Hargroves Cycles Ridley rider Ian Field was the best of the Brits in a memorable Elite Men’s race at the World Cyclo-Cross Championships
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Cross Worlds – Ian Field 28th
After the astonishing first day at the World Cyclo-Cross championships where Great Britain not only had a victory but also two fifth places, it was up to the senior men to see where they are in the World on day 2.
It began with National Trophy winner for the Under 23’s Nick Barnes (Hargroves Cycles-Ridley) finishing 38th behind winner Eli Iserbyt of Belgium who beat the Czech Republic’s Adam Toupalik in a sprint to the stripes.
Nick Barnes said of the race “The atmosphere is fantastic. I raced a lot harder here purely and simply because you’ve got people cheering you on. Even being around 30th where I was – around about – you got so many people still cheering for you, it’s fantastic. It’s such a fast course using the drier tyres because if you use the muds they slow you down so much.”
“There were some really slippery corners out there though, especially on the first lap when everyone is going crazy. I came down once on the first lap when I was going over a bridge and got tangled with two guys and I ended up coming off worst but racing is racing.â€
Elite Men
In the Elite Men’s race, Ian Field (Hargroves Cycles-Ridley) was GB’s best placed rider in 28th. While ahead of him, the battle between Belgium and Holland with legend Sven Nys in the mix was keeping the fans in fine voice, the four time British champion kept the hammer down.
Whilst the cameras focused on Wout Van Aert (Belgium) and Lars Van de Haar (Netherlands) and their battle front with the Belgian getting the victory, just, Ian Field battled hard for his position saying “It was a tough day out. I got a really good start and was 18th but I couldn’t quite hold it.”
“I felt good, but not really good, and it has been a long season. It wasn’t the best course in the world for me but I put it all out there and being in a position to do a good ride, did my best.â€
British champion Liam Killeen was 37th and David Fletcher 49. Jack Clarkson did not finish saying “Gutted to pull out after my wipe out today! Really sore shoulder and knee and the pride has been battered too!”
RESULTS
Elite Men
1 VAN AERT Wout BELGIUM 01:05:52
2 VAN DER HAAR Lars NETHERLANDS +00:05
3 PAUWELS Kevin BELGIUM +00:35
4 NYS Sven BELGIUM +00:39
5 VAN DER POEL Mathieu NETHERLANDS +00:47
6 VAN DER POEL David NETHERLANDS +01:03
7 SWEECK Laurens BELGIUM +01:11
8 MEEUSEN Tom BELGIUM +01:23
9 SIMUNEK Radomir CZECH REPUBLIC +01:37
10 MEISEN Marcel GERMANY +01:43
11 VENTURINI Clement FRANCE +02:01
12 VANTHOURENHOUT Michael BELGIUM +02:15
13 GODRIE Stan NETHERLANDS +02:28
14 BOOM Lars NETHERLANDS +02:37
15 MOUREY Francis FRANCE +02:43
16 BOROS Michael CZECH REPUBLIC +02:46
17 VAN AMERONGEN Thijs NETHERLANDS +02:46
18 VAN KESSEL Corne NETHERLANDS +02:50
19 WALSLEBEN Philipp GERMANY +03:00
20 CHAINEL Steve FRANCE +03:08
21 WEBER Sascha GERMANY +03:15
22 TARAMARCAZ Julien SWITZERLAND +03:21
23 HYDE Stephen UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +03:31
24 ZAHNER Simon SWITZERLAND +03:31
25 WUBBEN Niels NETHERLANDS +03:40
26 MERLIER Tim BELGIUM +03:43
27 RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier SPAIN +03:56
28 FIELD Ian GREAT BRITAIN +04:04
29 HARING Martin SLOVAKIA +04:26
