U23 Men - February 3: 14:00

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Verhagen wins 'bunch sprint'

By Rob Karman in Zolder

Thijs Verhagen Photo ©: Rob Karman

Thijs Verhagen of the Netherlands has won the U23 division of the Cyclo-Cross World Championships in Zolder Belgium by squeezing up the right side in a five man sprint for the line.

Six riders separated themselves from the other contenders by the start of the third lap and rode together for the most part in a long drawn out game of cat and mouse. On lap 6, Belgian rider Davy Commeyne attacked and managed to hold a 5 second gap for most of the lap but was brought back in once the riders regained the pavement, setting things up for the final lap sprint.

At first it seemed that Verhagen was boxed in, but then a small gap opened just enough and Thijs slipped by to win by mere centimeters.

Photography

Photo's by Rob Karman/www.mtnbikephotos.com.

• 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

Results - 21.336 km

1 Thijs Verhagen (Ned)                    49.48 (25.706 km/h)
2 Davy Commeyne (Bel)                          
3 Tomas Trunschka (Cze)
4 Enrico Franzoi (Ita)
5 Wim Jacobs (Bel)
6 Martin Bina (Cze)                        0.37
7 Michael Baumgartner (Swi)                0.53
8 Adam Craig (USA)                         1.12
9 Radomir Simunek (Cze)                    1.36
10 Steve Chainel (Fra)                     1.44
11 Mariusz Gil (Pol)                       1.47
12 Michele Sbetta (Ita)                    1.49
13 Jean-Baptiste Beraud (Fra)              1.55
14 Bart Aernouts (Bel)                     2.14
15 Klaas Vantornout (Bel)                  2.22
16 P. Vaillant (Fra)                       2.38
17 Sebastien Minard (Fra)                  2.39
18 Francis Mourey (Fra)                    2.40
19 Simon Zahner (Swi)                      2.45
20 Jackson Stewart (USA)                   2.47
21 Leo Karstens (Ger)
22 Guido Mutsaars (Ned)                    2.56
23 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned)                  3.02
24 Radoslaw Rekawek (Pol)                  3.04
25 Shaun Snodden (GBr)                     3.14
26 Haitz Ortiz (Spa)                       3.15
27 Gusty Bausch (Lux)                      3.18
28 Daniel Booth (GBr)                      3.31
29 Marian Zovcak (Svk)                     3.40
30 Marco Bianco (Ita)                      3.40
31 Enrico Rossi (Ita)                      3.53
32 Philip Dixon (GBr)                      4.08
33 Martin Zlamalik (Cze)
34 Bartlomiej Gierczak (Pol)               4.23
35 Tommy Nielsen (Den)                     4.26
36 Narciso Piņeiro (Spa)                   4.50
37 Julen Zubero (Spa)                      4.53
38 Roger Schuppli (Swi)                    4.55
39 Alan Obye (USA)
40 W. Van Der Linden (Bel)
41 Sem Mugica (Spa)                        5.22
42 Daniel Olszewski (Ger)                  5.31
43 Jochen Uhrig (Ger)                      5.42
44 Marco Baggenstos (Swi)                  6.13
45 Kim Petersen (Den)                      6.46
46 Erik Miorini (Ita)                      6.54
47 Joshua Anthony (USA)                    7.11
48 Uchiyama Yasuki (Jpn)                   7.15
49 Maxim Gogolev (Rus)                     7.41
50 Egoitz Murgoitio (Spa)                  7.44
51 Gergo Bakos (Hun)                       7.47
52 Peter Simora (Svk)                      7.54
53 Igor Bogdan (Ukr)                       9.20

1 lap behind

54 O. Gerashchenko (Ukr)
55 Richard Ruszin (Hun)

DNF Vladimir Kyzivat (Cze)
DNF Michael Müller (Swi)
DNF Freek De Jong (Ned)
DNF Koen De Kort (Ned)
DNF Hannes Genze (Ger)
DNF Maksym Mikiychuk (Ukr)
DNF Maksym Radchenko (Ukr)
DNF Evgheni Gutalov (Mda)
DNF Alexandr Matveev (Mda)
DQ Tsujira Keiichi (Jpn)

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