Get the full story in our Elite Men’s World Cup Bern race report
Early in Sunday’s World Cup Bern Elite Men’s race, Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) was content to let Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) drive a fast pace at the front.
When Van Aert had trouble with his shifting at the end of Lap 3, Van der Poel seized the opportunity to attack.
Daan Soete (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice) kept Van der Poel’s wheel for a minute or two, but the Dutch star quickly pulled away and rode to a comfortable win over a chasing Van Aert.
The win was Van der Poel’s first Telenet UCI World Cup victory of the 2018/19 season after he skipped the two U.S. rounds in September. Van Aert took second, and Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) recovered from a slow start to finish third.
Full results are below. Stay tuned for a race report.
Featured image: Bart Hazen
Elite Men's Results: 2018 World Cup Bern
| Rank | BIB | Last Name | First Name | Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | VAN DER POEL | Mathieu | NED | 1:04:48 |
| 2 | 1 | VAN AERT | Wout | BEL | 1:04:56 |
| 3 | 2 | AERTS | Toon | BEL | 1:05:46 |
| 4 | 4 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Michael | BEL | 1:05:55 |
| 5 | 7 | HERMANS | Quinten | BEL | 1:05:58 |
| 6 | 6 | SOETE | Daan | BEL | 1:06:01 |
| 7 | 21 | VAN KESSEL | Corne | NED | 1:06:01 |
| 8 | 49 | ORTS LLORET | Felipe | ESP | 1:06:05 |
| 9 | 20 | VAN DER HAAR | Lars | NED | 1:06:10 |
| 10 | 28 | CHAINEL | Steve | FRA | 1:06:26 |
| 11 | 15 | VERMEERSCH | Gianni | BEL | 1:06:38 |
| 12 | 9 | MEEUSEN | Tom | BEL | 1:06:39 |
| 13 | 14 | BAESTAENS | Vincent | BEL | 1:06:39 |
| 14 | 11 | ADAMS | Jens | BEL | 1:06:51 |
| 15 | 5 | MERLIER | Tim | BEL | 1:06:57 |
| 16 | 8 | PAUWELS | Kevin | BEL | 1:07:01 |
| 17 | 12 | CLEPPE | Nicolas | BEL | 1:07:01 |
| 18 | 3 | SWEECK | Laurens | BEL | 1:07:14 |
| 19 | 18 | VANTHOURENHOUT | Dieter | BEL | 1:07:16 |
| 20 | 30 | CANAL | Fabien | FRA | 1:07:17 |
| 21 | 22 | VAN DER POEL | David | NED | 1:07:18 |
| 22 | 36 | WILDHABER | Marcel | SUI | 1:07:21 |
| 23 | 43 | BOROŠ | Michael | CZE | 1:07:22 |
| 24 | 13 | AERNOUTS | Jim | BEL | 1:07:36 |
| 25 | 45 | ŤOUPALÍK | Adam | CZE | 1:07:42 |
| 26 | 33 | DUBAU | Joshua | FRA | 1:07:43 |
| 27 | 23 | WOUTERS | Sieben | NED | 1:07:51 |
| 28 | 16 | SWEECK | Diether | BEL | 1:07:53 |
| 29 | 29 | BOULO | Matthieu | FRA | 1:07:54 |
| 30 | 10 | AERTS | Thijs | BEL | 1:08:00 |
| 31 | 46 | BERTOLINI | Gioele | ITA | 1:08:02 |
| 32 | 35 | MENUT | David | FRA | 1:08:07 |
| 33 | 37 | ZAHNER | Simon | SUI | 1:08:07 |
| 34 | 40 | RÜEGG | Timon | SUI | 1:08:09 |
| 35 | 47 | SAMPARISI | Nicolas | ITA | 1:08:14 |
| 36 | 50 | SUAREZ FERNANDEZ | Kevin | ESP | 1:08:26 |
| 37 | 26 | VAN DER MEER | Gosse | NED | 1:08:37 |
| 38 | 55 | KONWA | Marek | POL | 1:08:50 |
| 39 | 48 | ESTEBAN AGUERO | Ismael | ESP | 1:09:10 |
| 40 | 44 | NESVADBA | Jan | CZE | 1:09:18 |
| 41 | 24 | GODRIE | Stan | NED | 1:09:23 |
| 42 | 34 | DUBAU | Lucas | FRA | LAP |
| 43 | 38 | SÄGESSER | Severin | SUI | LAP |
| 44 | 17 | BOSMANS | Wietse | BEL | LAP |
| 45 | 31 | GRAS | Yan | FRA | LAP |
| 46 | 32 | FALENTA | Alois | FRA | LAP |
| 47 | 41 | MOSER | Andreas | SUI | LAP |
| 48 | 42 | WINTERBERG | Lukas | SUI | LAP |
| 49 | 54 | SCHMIDT | Marvin | GER | LAP |
| DNF | 25 | NIEUWENHUIS | Joris | NED | |
| DNF | 51 | MEISEN | Marcel | GER | |
| DNF | 52 | WEBER | Sascha | GER | |
| DNF | 53 | MÜLLER | Manuel | GER | |
| DNF | 56 | TAKENOUCHI | Yu | JPN |
