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Photos by Joe Sales

German Champion and World Cup winner Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-PowerPlus) has won the final U23 race for the World Cup in Roubaix today. Walsleben who is dominating the whole u23 scene this year won with a big gap on his competitors. France Aurelien Duval and Czech Ondrej Bambula completed the podium.

Surprising Ondrej Bambula had the best start of all. He attacked in the beginning and created a gap on his competitors. Bit by bit Walsleben came closer and over halfway the race the German showed up in front. He immediately attacked and the Czech wasn’t able to follow.

In the final lap France’s Aurelien Duval bridged up to Bambula and outsprinted him for the second place 56 seconds down on winner Walsleben.

For Walsleben, who won all the U23 World Cups this season, it was his 18th win of the season. He is also the top favorite for the World title in Hoogerheide on January 31.

Belgian Vincent Baestaens won the sprint for the fourth place from Guillaume Perrot and Kenneth van Compernolle.

Nicholas Weighall, the only starter from the USA, finished as 45th, one lap down on Walsleben. Full results below.

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Full Results:

Place Bib Rider Country Time
1 28 WALSLEBEN Philipp GER 0:51:03
2 10 DUVAL Aurelien FRA +00:56
3 36 BAMBULA Ondrej CZE +00:58
4 4 BAESTAENS Vincent BEL +01:31
5 59 PERROT Guillaume FRA +01:32
6 2 VAN COMPERNOLLE Kenneth BEL +01:32
7 30 MEISEN Marcel GER +01:39
8 16 COMINELLI Cristian ITA +01:43
9 5 AERNOUTS Jim BEL +01:43
10 13 BOULO Matthieu FRA +01:43
11 47 SZCZEPANIAK Kacper POL +01:53
12 22 SINKELDAM Ramon NED +02:00
13 23 VAN POPPEL Boy NED +02:00
14 20 HUENDERS Mitchell NED +02:11
15 8 BERTHOLET Quentin BEL +02:12
16 39 POLNICKY Jiri CZE +02:41
17 3 MEEUSEN Tom BEL +02:50
18 50 REPINSKI Tomasz POL +03:01
19 31 PFINGSTEN Christoph GER +03:02
20 46 KONWA Marek POL +03:13
21 18 SILVESTRI Elia ITA +03:22
22 65 GRAND Arnaud SUI +03:25
23 15 BOURGOIN Clément FRA +03:31
24 64 TRENTIN Matteo ITA +03:38
25 21 VAN DEN BRAND Twan NED +03:40
26 6 ADAMS Joeri BEL +03:55
27 61 GAVENDA Robert SVK +04:03
28 52 FLETCHER David GBR +04:11
29 57 GIZZI Aurelien FRA +04:21
30 43 TARAMARCAZ Julien SUI +04:32
31 24 VAN EMPEL Micki NED +04:36
32 49 JANISZEWSKI Sylwester POL +04:38
33 60 TABOURY Thibault FRA +04:39
34 42 BENEY Romain SUI +04:54
35 29 WEBER Sascha GER +05:13
36 56 CESSOT Jonathan FRA +05:29
37 40 MENGER David CZE +05:30
38 26 VAN DER HORST Geert NED +05:37
39 44 SCHERZ Valentin SUI +05:44
40 66 HERMAN Paul FRA +06:30
41 54 TAKENOUCHI Yu JPN +06:50
42 58 LE BRUN Simon FRA -1LAP
43 63 DE PATRE Roberto ITA -1LAP
44 55 SCHLECHTER Pit LUX -1LAP
45 51 WEIGHALL Nicholas USA -2LAP
46 67 KUPEC Peter SVK -3LAP