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Cyclo-cross season 2011/2012
World cyclo-cross championships - 28 & 29.01.2012 - Koksijde

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World cyclo-cross championships - 28 & 29.01.2012 - Koksijde

The Cyclo-cross World Championships 2012 took place at the military base of Koksijde, Belgium It was pre-race favourite David Van de Poel who entered the sand in first place at the junior race Belgian Wout van Aert is leading during the second lap ahead of his team-mates Hermans and Soete Frenchman Quentin Jauregui at the head of the race in front of Van Aert, Hermans, Van der Poel and German Herklotz Van der Poel was in difficulty towards mid-race, but the son of Adrie came back to the front later Back in the dune Sven Fritsch from Luxemburg can see the leaders just accross the fence. In the last lap, Van der Poel leaves Van Aert behind him and takes the win ahead of the Belgian and Jaurégui. Sven Fritsch ended in 52nd place behind Ondrej Glajza, another rider with a well-known name Defending champion Lars Van der Haar had the best start in the U23 category Vincent Dias Dos Santos had a good start and rode around position 30 in the first lap Belgian Wietse Bosmans took the lead in the second lap ahead of Van der Haar. Mathieu Van der Poel, brother of David, battles with Elia Silvestri Crash in the sand by Lex Reichling Bosmans and Van der Haar still leading the race … … but the Dutchman will be better in the sprint for the win. Michiel Van der Heijden, another rider from the Netherlands, takes third place Great performance from Laurens Sweek in fifth place, who was still a junior last year when he finihsed 3rd in the <A HREF='../2010F/cross1003.htm'>GP COMAT</A> in Contern Vinnie Braet took fourth place in <A HREF='../2010F/cross1042.htm'>Contern in 2010</A>. He finished 11th in Koksijde This rider was also in <A HREF='../2010F/cross1023.htm'>Contern</A> in 2010. Former junior world champion Thomas Paprstka took 16th today. Michel Vanthourenhout was among the Best for a while but then fell back after a mechanical. The winner of the <A HREF='../2008F/cross0810.htm'>GP COMAT 2008</A> ended in 26th place. Bad luck also for Vincent Dias Dos Santos who stepped out of the race with a broken gear shifter The second rider from Luxemburg in the race, Lex Reichling, took 47th position. The U23 podium Wietse Bosmans, Lars Van der Haar and Michiel Van der Heijden 60.000 people assisted at the elite men's race in the Koksijde dunes But the first competition on Sunday morning was the women's race Defending champion Marianne Vos broke away from the beginning … … followed by her team-mates Van Paassen and Daphny Van den Brand After a bad start, Katie Compton had to chase behind the leaders … … with another Dutch rider, Sophie de Boer Superb performance by Christine Majerus who rode near to the Top 10 during the entire race. Marianne Vos won the title after a long solo … … ahead of Daphny Van den Brand Bronze medal for Belgian Sanne Cant Fantastic 14th place for Christine Majerus, who participated in the sprint for 11th with Havlikova, Stultjens and Wyman Niels Albert took the best start in the men's race, ahead of Stybar and Nys … … then Vantornout, Pauwels, Simunek and Aernouts. The double winner of the <A HREF='../2010F/cross1050.htm'>cyclo-cross in Contern</A>, Steve Chainel, rode also inside the Top 10 on the first laps. The only Belgian rider who missed his start was Rob Peeters. He started a strong chase behind Jonathan Page Good start for Gusty Bausch, but he soon lost some positions … … ahead of Christian Helmig On the second lap, Niels Albert has already built up a decent gap … … followed by Kevin Pauwels … … then Nys, Chainel, Vantornout and Simunek Zdenek Stybar, Tom Meusen and Klaas Vantornout riding through the massive crowd Rob Peeters has bridged up to the first group, riding behind Bart Aernouts. This is class: an impressive Niels Albert is flying away to his second world title Rob Peeters creates the sensation by finishing in second place, just like at the <A HREF='../2011F/cross1142.htm'>cyclo-cross in Contern</A> a few months ago. Tom Meeusen was sixth in <A HREF='../2010F/cross1036.htm'>Contern in 2010</A>. Today, he was on course for a medal, but thumbled in the last lap, allowing Pauwels to get past him Bart Aernouts in 5th place The former winner of the <A HREF='../2005F/cross0509.htm'>cyclo-cross in Contern</A>, Klaas Vantornout, ended in 6th position … … while Sven Nys was very disappointed with 7th spot Eigth and first non-Belgian was Czech rider Radomir Simunek Philipp Walsleben finished in 9th place, Francis Mourey was 12th Steve Chainel (11th) and Simon Zahner (10th) were doubled by Walsleben on the last lap Big disappointment for a sick Zdenek Stybar who finished as 13th, nearly three minutes down on Albert Sascha Weber and Aurélien Duval. The German rider who is well-known in Luxemburg finished in 39th place, while the French National champion moved up to 14th. Gusty Bausch was noted in 48th place … … just one position ahead of Christian Helmig (49th) There will be a dune in Koksijde named after him: the new cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert

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