Sluitingsprijs Putte-Kapellen (Belgium) UCI 1.1

十月11號
每年這時候於比利時都有 Sluitingsprijs Putte-Kapellen 賽事，是 UCI 1.1 高等職業賽。像Quickstep, FD Jeux, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 還有 Vacansoleil-DCM 等一級職業車隊都會參加。我，則與幾位身於不同職業車隊的荷蘭選手被選拔代表荷蘭國家隊出賽。隊員包括:
   來自 Garmin-Chipotle 的 Thomas Dekker
   來自 Rabobank 的兩位: Nick van der Lijke 和 Moreno Hofland
   來自 Ubbink-Koga Pro Cycling Team 的三位: Hooghiemster, René Hooghiemster, 與 Wim Stroetinga
   來自 Koopmans-Batavus 的 en Jesse de Haan
   來自 Team Fuji Asia 的我! Tjarco Cuppens

因為這比賽歷年來都是 184公里後大集團衝刺，所以我們車隊的戰術是力保車隊最強的 "大集團衝刺型選手" Wim Stroetinga，給他最後衝刺的機會。我是"領先集團衝刺型選手"，所以對衝刺的戰略，時間的拿捏，以及卡位的技巧都很了解，經驗老道，所以我的責任是在最後一公里時將 Wim 帶到前方給他最好的衝刺機會。而 Wim 也不負眾望，衝了第三順位。冠軍是 Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux 車隊)。我則排名第 66 作收。

11 Oktober;

Today I took part with the National Team of The Netherlands in the Sluitingsprijs Putte-Kapellen (Bel). This is an UCI 1.1 race with strong Pro Tour teams, like Quickstep, FD Jeux, Omega Pharma-Lotto, and Vacansoleil-DCM. Next to me the riders for our National Team were, Thomas Dekker (Team Garmin-Chipotle), Nick van der Lijke and Moreno Hofland (both Rabobank), Niek Hooghiemster, René Hooghiemster, and Wim Stroetinga (all 3 riding for Ubbink-Koga Pro Cycling Team) en Jesse de Haan (Koopmans-Batavus). Because ex-Milram rider, Wim Stroetinga, is the fastest sprinter of our team we had to bring him in a good position for the final sprint. Because as usual this race over 184 km ended in a bunch sprint. In the last kilometers I brought Wim Stroetinga to the front into a good position for the sprint. Wim finished on a 3rd place, which was a great result for our National Team. Winner of the race was Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux), I finished in 66th place.