After a hundred laps Hekman, the favorite leader of Team Yards, the best in the final sprint of a leading group of thirteen men.
Simon Schouten had, partly because of a mistake on the final straight, settle for second place. The Belgian Bart Swings finished in third place.
From the first lap there was much battled on reasonably passable job in Twente. At about half the marathon had thirteen men ahead of a round on the ever thinning squad. At about 35 laps to reason Crispijn Ariëns and Simon Schouten away from the main group.
They did this with the help of some teammates, including Olympic champion Jorrit Bergsma, who acted as pacemakers. That flight attempt failed, leaving Bergsma regulatory battle had to stop
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the final stage there were continuous holes in the leading group, but no one could really get away. Hekman made in the closing stages on the team task coolly. It had been his fifth victory this season.
“This victory on natural I had not,” Hekman said beaming at RTV Oost . “It is not easy to achieve the favorites, but I did it, thanks to my team.”
The marathon platoon moves this week to Weissensee in Austria, including in Saturday’s Open Dutch championship is held. Hekman defend his title there.
Women
The reigning Dutch champion Schouten expressed in the sprint the fastest in a front group of four after sixty laps.
The podium in Overijssel was completed by Elma de Vries and Emma Engbers. Ineke Dedden was fourth on the snowy ice in Haaksbergen.
The foursome was about halfway through the race drove away from the pack. Thanks to an excellent cooperation they could catch more than half a lap to the large group. Favorite Schouten, who is known for her excellent final sprint, did not surprise in the closing stages.
“The conditions were tough, but I skated good,” responded Schouten RTV Oost . “This was my last marathon. Now langebaan regains priority to start the Nationals round next weekend in Thialf. This was perhaps not the best preparation, but this first event on natural ice, I did not want to skip.”
Earlier this month, won the 23-year-old North Holland even though the NK marathon on artificial ice in Amsterdam.
Three centimeter
Haaksbergen belonged to Noordlaren early this week to key Candidates for the organization of the first marathon on natural ice. When the ice measurements on Tuesday morning met both job in Twente job in Groningen, the minimum thickness of three centimeters.
Based on the better weather chose the Dutch Federation for Haaksbergen, which in the 2009/2010 season for the last time organized the first marathon on natural ice. Then it was Noordlaren the competition three times in a row off too quickly
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