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Race favorite Léo Bisiaux (France) captured the junior males’s title on the UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Hoogerheide, soloing to the win with a dominant show.
The 18-year-old attacked on the second lap of the race and was by no means caught again by any of his opponents, finally ending 11 seconds away from second-placed Senna Remijn (Netherlands). Yordi Corsus (Belgium) rounded out the rostrum having earlier managed to briefly match Bisiaux.
“At present I used to be prepared for the battle and it was a great battle. It was actually good and I am actually pleased with this end result,” Bisiaux mentioned after the race.
“It was a really very long time and never a World Championships with a French win, so it is a massive work with the federation. At present was a great race and a great preparation with the French staff. It was a great day in the present day.”
The very begin of the race was marked by chaos and a mass crash contained in the opening 100 metres. Most of the favourites got here via unscathed, although a number of Belgian riders have been held up.
Corsus got here via because the strongest of the Belgians early on, racing with Bisiaux on the entrance, however the French rider was capable of depart the remainder behind with an acceleration on lap two.
Behind him shaped a gaggle together with Belgians Corsus, Wies Nuyens and Seppe van den Boer and Dutchmen Remijn and Keije Solen, although the quintet would not get again to Bisiaux.
Remijn led the chase, at one level going solo in pursuit of the Frenchman and getting inside 5 seconds of the lead, however not managing to make the catch.
He’d find yourself in second place after Bisiaux upped the tempo to distance him as soon as extra, whereas additional again it was Corsus who got here out on prime throughout a last lap battle for bronze.
| Place | Rider (Nation) Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Léo Bisiaux (Fra) | 0:43:48 |
| 2 | Senna Remijn (Ned) | 0:00:11 |
| 3 | Yordi Corsus (Bel) | 0:00:17 |
| 4 | Wies Nuyens (Bel) | Row 3 – Cell 2 |
| 5 | Seppe van den Boer (Bel) | 0:00:26 |
| 6 | Keije Solen (Ned) | 0:00:30 |
| 7 | Mika Vijfvinkel (Ned) | 0:00:42 |
| 8 | Albert Philipsen (Den) | 0:00:44 |
| 9 | Zsmobor Takacs (Hun) | 0:00:47 |
| 10 | Vaclav Jezek (Cze) | 0:00:48 |
