2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race

Men's Elite Cyclo-cross Race 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Jersey_rainbow.svg 150 Rainbow jersey 2008 01 27 1 1h 05' 27" medals Lars Boom NED Zdeněk Štybar CZE Sven Nys BEL 2007 2009 This event was held on Sunday January 27, 2008 as part of the 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Treviso, Italy. Race summary Due to the speedy track, no riders managed to break away from the pack and about 20 riders were still in contention for the title going into the final lap. One of the favourites, Lars Boom, managed to break away at the beginning of the last lap and stayed away, riding to his first World Championship title in the Men's Elite category. Sven Nys, Zdeněk Štybar and Erwin Vervecken came within 4 seconds of closing the gap again, but never succeeded. At the finish line, Štybar outsprinted Nys to take the silver, Vervecken finished fourth. Boom was the first non-Belgian winner since Richard Groenendaal in 2000. Other favourites Francis Mourey and Bart Wellens crashed heavily in the sixth lap. Mourey abandoned the race, Wellens finished but was unable to recover fully and get back into the leading group. Ranking Rank Cyclist Time Image:gold medal icon.svg Lars Boom NED 1:05:27.79 Image:silver medal icon.svg Zdeněk Štybar CZE + 0:05.17 Image:bronze medal icon.svg Sven Nys BEL + 0:06.15 4 Erwin Vervecken BEL + 0:09.03 5 Radomír Šimůnek CZE + 0:10.03 6 Marco Aurelio Fontana ITA + 0:10.08 7 Sven Vanthourenhout BEL + 0:10.76 8 Christian Heule SUI + 0:12.20 9 John Gadret FRA + 0:12.30 10 Klaas Vantornout BEL + 0:12.86 11 Kevin Pauwels BEL + 0:18.62 12 Richard Groenendaal NED + 0:18.68 13 Enrico Franzoi ITA + 0:19.60 14 Bart Aernouts BEL + 0:20.43 15 Bart Wellens BEL + 0:21.93 16 Simon Zahner SUI + 0:22.43 17 Gerben De Knegt NED + 0:27.29 18 Marek Cichosz POL + 0:27.41 19 Milan Barenyi SVK + 0:28.50 20 Wilant Van Gils NED + 0:31.50 21 Marco Bianco ITA + 0:37.71 22 Isaac Suarez Fernandez ESP + 0:40.87 23 Jonathan Page USA + 0:41.29 24 Steve Chainel FRA + 0:49.52 25 José Antonio Hermida ESP + 1:00.34 26 Timothy Johnson USA + 1:02.75 27 Jeremy Powers USA + 1:11.31 28 David Derepas FRA + 1:19.90 29 Pirmin Lang SUI + 1:26.15 30 Dieter Vanthourenhout BEL + 1:37.50 31 Malte Urban GER + 1:51.22 32 Kamil Ausbuher CZE + 2:07.86 33 Alessandro Gambino ITA + 2:24.67 34 Robert Glajza SVK + 2:24.69 35 Luca Damiani ITA + 2:30.48 36 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga Ibanez ESP + 2:34.28 37 Marcel Wildhaber SUI + 2:41.08 38 Finn Heitmann GER + 2:52.66 39 Maroš Kováč SVK + 3:24.79 40 Magnus Darvell SWE + 3:25.97 41 Nicolas Bazin FRA + 3:36.64 42 Gusty Bausch LUX + 3:46.72 43 Julien Belgy FRA + 4:02.88 44 Thijs Al NED + 4:09.77 45 Michael Müller SUI + 4:20.48 46 Mariusz Gil POL + 4:21.51 47 René Birkenfeld GER + 4:32.35 48 Mike Garrigan CAN + 4:33.77 49 Johannes Sickmueller GER + 4:36.89 50 Vaclav Metlicka SVK + 4:45.19 51 Robert Jebb GBR + 4:45.52 52 Paul Oldham GBR + 4:54.20 53 Fredrik Ericsson SWE + 5:10.13 54 Joachim Parbo DEN + 5:20.21 55 Unai Yus Kerejeta ESP + 5:57.00 56 Aaron Schooler CAN + 6:45.51 57 Keiichi Tsujiura JPN + 7:16.35 58 Jens Westergren SWE + 7:39.30 59 Osmond Bakker CAN + 7:39.65 60 Zdeněk Mlynář CZE – 1 LAP 61 Martin Vestby NOR – 2 LAPS 62 Masanori Kosaka JPN – 3 LAPS 2 riders, Francis Mourey and Maarten Nijland abandoned the race. UCI WC 2008 Men's Elite Results http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?continent=EUR&discipline=CRO&eventyearId=31148&l=ENG&npage=-1&page=resultsdetail&ridercategory=ME&stageId=28440&stagecount=1&year=2008 UCI Archives 19 February 2012 https://archive.today/20121128223227/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?continent=EUR&discipline=CRO&eventyearId=31148&l=ENG&npage=-1&page=resultsdetail&ridercategory=ME&stageId=28440&stagecount=1&year=2008 28 November 2012 dead dmy-all Fastest Laps Lap Cyclist Time 1. Marco Aurelio Fontana ITA 7:06 2. Enrico Franzoi ITA 7:09 3. Enrico Franzoi ITA 7:09 4. José Antonio Hermida ESP 7:15 5. Milan Barenyi SVK 7:10 6. Zdeněk Štybar CZE 7:04 7. Timothy Johnson USA 7:15 8. Sven Vanthourenhout BEL 7:14 9. Lars Boom NED 6:51 Notes External links Union Cycliste Internationale Men's elite race Category:UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race Category:2008 in cyclo-cross fr:Championnats du monde de cyclo-cross 2008