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The 2023 UCI World Cup Zonhoven was a chaotic sand pit. The sand made for a very tricky terrain that lead to many crashes.

2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Elite Men

2023 Superprestige Diegem winner, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), had a massive lead in the sand. He rode solo for five laps which lead him to a solo victory 1:23 minutes before his rival.

Wout van Aert rode a solo ride to victory. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Wout van Aert rode a solo ride to victory. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Wout van Aert rode a solo ride to victory. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Wout van Aert rode a solo ride to victory. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Laurens Sweeck podium picture. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Laurens Sweeck podium picture. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

2023 UCI World Cup Gavere winner, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin – Deceuninck), had a major crash in the sand which caused van Aert to have a minor crash as well. MVDP managed to recover quickly and regain his lost gap and finish second.

Seconds before Mathieu van der Poel's crash. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Seconds before Mathieu van der Poel’s crash. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel’s big crash. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel crash caused traffic in the sand. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Mathieu van der Poel’s crash caused traffic in the sand. 2023 Zonhoven UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Elite Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

2023 UCI World Cup Beekse Bergen winner, Laurens Sweeck (Crelan – Fristads), podiumed a few seconds after MVDP.

 

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Enjoy over 10 minutes of highlights and last-lap footage as well as MVDP major crash provided by All Cycling.

2023 UCI World Cup Zonhoven Elite Men Highlights

2023 UCI World Cup Zonhoven Last Lap Footage

2023 UCI World Cup Zonhoven Mathieu van der Poel Big Crash

Seven North Americans attended the race.

Seven Americans attended the race.

  1. Scott Funston finished in 28th.
  2. Curtis White came in 31st.
  3. Eric Brunner followed right after in 32nd.
  4. Caleb Swartz got 34th.
  5. Andrew Dillman followed right after in 35th.
  6. Brannan Fix got 39th.
  7. Jonathan Anderson finished in 42nd.

No Canadians attended the event.

See full race results below.

U23 Men

Thibau Nys finished in first place after he got a small lead on Witse Meeussen. He’s three for three.

Witse Meeussen came in second.

Tibor Del Grosso podiumed.

Nine North Americans attended the race.

Six Americans attended the race.

  1. Marcis Shelton came in 25th.
  2. Daxton Mock finished 29th.
  3. Andrew Strohmeyer got 31st.
  4. Jack Spranger got 33rd.
  5. Aiden Mapel finished 52nd.
  6. Dillon Mcneill did not finish.

Three Canadians attended the race.

  1. Cody Scott got 43rd.
  2. Evan Russell finished in 45th.
  3. Alexander Woodford did not finish.

See full race results below.

Junior Men

Léo Bisiaux got first.

Yordi Corsus came in second after a close battle with Guus van den Eijnden.

Eight North Americans attended the race.

Five Americans attended the race

  1. Daniel English came in 9th.
  2. David Thompson finished in 14th.
  3. Magnus White got 21st.
  4. Miles Mattern came in 24th.
  5. Ben Stokes finished 29th.

Three Canadians attended the race.

  1. Mika Comaniuk got 50th.
  2. Filipe Duarte came in 57th.
  3. Ian Ackert did not finish.

See full race results below.

2023 UCI World Cup Zonhoven Race Results Elite Men

PosNrName / UCI Cyclocross TeamNATTime
1.10VAN AERT Wout
JUMBO-VISMA
BEL58:49
2.33VAN DER POEL Mathieu
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
NED1:00:12
3.9SWEECK Laurens
CRELAN - FRISTADS
BEL1:00:20
4.13VANTHOURENHOUT Michael
PAUWELS SAUZEN - BINGOAL
BEL1:00:51
5.4HERMANS Quinten
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
BEL1:00:57
6.31VAN DER HAAR Lars
BALOISE TREK LIONS
NED1:01:06
7.12VANDEPUTTE Niels
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
BEL1:01:26
8.2ADAMS Jens
BELGIUM
BEL1:01:38
9.35KUHN Kevin
TORMANS CYCLO CROSS TEAM
SUI1:01:50
10.34VAN KESSEL Corne
DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES
NED1:02:03
11.6KIELICH Timo
CRELAN - FRISTADS
BEL1:02:16
12.29NIEUWENHUIS Joris
BALOISE TREK LIONS
NED1:02:27
13.39ORTS LLORET Felipe
BURGOS-BH
ESP1:02:32
14.37RÜEGG Timon
CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE
SUI1:02:38
15.32VAN DER POEL David
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
NED1:02:51
16.41BOROŠ Michael
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE1:02:55
17.11VANDEBOSCH Toon
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
BEL1:03:04
18.7KUYPERS Gerben
BELGIUM
BEL1:03:34
19.8SOETE Daan
DESCHACHT-HENS-MAES
BEL1:03:44
20.40SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Kevin
NESTA - MMR CX TEAM
ESP1:04:03
21.27HENDRIKX Mees
CRELAN - FRISTADS
NED1:04:20
22.45TOUPALÍK Adam
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE1:04:26
23.3BAESTAENS Vincent
BELGIUM
BEL1:04:45
24.25VENTURINI Clement
AG2R CITROEN TEAM
FRA1:05:05
25.22CRISPIN Mickaël
CROSS TEAM LEGENDRE
FRA1:05:10
26.23MENUT David
AS BIKE RACING
FRA1:05:20
27.26GODRIE Stan
NETHERLANDS
NED1:05:21
28.19FUNSTON Scott
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA1:06:26
29.48MEISEN Marcel
GERMANY
GER-2 LAP
30.52BERTOLINI Gioele
SELLE ITALIA - GUERCIOTTI - ELITE
ITA-2 LAP
31.21WHITE Curtis
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA-2 LAP
32.15BRUNNER Eric
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA-3 LAP
33.38JUNQUERA SAN MILLAN Mario
UNICAJA BANCO - GIJON
ESP-3 LAP
34.20SWARTZ Caleb
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA-3 LAP
35.16DILLMAN Andrew
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA-3 LAP
36.42HULA Robert
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE-4 LAP
37.49ERIKSSON David
SWEDEN
SWE-4 LAP
38.47HAMM Florian
GERMANY
GER-4 LAP
39.17FIX Brannan
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA-4 LAP
40.43RÍMAN Jakub
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE-4 LAP
41.53GAßNER Michael
GERMANY
GER-4 LAP
42.14ANDERSON Jonathan
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA-4 LAP
43.50JAMES Alexander
AUSTRALIA
AUS-5 LAP
44.51NYSTROM SPENCER Felipe Timoteo
COSTA RICA
CRC-6 LAP
30RONHAAR Pim
BALOISE TREK LIONS
NEDDNF
44ŠTYBAR Zdenek
GREENEDGE CYCLING
CZEDNF
24SEIGLE Romain
FRANCE
FRADNS

