Cycling: The German champion Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) took third place at the Steenbergcross in Erpe-Mere behind Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) and Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink).
Walsleben set a high pace right from the start on the heavily sodden track. Together with Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) and Michael Vanthournhout (Sunweb-Napoleon Games), he was initially able to break away from the rest of the field. In the third lap, however, Klaas Vantornout managed to catch up. Later, Lars van der Haar (Giant-Shimano) also made the leap forward with Sven Nys.
With four laps to go, Vantornout made the decision. By the beginning of the last lap he was able to gain a lead of almost 20 seconds over Nys and Walsleben, who shared second and third place behind the former Belgian champion.