LIGNIERES-EN-BERRY, France—It was a Belgian one-two punch in France this morning as U23 star Eli Iserbyt and his Belgian compatriot Quinten Hermans who took first and second in the second to last World Cup race of the season. Rounding out the podium was The Netherlands’ Joris Nieuwenhuis.
Nineteen seconds separated the podium finishers with the gold and silver medalists countryman Daan Hoeyberghs leading home the rest of the best in 48:46.
File photo of The Men’s U23 winner seen here at Namur was the current World Cup leader Belgian Eli Iserbyt. © Bart Hazen
Like in the Junior Men’s race, there were no American’s in the U23 Men’s event. Christopher Aiken from Australia finished in 34th.
The Men’s U23 field has one more World Cup event in Hoogherheide next week before the World Championships in Zolder at the end of the month.
2016 World Cup Lignieres-en-Berry U23 Men's Full Results
| Pl | Name | Nationality | Age | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli ISERBYT | BEL | 19 | 48:21 |
| 2 | Quinten HERMANS | BEL | 21 | 48:29 |
| 3 | Joris NIEUWENHUIS | NED | 20 | 48:40 |
| 4 | Daan HOEYBERGHS | BEL | 22 | 48:46 |
| 5 | Adam TOUPALIK | CZE | 20 | 48:48 |
| 6 | Daan SOETE | BEL | 22 | 49:10 |
| 7 | Clement RUSSO | FRA | 21 | 49:18 |
| 8 | Yannick PEETERS | BEL | 20 | 49:25 |
| 9 | Gioele BERTOLINI | ITA | 21 | 49:30 |
| 10 | Martijn BUDDING | NED | 21 | 49:43 |
| 11 | Nicolas PRUVOT | FRA | 21 | 49:46 |
| 12 | Yan GRAS | FRA | 20 | 49:51 |
| 13 | Kevin SUAREZ FERNANDEZ | ESP | 22 | 49:55 |
| 14 | Timon RÜEGG | SUI | 20 | 49:58 |
| 15 | Lucas DUBAU | FRA | 20 | 49:59 |
| 16 | Nicolas CLEPPE | BEL | 21 | 50:01 |
| 17 | Eddy FINE | FRA | 19 | 50:02 |
| 18 | Maik VAN DER HEIJDEN | NED | 19 | 50:08 |
| 19 | Thijs AERTS | BEL | 20 | 50:17 |
| 20 | Sieben WOUTERS | NED | 20 | 50:18 |
| 21 | Romain BOUTET | FRA | 21 | 50:19 |
| 22 | Gosse VAN DER MEER | NED | 21 | 50:35 |
| 23 | Felipe ORTS | ESP | 21 | 50:46 |
| 24 | Joshua DUBAU | FRA | 20 | 51:06 |
| 25 | Clément NORMAND | FRA | 22 | 51:15 |
| 26 | Quentin SIMON | FRA | 19 | 51:27 |
| 27 | Joris RYF | SUI | 19 | 51:29 |
| 28 | Nadir COLLEDANI | ITA | 21 | 51:33 |
| 29 | Maxime DEROUINT | FRA | 20 | 51:53 |
| 30 | Stepan SCHUBERT | CZE | 20 | 52:50 |
| 31 | Sandy DUJARDIN | FRA | 19 | 53:26 |
| 32 | Adrian SIREK | CZE | 20 | 53:29 |
| 33 | Mario JUNQUERA | ESP | 19 | 53:58 |
| 34 | Christopher AITKEN | AUS | 22 | 54:10 |
