Joris Nieuwenhuis showed in Hoogerheide that he's ready to be the fourth leg in a Dutch team attempt to sweep all five races at the 2017 Cyclocross World Championships in Bieles, Luxembourg.
Joris Nieuwenhuis left no doubt that he's ready for the 2017 Worlds with a dominant performance at the 2017 Hoggerheide UCI Cyclocross World Cup. U23 Men. © C. Jobb / Cyclocross Magazine
The current World Cup leader had another dominant ride and commanding lead to take the U23 Men's race in Hoogerheide over France's Clement Russo and Belgian Thijs Aerts.
L to R: Clement Russo, Joris Nieuwenhuis and Thijs Aerts. 2017 Hoggerheide UCI Cyclocross World Cup. U23 Men. © C. Jobb / Cyclocross Magazine
American Curtis White, coming off a disappointing National Championships in Hartford, had a bounce back performance with a top-ten finish in 10th.
Pan American champion Curtis White had a strong ride to finish 10th. 2017 Hoggerheide UCI Cyclocross World Cup. U23 Men. © C. Jobb / Cyclocross Magazine
Five Americans took the start, with Spencer Petrov in 23rd, newly-crowned U23 Champion Lance Haidet in 33rd, and collegiate champion Maxx Chance in 43rd. Gage Hecht did not finish.
Petrov put in a big effort and it shows. 2017 Hoggerheide UCI Cyclocross World Cup. U23 Men. © C. Jobb / Cyclocross Magazine
Based on Hoogerheide's results, the Netherlands has a serious shot at least at winning four, if not all five of the rainbow jerseys with Marianne Vos, Lars Van der Haar or Mathieu van Van der Poel, Annemarie Worst and Nieuwenhuis all heading into Worlds as favorites in their categories and Ryan Kamp finishing just 13 seconds back in the Junior Men's race.
See the full photo gallery below the results.
2017 Hoogerheide UCI Cyclocross World Cup - U23 Men - GP Adrie van der Poel
| Pl | Name | NAT | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris | NED | NETHERLANDS | 0:50:51 |
| 2 | RUSSO Clement | FRA | FRANCE | +00:28 |
| 3 | AERTS Thijs | BEL | BELGIUM | +00:40 |
| 4 | VAN DER HEIJDEN Maik | NED | NETHERLANDS | +00:45 |
| 5 | CLEPPE Nicolas | BEL | BELGIUM | +00:59 |
| 6 | FINE Eddy | FRA | FRANCE | +01:10 |
| 7 | ANDREASSEN Simon | DEN | DENMARK | +01:10 |
| 8 | GOOSSENS Kobe | BEL | BELGIUM | +01:10 |
| 9 | DUBAU Joshua | FRA | FRANCE | +01:11 |
| 10 | WHITE Curtis | USA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | +01:11 |
| 11 | PERIOU Tony | FRA | FRANCE | +01:14 |
| 12 | DORIGONI Jakob | ITA | ITALY | +01:27 |
| 13 | ORTS LLORET Felipe | ESP | SPAIN | +01:36 |
| 14 | VAN DER MEER Gosse | NED | NETHERLANDS | +01:43 |
| 15 | WOUTERS Sieben | NED | NETHERLANDS | +01:54 |
| 16 | HERMANS Quinten | BEL | BELGIUM | +02:08 |
| 17 | BAKX Kelvin | NED | NETHERLANDS | +02:10 |
| 18 | JACOBS Johan | SUI | SWITZERLAND | +02:18 |
| 19 | VAN DIJKE Koen | NED | NETHERLANDS-B | +02:23 |
| 20 | VOZAR Simon | SVK | SLOVAKIA | +02:25 |
| 21 | BOGUSLAWSKI Marceli | POL | POLAND | +02:26 |
| 22 | JANSEN Richard | NED | NETHERLANDS-B | +02:26 |
| 23 | PETROV Spencer | USA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | +02:26 |
| 24 | DEGROOTE Jonas | BEL | BELGIUM | +02:36 |
| 25 | VAN DER STEGEN Roel | NED | NETHERLANDS-B | +02:42 |
| 26 | DEKKER Jens | NED | NETHERLANDS | +03:06 |
| 27 | PEETERS Yannick | BEL | BELGIUM | +03:24 |
| 28 | MULLER Manuel | GER | GERMANY | +03:30 |
| 29 | MAYER Daniel | CZE | CZECH REPUBLIC | +03:35 |
| 30 | ERIKSSON David | SWE | SWEDEN | +03:43 |
| 31 | BREZINA Jonas | CZE | CZECH REPUBLIC | +03:54 |
| 32 | FLOREN Wesley | NED | NETHERLANDS | +03:54 |
| 33 | HAIDET Lance | USA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | +03:57 |
| 34 | ALBERDI MENDIZABAL Jokin | ESP | SPAIN | +04:10 |
| 35 | VAN DER HEIJDEN Bjorn | NED | NETHERLANDS-B | +04:20 |
| 36 | TURCHI Luc | LUX | LUXEMBOURG | +04:21 |
| 37 | MOBIS Maximilian | GER | GERMANY | +04:32 |
| 38 | O'DONNELL Trevor | CAN | CANADA | +04:42 |
| 39 | ULIK Matej | SVK | SLOVAKIA | +04:45 |
| 40 | HABLITZEL Jonas | GER | GERMANY | +04:47 |
| 41 | JUNQUERA SAN MILLAN Mario | ESP | SPAIN | +05:02 |
| 42 | JARY David | CZE | CZECH REPUBLIC | +05:06 |
| 43 | CHANCE Maxx | USA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | -1LAP |
| 44 | WALKERDEN Ben | AUS | AUSTRALIA | -2LAP |
| 45 | FRIES Noah | LUX | LUXEMBOURG | -2LAP |
| 46 | ODA Hijiri | JPN | JAPAN | -3LAP |
| DUBAU Lucas | FRA | FRANCE | DNF4 | |
| HECHT Gage | USA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | DNF4 | |
| JANSSON Henrik | SWE | SWEDEN | DNF4 | |
| TOUPALIK Adam | CZE | CZECH REPUBLIC | DNF1 |
2017 Hoogerheide World Cup Photo Gallery - U23 Men:
Newly-crowned U23 champion Lance Haidet was 33rd. 2017 Hoggerheide UCI Cyclocross World Cup. U23 Men. © C. Jobb / Cyclocross Magazine
