Philippe Gilbert (Belgique) a remporté ce dimanche le Championnat du Monde Elites à Valkenburg (Pays-Bas), disputé sur 269 kilomètres. Il devance Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norvège) et Alejandro Valverde (Espagne). Le coureur de BMC succède à Mark Cavendish au palmarès.

Classement :
1 GILBERT Philippe BEL les 269 km en 6h10'41'' (moy. 43.541 km/h)
2 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR +4
3 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro ESP +5
4 DEGENKOLB John GER "
5 BOOM Lars NED "
6 DAVIS Allan AUS "
7 VOECKLER Thomas FRA "
8 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas LTU "
9  HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis COL "
10 FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar ESP "
11 COSTA Rui POR "
12 BOONEN Tom BEL "
13 GATTO Oscar ITA "
14 SAGAN Peter SVK "
15 KESSIAKOFF Fredrik Carl Wilhelm SWE "
16 DE KORT Koen NED "
17 ALBASINI Michael SUI "
18 BAZAYEV Assan KAZ "
19 TIERNAN-LOCKE Jonathan GBR "
20 NORDHAUG Lars Petter NOR "
21 GERRANS Simon AUS "
22 DENIFL Stefan AUT "
23 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL "
24 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP "
25 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL "
26 LEUKEMANS Bjorn BEL "
27 WEGMANN Fabian GER "
28 KOLOBNEV Alexandr RUS "
29 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA "
30 CARDOSO Andre Fernando S. Martins POR +17
31 GRIVKO Andriy UKR "
32 GESINK Robert NED "
33 MARTIN Daniel IRL "
34 ROCHE Nicolas IRL "
35 ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL "
36 STANNARD Ian GBR +53
37 MARTENS Paul GER "
38 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP "
39 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP "
40 TROFIMOV Yury RUS +1:01
41 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP +1:37
42 TANNER David AUS "
43 TALANSKY Andrew USA +1:54
44 MANDRI Rene EST +2:21
45 LARSSON Gustav SWE1"
46 RUTKIEWICZ Marek POL "
47 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto COL "
48 MOLLEMA Bauke NED "
49 ANDRIATO Rafael BRA "
50 SCHÄR Michael SUI "
51 SMUKULIS Gatis LAT "
52 SORENSEN Chris Anker DEN "
53 MARYCZ Jaroslaw POL "
54 MIYAZAWA Takashi JPN "
55 KROON Karsten NED "
56 SLAGTER Tom Jelte NED "
57 CHAVANEL Sylvain FRA "
58 ROGINA Radoslav CRO "
59 BARTA Jan CZE "
60 SWIFT Ben GBR "
61 GOLAS Michal POL "
62 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre LUX "
63 FRANK Mathias SUI "
64 HOWES Alex USA "
65 GUSEV Vladimir RUS "
66 TERPSTRA Niki NED "
67 MORABITO Steve SUI "
68 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner COL "
69 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander COL "
70 CUMMINGS Stephen GBR "
71 PAULINHO Sergio PRO "
72 GESCHKE Simon GER "
73 HAUSSLER Heinrich AUS "
74 MOSER Moreno ITA +2:34
75 PAOLINI Luca ITA +2:46
76 NOCENTINI Rinaldo ITA "
77 MARCATO Marco ITA "
78 CLARKE Simon AUS +2:53
79 FROHLINGER Johannes GER "
80 KNEES Christian GER "
81 FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio ESP "
82 BOZIC Borut SLO "
83 VEILLEUX David CAN "
84 DELAGE Mickael FRA "
85 ULISSI Diego ITA "
86 VORGANOV Eduard RUS "
87 POLIVODA Oleksandr UKR +3:11
88 ROWE Luke GBR +5:46
89 ISAICHEV Vladimir RUS "
90 MEERSMAN Gianni BEL +8:10
91 JURCO Matej SVK +8:55
92 OYARZUN Carlos CHI "
93 KUCHYNSKI Aliaksandr BLR "
94 PAPOK Siarhei BLR "
95 HISTROV Stefan BUL "
96 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas LTU "
97 OCHOA Carlos Jose VEN "
98 PHINNEY Taylor USA "
99 KUSZTOR Peter HUN "
100 LINDEMAN Bertjan NED "
101 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL "
102 MORAJKO Jacek POL "
103 BOOKWALTER Brent USA "
104 RABON Frantisek CZE "
105 McLAUGHLIN Ronan IRL "
106 BRANDLE Matthias AUT "
107 KADLEC Milan CZE "
108 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN "
109 GEORGIEV Georgi Petrov BUL "
110 PARISIEN Francois CAN "
111 BURGHARDT Marcus GER "
112 LOVKVIST Thomas SWE "
113 KONIG Leopold CZE "
114 KANGERT Tanel EST "
115 KOCJAN Jure SLO "
116 STYBAR Zdenek CZE "
117 DURASEK Kristijan CRO "
118 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques RSA "
119 TEN DAM Laurens NED "
120 TRENTIN Matteo ITA +9:44
121 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey CRC +10:23
122 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan ESP "

