Katie Compton wins the Cyclocross World Cup in Roubaix. © Joe Sales
Large fields and crowds were present today at the penultimate World Cup today in Roubaix, and in the end, two Americans stood on the podium.
Erwin Vervecken (Revor) took home a big win for his new team by holding off a huge effort by Fidea’s Zdenek Stybar. Sven Nys rounded out the podium, finishing shortly after Vervecken. The major drama of the day came when Lars Boom (Rabobank) seemed to have a sure victory as he rode away from the rest of the field, only to see his lead turn into a deficit when overwhelming mud and slop prevented him from being able to clip into his pedal for almost half a lap.
Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) took a convincing win in the women’s race, reveling in her favorite, heavy, muddy conditions and outclassing Hanka Kupfernagel and Daphny van den Brand. Rachel Lloyd (Giant Strawberry – Specialized) took a strong seventh. Sue Butler and Christine Vardaros finished in 26th and 36th. Canadian Wendy Simms finished in 15th.
Zach McDonald sprints at the Roubaix World Cup. © Joe Sales
In the junior race, U.S. champ Zach McDonald (Classic Cycles) took a huge podium behind World Cup Leader Tijmen Eising and Belgian champ Wietse Bosmans. American Luke Keough (CL-Noonan) had a great start and was near the front before dropping back to 14th place. Eric Emsky had a slow start and never recovered, finishing in 47th.
In the U23 race, Nick Weighall of Rad Racing had a rough going and was pulled with a lap to go.
Full reports and photos:
Men’s Race | Women’s Race | U23 Race | Junior Race
Junior Podium of Roubaix World Cup 2009, by Joe Sales
Junior Full Results
| Place | Bib | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | 37 | EISING Tijmen | NED | 0:42:24 |
| 2 | 29 | BOSMANS Wietse | BEL | +00:12 |
| 3 | 46 | MC DONALD Zach | USA | +00:48 |
| 4 | 16 | BRAIDOT Luca | ITA | +00:49 |
| 5 | 38 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | NED | +00:49 |
| 6 | 39 | VAN DER HEIJDEN Michiel | NED | +01:04 |
| 7 | 30 | DE BIE Sean | BEL | +01:07 |
| 8 | 15 | BRAIDOT Daniele | ITA | +01:07 |
| 9 | 40 | VAN KESSEL Corne | NED | +01:42 |
| 10 | 4 | VIENNET Emilien | FRA | +01:45 |
| 11 | 31 | DE VOCHT Bart | BEL | +01:45 |
| 12 | 7 | GRAS Irwin | FRA | +01:59 |
| 13 | 41 | VAN DER POEL David | NED | +02:00 |
| 14 | 45 | KEOUGH Luke | USA | +02:00 |
| 15 | 27 | NESVADBA Jan | CZE | +02:08 |
| 16 | 2 | HADOUX Valentin | FRA | +02:11 |
| 17 | 3 | GARSON Pierre | FRA | +02:13 |
| 18 | 33 | VERMEERSCH Gianni | BEL | +02:13 |
| 19 | 32 | BRAET Vinnie | BEL | +02:16 |
| 20 | 5 | TURGIS Jimmy | FRA | +02:17 |
| 21 | 35 | BOSSUYT Matthias | BEL | +02:20 |