30 WINTERBERG Lukas SWITZERLAND +04:29
31 FORSTER Lars SWITZERLAND +04:46
32 ESTEBAN AGUANDO Ismael SPAIN +05:10
33 SAEGESSER Severin SWITZERLAND +05:28
34 POWERS Jeremy UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +05:29
35 ECKMANN Yannick UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +06:45
36 JONGEWAARD Chris AUSTRALIA +07:00
37 KILLEEN Liam GREAT BRITAIN +07:04
38 MILLBURN Garry AUSTRALIA +07:13
39 LIVERMON Travis UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +07:14
40 SCHOOLER Aaron CANADA +07:14
41 KRUGHOFF Allen UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +07:39
42 MARTIN Jeremy CANADA -1LAP
43 CLARK Anthony UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -1LAP
44 HELMIG Christian LUXEMBOURG -1LAP
45 VAN DEN HAM Michael CANADA -1LAP
46 BAUSCH Gusty LUXEMBOURG -1LAP
47 HANSEN Kenneth DENMARK -2LAP
48 GIL Mariusz POLAND -2LAP
49 FLETCHER David GREAT BRITAIN -2LAP
50 EDMOND Angus NEW ZEALAND -2LAP
51 JETTE Cameron CANADA -2LAP
52 ERIKSSON Martin SWEDEN -2LAP
53 HARALDSETH Fredrik NORWAY -2LAP
54 KOSAKA Hikaru JAPAN -2LAP
55 TAKENOUCHI Yu JAPAN -2LAP
56 DURRIN Jeremy UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -2LAP
57 MCCONNELL Mark CANADA -3LAP
58 GOLLINGER Karl Heinz AUSTRIA -3LAP
59 HEIGL Philipp AUSTRIA -3LAP
UNDER 23 MEN
1 ISERBYT Eli BELGIUM 00:51:18
2 TOUPALIK Adam CZECH REPUBLIC +00:01
3 HERMANS Quinten BELGIUM +00:05
4 AERTS Thijs BELGIUM +00:11
5 RUSSO Clement FRANCE +00:12
6 ORTS Felipe SPAIN +00:15
7 BERTOLINI Gioele ITALY +00:15
8 BUDDING Martijn NETHERLANDS +00:24
9 WOUTERS Sieben NETHERLANDS +00:29
10 SOETE Daan BELGIUM +01:07
11 HOEYBERGHS Daan BELGIUM +01:17
12 ANDREASSEN Simon DENMARK +01:19
13 OWEN Logan UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +01:22
14 NIEUWENHUIS Joris NETHERLANDS +01:30
15 COLLEDANI Nadir ITALY +01:31
16 JACOBS Johan SWITZERLAND +01:43
17 CLEPPE Nicolas BELGIUM +01:46
18 WHITE Curtis UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +01:51
19 VAN DER MEER Gosse NETHERLANDS +01:52
20 SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin SPAIN +02:05
21 RUEGG Timon SWITZERLAND +02:17
22 DRUMM Felix GERMANY +02:18
23 DUBAU Lucas FRANCE +02:19
24 DUBAU Joshua FRANCE +02:28
25 MORICHON Mathieu FRANCE +02:30
26 GRUNER Yannick GERMANY +02:38
27 DILLMAN Andrew UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +02:55
28 PEETERS Yannick BELGIUM +03:05
29 VAN DER HEIJDEN Maik NETHERLANDS +03:13
30 SCHUBERT Stepan CZECH REPUBLIC +03:25
31 SALA Stefano ITALY +03:44
32 BOGUSLAWSKI Marceli POLAND +04:00
33 ELLWOOD Grant UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +04:04
34 SAWADA Toki JAPAN +04:07
35 ORTENBLAD Tobin UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +04:20
36 MIKLER Bartosz POLAND +04:44
37 VOZAR Simon SLOVAKIA +04:54
38 BARNES Nicholas GREAT BRITAIN +04:55
39 ERIKSSON David SWEDEN +05:05
40 ULIK Matej SLOVAKIA +05:13
41 JANSSON Henrik SWEDEN +05:17
42 AITKEN Christopher AUSTRALIA +05:29
43 SMITH Scott UNITED STATES OF AMERICA +05:41
44 LINDENAU Max GERMANY +05:49
45 SMITH Nicholas AUSTRALIA +05:50
46 GLAJZA Ondrej SLOVAKIA +05:59
47 SIREK Adrian CZECH REPUBLIC +06:02
48 JORDE Ola NORWAY +06:07
49 O’DONNELL Trevor CANADA +07:16
50 TURCHI Luc LUXEMBOURG +07:27
51 NILES Isaac CANADA +07:45
52 PERSEVICS Davis LATVIA -3LAP
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