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Cyclo-Cross World Cup #8 - CDM
Roubaix, France, January 18, 2009
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Race 2 - January 18: U23 Men, 50 minutes
Walsleben takes World Cup fourth
By Brecht Decaluwé in Roubaix, France
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German champion Philipp Walsleben won the fourth and final cyclo-cross World Cup round for Under 23 men in Roubaix, France. He won ahead of French talent Aurélien Duval and the surprisingly strong Czech Ondrej Bambula.
This time, Walsleben dominated the competition at the legendary velodrome used at the end of the Paris-Roubaix road race. The 'cross specialist clearly knows his Classics and he crossed the line with a Johan Museeuw imitation, pointing to his wounded knee as the Belgian did in 2000.
"Once again it looked easy," Walsleben said. "I went full-out to develop my advantage to the maximum. I could play poker as well and maybe finish third. I chose not to think and just pedaled as hard as possible," the 21-year-old said.
Duval won the battle for second place, narrowly holding off Bambula. The latter started off better than Duval, but as the rain started to pour down Duval got into his rhythm and got back to the Czech rider.
In the last lap the 20-year-old Frenchman left Bambula behind and secured his second place overall in the World Cup. "I'm happy to be riding at this level and I'm still not at my best form. Tomorrow I leave for a training camp with Française des Jeux," Duval said.
When asked whether he feels there's a chance to beat Walsleben at the World Championships, Duval pointed out that he felt it was possible. "That's what I aim to do. It's a one-day event and anything can happen," Duval said.
Despite his strong performance in Roubaix, Bambula failed to claim a podium spot in the overall classification of the World Cup. Kenneth Van Compernolle secured third place overall with a sixth place finish in Roubaix.
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- Ondrej Bambula (Czech Republic) took the final podium spot in the U23 race.
- Sascha Weber (Germany) flies over the barriers.
- Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) takes the barriers with ease.
- Aurelian Duval (France) finished second on home soil.
- Belgian champion Vincent Baestaens (Fidea) missed the podium.
- Tom Meeusen (Belgium) finished 17th.
- Jim Aernouts (Belgium)
- Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) takes the victory in the rain in Roubaix.
- The U23 men's podium (l-r) Aurelien Duval (France, 2nd), Philipp Walsleben (Germany, 1st) and Ondrej Bambula (Czech Republic, 3rd).
- Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) won the World Cup.
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Philipp Walsleben dominates the U23 category this year.
- Walsleben usually is a blur off the front to his competitors.
- Jim Aernouts is part of the strong Belgian team.
- Ramon Sinkeldam jumps on the bike again.
- Walsleben did the Museeuw greeting over the line in Roubaix.
- Walsleben happy with another win.
Images by Fabrice Lambert
- Aurélien Duval of France.
- Philipp Walsleben with his cobble stone.
- The hectic start in the velodrome .
- Aurélien Duval pushes his bike.
- Aurélien Duval on a very short sector of pavé .
- Aurélien Gizzi runs with his bike.
- Clément Bourgoin enjoys pushing the bike downhill.
- Gavenda Robert couldn't believe the amount of mud.
- Aurélien Gizzi runs up the stairs.
- Aurélien Gizzi runs down the hill.
- Guillaume Perrot.
- Jim Aernouts of Belgium.
- Matthieu Boulo of France.
- Ondrej Bambula with unique carrying technique.
- Philipp Walsleben has his bike professionally shouldered.
- Philipp Walsleben runs down the hill – the Roubaix 'cross has it all!
- Matthieu Boulo on the asphalt.
- Matthieu Boulo ahead of Sascha Weber.
- Ondrej Bambula on the short asphalt section.
- Philipp Walsleben runs ahead of Ondrej Bambula.
- Clément Bourgoin of France.
- Pawel Szczepaniak
- Matteo Trentin
- Kenneth van Compernolle in a hurry.
- Vincent Baestaens and Matthieu Boulo.
- Guillaume Perrot on the paved part.
- Kenneth Van Compernolle leads his group in the velodrome.
- Kenneth Van Compernolle looks good.
- Vincent Baestaens close to the end.
- Thibault Taboury of France comes close to home.
- Jonathan Cessot
- A tough parcours in France.
- Philipp Walsleben does the Museeuw in the rain.
- Podium with Duval, Walsleben and Bambulka.
- Philipp Walsleben takes the World Cup.