| 22 | 56 | BILLON Alexandre | FRA | +02:21 |
| 23 | 24 | HNIK Karel | CZE | +02:50 |
| 24 | 23 | POLNICKY Radek | CZE | +02:54 |
| 25 | 59 | DASSONVILLE Flavien | FRA | +03:11 |
| 26 | 53 | MAYER Yannick | GER | +03:26 |
| 27 | 12 | STAUBLE Dario | SUI | +04:54 |
| 28 | 19 | DALL’OSTE Daniele | ITA | +03:44 |
| 29 | 42 | TEUNISSEN Mike | NED | +03:47 |
| 30 | 6 | CORNU Jeremy | FRA | +03:50 |
| 31 | 28 | PAPRSTKA Tomas | CZE | +03:55 |
| 32 | 61 | MENUT David | FRA | +04:02 |
| 33 | 17 | FALASCHI Bryan | ITA | +04:07 |
| 34 | 48 | JUNGELS Bob | LUX | +04:13 |
| 35 | 50 | BRETSCHNEIDER Toni | GER | +04:16 |
| 36 | 54 | QUAST Enno | GER | +04:37 |
| 37 | 21 | TATTO Michele | ITA | +04:40 |
| 38 | 26 | BOROS Michael | CZE | +04:51 |
| 39 | 62 | VALADE Jayson | FRA | +04:54 |
| 40 | 52 | GEISLER Jannick | GER | +04:54 |
| 41 | 11 | GRAND Anthony | SUI | +03:37 |
| 42 | 18 | LORENZON Rudy | ITA | +05:08 |
| 43 | 57 | CARESMEL Alexis | FRA | +05:13 |
| 44 | 64 | MEDVED Matej | SVK | +05:23 |
| 45 | 63 | CORRIETTE Dimitri | FRA | +05:24 |
| 46 | 51 | SCHWEIZER Michael (JR) | GER | +05:52 |
| 47 | 47 | EMSKY Eric | USA | +06:09 |
| 48 | 49 | KIRSCH Alex | LUX | -1LAP |
| 49 | 65 | TRNKA Adam | SVK | -2LAP |
U23 Results:
| Place | Bib | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | 28 | WALSLEBEN Philipp | GER | 0:51:03 |
| 2 | 10 | DUVAL Aurelien | FRA | +00:56 |
| 3 | 36 | BAMBULA Ondrej | CZE | +00:58 |
| 4 | 4 | BAESTAENS Vincent | BEL | +01:31 |
| 5 | 59 | PERROT Guillaume | FRA | +01:32 |
| 6 | 2 | VAN COMPERNOLLE Kenneth | BEL | +01:32 |
| 7 | 30 | MEISEN Marcel | GER | +01:39 |
| 8 | 16 | COMINELLI Cristian | ITA | +01:43 |
| 9 | 5 | AERNOUTS Jim | BEL | +01:43 |
| 10 | 13 | BOULO Matthieu | FRA | +01:43 |
| 11 | 47 | SZCZEPANIAK Kacper | POL | +01:53 |
| 12 | 22 | SINKELDAM Ramon | NED | +02:00 |
| 13 | 23 | VAN POPPEL Boy | NED | +02:00 |
| 14 | 20 | HUENDERS Mitchell | NED | +02:11 |
| 15 | 8 | BERTHOLET Quentin | BEL | +02:12 |
| 16 | 39 | POLNICKY Jiri | CZE | +02:41 |
| 17 | 3 | MEEUSEN Tom | BEL | +02:50 |
| 18 | 50 | REPINSKI Tomasz | POL | +03:01 |
| 19 | 31 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | GER | +03:02 |
| 20 | 46 | KONWA Marek | POL | +03:13 |
| 21 | 18 | SILVESTRI Elia | ITA | +03:22 |
| 22 | 65 | GRAND Arnaud | SUI | +03:25 |
| 23 | 15 | BOURGOIN Clément | FRA | +03:31 |
| 24 | 64 | TRENTIN Matteo | ITA | +03:38 |
| 25 | 21 | VAN DEN BRAND Twan | NED | +03:40 |
| 26 | 6 | ADAMS Joeri | BEL | +03:55 |
| 27 | 61 | GAVENDA Robert | SVK | +04:03 |
| 28 | 52 | FLETCHER David | GBR | +04:11 |
| 29 | 57 | GIZZI Aurelien | FRA | +04:21 |
| 30 | 43 | TARAMARCAZ Julien | SUI | +04:32 |
| 31 | 24 | VAN EMPEL Micki | NED | +04:36 |
