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Coronation.
Any other result wouldn’t feel right after Mathieu van der Poel’s utterly dominant season, but now the sport’s best male racer is king again.
The Dutch star felt the pressure, and after crossing the line, admitted it. “It was a lot of weight going off the shoulders crossing the finish line,” Van der Poel said after taking the win, his second title in five years.
Mathieu van der Poel caps a dominant season with a rainbow jersey. 2019 Cyclocross World Championships, Bogense, Denmark. © K. Keeler / Cyclocross Magazine
Belgians Wout van Aert and Toon Aerts had a dramatic battle for second that would come down to the final few turns.
The best three of the season. L to R: Toon Aerts, Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert. Elite Men, 2019 Cyclocross World Championships, Bogense, Denmark. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
The Elite Men had an extra long race, going for 12 laps, with finish times stretching out to 1:14.
Half the field was pulled. North American finishes:
Final Elite Men #cxworlds placings, Team @usacycling & @CyclingCanada:
21. @curtisjwhite
31. @kerryw24
32. @stephenthyde
34. @MVDHcyclocross
42. @thekidkaiser
43. @tweakn101
56. Cameron Jette#Bogense2019— Cyclocross Magazine (@cyclocross) February 3, 2019
Full results below. Stay tuned for a full report.
For more reports, interviews, photos and bike profiles from Bogense, see our 2019 Bogense World Championships page.
2019 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Results, Bogense Denmark: Elite Men
| Rank | BIB | Last Name | First Name | Country | Age | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | VAN DER POEL | Mathieu | NED | 24 | 1:09:20 | |
| 2 | 1 | VAN AERT | Wout | BEL | 25 | 1:09:36 | |
| 3 | 2 | AERTS | Toon | BEL | 26 | 1:09:45 | |
| 4 | 3 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Michael | BEL | 26 | 1:10:10 | |
| 5 | 4 | SWEECK | Laurens | BEL | 26 | 1:10:21 | |
| 6 | 12 | VAN DER HAAR | Lars | NED | 28 | 1:10:30 | |
| 7 | 5 | HERMANS | Quinten | BEL | 24 | 1:10:44 | |
| 8 | 40 | MEISEN | Marcel | GER | 30 | 1:10:49 | |
| 9 | 7 | ADAMS | Jens | BEL | 27 | 1:10:51 | |
| 10 | 6 | VERMEERSCH | Gianni | BEL | 27 | 1:10:53 | |
| 11 | 8 | MERLIER | Tim | BEL | 27 | 1:11:06 | |
| 12 | 32 | ORTS LLORET | Felipe | ESP | 24 | 1:11:19 | |
| 13 | 15 | NIEUWENHUIS | Joris | NED | 23 | 1:11:38 | |
| 14 | 28 | BOROŠ | Michael | CZE | 27 | 1:11:45 | |
| 15 | 16 | WOUTERS | Sieben | NED | 23 | 1:11:47 | |
| 16 | 31 | BERTOLINI | Gioele | ITA | 24 | 1:11:51 | |
| 17 | 13 | VAN KESSEL | Corne | NED | 28 | 1:12:29 | |
| 18 | 17 | GODRIE | Stan | NED | 26 | 1:12:31 | |
| 19 | 20 | CANAL | Fabien | FRA | 30 | 1:12:32 | |
| 20 | 14 | VAN DER POEL | David | NED | 27 | 1:12:33 | |
| 21 | 35 | WHITE | Curtis | USA | 24 | 1:12:37 | |
| 22 | 26 | ZAHNER | Simon | SUI | 36 | 1:12:42 | |
| 23 | 22 | MENUT | David | FRA | 27 | 1:12:48 | |
| 24 | 41 | WEBER | Sascha | GER | 31 | 1:12:50 | |
| 25 | 18 | CHAINEL | Steve | FRA | 36 | 1:12:53 | |
| 26 | 21 | MOUREY | Francis | FRA | 39 | 1:13:02 | |
| 27 | 33 | ESTEBAN AGUERO | Ismael | ESP | 36 | 1:13:11 | |
| 28 | 19 | BOULO | Matthieu | FRA | 30 | 1:13:43 | |
| 29 | 24 | RÜEGG | Timon | SUI | 23 | 1:14:08 | |
| 30 | 34 | RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBAÑEZ | Javier | ESP | 40 | ||
| 31 | 37 | WERNER | Kerry | USA | 28 | ||
| 32 | 36 | HYDE | Stephen | USA | 32 | ||
| 33 | 42 | MÜLLER | Manuel | GER | 24 | ||
| 34 | 23 | DUBAU | Joshua | FRA | 23 | ||
| 35 | 46 | VAN DEN HAM | Michael | CAN | 27 | ||
| 36 | 27 | SÄGESSER | Severin | SUI | 27 | ||
| 37 | 49 | FIELD | Ian | GBR | 33 | ||
| 38 | 30 | PAPRSTKA | Tomáš | CZE | 27 | ||
| 39 | 56 | ERIKSSON | David | SWE | 24 | ||
| 40 | 52 | HANSEN | Kenneth | DEN | 28 | ||
| 41 | 25 | WILDHABER | Marcel | SUI | 34 | ||
| 42 | 39 | KAISER | Cody | USA | 27 | ||
| 43 | 38 | CLARK | Anthony | USA | 32 | ||
| 44 | 29 | NESVADBA | Jan | CZE | 28 | ||
| 45 | 45 | GLAJZA | Ondrej | SVK | 25 | ||
| 46 | 51 | AITKEN | Christopher | AUS | 25 | ||
| 47 | 53 | JUSTESEN | Benjamin | DEN | 40 | ||
| 48 | 59 | MICHALSKI | Karol | POL | 27 | ||
| 49 | 57 | JANSSON | Henrik | SWE | 24 | ||
| 50 | 44 | THILTGES | Scott | LUX | 27 | ||
| 51 | 48 | KOSAKA | Hikaru | JPN | 31 | ||
| 52 | 43 | DIAS DOS SANTOS | Vincent | LUX | 29 | ||
| 53 | 50 | MILLBURN | Garry | AUS | 32 | ||
| 54 | 54 | PARBO | Joachim | DEN | 45 | ||
| 55 | 55 | MOBERG NIELSEN | Tommy | DEN | 38 | ||
| 56 | 47 | JETTE | Cameron | CAN | 32 | ||
| 57 | 61 | UKHANOV | Oleksiy | UKR | 28 | ||
| 58 | 60 | SHEPITKO | Maksym | UKR | 31 |