Results
1 Philipp Walsleben (Germany) 51.03 2 Aurelien Duval (France) 0.56 3 Ondrej Bambula (Czech Republic) 0.58 4 Vincent Baestaens (Belgium) 1.31 5 Guillaume Perrot (France) 1.32 6 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Belgium) 7 Marcel Meisen (Germany) 1.39 8 Cristian Cominelli (Italy) 1.43 9 Jim Aernouts (Belgium) 10 Matthieu Boulo (France) 11 Kacper Szczepaniak (Poland) 1.53 12 Ramon Sinkeldam (Netherlands) 2.00 13 Boy Van Poppel (Netherlands) 14 Mitchell Huenders (Netherlands) 2.11 15 Quentin Bertholet (Belgium) 2.12 16 Jiri Polnicky (Czech Republic) 2.41 17 Tom Meeusen (Belgium) 2.50 18 Tomasz Repinski (Poland) 3.01 19 Christoph Pfingsten (Germany) 3.02 20 Marek Konwa (Poland) 3.13 21 Elia Silvestri (Italy) 3.22 22 Arnaud Grand (Switzerland) 3.25 23 Clément Bourgoin (France) 3.31 24 Matteo Trentin (Italy) 3.38 25 Twan Van Den Brand (Netherlands) 3.40 26 Joeri Adams (Belgium) 3.55 27 Robert Gavenda (Slovakia) 4.03 28 David Fletcher (Great Britain) 4.11 29 Aurelien Gizzi (France) 4.21 30 Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland) 4.32 31 Micki Van Empel (Netherlands) 4.36 32 Sylwester Janiszewski (Poland) 4.38 33 Thibault Taboury (France) 4.39 34 Romain Beney (Switzerland) 4.54 35 Sascha Weber (Germany) 5.13 36 Jonathan Cessot (France) 5.29 37 David Menger (Czech Republic) 5.30 38 Geert Van Der Horst (Netherlands) 5.37 39 Valentin Scherz (Switzerland) 5.44 40 Paul Herman (France) 6.30 41 Yu Takenouchi (Japan) 6.50 One lap behind 42 Simon Le Brun (France) 43 Roberto De Patre (Italy) 44 Pit Schlechter (Luxembourg) Two laps behind 45 Nicholas Weighall (United States Of America) Three laps behind 46 Peter Kupec (Slovakia)
Final World Cup standings 1 Philipp Walsleben (Germany) 240 pts 2 Aurelien Duval (France) 169 3 Kenneth Van Compernolle (Belgium) 139 4 Ondrej Bambula (Czech Republic) 129 5 Cristian Cominelli (Italy) 109 6 Vincent Baestaens (Belgium) 104 7 Tom Meeusen (Belgium) 87 8 Arnaud Jouffroy (France) 85 9 Jim Aernouts (Belgium) 83 10 Mitchell Huenders (Netherlands) 76 11 Lukas Kloucek (Czech Republic) 64 12 Joeri Adams (Belgium) 64 13 Marcel Meisen (Germany) 63 14 Quentin Bertholet (Belgium) 61 15 Ramon Sinkeldam (Netherlands) 51 16 Marek Konwa (Poland) 46 17 Boy Van Poppel (Netherlands) 46 18 Jiri Polnicky (Czech Republic) 44 19 Lubomir Petrus (Czech Republic) 43 20 Sascha Weber (Germany) 42 21 Marco Ponta (Italy) 41 22 Christoph Pfingsten (Germany) 38 23 Twan Van Den Brand (Netherlands) 38 24 Guillaume Perrot (France) 35 25 Robert Gavenda (Slovakia) 35 26 Daniel Summerhill (United States Of America) 34 27 Matthieu Boulo (France) 28 28 Micki Van Empel (Netherlands) 24 29 Matthias Flückiger (Switzerland) 24 30 Kacper Szczepaniak (Poland) 20 31 Elia Silvestri (Italy) 18 32 Bjorn Selander (United States Of America) 18 33 Romain Beney (Switzerland) 17 34 David Menger (Czech Republic) 16 35 Kevin Eeckhout (Belgium) 15 36 Ivar Hartogs (Netherlands) 14 37 Tomasz Repinski (Poland) 13 38 Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland) 10 39 Arnaud Grand (Switzerland) 9 40 Rik Van Ijzendoorn (Netherlands) 9 41 Wim Leemans (Belgium) 9 42 Thomas Girard (France) 9 43 Clément Bourgoin (France) 8 44 Lukas Prihoda (Czech Republic) 8 45 Matteo Trentin (Italy) 7 46 Jan Van Dael (Belgium) 7 47 Mattias Nilsson (Sweden) 6 48 David Fletcher (Great Britain) 6 49 Stef Boden (Belgium) 5 50 Filip Adel (Czech Republic) 4 51 Ole Quast (Germany) 3 52 Aurelien Gizzi (France) 2 53 Valentin Scherz (Switzerland) 2 54 Gianni Denolf (Belgium) 1 55 Geert Van Der Horst (Netherlands) 1 56 Yannik-Johannes Tiedt (Germany) 1
