2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

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The 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held from 27 to 28 January 2007 at the Domenico Savio Park in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.

Contents 1 Men's Elite 2 Men's Under 23s 3 Men's Juniors 4 Women's Elite 5 Medal Table 6 External links

[edit] Men's Elite

In an exciting world championships Gerben de Knegt was the first taking the lead and was booed by the 30,000 spectators. Top favourites Sven Nys and Bart Wellens took an early lead breaking away from the pack, but were set back by bad luck as they were brought down by a plastic block that was touched by a television motorcycle. Both continued the race, but had to chase the leaders from behind. Due to the incident defending champion Erwin Vervecken was the only leader with a small gap to the rest of the peloton. Also Vervecken fell as he tried to climb up a hill and was overtaken by Richard Groenendaal who took the initiative and looked secure to win his second world title, with the big favourites way behind. Groenendaal however also crashed and Italian champion Enrico Franzoi together with Jonathan Page were in the lead. Vervecken in the meanwhile was slightly behind the two and came back. Franzoi couldn't keep up driving through the sand and was set back and had to fight for his bronze medal. In the final lap both leaders tried to create a gap several times, but were taken back by the others, the exception was Vervecken who had an excellent line choice on the last major climb of the course before the finish, this line shot him past Page as he went on to successfully defend his world title. Franzoi was able to hold his third position for the bronze medal, while Bart Wellens became fourth with what was later reported a broken wrist.

Pos.	Cyclist	Time
	Erwin Vervecken	1:05.35
	Jonathan Page	+ 0.03
	Enrico Franzoi	+ 0.16
4.	Bart Wellens	+ 0.25
5.	Kevin Pauwels	+ 0.32
6.	Richard Groenendaal	+ 0.35
7.	Gerben de Knegt	+ 1.12
8.	John Gadret	+ 1.26
9.	Christian Heule	+ 1.35
10.	Thijs Al	+ 1.40
11.	Sven Nys	+ 2.04
12.	Sven Vanthourenhout	+ 2.22
13.	Marco Aurelio Fontana	+ 2.46
14.	Maarten Nijland	+ 2.57
15.	Klaas Vantornout	+ 2.57
16.	David Derepas	+ 3.02
17.	José Antonio Hermida	+ 3.04
18.	Lukas Flückiger	+ 3.25
19.	Arnaud Labbe	+ 3.27
20.	Marek Cichosz	+ 3.31
21.	Simon Zahner	+ 3.43
22.	Maros Kovác	+ 3.54
23.	Ryan Trebon	+ 3.59
24.	Petr Dlask	+ 4.05
25.	Bart Aernouts	+ 4.22
26.	Alessandro Fontana	+ 4.34
27.	Robert Glajza	+ 4.46
28.	Rene Birkenfeld	+ 4.56
29.	Steve Chainel	+ 5.42
30.	Milan Barenyi	+ 5.49
31.	Davide Frattini	+ 6.01
32.	Joachim Parbo	+ 6.16
33.	Unai Yus	+ 6.33
34.	Philip Dixon	+ 6.39
35.	Keiiti Tsujiura	+ 6.47
36.	Marco Bianco	+ 6.51
37.	Rob Jebb	+ 7.19
38.	Gusty Bausch	+ 7.29
39.	Kashy Leuchs	+ 7.34
40.	Wilant van Gils	+ 7.41
41.	Isaac Suarez Fernandez	+ 7.58
42.	Frederick Ericsson	+ 8.16
43.	Erik Tonkin	+ 8.25
44.	Vaclaf Metlicka	+ 8.36
45.	Mariusz Gil	+ 9.06
46.	Dariusz Gil	+ 1 lap

[edit] Men's Under 23s

Lars Boom attacked on the hard climb halfway the second lap and managed to create a serious gap by drilling himself through the 35 metres long sand section just after the climb. His main opponent Niels Albert followed on a fair distance and could only secure his silver medal, finishing 1.22 minutes behind Boom. Romain Villa followed 20 seconds behind Albert to take the bronze.

