Sylvester stage 5: Hüni & Hus (again)

The final stage of the Sylvester 5-days took place in the Netherlands and the overall winners were determined today. As in yesterday's stage, we saw familiar faces take the victory. The course setting was demanding with some tricky areas, leading to a few mistakes once again.

In the women category Corina Hüni claimed her fourth stage win and off course the overall classment. Dominating the competition throughout the week, Hüni won four of the five stages, prooving herself as the clear favorite. Lisa Hubmann secured a second place in the overall classment with a second place today. It looked like Hubmann her direction was a bit off today losing at different controls some time. She finished 4 minutes behind Hüni. Ems de Smul finished the podium today in third. Violette Dupuy had a DNS today but she was no longer threatened for third overall.

Official results WE

Overall results WE

In the men category we saw a third stage victory for Wouter Hus, as he was already leading the classification he won the Sylvester 5-days in the end. Although Hus expressed some dissatisfaction with his overall performance across the five days, it was enough to secure the victory. The race for the remaining podium spots was intense, with every second counting. Joschi Schmid did everything he could by finishing second today with 975 points but it was only enough for 4th place overall. Sadly he was only 3 points short for the podium. However Liam Thiels wasn't happy about his race he finished third today and also in the overall classment he finished in third. Adam Zridkavesely finished just behind Thiels but with his win on stage 2, he got second in the overall classment. Rune de Clercq, who has been training intensively, finished fifth today but lacked the speed to compete for the victory.

Official results ME

Overall results ME

Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s edition, and we look forward to more exciting racing next year! Happy new year from the whole "delaatstepost" team!