CX Worlds: Day 2 Report & Results

Wout Van Aert (Belgium) and Joris Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands) the big winners on day 2 of the Cyclo-Cross World Championships

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CX Worlds: Day 2 Report & Results

Two races were on schedule on a chilly Sunday, during the second and final day of the UCI Cyclo-cross World championships in Bieles, Luxembourg.

Wout Van Aert (Belgium) defended his world title in the Men Elite category on Sunday afternoon. “I really didn’t expect this. Last week I was a week without bike. It seemed like nobody believed in me. It wasn’t the best preparation. I just wanted to give full gas for one hour.” “It’s also a pity that bad luck is with Mathieu when he has a flat tire. Of course I couldn’t wait for that. I’m so happy with my second world title”, Van Aert said.

Earlier on Sunday, Joris Nieuwenhuis (Netherlands) captured the title in the Men Under 23 category after completing a long solo ride in Bieles. “In the beginning I immediately felt good. I knew before the race that I was ready for it but you don’t know in such a race like this, so I’m really happy”, Nieuwenhuis said in the post-race flash interview.

In contrast to Saturday’s first race of the day, increasing temperatures and overnight rain morphed the icy course into a sloppy mud challenge with a hard frozen subsoil on Sunday morning. Combining puddles of ice water and mud with the multiple steep climbs and drops in Bieles would benefit the stronger riders on Sunday. Countless rocks surfaced due to the thaw and caused trouble in the Men Elite race on Sunday afternoon.

The Brits
In the Elite Men’s race, British champion five times over Ian Field finished 37th. Field, who started in the back rows, started reasonably well to move ahead of some of his rivals before suffering a puncture himself, costing him several places. After the race, he admitted he was frustrated with how the day had progressed. “I know it’s the same for everyone but it’s frustrating when you’re holding back a bit and not racing on the limit because you don’t want to puncture again. It’s a bit of a funny one, but that’s world championships. One of those days.”

For Billy Harding, in the under-23 race, he started on the back row, riding well in the opening lap to pass a number of riders, but the under-23 British champion found the pace and conditions challenging and crashed on one occasion. He finished a lap off the race winner and said he enjoyed the experience, despite the challenges. “It was Really hard today, tough all morning. I didn’t really have the legs, I didn’t feel too great. I was riding well on the technical sections and the downhills but I didn’t really have the oomph to go with it today.”
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Elite Men
1 VAN AERT Wout BEL 01:02:08
2 VAN DER POEL Mathieu NED 00:44
3 PAUWELS Kevin BEL 02:09
4 VAN DER HAAR Lars NED 02:52
5 VAN KESSEL Corne NED 03:09
6 SWEECK Laurens BEL 03:29
7 BOROS Michael CZE 03:47
8 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL 04:02
9 ZAHNER Simon SUI 04:08
10 WEBER Sascha GER 04:29
11 NESVADBA Jan CZE 04:50
12 MERLIER Tim BEL 05:07
13 WALSLEBEN Philipp GER 05:07
14 SAGESSER Severin SUI 05:18
15 ROHRBACH Nicola SUI 05:28
16 RUIZ DE LARRINAGA Javier ESP 05:35
17 VANTHOURENHOUT Michael BEL 05:40
18 HYDE Stephen USA 05:41
19 TARAMARCAZ Julien SUI 05:57
20 BRAIDOT Luca ITA 06:05
21 BOULO Matthieu FRA 06:15
22 HEKELE Emil CZE 06:26
23 FALENTA Alois FRA 06:26
24 WILDHABER Marcel SUI 06:29
25 KONWA Marek POL 06:41
26 PAPRSTKA Tomas CZE 06:49
27 ESTEBAN Ismael ESP 07:03
28 HARING Martin SVK 07:18
29 VENTURINI Clément FRA 07:38
30 VAN DER POEL David NED
31 MOUREY Francis FRA
32 POWERS Jeremy USA
33 WERNER Kerry USA
34 GODRIE Stan NED
35 COMINELLI Cristian ITA
36 HANSEN Kenneth DEN
37 FIELD Ian GBR
38 VAN DEN HAM Michael CAN
39 MALÍK Michal CZE
40 BRAIDOT Daniele ITA
41 CHAINEL Steve FRA
42 REICHLING Lex LUX
43 SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin ESP
44 BOOM Lars NED
45 PARBO Joachim DEN
46 BAUSCH Gusty LUX
47 MARTIN Jeremy CAN
48 HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Aitor ESP
49 LIVERMON Travis USA
50 BÚR Zsolt HUN
51 KOSAKA Hikaru JPN
52 THILTGES Scott LUX
53 MAEDA Kohei JPN
54 NIELSEN Tommy DEN
55 MCCONNELL Mark CAN
56 OMARSSON Ingvar ISL
57 ORTENBLAD Tobin USA
58 SCHLECHTER Pit LUX
59 DURRIN Jeremy USA
60 HELMIG Christian LUX

UNDER 23

1 NIEUWENHUIS Joris NED 53:58:00
2 ORTS Felipe ESP 01:23
3 WOUTERS Sieben NED 01:29
4 AERTS Thijs BEL 01:34
5 CLEPPE Nicolas BEL 01:38
6 DUBAU Joshua FRA 01:56
7 BERTOLINI Gioele ITA 02:03
8 ANDREASSEN Simon DEN 02:28
9 HERMANS Quinten BEL 02:30
10 BAKX Kelvin NED 02:30
11 RUSSO Clement FRA 03:08
12 VAN DER HEIJDEN Maik NED 03:13
13 FINE Eddy FRA 03:14
14 DUBAU Lucas FRA 03:25
15 GOOSSENS Kobe BEL 03:39
16 JACOBS Johan SUI 03:39
17 ISERBYT Eli BEL 03:55
18 PETROV Spencer USA 03:58
19 PEETERS Yannick BEL 04:17
20 COLLEDANI Nadir ITA 04:21
21 RUEGG Timon SUI 04:34
22 WILLSEY Cooper USA 04:34
23 M�LLER Manuel GER 04:44
24 FOLCARELLI Antonio ITA 05:18
25 HAIDET Lance USA 06:23
26 BOGUSLAWSKI Marceli POL
27 VOZAR Simon SVK
28 MOBIS Maximilian GER
29 ULIK Matej SVK
30 BASSANI Michele ITA

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