World Cyclo-Cross Championships - CM

Photo's of the World Cyclocross Championships by Rob Karman/www.mtnbikephotos.com.

Photos by AFP

Laurence Leboucher (Fra) - scored an impressive win in the Elite Women's race
Laurence Leboucher - leads Dunlap and Van den Brand
Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) - saw her reign as World Champ come to an end
Hanka Kupfernagel - sprints up the slope
Dutch Daphny van den Brand - took the bronze medal
Alison Dunlap (USA) - rode well, but finished just outside the medals
Ann Grande (USA) - finished in fifth place
Gina Hall (USA) - finished 10th, giving USA the team prize.
Laurence Leboucher - salutes the crowd on the podium
The women's podium - Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger, 2nd), Laurence Leboucher (Fra, 1st) and Daphny van den Brand (Ned, 3rd)

Photos by AFP

Alison Dunlap (USA) pushes her bike up a climb
Laurence Leboucher (Fra) enjoys her victory.
Alison Dunlap (right) just out of the medals in the sprint for second and third, taken out by Daphny Van den Brand (left) and Hanka Kupfernagel (centre).

A beer charged fan, quite possibly Dutch - enjoys the conditions at the World's.
Thijs Verhagen (Ned) - rode strongly to win the U23 men's race
Thijs Verhagen - negotiates a technical part of the parcours
Davy Commeyne (Bel) - finished second in the U23 men's race
Italian Enrico Franzoi - managed fourth place
Tomas Trunschka (Cze) - and Enrico Franzoi battle it out
Wim Jacobs (Bel) - fifth placed finisher
Adam Craig - was the USA's best rider in the U23 men's division

Junior men's winner Kevin Pauwels (Bel) - at the top of the course
Kevin Pauwels - leads the pack on the descent
Kevin Pauwels - leads the junior men's pack
Kevin Pauwels - on his own, heading for victory
Krzysztof Kuzniak (Poland) - was the silver medalist in the Junior Men's category
Zdenek Stybar (Cze) - eventually finished third in the Junior Men.