Lars Van der Haar (Rabobank Development Team) s'est imposé ce dimanche sur la première manche de la Coupe du Monde de cyclo-cross dans la catégorie Elites, disputée à Valkenburg (Pays-Bas). Le Néerlandais devance Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) et Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus). Lars Van der Haar est  donc le premier leader de la Coupe du Monde.

Classement :
1 VAN DER HAAR Lars RABOBANK DEVELOPMENT TEAM en 1h02'45''
2 PAUWELS Kevin SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 00:20
3 WALSLEBEN Philipp BKCP - POWERPLUS 00:39
4 VANTORNOUT Klaas SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 00:48
5 AERNOUTS Bart AA DRINK CYCLING TEAM 01
6 MEEUSEN Tom TELENET - FIDEA 01:09
7 VAN AMERONGEN Thijs AA DRINK CYCLING TEAM 01:20
8 FRANZOI Enrico SELLE ITALIA GUERCIOTTI 01:31
9 WELLENS Bart TELENET - FIDEA 01:39
10 VAN KESSEL Corne TELENET - FIDEA 01:53
11 ALBERT Niels BKCP - POWERPLUS 01:57
12 CANAL Fabien ARMEE DE TERRE 02:01
13 AL Thijs TELENET - FIDEA 02:07
14 MURGOITIO REKALDE Egoitz GRUPO HIRUMET TALDEA 02:13
15 PEETERS Rob TELENET - FIDEA 02:22
16 MEISEN Marcel KWADRO - STANNAH 02:27
17 WUBBEN Niels RABOBANK DEVELOPMENT TEAM 02:29
18 ZAHNER Simon EKZ RACING TEAM 02:29
19 FIELD Ian HARGROVES CYCLES 02:40
20 VAN DEN BRAND Twan ORANGE BABIES CYCLING TEAM 03:03
21 GIL Mariusz KWADRO - STANNAH 03:07
22 HARING Martin CK BANSKA BYSTRICA 03:22
23 TARAMARCAZ Julien BMC MOUNTAINBIKE RACING TEAM 03:41
24 BOSMANS Wietse BKCP - POWERPLUS 03:46
25 PETRUS Lubomir BKCP - POWERPLUS 03:50
26 BAMBULA Ondrej CEZ CYKLO TEAM TABOR 04
27 PONTA Marco CENTRO SPORTIVO ESERCITO 04:04
28 WILDHABER Marcel SCOTT SWISSPOWER MTB RACING TEAM 04:17
29 MOSER Andreas ZAUNTEAM MITTELLAND 04:31
30 PAGE Jonathan FUJI - SPY - COMPETITIVE CYCLIST 04:49
31 VAN LEEUWEN Patrick ORANGE BABIES CYCLING TEAM -1 tour
32 WEBER Sascha TEAM DIFFERDANGE - LOSCH -1 tour
33 JOUFFROY Arnaud TELENET - FIDEA -1 tour
34 WINTERBERG Lukas MG - CYCLING TEAM -2 tours
35 HANSEN Kenneth CANNONDALE - HADERSLEV -2 tours
36 RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier LIZARTE -2 tours
37 KYZIVAT Vladimir JOHNSON CONTROLS AS ML. BOL. -2 tours
38 DARVELL Magnus TEAM KALAS MERIDA -2 tours
39 METLICKA Vaclav JOHNSON CONTROLS AS ML. BOL. -2 tours
40 PARBO Joachim HAMMEL CK -3 tours
41 BIANCO Marco CARRARO TEAM TRENTINO -3 tours
42 GOMEZ ELORRIAGA Inigo BIORACER - CARAVANOS ERANDIO -3 tours
43 TAKENOUCHI Yu COLBA - SUPERANO HAM -3 tours
44 GOMEZ ELORRIAGA Jon BIORACER - CARAVANOS ERANDIO -3 tours
45 MAYER Yannick TEAM BAIER LANDSHUT -4 tours
46 EDMOND Angus -4 tours
47 AMBROZIAK Christoph GUNSHA RACING TEAM -5 tours

