2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race

Men's Elite Cyclo-cross Race 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Jersey_rainbow.svg 150 Rainbow jersey 2007 01 28 1 1h 05' 35" medals Erwin Vervecken BEL Jonathan Page USA Enrico Franzoi ITA 2006 2008 The 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race was held on Sunday 28 January 2007 as a part of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium. Summary In an exciting world championships Gerben de Knegt was the first taking the lead and was booed by the 40,000 spectators. Top favourites Sven Nys and Bart Wellens took an early lead breaking away from the pack, but were set back by bad luck as they were brought down by a plastic block that was touched by a television motorcycle. Both continued the race, but had to chase the leaders from behind. Due to the incident defending champion Erwin Vervecken was the only leader with a small gap to the rest of the peloton. Vervecken fell as well however, as he was trying to climb up a hill and was overtaken by Richard Groenendaal who took the initiative and looked secure to win his second world title, with the big favourites way behind. Groenendaal however also crashed and Italian champion Enrico Franzoi together with Jonathan Page were in the lead. Vervecken in the meanwhile was slightly behind the two and came back. Franzoi couldn't keep up driving through the sand and was set back and had to fight for his bronze medal. In the final lap both leaders tried to create a gap several times, but were taken back by the other. Until Vervecken had an excellent line choice on the last major climb of the course before the finish. Doing so shot him past Page as he went on to successfully defend his world title. Franzoi was able to hold his third position for the bronze medal, while Bart Wellens came in fourth with what was later reported a broken wrist.Decaluwé Brecht Vervecken takes third world title in fascinating race http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/cross/2007/jan07/CXworlds07/?id=results/CXworlds074 Cyclingnews presents the 2007 Cyclo-cross World Championships Cycling News 26 February 2012 Ranking Rank Cyclist Time Image:gold medal icon.svg Erwin Vervecken BEL 1:05:35,5 Image:silver medal icon.svg Jonathan Page USA + 0:02,7 Image:bronze medal icon.svg Enrico Franzoi ITA + 0:16,7 4 Bart Wellens BEL + 0:25,4 5 Kevin Pauwels BEL + 0:31,2 6 Richard Groenendaal NED + 0:34,3 7 Gerben De Knegt NED + 1:12,4 8 John Gadret FRA + 1:26,2 9 Christian Heule SUI + 1:35,4 10 Thijs Al NED + 1:40,7 11 Sven Nys BEL + 2:04,0 12 Sven Vanthourenhout BEL + 2:22,5 13 Marco Aurelio Fontana ITA + 2:46,8 14 Maarten Nijland NED + 2:57,7 15 Klaas Vantornout BEL + 2:57,8 16 David Derepas FRA + 3:02,6 17 José Antonio Hermida ESP + 3:04,7 18 Lukas Flückiger SUI + 3:25,4 19 Arnaud Labbe FRA + 3:27,0 20 Marek Cichosz POL + 3:31,9 21 Simon Zahner SUI + 3:43,6 22 Maros Kovac SVK + 3:54,9 23 Ryan Trebon USA + 3:59,2 24 Petr Dlask CZE + 4:05,8 25 Bart Aernouts BEL + 4:22,0 26 Alessandro Fontana ITA + 4:34,7 27 Robert Glajza SVK + 4:46,6 28 René Birkenfeld GER + 4:56,3 29 Steve Chainel FRA + 5:42,3 30 Milan Barenyi SVK + 5:49,7 31 Davide Frattini ITA + 6:01,9 32 Joachim Parbo DEN + 6:16,2 33 Unai Yus Kerejeta ESP + 6:33,2 34 Phillip Dixon GBR + 6:39,8 35 Keiichi Tsujiura JPN + 6:47,2 36 Marco Bianco ITA + 6:51,8 37 Robert Jebb GBR + 7:17,7 38 Gusty Bausch LUX + 7:29,0 39 Kashi Leuchs NZL + 7:34,0 40 Wilant Van Gils NED + 7:41,7 41 Isaac Suarez Fernandez ESP + 7:58,3 42 Fredrik Ericsson SWE + 8:16,2 43 Eric Tonkin USA + 8:25,0 44 Vaclav Metlicka SVK + 8:36,9 45 Mariusz Gil POL + 9:06,7 46 Dariusz Gil POL - 1 LAP 47 Andrzej Kaiser POL - 1 LAP 48 Greg Reain CAN - 1 LAP 49 Oscar Vazquez Crespo ESP - 1 LAP 50 Peter Presslauer AUT - 1 LAP 51 Masanori Kosaka JPN - 1 LAP 52 Mike Garrigan CAN - 1 LAP 53 Atsushi Maruyama JPN - 1 LAP 54 Barry Wicks USA - 1 LAP 55 Jan Chrobak CZE - 1 LAP 56 Thorsten Struch GER - 1 LAP 57 Tristan Schouten USA - 1 LAP UCI WC 2007 Men's Elite Results http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?continent=EUR&discipline=CRO&eventyearId=28443&l=ENG&npage=-1&page=resultsdetail&ridercategory=ME&stageId=22036&stagecount=1&year=2007 UCI Archives UCI 26 February 2012 Uci.ch https://archive.today/20121128155337/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?continent=EUR&discipline=CRO&eventyearId=28443&l=ENG&npage=-1&page=resultsdetail&ridercategory=ME&stageId=22036&stagecount=1&year=2007 28 November 2012 dead dmy-all Seven riders abandoned the race: Kamil Ausbuher (Czech Republic), Davy Commeyne (Belgium), Mohamed Conway (Zimbabwe), Masahiko Mifune (Japan), Tshabalala Nqobizitha (Zimbabwe), Radomír Šimůnek (Czech Republic), Malte Urban (Germany) and Camiel Van Den Bergh (Netherlands). Francis Mourey (France) did not start due to a fall two days before the World Championship. Notes External links Union Cycliste Internationale Men's elite race Category:UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race