Ismael Kip
7 Bouke Kuiper
8 Patrick Kos
9 Raymond Kreder
10 Nick Borst

Milram's Niki Terpstra led to victory in the scratch race. Photo © Bart Hazen

Scratch
1 Niki Terpstra
2 Wim Stroetinga
3 Jeff Vermeulen (U23)
4 Pim Ligthart (U23)
5 Raymond Kreder (U23)
6 Reinier Honig
7 Geertjan Jonkman
8 Lars Jun
9 Jorrit Walgien
10 Ismael Kip

Keirin
1 Theo Bos
2 Teun Mulder
3 Tim Veldt
4 Yondi Schmidt (U23)
5 Patrick Bos (U23)
6 Jelger Bisschop
7 Vincent Weening
8 Jaime van der Lugt (U23)

Elite Women's & Junior Results continued in Part 2

Marianne Vos in action. Photo © Bart Hazen

Bart Hazen Photo Galleries:
Dutch Track National Championships Men
Dutch Track National Championships Women
Dutch Track National Championships Part 2

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