2006 Cyclocross World Championships - CM

Zeddam, Netherlands, January 28-29, 2006

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Belgium to the fore!
Erwin Vervecken (Belgium) en route to victory
Bart Wellens (Belgium) passes one of the windmills
Bart Wellens (Belgium) chasing
Sven Nys (Belgium) takes a corner
Sven Nys (Belgium) in the lead
Tom Vannoppen (Belgium) gets back on the bike
Mariusz Gil (Poland) takes a corner
Malte Urban (Germany) going hard
Jonathan Page (USA) guides his bike around a corner
Jonathan Baker (USA) focuses
Jody Crawforth (GBr) was 45th in the men's race
Enrico Franzoi (Italy) gets back on the bike
Christian Heule (Switzerland) does a runner
Erwin Vervecken (Belgium) celebrates his win in the elite race
Team Fidea was happy with 1st and 2nd in the men's race
The elite men's podium (L to R): Bart Wellens (2nd), Erwin Vervecken (1st) and Francis Mourey (3rd)
Erwin Vervecken (Belgium) now has a second world title to his name
The Zimbabwe boys with the world champion's jersey

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Erwin Vervecken (Belgium) leads the way on the stairs
Erwin Vervecken (Belgium) in front
The elite men's podium (L to R): Bart Wellens (2nd), Erwin Vervecken (1st) and Francis Mourey (3rd)

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Belgian Bart Wellens powers away with Kamil Ausbuher near the mill on the first lap
Winner Erwin Vervecken digs deep near the mill on the first lap
The lead group at halfway, hitting the stairs in front of the crowds
Swiss Christian Heule Belgian Bart Aernouts and Slovakian Milan Barenyi almost on top of the endless stairs

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Kupfernagel and Vos go head to head
Daphny van den Brand (Netherlands) was the favourite, but punctured out of contention
The women at full tilt
Christine Vardaros (USA) seemingly enjoying things
Sue Thomas (GBr) finished 29th in the women's race
Hilde Quintens (Belgium)
Marianne Vos (Netherlands) is very happy with her victory
The women's podium (L to R): Hanka Kupfernagel (2nd), Marianne Vos (1st) and Daphny van den Brand (3rd)
Marianne Vos (Netherlands) stands on the podium
Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) didn't quite get another world title

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Niels Albert (Bel) was disappointed by his third placing
Zdnek Stybar (Cze) looks delighted to take the win
Zdnek Stybar (Cze) wins the espoirs world championship title
Lars Boom (Ned) goes out hard in the first lap
Jakub Sibr (Slo) finished the day well down in the standings
Jempy Drucker (Lux) finished the U23 race in 8th
Brady Kappius (USA) does it tough in the U23 race
Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel)
Lars Boom (Ned) finished the U23 race in second
The leaders in the U23 race make their way over the stairs
Niels Albert (Bel) puts his head down and works hard
Ondrej Bambula (Cze) took home a top-20 place
Swiss rider Pascal Meyer gets up close and personal
The U23 men's podium (l-r): Lars Boom (Ned), Zdnek Stybar (Cze) and Niels Albert (Bel)
Sascha Weber (Ger) finished the U23 race in fifth
Heading down two abreast
Stephen Adams (GBr) leads a group during the U23 race
Zdnek Stybar (Cze) shows off his gold medal
Speed stripes for Mr Stybar!

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Alessandro Calderan (Ita) finished the junior race in 25th position
Look out! The Belgians are coming - well, almost
Bjorn Selander (USA) rides solo to seventh place in the junior race
Bjorn Selander (USA) works hard during the junior race
Boy Van Poppel (Ned) proved he's the man with his win in the junior race
A US rider gets up the stairs
David Fletcher (GBr) finished well down in the final standings
Dennis Vanendert (Bel) rides alone
Dries Govaerts (Bel) finds it tough in the soft surface
A Dutch armada on home turf is a scary thing indeed!
Jiri Polnicky (Cze) took home a top-20 finish in the junior race
Jules Chabanon (Fra) works hard in the junior race
Matteo Trentin (Ita) finished the day just outside the top ten in the junior race
Mathias Flückiger (Swi) took eighth in the junior race
The junior men's podium (l-r): Robert Gavenda (Slo), Boy Van Poppel (Ned) and Tom Meeusen (Bel)
The juniors are happy and especially the boy!
Rafael Visinelli (Ita) finished in 27th
Slovakian Robert Gavenda took second in the junior men's race
Tom Meeusen (Bel) makes it home for third in the junior race
Boy Van Poppel (Ned) wins the CX junior world title
France's Yannick Martinez just missed out on a podium place
Yannick Martinez (Fra) rode strongly to fourth
Yu Takenouchi (Jap) took 33rd in the junior race
Zimbabwe sent a crew to Zeddam and they did their country proud