# 2012–13 Cyclo-cross bpost bank trophy

The BPost Bank Trophy 2012-2013 began on October 14 with the GP Mario De Clercq and finished on February 24 in Oostmalle. The men's elite competition was won by the Belgian Niels Albert while the women's elite was won by Sanne Cant, also of Belgium. The bank of the Belgian Post Group took over the sponsorship of this event, formerly known as Gazet van Antwerpen trofee.
Since this season, the ranking is no longer decided by points classification, but by time difference. This is a method well known from road racing. All riders that do not start in a race, do not finish the race or finish more than 5 minutes behind the winner receive 5 minutes delay on the winner in the ranking and are still in the race for the overall title. Time bonuses can be earned: during each race there is a sprint in which the first three riders gain 15, 10 and 5 seconds respectively. The same time bonuses are given at the finish.

## Calendar

| Date | Race | Location | Winner | Second | Third | Classification leader |
| 14 October | Super Trophy Cross Ronse | Ronse | Niels Albert (BEL) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sven Nys (BEL) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) |
| 1 November | GP Willy Naessens | Koppenberg | Sven Nys (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) |
| 17 November | Grand Prix van Hasselt | Hasselt | Sven Nys (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) |
| 22 December | Grand Prix Rouwmoer | Essen | Jan Denuwelaere (BEL) | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) |
| 28 December | Azencross | Loenhout | Niels Albert (BEL) | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) |
| 1 January | Grand Prix Sven Nys | Baal | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Niels Albert (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) |
| 9 February | Krawatencross | Lille | Niels Albert (BEL) | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sven Nys (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) |
| 24 February | Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle | Oostmalle | Niels Albert (BEL) | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Jim Aernouts (BEL) | Niels Albert (BEL) |

## Ranking (top 10)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | 7h 49' 53" |
| 2 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 7' 53" |
| 3 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 10' 42" |
| 4 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 10' 54" |
| 5 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 12' 48" |
| 6 | Sven Nys (BEL) | Landbouwkrediet–Euphony | + 12' 56" |
| 7 | Thijs van Amerongen (NED) | AA Drink | + 14' 37" |
| 8 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | AA Drink | + 16' 43" |
| 9 | Jan Denuwelaere (BEL) | Style & Concept | + 20' 42" |
| 10 | Philipp Walsleben (GER) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 20' 50" |

## Results
### Ronse

| | Rider | Team | Time | Bonus |
| 1 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | 57' 31" | 20" |
| 2 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 4" | 25" |
| 3 | Sven Nys (BEL) | Landbouwkrediet–Euphony | + 1' 09" | 5" |
| 4 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | AA Drink | + 1' 22" | |
| 5 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 1' 52" | |
| 6 | Thijs van Amerongen (NED) | AA Drink | + 1' 58" | 10" |
| 7 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 2' 07" | |
| 8 | Lars van der Haar (BEL) | Rabobank-Giant | + 2' 38" | |
| 9 | Philipp Walsleben (DEU) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 2' 52" | |
| 10 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 2' 57" | |

### Oudenaarde

| | Rider | Team | Time | Bonus |
| 1 | Sven Nys (BEL) | Landbouwkrediet–Euphony | 1h 00' 31" | 30" |
| 2 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 14" | 15" |
| 3 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 1' 04" | 5" |
| 4 | Aurélien Duval (FRA) | UV Aube | + 1' 15" | |
| 5 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 1' 22" | |
| 6 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 1' 25" | |
| 7 | Thijs van Amerongen (NED) | AA Drink | + 1' 29" | |
| 8 | Julien Taramarcaz (SUI) | BMC Mountainbike Racing | + 1' 31" | |
| 9 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | AA Drink | + 1' 49" | |
| 10 | Twan van den Brand (NED) | Orange Babies | + 2' 10" | |

### Hasselt

| | Rider | Team | Time | Bonus |
| 1 | Sven Nys (BEL) | Landbouwkrediet–Euphony | 54' 40" | 30" |
| 2 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 14" | 10" |
| 3 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 30" | 5" |
| 4 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 36" | 5" |
| 5 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 38" | |
| 6 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 40" | |
| 7 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | AA Drink | + 49" | |
| 8 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 52" | 10" |
| 9 | Radomír Šimůnek (CZE) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 1' 14" | |
| 10 | Jim Aernouts (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 1' 21" | |

### Essen

| | Rider | Team | Time | Bonus |
| 1 | Jan Denuwelaere (BEL) | Style & Concept | 1h 00' 05" | 15" |
| 2 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | s.t. | 10" |
| 3 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 1" | 15" |
| 4 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 1" | 5" |
| 5 | Sven Nys (BEL) | Landbouwkrediet–Euphony | + 32" | 15" |
| 6 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 55" | |
| 7 | Thijs van Amerongen (NED) | AA Drink | + 1' 04" | |
| 8 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 1' 04" | |
| 9 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 1' 42" | |
| 10 | Tom Meeusen (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 1' 46" | |

### Loenhout

| | Rider | Team | Time | Bonus |
| 1 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | 57' 36" | 30" |
| 2 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 16" | 15" |
| 3 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 56" | 5" |
| 4 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 1' 01" | 10" |
| 5 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 1' 32" | |
| 6 | Thijs van Amerongen (NED) | AA Drink | + 1' 47" | |
| 7 | Jan Denuwelaere (BEL) | Style & Concept | + 1' 58" | |
| 8 | Philipp Walsleben (DEU) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 2' 00" | |
| 9 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 2' 04" | |
| 10 | Radomír Šimůnek (CZE) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 2' 21" | |

### Baal

| | Rider | Team | Time | Bonus |
| 1 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | 1h 01' 00" | 15" |
| 2 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | + 1' 09" | 20" |
| 3 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 1' 20" | 5" |
| 4 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 1' 29" | |
| 5 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 1' 35" | 15" |
| 6 | Thijs van Amerongen (NED) | AA Drink | + 1' 44" | |
| 7 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 2' 24" | |
| 8 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | AA Drink | + 2' 28" | |
| 9 | Jonathan Page (USA) | Planet Bike | + 2' 35" | |
| 10 | Radomír Šimůnek (CZE) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 2' 42" | |

### Lille

| | Rider | Team | Time | Bonus |
| 1 | Niels Albert (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | 58' 46" | 30" |
| 2 | Klaas Vantornout (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | + 49" | 10" |
| 3 | Sven Nys (BEL) | Crelan–Euphony | s.t. | 5" |
| 4 | Kevin Pauwels (BEL) | Sunweb-Revor | s.t. | |
| 5 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 53" | |
| 6 | Bart Wellens (BEL) | Telenet-Fidea | + 1' 05" | |
| 7 | Philipp Walsleben (DEU) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 1' 24" | 5" |
| 8 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (BEL) | BKCP-Powerplus | + 1' 28" | |
| 9 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | AA Drink | + 1' 42" | |
| 10 | Marcel Meisen (DEU) | | + 2' 10" | |