BLOIS – The French top in the team competition heads into its fourth day today (Friday, January 23rd) with he ten teams competing. Many top players from France, the Netherlands, and Belgium come into action, including matches between Dick Jaspers and Peter Ceulemans, Glenn Hofman and Marco Zanetti, Roland Forthomme and Sameh Sidhom, and Mikaël Devogelaere and Gwendal Maréchal. Soissons currently leads the standings with six match points out of three rounds. Saint Quentin, Andernos, and Blois are one match point behind.
Today's five matches are broadcast on Kozoom. The top match is between Blois and Andernos, the second- and third-placed teams. Glenn Hofman, leading Blois, faces Marco Zanetti on center court, Sameh Sidhom meets Roland Forthomme. The league leaders Soissons with Jérémy Bury, Eddy Merckx, Pierre Soumagne and Jean Paul de Bruijn play an away match at Courbevoie. The matches all are at 16.30 and 18.30.
The matches and line-ups are:
Blois 1-Andernos
Glenn Hofman-Marco Zanetti
Sameh Sidhom-Roland Forthomme
Mikaël Devogelaere-Gwendal Maréchal
Maxime Panaia-Jérôme Barbeillon
St. Quentin-Retro Albert
Dick Jaspers-Peter Ceulemans
Johan Loncelle-Jef Philipoom
Nathan Duriez-Cedric Melnytschenko
Tangui Duriez-Thierry Roxo
Intermarché-Douarnenez
Dimitrios Seleventas-Steven van Acker
Frédéric Mottet-Francis Forton
Marc Boigneres-Grégorie Le Deventec
Leo Dubernet-Vincent Lelievre
Colmar Blois 2
Thorsten Frings-Fabrice Puigvert
Thomas Broux-Jacky Justice
Jean Haby Geoffroy Barras
Jerome Riotto-Thierry Leculeur
Courbevoie-Soissons
Vahit Kunt-Jérémy Bury
Hector Echeverry-Eddy Merckx
Jean Jacques Boudin-Pierre Soumagne
Thomas Le Coat-Jean Paul de Bruijn
The ranking after 4 rounds:
- Soissons 6-1.360-15
- St Quentin 5-1.167-12
- Andernos 5-1.321-10
- Blois 1 5-1.321-14
- Albert 4-1.386-12
- Colmar 2-1.338-7
- Intermarché 1-1.091-7
- Blois 2 1-0.877-9
- Courbevoie 1-0.824-7
- Douarnenez 0-1.065-15
All matches from 16.30 live on Kozoom.
Eddy Merckx
Dick Jaspers
Jérémy Bury