The 2016 ClifBar CrossVegas World Cup men’s race was a thriller, with the 2016 World Champion Wout van Aert returning from a crash to take a commanding victory.
Wout van Aert came back from a crash to win the 2016 CrossVegas World Cup. © Catherine Fegan-Kim / Cyclocross Magazine
Michael Vanthourenhout, last year’s third place finisher, led the chase home in second, with Laurens Sweeck in third.
Full CrossVegas 2016 results below. Stay tuned for photos, report and gallery.
2016 CrossVegas Elite Men's Results
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wout VAN AERT | BEL | 22 | 1:06:53 | 200 |
| 2 | Michael VANTHOURENHOUT | BEL | 23 | 1:07:16 | 160 |
| 3 | Laurens SWEECK | BEL | 23 | 1:07:19 | 140 |
| 4 | Toon AERTS | BEL | 23 | 1:07:25 | 120 |
| 5 | Rob PEETERS | BEL | 31 | 1:07:32 | 110 |
| 6 | Quinten HERMANS | BEL | 21 | 1:07:38 | 100 |
| 7 | Dieter VANTHOURENHOUT | BEL | 31 | 1:07:43 | 90 |
| 8 | Philipp WALSLEBEN | GER | 29 | 1:07:52 | 80 |
| 9 | Tim MERLIER | BEL | 24 | 1:07:54 | 70 |
| 10 | Thijs VAN AMERONGEN | NED | 30 | 1:08:00 | 60 |
| 11 | Tom MEEUSEN | BEL | 28 | 1:08:20 | 58 |
| 12 | Kevin PAUWELS | BEL | 32 | 1:08:41 | 56 |
| 13 | Gianni VERMEERSCH | BEL | 24 | 1:08:44 | 54 |
| 14 | Julien TARAMARCAZ | SUI | 29 | 1:08:49 | 52 |
| 15 | Matthieu BOULO | FRA | 27 | 1:08:53 | 50 |
| 16 | Jim AERNOUTS | BEL | 27 | 1:09:10 | 48 |
| 17 | Michael VAN DEN HAM | CAN | 24 | 1:09:13 | 46 |
| 18 | Jeremy POWERS | USA | 33 | 1:09:44 | 44 |
| 19 | Steve CHAINEL | FRA | 33 | 1:09:51 | 42 |
| 20 | Marcel WILDHABER | SUI | 31 | 1:09:51 | 40 |
| 21 | Daan SOETE | BEL | 22 | 1:09:51 | 39 |
| 22 | Geoff KABUSH | CAN | 39 | 1:09:55 | 38 |
| 23 | Jeremy MARTIN | CAN | 24 | 1:09:57 | 37 |
| 24 | Ian FIELD | GBR | 30 | 1:10:01 | 36 |
| 24 | Simon ZAHNER | SUI | 33 | 1:10:01 | 36 |
| 26 | Travis LIVERMON | USA | 28 | 1:10:35 | 34 |
| 27 | Tobin ORTENBLAD | USA | 22 | 1:10:44 | 33 |
| 28 | Jeremy DURRIN | USA | 28 | 1:10:51 | 32 |
| 29 | James DRISCOLL | USA | 30 | 1:10:51 | 31 |
| 30 | Daan HOEYBERGHS | BEL | 22 | 1:10:59 | 30 |
| 31 | Stephen HYDE | USA | 29 | 1:11:42 | 29 |
| 32 | Diether SWEECK | BEL | 23 | 1:11:45 | 28 |
| 33 | Daniel SUMMERHILL | USA | 27 | 1:11:46 | 27 |
| 34 | Craig RICHEY | CAN | 32 | 1:11:47 | 26 |
| 35 | Hector RIVEROS | COL | 29 | 1:11:55 | 25 |
| 36 | Troy WELLS | USA | 32 | 1:12:11 | 24 |
| 37 | Jonathan PAGE | USA | 40 | 1:12:11 | 23 |
| 38 | Anthony CLARK | USA | 29 | 1:12:24 | 22 |
| 39 | Justin LINDINE | USA | 32 | 1:12:41 | 21 |
| 40 | Mark MCCONNELL | CAN | 28 | 1:13:00 | 20 |
| 41 | Allen KRUGHOFF | USA | 32 | 19 | |
| 42 | Kerry WERNER | USA | 25 | 18 | |
| 43 | Dan TIMMERMAN | USA | 36 | 17 | |
| 44 | Benjamin SONNTAG | GER | 36 | 16 | |
| 45 | Jens VANDEKINDEREN | BEL | 23 | 15 | |
| 46 | Derek ZANDSTRA | CAN | 32 | 14 | |
| 47 | Aaron SCHOOLER | CAN | 31 | 13 | |
| 48 | David VAN DER POEL | NED | 24 | 12 | |
| 49 | Curtis WHITE | USA | 21 | 11 | |
| 50 | Yoann CORBIHAN | FRA | 28 | 10 | |
| 51 | Scott SMITH | USA | 22 | 5 | |
| 52 | Vincent BAESTAENS | BEL | 27 | 5 | |
| 53 | Christian HELMIG | LUX | 35 | 5 | |
| 54 | Louis WOLF | GER | 23 | 5 | |
| 55 | Jose Alfredo PACHECO ROSES | MEX | 31 | 5 | |
| 56 | Christhian RAVELO-AVILA | COL | 24 | 5 | |
| 57 | Volodymyr STARYCHENKO | UKR | 33 | 5 | |
| 58 | Jarno TREY | EST | 34 | 5 |
