We're still digging out from under the Namur mud, and have more coverage from the UCI World Cup. Next up is our Junior Men's race photos.
The Namur Elite Men's and Elite Women's World Cup races from the 2016 Namur UCI Cyclocross World Cup were thrillers, but the Junior Men and U23 Men's races around the Citadel, although not given equal air time, were near equals in terms of spectacular performances for the win and hard-fought battles for second.
In case you haven't noticed, Brit Thomas Pidcock is the Junior revelation of the season, and has had some dominant rides this fall including on Sunday at the 2016 Namur World Cup.
Early in the race, Pidcock wore shades but didn't hide his intentions of going wire-to-wire. 2016 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Junior Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
The British and French teams both had strong showings, with three Brits in the top ten and two Frenchmen on the podium, showing the future is bright for countries other than Belgium or the Netherlands in the sport of cyclocross.
Brit sensation Pidcock had time for a wheelie and then some. 016 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Junior Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
The three-way battle for second was good one, with the two Frenchmen beating Fontana to the line. 2016 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Junior Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
Four Americans took to the start, with Denzel Stephenson leading Team USA with a 16th place. Lane Maher finished in 31st, Ross Ellwood in 42nd, and Caleb Swartz, suffering from food poisoning, finished in 55th.
See the full photo gallery of the racing with all four Americans below the results.
Stephenson tripods on the tricky off-camber. 2016 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Junior Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
L to R: Antoine Benoist, Thomas Pidcock, Maxime Bonsergent. 2016 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Junior Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
2016 Namur UCI Cyclocross World Cup Results - Junior Men
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Ptss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas PIDCOCK | GBR | 18 | 41:05:00 | 30 |
| 2 | Antoine BENOIST | FRA | 18 | 41:55:00 | 20 |
| 3 | Maxime BONSERGENT | FRA | 18 | 41:55:00 | 15 |
| 4 | Filippo FONTANA | ITA | 17 | 41:56:00 | 12 |
| 5 | Thymen ARENSMAN | NED | 18 | 42:00:00 | 10 |
| 6 | Toon VANDEBOSCH | BEL | 18 | 42:09:00 | 8 |
| 7 | Daniel TULETT | GBR | 18 | 42:10:00 | 6 |
| 8 | Ben TURNER | GBR | 18 | 42:14:00 | 4 |
| 9 | Ivan FEIJOO ALBERTE | ESP | 18 | 42:21:00 | 2 |
| 10 | Timo KIELICH | BEL | 18 | 42:24:00 | 1 |
| 11 | Andreas GOEMAN | BEL | 18 | 42:47:00 | |
| 12 | Tomá KOPECKÝ | CZE | 17 | 42:59:00 | |
| 13 | Gunnar HOLMGREN | CAN | 18 | 43:03:00 | |
| 14 | Nicolas GUILLEMIN | FRA | 18 | 43:03:00 | |
| 15 | Loris ROUILLER | SUI | 17 | 43:10:00 | |
| 16 | Denzel STEPHENSON | USA | 18 | 43:17:00 | |
| 17 | Jelle CAMPS | BEL | 18 | 43:19:00 | |
| 18 | Florian VERMEERSCH | BEL | 18 | 43:20:00 | |
| 19 | Yentl BEKAERT | BEL | 18 | 43:27:00 | |
| 20 | Kyle AGTERBERG | NED | 18 | 43:41:00 | |
| 21 | Lorenzo CALLONI | ITA | 18 | 43:51:00 | |
| 22 | Pieter-Jan VLIEGEN | BEL | 18 | 43:53:00 | |
| 23 | Jan GAVENDA | CZE | 18 | 44:14:00 | |
| 24 | Bart ARTZ | NED | 17 | 44:15:00 | |
| 25 | Maxim VAN GILS | BEL | 18 | 44:15:00 | |
| 26 | Arno VAN DEN BROECK | BEL | 17 | 44:22:00 | |
| 27 | Arne VRACHTEN | BEL | 18 | 44:24:00 | |
| 28 | Ryan KAMP | NED | 17 | 44:27:00 | |
| 29 | Antoine RAUGEL | FRA | 18 | 44:37:00 | |
| 30 | Vince VAN DEN EYNDE | BEL | 17 | 44:46:00 | |
| 31 | Lane MAHER | USA | 17 | 44:52:00 | |
| 32 | Misch LEYDER | LUX | 18 | 44:59:00 | |
| 33 | Mees HENDRIKX | NED | 17 | 45:00:00 | |
| 34 | Thomas MEIN | GBR | 18 | 45:10:00 | |
| 35 | Gerben KUYPERS | BEL | 17 | 45:22:00 | |
| 36 | Ken CONTER | LUX | 18 | 45:25:00 | |
| 37 | Arno DEBEIR | BEL | 18 | 45:52:00 | |
| 38 | Jon POLLEDO ARRIOLA | ESP | 18 | 45:55:00 | |
| 39 | Patrick FAVARO | ITA | 18 | 46:13:00 | |
| 40 | Arthur KLUCKERS | LUX | 17 | 46:13:00 | |
| 41 | Cédric PRIES | LUX | 17 | 46:20:00 | |
| 42 | Ross ELLWOOD | USA | 18 | 46:20:00 | |
| 43 | Bart HAZEKAMP | NED | 17 | 46:37:00 | |
| 44 | Tim WOLLENBERG | GER | 17 | 46:43:00 | |
| 45 | Jakub RÍMAN | CZE | 17 | 46:43:00 | |
| 46 | Vladimir MIKSANIK | CZE | 17 | ||
| 47 | Lukas BALDINGER | GER | 18 | ||
| 48 | Jon CALVO SALGUEIRO | ESP | 17 | ||
| 49 | Félix SCHREIBER | LUX | 18 | ||
| 50 | Luká KUBI | SVK | 17 | ||
| 51 | Luca BOCKELMANN | GER | 17 | ||
| 52 | Marco OBERTEICHER | GER | 18 | ||
| 53 | Jakub VARHANOVSKY | SVK | 18 | ||
| 54 | Lucas WULFF | DEN | 17 | ||
| 55 | Caleb SWARTZ | USA | 18 | ||
| 56 | Oliver ERREBO | DEN | 18 | ||
| 57 | Asier GALLARRETA CANTELI | ESP | 17 | ||
| 58 | Oliver JARO | SVK | 17 |
2016 Namur UCI Cyclocross World Cup Junior Men Photo Gallery:
Thomas Pidcock didn’t need disc brakes to accelerate away from the Junior men’s field. 2016 UCI Cyclocross World Cup Junior Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
