HOOGERHEIDE, The Netherlands—It was a muddy affair for the seventh and final World Cup race of the season in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands this morning. For the Junior Men’s race, 68 riders took to the course in this final tune-up before the World Championships in a week’s time.
Changes abound on the Hoogerheide course with construction in the area. A new start, new stairs and new turns were on tap for all the racing today.
#CX #hoogerheide adapted their trail with a “stairway to heaven” #tough #notforwimps pic.twitter.com/2Ot3eLnKPa — Sylvie Foré (@SylvieFore) January 23, 2016
Pre-race favorite and the number-one ranked UCI rider Jens Dekker took the win going away, finishing clear of second place finisher Thomas Pidcock (Great Britain) by 27 seconds and third place rider Thijs Wolsink of The Netherlands who was another five seconds in arrears.
American Gage Hecht took fourth in a sprint just ahead of France’s Mickael Crispin, each coming in 34 seconds behind the winner.
awesome @BritishCycling @paulmilnescycle #hoogerheide #UCICXWC pic.twitter.com/LOPPhU9vme — Paul Stewart (@pasimages) January 24, 2016
In an atypical finish for him, Jappe Jaspers finished further down the standings in 14th, which was just enough for him to secure his World Cup title for the season.
Gage’s teammates on course were Spencer Petrov, who was 27th, Cameron Beard in 31st, Denzel Stephenson in 37th, Eric Brunner in 43rd and Michael Owens in 63rd.
Other notables for English-speaking fans were Pidcock’s Great Britain teammates, William Cascoyne in 19th, Daniel Tulett in 26th and Ben Turner in 29th. Canadian Quinton Disera was 20th with countrymen Gunnar Holmgren in 42nd and Brody Sanderson in 49th, while Australians Noah Barrow and Ben Walkerden were 57th and 67th, respectively.
2016 World Cup Hoogerheide Junior Men's Full Results
| Pl | Name | Nationality | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEKKER, Jens | NED | 44:16 |
| 2 | PIDCOCK Thomas | GBR | 44:43 |
| 3 | WOLSINK Thijs | NED | 44:48 |
| 4 | HECHT Gage | USA | 44:50 |
| 5 | CRISPIN Mickael | FRA | 44:50 |
| 6 | VERMEERSCH Florian | BEL | 44:55 |
| 7 | TURGIS Tanguy | FRA | 45:05 |
| 8 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | BEL | 45:08 |
| 9 | GROOT Mitch | NED | 45:11 |
| 10 | DE CLERCQ Jari | BEL | 45:18 |
| 11 | DORIGONI Jakob | ITA | 45:26 |
| 12 | ARENSMAN Thymen | NED | 45:26 |
| 13 | BONNET Thomas | FRA | 45:28 |
| 14 | JASPERS Jappe | BEL | 45:36 |
| 15 | FOLCARELLI Antonio | ITA | 45:41 |
| 16 | RIES Michel | LUX | 45:48 |
| 17 | VANDEBOSCH Victor | BEL | 45:56 |
| 18 | ROMBOUTS Seppe | BEL | 46:12 |
| 19 | GASCOYNE Willima | GBR | 46:17 |
| 20 | DISERA Quinton | CAN | 46:20 |
| 21 | LEGRAND Matthieu | FRA | 46:25 |
| 22 | MARKL Niklas | GER | 46:28 |
| 23 | AALRUST Hakon | NOR | 46:30 |
| 24 | MOBIS Maximilian | GER | 46:37 |
| 25 | GAVENDA Jan | CZE | 46:41 |
| 26 | TULETT Daniel | GBR | 46:45 |
| 27 | PETROV Spencer | USA | 46:53 |
| 28 | HONZAK David | CZE | 46:54 |
| 29 | TURNER Ben | GBR | 46:58 |
| 30 | DHOORE Alessio | BEL | 46:59 |
| 31 | BEARD Cameron | USA | 47:03 |
| 32 | ALBERDI Jokin | ESP | 47:05 |
| 33 | VRIELINK Yannick | NED | 47:08 |
| 34 | CALLONI Lorenzo | ITA | 47:09 |
| 35 | AGTERBERG Kyle | NED | 47:13 |
| 36 | SIRUCEK Vaclav | CZE | 47:17 |
| 37 | STEPHENSON Denzel | USA | 47:21 |
| 38 | BASSANI Michele | ITA | 47:22 |
| 39 | KUHN Kevin | SUI | 47:32 |
| 40 | SCHREIBER Felix | LUX | 47:38 |
| 41 | XILLO Edoardo | ITA | 47:52 |
| 42 | HOLMGREN Gunnar | CAN | 47:56 |
| 43 | BRUNNER Eric | USA | 47:57 |
| 44 | FEIJOO ALBERTE Ivan | ESP | 48:04 |
| 45 | SCHMID Mauro | SUI | 48:13 |
| 46 | NAVARRO Quentin | FRA | 48:30 |
| 47 | COUNTER Ken | LUX | 48:37 |
| 48 | KEISER Felix | LUX | 48:38 |
| 49 | SANDERSON Brody | CAN | 48:44 |
| 50 | VAN HELVOIRT Koen | NED | 48:44 |
| 51 | BRUN Richard | ESP | 49:06 |
| 52 | BOUWMANS Bryan | NED | 49:21 |
| 53 | FRIES Noah | LUX | 49:30 |
| 54 | RUDOLPH Paul | GER | 49:41 |
| 55 | PETTERSSON Ted | SWE | 49:42 |
| 56 | LEYDER Misch | LUX | 50:00 |
| 57 | BARROW Noah | AUS | 50:48 |
| 58 | JARY David | CZE | 50:48 |
| 59 | BRAMER Fabian | GER | 50:53 |
| 60 | POZZATO Andrea | ITA | 51:16 |
| 61 | KOK Jack | SWE | 51:30 |
| 62 | REIDAR Mohr | NOR | 52:09 |
| 63 | OWENS Michael | USA | 52:10 |
| 64 | KALVENHAAR Stijn | NED | 52:11 |
| 65 | ODA Hijiri | JPN | -1 lap |
| 66 | GAJDOSIK Jan | SVK | -1 lap |
| 67 | WALKERDEN Ben | AUS | -1 lap |
| 68 | NOVAK Jan | CZE | -2 laps |