Pos.	Cyclist	Time
	Lars Boom	53.53
	Niels Albert	+ 1.22
	Romain Villa	+ 1.44
4.	Zdenek Stybar	+ 2.29
5.	Philipp Walsleben	+ 2.49
6.	Lukas Kloucek	+ 2.56
7.	Jonathan Lopez	+ 3.04
8.	Rob Peeters	+ 3.10
9.	Rafael Visinelli	+ 3.22
10.	Ricardo van der Velde	+ 3.25
11.	Finn Heitmann	+ 3.37
12.	Aurelien Duval	+ 3.39
13.	Robert Gavenda	+ 4.23
14.	Eddy van Yzendoorn	+ 4.45
15.	Tom van den Bosch	+ 4.55
16.	Ian Field	+ 5.02
17.	Quentin Bertholet	+ 5.07
18.	Frantisek Kloucek	+ 5.11
19.	Davide Malacarne	+ 5.19
20.	Thijs van Amerongen	+ 5.25

[edit] Men's Juniors

Junior World Cup winner Joeri Adams had to wait for the final straight before he could beat his opponents to take the title. The Belgian beat American Danny Summerhill and Czech Jiri Polnicky in a sprint with four, with Dutch Ramon Sinkeldam missing the podium within a second.

Pos.	Cyclist	Time
	Joeri Adams	41.18
	Danny Summerhill	+ 0.00
	Jiri Polnicky	+ 0.01
4.	Ramon Sinkeldam	+ 0.02
5.	Ole Quast	+ 0.11
6.	Arnaud Jouffroy	+ 0.32
7.	Allessandro Calderan	+ 0.44
8.	Rob van der Velde	+ 0.58
9.	Marek Konwa	+ 1.06
10.	Peter Sagan	+ 1.10
11.	Elia Silvestri	+ 1.11
12.	Kevin Eeckhout	+ 1.16
13.	Jonathan McEvoy	+ 1.28
14.	Marcel Meisen	+ 1.35
15.	Mathieu Boulo	+ 1.42
16.	Filip Adel	+ 1.45
17.	Vincent Baestaens	+ 1.56
18.	Stef Boden	+ 2.04
19.	Lubomir Petrus	+ 2.19
20.	Thomas Girard	+ 2.27

[edit] Women's Elite

With defending champion Marianne Vos unable to keep up with the pace and her compatriot Daphny van den Brand crashing in the early stage of the race top favourite Hanka Kupfernagel started great and took the lead. Halfway through the race she suffered a mechanical problem and was dropped back. As a result two French outsiders Maryline Salvetat and Laurence Leboucher were in the lead alongside surprising American Katie Compton. In the final round Leboucher dropped the pace and Crompton had to close the gap towards Salvetat, but eventually failed, resulting in the rainbow jersey for Salvetat. Crompton clinched the silver and Leboucher won a bronze medal.

Pos.	Cyclist	Time
	Maryline Salvetat	42.57
	Katie Compton	+ 0.01
	Laurence Leboucher	+ 0.09
4.	Daphny van den Brand	+ 0.31
5.	Hanka Kupfernagel	+ 0.41
6.	Christel Ferrier-Bruneau	+ 0.43
7.	Marianne Vos	+ 1.12
8.	Birgit Hollmann	+ 1.33
9.	Helen Wyman	+ 2.26
10.	Linda van Rijen	+ 2.42
11.	Rhonda Mazza	+ 2.49
12.	Loes Sels	+ 3.01
13.	Susanne Juranek	+ 3.17
14.	Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn	+ 3.27
15.	Kerry Barnholt	+ 3.36
16.	Nadia Triquet	+ 3.46
17.	Stephanie Pohl	+ 3.56
18.	Sanne Cant	+ 4.11
19.	Vania Rossi	+ 4.14
20.	Loes Gunnewijk	+ 4.14

[edit] Medal Table

2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium	2	1	0	3
2	France	1	0	2	3
3	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
4	USA	0	3	0	3
5	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Men race report
• Under-23 race report
• Junior race report
• Women race report

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