2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race

Men's Elite Cyclo-cross Race Jersey_rainbow.svg Rainbow jersey 150 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 2012 01 29 1 29.44 km 1h 06' 07" (26.72 km/h or 16.60 mph) medals Niels Albert Belgium Rob Peeters Belgium Kevin Pauwels Belgium 2011 2013 This event was held on Sunday 29 January 2012 as part of the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships at Koksijde, Belgium. Ten laps had to be completed, totalling up to 29.44 kilometre. Summary In the weeks before the race, four favourites emerged: Sven Nys, who has been considered a favourite on about every race since he became a professional, Kevin Pauwels, who had won the World Cup the week before, Zdeněk Štybar, the World Champion of the two previous years and Niels Albert, who had a lousy season, but is known to be great in the sand. Albert started very quickly with Štybar right behind him. However halfway round the first lap Albert was already alone while Štybar got caught up by the pack. A lap later Pauwels had left the others and was gaining on Albert, but never actually got there. Meanwhile, in the background, the five other Belgian riders were together with Štybar hanging at the end of that group. By lap four, Nys had joined Pauwels in the chase on Albert who had kept on widening the gap. Their combined efforts were not enough as the gap kept on growing while from behind the four other Belgians, with an impressive Rob Peeters, were slowly gaining ground. The riders from other countries were nowhere to be seen. Albert kept on going solo till the end and took home his second World Championship title. The chasing group consisted completely of the six other Belgians. Tom Meeusen and Rob Peeters were looking the best, but Meeusen fell in the sand in the last lap. Peeters did keep his stability and got a silver medal, Pauwels completed the podium. Nys ended as the last Belgian, the chase on Albert had destroyed him. Ranking Rank Cyclist Time Image:gold medal icon.svg Niels Albert BEL 1h 06' 07" Image:silver medal icon.svg Rob Peeters BEL + 24" Image:bronze medal icon.svg Kevin Pauwels BEL + 30" 4 Tom Meeusen BEL + 34" 5 Bart Aernouts BEL + 35" 6 Klaas Vantornout BEL + 1'09" 7 Sven Nys BEL + 1'11" 8 Radomír Šimůnek CZE + 2'15" 9 Philipp Walsleben GER + 2'24" 10 Simon Zahner SUI + 2'31" 11 Steve Chainel FRA + 2'37" 12 Francis Mourey FRA + 2'48" 13 Zdeněk Štybar CZE + 3'17" 14 Aurélien Duval FRA + 3'41" 15 Niels Wubben NED s.t. 16 Julien Taramarcaz SUI + 3'42" 17 Gerben De Knegt NED s.t. 18 Ryan Trebon USA + 4'02" 19 Marcel Meisen GER + 4'06" 20 José Antonio Hermida ESP s.t. 21 Twan Van Den Brand NED + 4'07" 22 Mariusz Gil POL + 4'22" 23 Thijs Van Amerongen NED + 4'40" 24 Christoph Pfingsten GER + 5'10" 25 Christian Heule SUI - 1 LAP 26 Jeremy Powers USA - 2 LAPS 27 Marcel Wildhaber GER - 2 LAPS 28 Enrico Franzoi ITA - 2 LAPS 29 John Gadret FRA - 2 LAPS 30 Jiri Polnicky CZE - 2 LAPS 31 Martin Zlámalík CZE - 2 LAPS 32 Mitchell Huenders NED - 3 LAPS 33 Vladimir Kyzivat CZE - 3 LAPS 34 Timothy Johnson USA - 3 LAPS 35 Isaac Suarez Fernandez ESP - 3 LAPS 36 Ian Field GBR - 3 LAPS 37 Petr Dlask CZE - 3 LAPS 38 Clément Bourgoin FRA - 3 LAPS 39 Sascha Weber GER - 3 LAPS 40 Marco Ponta ITA - 3 LAPS 41 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga ESP - 3 LAPS 42 James Driscoll USA - 3 LAPS 43 Christopher Jones USA - 5 LAPS 44 Mirko Tabacchi ITA - 5 LAPS 45 Yu Takenouchi JPN - 5 LAPS 46 Magnus Darvell SWE - 5 LAPS 47 Martin Haring SVK - 5 LAPS 48 Gusty Bausch LUX - 5 LAPS 49 Christian Helmig LUX - 5 LAPS 50 Cristian Cominelli ITA - 5 LAPS 51 Craig Richey CAN - 6 LAPS 52 Aitor Hernández ESP - 6 LAPS 53 Vaclav Metlicka SVK - 6 LAPS 54 Daniel Geismayr AUT - 6 LAPS 55 Keiichi Tsujiura JPN - 6 LAPS 56 Karl Heinz Gollinger AUT - 7 LAPS 57 Lewis Rattray AUS - 7 LAPS 58 Robert Gehbauer AUT - 7 LAPS 59 David Quist NOR - 8 LAPS External links http://en.koksijde2012.be/ Albert rijdt solo naar wereldtitel in Koksijde http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1207803 Sporza 16 December 2012 Dutch 29 January 2012 Men's elite race Category:UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race