| 32 | 49 | JANISZEWSKI Sylwester | POL | +04:38 |
| 33 | 60 | TABOURY Thibault | FRA | +04:39 |
| 34 | 42 | BENEY Romain | SUI | +04:54 |
| 35 | 29 | WEBER Sascha | GER | +05:13 |
| 36 | 56 | CESSOT Jonathan | FRA | +05:29 |
| 37 | 40 | MENGER David | CZE | +05:30 |
| 38 | 26 | VAN DER HORST Geert | NED | +05:37 |
| 39 | 44 | SCHERZ Valentin | SUI | +05:44 |
| 40 | 66 | HERMAN Paul | FRA | +06:30 |
| 41 | 54 | TAKENOUCHI Yu | JPN | +06:50 |
| 42 | 58 | LE BRUN Simon | FRA | -1LAP |
| 43 | 63 | DE PATRE Roberto | ITA | -1LAP |
| 44 | 55 | SCHLECHTER Pit | LUX | -1LAP |
| 45 | 51 | WEIGHALL Nicholas | USA | -2LAP |
| 46 | 67 | KUPEC Peter | SVK | -3LAP |
Women’s Results:
| Place | Bib | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | 21 | COMPTON Katherine | USA | 0:41:48 |
| 2 | 1 | KUPFERNAGEL Hanka | GER | +00:09 |
| 3 | 11 | VAN DEN BRAND Daphny | NED | +00:42 |
| 4 | 14 | VOS Marianne | NED | +00:53 |
| 5 | 5 | FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel | FRA | +01:01 |
| 6 | 43 | WYMAN Helen | GBR | +01:37 |
| 7 | 22 | LLOYD Rachel | USA | +01:47 |
| 8 | 4 | SALVETAT Maryline | FRA | +01:51 |
| 9 | 7 | MANI Caroline | FRA | +01:59 |
| 10 | 29 | CANT Sanne | BEL | +02:06 |
| 11 | 12 | VAN PAASSEN Sanne | NED | +02:07 |
| 12 | 6 | TRIQUET-CLAUDE Nadia | FRA | +02:21 |
| 13 | 18 | MELCHERS-VAN POPPEL Mirjam | NED | +02:22 |
| 14 | 13 | ELEMANS Saskia | NED | +02:46 |
| 15 | 40 | SIMMS Wendy | CAN | +02:54 |
| 16 | 46 | HAVLIKOVA Pavla | CZE | +03:08 |
| 17 | 15 | HORMES Reza | NED | +03:48 |
| 18 | 31 | VANDERBEKEN Joyce | BEL | +03:49 |
| 19 | 17 | FRANCISSEN Abke | NED | +04:02 |
| 20 | 45 | HARRIS Nikki | GBR | +04:16 |
| 21 | 50 | LEUMANN Katrin | SUI | +04:40 |
| 22 | 30 | INGELS Veerle | BEL | +05:05 |
| 23 | 16 | GRIMBERG Arenda | NED | +05:11 |
| 24 | 44 | DAY Gabriella | GBR | +05:12 |
| 25 | 54 | SCHWEIZER Sabrina | GER | +05:12 |
| 26 | 23 | BUTLER Susan | USA | +05:13 |
| 27 | 27 | BRESCIANI Daniela | ITA | +05:39 |
| 28 | 26 | LECHNER Eva | ITA | +05:40 |
| 29 | 39 | OGISHIMA Mika | JPN | +05:43 |
| 30 | 34 | DE BIE – LEYTEN Nicole | BEL | +05:45 |
| 31 | 2 | JURANEK Susanne | GER | +05:48 |
| 32 | 9 | DARCEL Camille | FRA | +05:55 |
| 33 | 48 | RIEDL Elke | AUT | +05:59 |
| 34 | 41 | ELLIOTT Natasha | CAN | +06:05 |
| 35 | 53 | BRUCHMANN Gesa | GER | +07:10 |
| 36 | 24 | VARDAROS Christine | USA | +07:18 |
| 37 | 33 | BOBER Nancy | BEL | +07:30 |
| 38 | 10 | LEFEVRE Lucie | FRA | +07:36 |
| 39 | 36 | PAUWELS Katrien | BEL | +07:49 |
| 40 | 47 | KYPTOVA Jana | CZE | +08:10 |
| 41 | 37 | LARNO Patsy | BEL | +08:16 |
| 42 | 32 | WILLEMS Gertie | BEL | -1LAP |
| 43 | 49 | MÜLLER Lise | SUI | -1LAP |