Abandons :
FUGLSANG Jakob DEN
KOREN Kristijan SLO
BRAJKOVIC Janez SLO
BOLE Grega SLO
KIRYIENKA Vasil BLR
FIRSANOV Sergey RUS
MURAVYEV Dmitriy KAZ
CATALDO Dario ITA
LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo ESP
TAARAMAE Rein EST
THOMSON Jay Robert RSA
SULZBERGER Wesley AUS
HANSEN Adam AUS
COPPEL Jerome FRA
JEROME Vincent FRA
ARASHIRO Yukiya JPN
HORNER Christopher USA
VAN GARDEREN Tejay USA
GALLOPIN Tony FRA
DE WEERT Kevin BEL
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas LTU
RASCH Gabriel NOR
MONSALVE Jonathan VEN
BOUET Maxime FRA
GRASHEV Martin BUL
RAST Gregory SUI
ZAUGG Oliver SUI
PIRES Bruno POR
KREUZIGER Roman CZE
RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel COL
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres COL
VICHOT Arthur FRA
PORTE Richie AUS
DUGGAN Timothy USA
MATTHEWS Michael AUS
YEUNG Ying Hon HKG
VAN SUMMEREN Johan BEL
BUSCHE Matthew USA
MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir CRO
KUMP Marko SLO
FERRARI BARCELO Fabricio URU
DEAN Julian NZL
POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt RSA
BUTS Vitaliy UKR
KOSTYUK Denys UKR
SCHORN Daniel AUT
DYACHENKO Alexsandr KAZ
MEZGEC Luka SLO
ROULSTON Hayden NZL
BEPPU Fumiyuki JPN
EUSER Lucas USA
MONTENEGRO Jorge Martin ARG
KRIVTSOV Dmytro UKR
SAGAN Juraj SVK
KOVAC Maros SVK
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz POL
PLIUSCHIN Alexandr MDA
GASTAUER Ben LUX
ROY Jérémy FRA
VELITS Peter SVK
BRESCHEL Matti DEN
FROOME Christopher GBR
WIGGINS Bradley GBR
SERGENT Jesse NZL
GIL MARTINEZ Tomas Aurelio VEN
KOZUBEK Stanislav CZE
RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel ARG
DEVENYNS Dries BEL
DIDIER Laurent LUX
MOYANO Enzo ARG
FUKUSHIMA Shinichi JPN
DOI Yukihiro JPN
DOWSETT Alex GBR
SARAMOTINS Aleksejs LAT
MULLER Mauricio ARG
CHAABANE Hichem ALG
CAVENDISH Mark GBR
HATANAKA Yusuke JPN
RUSLI Amir MAS
TUFT Svein CAN
LOH Sea Keong MAS
VELITS Martin SVK
JOVANOVIC Nebojsa SRB
ASADOV Elchin AZE

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