Result
Under-23 men: 1. Eli Iserbyt
(Belgium) five laps in 50.54; 2.
Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) +0.28; 3. Yan
Gras (FRA) +0.35; 4. Adam Toupalik
(CZE) +1.25; 5. Thijs Aerts (BEL) +1.44;- Antoine Benoist (FRA) +1.55; 7.
Sieben Wouters (NED) +2.25; 8. Jakob
Dorigoni (ITA) +2.56; 9. Gage Hecht
(USA) +3.04; 10. Timo Kielich (BEL).
GB: 15. Tom Pidcock (GBR) +3.57; 20.
Dan Tulett (GBR) +4.17; 25. Ben Turner
(GBR) +5.42.
Pidcock:
out of sorts
in Valkenburg
Despite perfect conditions
on what she describes as
her “favourite course”, Helen
Wyman fell short of her podium
ambition as Sanne Cant
retained her women’s World
Championships jersey.
Newly crowned national
champion Wyman was among
the pre-race favourites, with the
Valkenburg course suiting her
powerful style of riding.
But despite having a front-row
start alongside fellow British
rider Nikki Brammeier, both
suffered on the fast opening
lap and lost valuable time on
the leaders.
At the head of affairs, a two-
way battle for gold developed
between Cant and Katherine
Compton (USA), while Lucinda
Brand (Netherlands) and
Christine Majerus (Luxembourg)
battled for bronze.
A slip from Compton in theclosing stages allowed
Cant to ride clear for victory
by 12 seconds while Brand
clinched bronze.
Behind, Brammeier slipped
back to finish 11th while Wyman
clawed her way back to 13th
and fellow British rider Beth
Crumpton finished 23rd.
“Today on paper really
suited me well and I thought
was something that I could
really go for,” said Wyman. “I
struggled on the first lap with
my breathing but I tried to stay
calm as it was a tough race so I
started to come back during the
race and overtake more people.”
In the men’s event Belgian
Wout Van Aert took an emphatic
solo victory as he mastered the
muddy conditions to win by over
two minutes.
Despite winning 26 races this
season Dutch favourite Mathieu
Van Der Poel could only watchWyman couldn't, Cant could
Result
Elite women:1. Sanne Cant (BEL)
four laps in 49 :34; 2. Katherine
Compton (USA) +0.12; 3. Lucinda
Brand (NED) +0.26; 4. Christine
Majerus (LUX) +0.55; 5. Elisabeth
Brandau (GER) +1.26; 6. Kaitlin
Keough (USA) +1.45; 7. Eva Lechner
(ITA) +1.49; 8. Elle Anderson (USA)
+1.57; 9. Marlene Petit (FRA) +2.10;- Caroline Mani (FRA) +2.38. GB
- Nikki Brammeier (GBr) +2.49; 13.
Helen Wyman (GBr) +3.04; 23. Beth
Crumpton (GBr) +4.35.
Elite men:1. Wout Van Aert (BEL)
seven laps in 1:09.00; 2. Michael
Vanthourenhout (BEL) +2.13; 3.
Mathieu Van Der Poel (NED) +2.30; 4.
Toon Aerts (BEL) +3.16; 5. Lars Van Der
Haar (NED) +4.29; 6. Gioele Bertolini
(ITA) +4.42; 7. Tim Merlier (BEL) +4.56; - Laurens Sweeck (BEL); 9. Daan Soete
(BEL) +5.30; 10. Steve Chainel (FRA)
+5.51. GB: 33. Ian Field (GBr) +2 laps.
as his 23-year-old rival pulled
away, while Belgium Michael
Vanthourenhout also caught
and passed him for silver.
Britain’s Ian Field was
pulled out on the time rule
while in 33rd place with two
laps remaining.A poor start left Wyman a
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