“It just feels so great to know that I’m capable of being on the podium and Plzen wasn’t just a fluke. I have to keep working harder and harder if I want to challenge Van Der Poel in Louisville though!” -Logan Owen
The Junior Mens Podium: Mathieu van der Poel, Logan Owen, and Martijn Budding © Bart Hazen
HUESDEN-ZOLDER: American Champion Logan Owen today took second place behind World Champion Mathieu van der Poel in the junior race at World Cup Zolder. This is Owen’s second World Cup podium, after his third place finish in Plzen. Dutchman Martijn Budding rounded out the podium. Curtis White finished at 24th, Maxx Chance at 29th, Nate Morse in 31st, Spencer Downing in 36th and Stephen Bassett in 38th.
In the U23 race, Belgian Wietse Bosmans took the win ahead of Dutchman Corne van Kessel and Belgian Wout van Aert. Zach McDonald came in at 13th, Josh Johnson in 41st, Skyler Trujillo in 42nd, Tobin Ortenblad in 45th and Manny Goguen in 47th.
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Results:
2012 World Cup Zolder - Junior
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu VAN DER POEL | NED | 43:27:00 |
| 2 | Logan OWEN | USA | 45:25:00 |
| 3 | Martijn BUDDING | NED | 45:28:00 |
| 4 | Clement RUSSO | FRA | 45:29:00 |
| 5 | Nicolas CLEPPE | BEL | 45:32:00 |
| 6 | Marco KÖNIG | GER | 45:39:00 |
| 7 | Kobe GOOSSENS | BEL | 45:41:00 |
| 8 | Richard JANSEN | NED | 45:50:00 |
| 9 | Dominic GRAB | SUI | 45:54:00 |
| 10 | Leo VINCENT | FRA | 45:55:00 |
| 11 | Mathieu MORICHON | FRA | 45:58:00 |
| 12 | Adam TOUPALIK | CZE | 46:12:00 |
| 13 | Gioele BERTOLINI | ITA | 46:22:00 |
| 14 | Jonas DEGROOTE | BEL | 46:24:00 |
| 15 | Jan VASTL | CZE | 46:25:00 |
| 16 | Thijs AERTS | BEL | 46:27:00 |
| 17 | STAN WIJKEL | NED | 46:28:00 |
| 18 | Stijn CALUWE | BEL | 46:35:00 |
| 19 | Karel POKORNY | CZE | 46:39:00 |
| 20 | Michal PALUTA | POL | 46:45:00 |
| 21 | Ben BOETS | BEL | 46:55:00 |
| 22 | Yannick PEETERS | BEL | 47:05:00 |
| 23 | Thomas JOSEPH | BEL | 47:14:00 |
| 24 | Curtis WHITE | USA | 47:17:00 |
| 25 | Alexander AMEEL | BEL | 47:19:00 |
| 26 | Lukas MEILER | GER | 47:34:00 |
| 27 | Ward VAN LAER | BEL | 47:36:00 |
| 28 | Bjorn VAN DER HEIJDEN | NED | 48:54:00 |
| 29 | Maxx CHANCE | USA | 48:56:00 |
| 30 | Martin DEJMEK | CZE | 49:03:00 |
| 31 | Nathaniel MORSE | USA | 49:17:00 |
| 32 | Manuel MÜLLER | GER | 49:33:00 |
| 33 | Karel SVRCINA | CZE | 50:01:00 |
| 34 | Elias VAN HECKE | BEL | 50:24:00 |
| 35 | Lucas WOLLENHAUPT | GER | |
| 36 | Spencer DOWNING | USA | |
| 37 | Remigiusz GIL | POL | |
| 38 | Stephen BASSETT | USA |
2012 World Cup Zolder - U23
| Rank | Name | Nat. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wietse BOSMANS | BEL | 50:54:00 |
| 2 | Corne VAN KESSEL | NED | 51:05:00 |
| 3 | Wout VAN AERT | BEL | 51:09:00 |
| 4 | Emiel DOLFSMA | NED | 51:11:00 |
| 5 | David VAN DER POEL | NED | 51:12:00 |
| 6 | Gianni VERMEERSCH | BEL | 51:16:00 |
| 7 | Laurens SWEECK | BEL | 51:31:00 |
| 8 | David MENUT | FRA | 51:42:00 |
| 9 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | FRA | 51:50:00 |
| 10 | Tim MERLIER | BEL | 51:56:00 |
| 11 | Michiel VAN DER HEIJDEN | NED | 51:59:00 |
| 12 | Jens VANDEKINDEREN | BEL | 52:00:00 |
| 13 | Michael BOROS | CZE | 52:01:00 |
| 14 | Diether SWEECK | BEL | 52:01:00 |
| 15 | Toon AERTS | BEL | 52:02:00 |
| 16 | Zach MCDONALD | USA | 52:07:00 |
| 17 | Daan SOETE | BEL | 52:17:00 |
| 18 | Quentin JAUREGUI | FRA | 52:18:00 |
| 19 | Tijmen EISING | NED | 52:41:00 |
| 20 | Jens ADAMS | BEL | 52:44:00 |
| 21 | Clément VENTURINI | FRA | 52:54:00 |
| 22 | Tomas PAPRSTKA | CZE | 53:03:00 |
| 23 | Matej LASAK | CZE | 53:13:00 |
| 24 | Yorben VAN TICHELT | BEL | 53:19:00 |
| 25 | Michael (JR) SCHWEIZER | GER | 53:25:00 |
| 26 | Luca BRAIDOT | ITA | 53:41:00 |
| 27 | Yannick ECKMANN | GER | 53:47:00 |
| 28 | Vojtech NIPL | CZE | 53:55:00 |
| 29 | Jakub SKALA | CZE | 53:58:00 |
| 30 | Yannick MAYER | GER | 53:59:00 |
| 31 | Jonathan LASTRA MARTINEZ | ESP | 54:30:00 |
| 32 | Toni BRETSCHNEIDER | GER | 54:34:00 |
| 33 | Luke GRAY | GBR | 54:44:00 |
| 34 | Fabien DOUBEY | FRA | 54:47:00 |
| 35 | Bryan FALASCHI | ITA | 54:57:00 |
| 36 | Vinnie BRAET | BEL | 55:12:00 |
| 37 | Andrew DILLMAN | USA | 55:15:00 |
| 38 | Ondrej GLAJZA | SVK | 55:16:00 |
| 39 | Kevin SUAREZ FERNANDEZ | ESP | 55:41:00 |
| 40 | Kenneth HANSEN | DEN | 55:53:00 |
| 41 | Josh JOHNSON | USA | 56:22:00 |
| 42 | Skyler TRUJILLO | USA | 57:28:00 |
| 43 | Felix DRUMM | GER | 57:37:00 |
| 44 | Yannick GRUNER | GER | |
| 45 | Tobin ORTENBLAD | USA | |
| 46 | Jack CLARKSON | GBR | |
| 47 | Manny GOGUEN | USA | |
| 48 | Nikolaj Ruud OSTERGAARD | DEN |
