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Saturday’s racing in Germany started with the Junior and U23 Men’s races. Pim Ronhaar of the Netherlands won the Junior Men’s race and Belgian Eli Iserbyt (Marlux-Napoleon Games) won the U23 race by a comfortable margin.

Eli Isterbyt won the U23 race at Zeven. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Eli Isterbyt won the U23 race at Zeven. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

After a warm-up in two Dutch national races last weekend, the U.S. U23 and Junior Men participating in the November block of the EuroCrossCamp got their chance to race on the big stage at the Telenet UCI World Cup Zeven. Several of the young stars made the most of their opportunity.

Scott Funston (Rad Racing NW) led the way with an eighth-place finish in the Junior Men’s race.

Scott Funston runs up a runup en route to finishing eighth. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Scott Funston runs up a runup en route to finishing eighth. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

He was followed by Alex Morton (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com) in 12th.

Alex Morton took 12th at Zeven on Saturday. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Alex Morton took 12th at Zeven on Saturday. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Calder Wood (Rad Racing NW) took 13th.

Calder Wood finished 13th on Saturday. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Calder Wood finished 13th on Saturday. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

And Ben Gomez Villafane (Top Club Cyclocross) finished 33rd.

Ben Gomez Villafane and Scott Funston got off to a fast start in the fog. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Ben Gomez Villafane and Scott Funston got off to a fast start in the fog. Junior Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

The U23 contingent was led by Grant Ellwood (Boulder Cycle Sport) in 17th.

Grant Ellwood took 17th at Zeven. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Grant Ellwood took 17th at Zeven. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

He was followed by Eric Brunner (Evol Racing) in 20th.

Eric Brunner took 20th at Zeven. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Eric Brunner took 20th at Zeven. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Maxx Chance (Evol Racing) finished 21st.

Maxx Chance was still in a good mood after his muddy afternoon. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Maxx Chance was still in a good mood after his muddy afternoon. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Denzel Stephenson (Evol Racing) took 32nd.

Denzel Stephenson ran his way to a 32nd-place finish on Saturday. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Denzel Stephenson ran his way to a 32nd-place finish on Saturday. U23 Men, 2017 Zeven UCI Cyclocross World Cup. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Full results for the U23 and Junior Men’s races are below. The young U.S. contingent will be in Hamme for Flandriencross on Sunday.

U23 Men's Results: 2017 World Cup Zeven

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryResult
19ISERBYTEliBEL0:52:36
210AERTSThijsBEL0:53:29
313JOSEPHThomasBEL0:53:40
411PEETERSYannickBEL0:53:53
515DUBAUJoshuaFRA0:54:04
612VANDEBOSCHToonBEL0:54:15
76ARENSMANThymenNED0:54:18
836ŤOUPALÍKAdamCZE0:54:48
914SCHUERMANSJelleBEL0:55:04
104DEKKERJensNED0:55:17
115BAKXKelvinNED0:55:22
1224RÜEGGTimonSUI0:55:26
1325KUHNKevinSUI0:55:42
1416DUBAULucasFRA0:55:58
153VAN DER HEIJDENMaikNED0:56:21
1617FINEEddyFRA0:56:32
1721ELLWOODGrantUSA0:56:33
1847SCHREIBERFélixLUX0:56:40
1926MÖBISMaximilianGER0:57:06
2020BRUNNEREricUSA0:57:21
2119CHANCEMaxxUSA0:57:35
2245ULIKMatejSVK0:57:40
2339ŠULCJakubCZE0:57:40
2446BELLANJurajSVK0:57:42
2537SCHUBERTŠTepánCZE0:58:13
2638MAYERDanielCZE0:58:32
2753TULETTDanielGBR0:58:35
2840JARÝDavidCZE0:58:46
2927LINDENAUPaulGER0:59:05
3050CENIUCHWojciechPOL0:59:21
3154CONROYDavidIRL0:59:24
3222STEPHENSONDenzelUSA1:00:07
3332ANDRESENAndreas LundDEN1:00:31
3444GONZALEZ CARRERASamuelESP1:00:40
3541JELÍNEKJosefCZE1:00:48
3629HÄHNELFrederikGER1:01:06
3749JONADawidPOLLAP
3851MIREKArkadiuszPOLLAP
3930HOLSTFelixGERLAP
4034GØTKERasmus Wulff NørholmDENLAP
4128BALDINGERLukasGERLAP
4235ERREBOOliver EmilDENLAP
4331OBERTEICHERMarcoGERLAP
4452SWIERBLEWSKIBartoszPOLLAP
DNF18DORIGONIJakobITA
DNF2WOUTERSSiebenNED
DNF1NIEUWENHUISJorisNED
DNF33SØRENSENCarl Erik SchoulginDEN

Junior Men's Results: 2017 World Cup Zeven

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryResult
112RONHAARPimNED0:44:21
224KOPECKYTomasCZE0:44:37
314HENDRIKXMeesNED0:44:56
452ROUILLERLorisSUI0:45:11
53BELLENSJarnoBEL0:45:23
615VERBURGLukeNED0:45:40
78CORTJENSRyanBEL0:45:42
823FUNSTONScottUSA0:45:54
934LINDNERTomGER0:46:08
106MEEUSSENWitseBEL0:46:09
117VAN DEN BROECKArnoBEL0:46:17
1221MORTONAlexUSA0:46:37
1322WOODCalderUSA0:46:51
1413KAMPRyanNED0:46:54
1526ŤOUPALÍKJakubCZE0:47:06
162TULETTBenGBR0:47:13
1737WESTHOFFDavidGER0:47:20
1810THOMASThéoFRA0:47:35
1948KLUCKERSArthurLUX0:47:44
2011VALOGNESThibaultFRA0:47:44
215VAN DEN EYNDEVinceBEL0:47:46
229COURRIEREAnthonyFRA0:48:05
2317ARTZBartNED0:48:23
2427JEŽEKTomášCZE0:48:55
254VANDEPUTTENielsBEL0:49:00
2616BOVENLarsNED0:49:02
2742MILLENNIUMIanDEN0:49:32
2845KESSNicolasLUX0:49:36
2938MARTINConorCAN0:49:37
3039GUDNITZJoshua AmosDEN0:49:38
3128ŘÍMANJakubCZE0:49:46
3265BOVINGLuk NoahGER0:49:48
3320GOMEZ VILLAFANEBenjaminUSA0:49:52
3429TOMÁŠEKAlvinCZE0:50:13
3555SOMMERJanSUI0:50:23
3636TÖMKEPascalGER0:50:25
3740BAKSimonDEN0:50:38
3844PRIESCédricLUX0:50:42
3947ESSERMikLUX0:50:59
4056KRYNSKIPiotrPOL0:51:01
4135RAßMANNFrederikGER0:51:14
4267HLADÍKJosefCZE0:51:28
4333BRESCHERLeon EduardGER0:51:32
4454PREMANDRémiSUI0:51:32
4557BORKOWSKIMaciejPOL0:52:06
4649WAGNERJordiLUX0:52:06
4764ABRAHAMSSONOlofSWE0:52:35
4868OBERTEICHERMatteoGER0:52:41
4946BETTENDORFFLoïcLUX0:53:24
5058DROBEKHubertPOL0:54:07
5161ČERNEKMatúšSVK0:54:31
5243WULFFLucasDEN0:54:53
5359GRZENKOWICZNikodemPOLLAP
5463JAROŠOliverSVKLAP
DNF41BERTELSENMikkelDEN
DNF53BARRASNoéSUI