Non-partant :
VAN IJZENDOORN Eddy TEAM NATUBALANS - APEX

Abandons :
NYS Sven CRELAN - KDL
MOUREY Francis FDJ.fr
BINA Martin KWADRO - STANNAH

Classement de la Coupe du Monde :
1 VAN DER HAAR Lars RABOBANK DEVELOPMENT TEAM 80 pts
2 PAUWELS Kevin SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 70
3 WALSLEBEN Philipp BKCP - POWERPLUS 65
4 VANTORNOUT Klaas SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 60
5 AERNOUTS Bart AA DRINK CYCLING TEAM 55
6 MEEUSEN Tom TELENET - FIDEA 50
7 VAN AMERONGEN Thijs AA DRINK CYCLING TEAM 48
8 FRANZOI Enrico SELLE ITALIA GUERCIOTTI 46
9 WELLENS Bart TELENET - FIDEA 44
10 VAN KESSEL Corne TELENET - FIDEA 42
11 ALBERT Niels BKCP - POWERPLUS 40
12 CANAL Fabien ARMEE DE TERRE 39
13 AL Thijs TELENET - FIDEA 38
14 MURGOITIO REKALDE Egoitz GRUPO HIRUMET TALDEA 37
15 PEETERS Rob TELENET - FIDEA 36
16 MEISEN Marcel KWADRO - STANNAH 35
17 WUBBEN Niels RABOBANK DEVELOPMENT TEAM 34
18 ZAHNER Simon EKZ RACING TEAM 33
19 FIELD Ian HARGROVES CYCLES 32
20 VAN DEN BRAND Twan ORANGE BABIES CYCLING TEAM 31
21 GIL Mariusz KWADRO - STANNAH 30
22 HARING Martin CK BANSKA BYSTRICA 29
23 TARAMARCAZ Julien BMC MOUNTAINBIKE RACING TEAM 28
24 BOSMANS Wietse BKCP - POWERPLUS 27
25 PETRUS Lubomir BKCP - POWERPLUS 26
26 BAMBULA Ondrej CEZ CYKLO TEAM TABOR 25
27 PONTA Marco CENTRO SPORTIVO ESERCITO 24
28 WILDHABER Marcel SCOTT SWISSPOWER MTB RACING TEAM 23
29 MOSER Andreas ZAUNTEAM MITTELLAND 22
30 PAGE Jonathan FUJI - SPY - COMPETITIVE CYCLIST 21
31 VAN LEEUWEN Patrick ORANGE BABIES CYCLING TEAM 20
32 WEBER Sascha TEAM DIFFERDANGE - LOSCH 19
33 JOUFFROY Arnaud TELENET - FIDEA 18
34 WINTERBERG Lukas MG - CYCLING TEAM 17
35 HANSEN Kenneth CANNONDALE - HADERSLEV 16
36 RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier LIZARTE 15
37 KYZIVAT Vladimir JOHNSON CONTROLS AS ML. BOL. 14
38 DARVELL Magnus TEAM KALAS MERIDA 13
39 METLICKA Vaclav JOHNSON CONTROLS AS ML. BOL. 12
40 PARBO Joachim HAMMEL CK 11
41 BIANCO Marco CARRARO TEAM TRENTINO 10
42 GOMEZ ELORRIAGA Inigo BIORACER - CARAVANOS ERANDIO 9
43 TAKENOUCHI Yu COLBA - SUPERANO HAM 8
44 GOMEZ ELORRIAGA Jon BIORACER - CARAVANOS ERANDIO 7
45 MAYER Yannick TEAM BAIER LANDSHUT 6
46 EDMOND Angus 5
47 AMBROZIAK Christoph GUNSHA RACING TEAM 4

Source : www.uci.ch

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