Francis Mourey wins again in Luxembourg (File photo from Igorre World Cup ©Dan Seaton)
Francis Mourey continued his strong season with another UCI cyclocross win in Luxembourg. The Frenchman led a French podium sweep, and took nearly two minutes out of second-place Steve Chainel, with Nicholas Bazin in third. American Davy Yeater contested the race, finishing in 33rd.
On the women’s side, Marianne Vos showed her cyclocross form is rapidly progressing, with a dominant win over Hanka Kupfernagel. After just out-kicking the former German World Champion in Loenhout, Vos beat the German by 1:17 today. Vos has shown she may have the speed and skills again to be Katie Compton’s top threat at Worlds, and she aims to defend her title and keep the long-sought rainbow stripes from the American when the World Championships come to St. Wendel, Germany.
American Amy Dombroski kicked off the new year for her new Crank Brothers team with an eighth place, with Mo Bruno Roy (Bob’s Red Mill) just behind in ninth. Cyclocross Magazine contributor Christine Vardaros (Bobaco) had a rough outing with a 14th place finish, suffering from recent crashes, and said “debilitating back pain combined with jagged pain in my hip with every pedal stroke” made racing difficult.
Full Results:
| Elite Men | |||||
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Points |
| 1 | Francis MOUREY | FRA | 31 | 1:00:15 | 40 |
| 2 | Steve CHAINEL | FRA | 28 | 1:02:02 | 30 |
| 3 | Nicolas BAZIN | FRA | 28 | 1:03:06 | 20 |
| 4 | Lubomir PETRUS | CZE | 21 | 1:05:15 | 15 |
| 5 | Tomas PAPRSTKA | CZE | 19 | 1:05:22 | 10 |
| 6 | Patrick VAN LEEUWEN | NED | 26 | 1:05:31 | 8 |
| 7 | Dave DE CLEYN | BEL | 23 | 1:05:37 | 6 |
| 8 | Vladimir KYZIVAT | CZE | 29 | 1:05:50 | 4 |
| 9 | Wilant VAN GILS | NED | 32 | 1:05:56 | 2 |
| 10 | Joachim PARBO | DEN | 37 | 1:05:59 | 1 |
| 11 | David KASEK | CZE | 29 | 1:05:59 | |
| 12 | Peter PRESSLAUER | AUT | 33 | 1:07:12 | |
| 13 | Gusty BAUSCH | LUX | 31 | 1:07:23 | |
| 14 | Roy VAN HEESWIJK | NED | 28 | 1:07:55 | |
| 15 | Dany LACROIX | BEL | 21 | 1:08:16 | |
| 16 | Craig RICHEY | CAN | 27 | 1:08:18 | |
| 17 | Pascal TRIEBEL | LUX | 45 | 1:08:59 | |
| 18 | Geert VAN DER HORST | NED | 21 | 1:09:46 | |
| 19 | Jérôme JUNKER | LUX | 36 | ||
| 20 | Irwin GRAS | FRA | 20 | ||
| 21 | Jan VAN ZEEBROECK | BEL | 23 | ||
| 22 | Claude WOLTER | LUX | 28 | ||
| 23 | Sascha WAGNER | GER | 24 | ||
| 24 | Sascha WEBER | GER | 23 | ||
| 25 | Hikaru KOSAKA | JPN | 23 | ||
| 26 | Romain VILLA | FRA | 26 | ||
| 27 | Lex REICHLING | LUX | 19 | ||
| 28 | Adrien PASCAL | FRA | 25 | ||
| 29 | Constantino FERNANDEZ | LUX | 38 | ||
| 30 | Christian JOACHIM | LUX | 41 | ||
| 31 | Shaun ADAMSON | CAN | 25 | ||
| 32 | Aurelien GIZZI | FRA | 22 | ||
| 33 | Davy YEATER | USA | 31 | ||
| 34 | Bastian JUNG | GER | 25 | ||
| 35 | Gilles KNEIP | LUX | 26 | ||
| Elite Women | |||||
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Points |
| 1 | Marianne VOS | NED | 24 | 44:23:00 | 40 |
| 2 | Hanka KUPFERNAGEL | GER | 37 | 45:40:00 | 30 |
| 3 | Christel FERRIER-BRUNEAU | FRA | 32 | 45:47:00 | 20 |
| 4 | Elisabeth BRANDAU | GER | 26 | 46:35:00 | 15 |
| 5 | Pavla HAVLIKOVA | CZE | 28 | 46:45:00 | 10 |
| 6 | Nikki HARRIS | GBR | 25 | 46:55:00 | 8 |
| 7 | Gabriella DAY | GBR | 27 | 47:18:00 | 6 |
| 8 | Amy DOMBROSKI | USA | 24 | 47:55:00 | 4 |
| 9 | Maureen BRUNO ROY | USA | 36 | 49:36:00 | 2 |
| 10 | Ayako TOYOOKA | JPN | 31 | 52:55:00 | 1 |
| 11 | Nathalie LAMBORELLE | LUX | 23 | 53:19:00 | |
| 12 | Stéphanie VAXILLAIRE-DENUIT | FRA | 32 | 55:07:00 | |
| 13 | Perrine PHILIPPE | FRA | 25 | ||
| 14 | Christine VARDAROS | USA | 42 | ||
| 15 | Joyce VANDERBEKEN | BEL | 27 | ||
| 16 | Christine KOVELTER | LUX | 23 | ||