2023 UCI World Cup Zonhoven Race Results U23 Men

PosNrName / UCI Cyclocross TeamNATTime
1.7NYS Thibau
BELGIUM
BEL47:15
2.5MEEUSSEN Witse
BELGIUM
BEL47:23
3.11DEL GROSSO Tibor
NETHERLANDS
NED47:39
4.6MICHELS Jente
BELGIUM
BEL47:47
5.1WYSEURE Joran
BELGIUM
BEL48:03
6.18BOMMENEL Nathan
FRANCE
FRA48:17
7.8VAN DE PUTTE Victor
BELGIUM
BEL48:33
8.4HUYBS Ward
BELGIUM
BEL48:43
9.10VERSTRYNGE Emiel
BELGIUM
BEL49:26
10.13HAVERDINGS David
NETHERLANDS
NED49:29
11.23THOMAS Théo
FRANCE
FRA49:32
12.3DOCKX Aaron
BELGIUM
BEL49:40
13.15VAN LIEROP Danny
NETHERLANDS
NED49:44
14.2BAERS Arne
BELGIUM
BEL50:02
15.42TONEATTI Davide
ITALY
ITA50:08
16.21LELANDAIS Rémi
FRANCE
FRA50:24
17.19CASTILLE Noé
FRANCE
FRA50:39
18.41MASCIARELLI Lorenzo
ITALY
ITA51:06
19.9VANDERLINDEN Lukas
BELGIUM
BEL51:11
20.14JANSSEN Lucas
NETHERLANDS
NED51:12
21.52KOPECKÝ Matyás
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE51:13
22.46RODRIGUEZ NOVOA Miguel
SPAIN
ESP51:46
23.16VERBURG Luke
NETHERLANDS
NED51:58
24.28SOMMER Lars
SWITZERLAND
SUI52:01
25.33SHELTON Marcis
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA52:25
26.59KUSCHLA Silas
GERMANY
GER52:43
27.47SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Alain
SPAIN
ESP52:53
28.49FIALA Matyáš
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE52:55
29.32MOCK Daxton
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA53:06
30.24CHRISTEN Jan
SWITZERLAND
SUI53:06
31.35STROHMEYER Andrew
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA53:13
32.29WIEDMANN Luke
SWITZERLAND
SUI53:17
33.34SPRANGER Jack
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA53:18
34.22LEQUET Corentin
FRANCE
FRA53:24
35.39KOERDT Bjoern
GREAT BRITAIN
GBR53:31
36.50JINDRICH Pavel
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE53:36
37.48CERNÝ Patrik
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE54:08
38.40AGOSTINACCHIO Filippo
ITALY
ITA54:27
39.54MÅRD Filip
SWEDEN
SWE-1 LAP
40.51KERL Maximilian
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE-1 LAP
41.60NASH Tristan
AUSTRALIA
AUS-1 LAP
42.26OPPIZZI Matteo
SWITZERLAND
SUI-1 LAP
43.37SCOTT Cody
CANADA
CAN-1 LAP
44.45PEREZ SERDIO Julio
SPAIN
ESP-1 LAP
45.36RUSSELL Evan
CANADA
CAN-1 LAP
46.27RUSSENBERGER Wanja
SWITZERLAND
SUI-2 LAP
47.58KOECH Silas
GERMANY
GER-2 LAP
48.62KOIVISTOINEN Aku
FINLAND
FIN-2 LAP
49.25GUÉRIN Morgan
SWITZERLAND
SUI-2 LAP
50.61NICOL Corban
NEW ZEALAND
NZL-2 LAP
51.43GONZALEZ SANCHEZ Daniel
SPAIN
ESP-2 LAP
52.30MAPEL Aiden
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA-3 LAP
31MCNEILL Dillon
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USADNF
44INGUANZO MACHO Gonzalo
SPAIN
ESPDNF
56WANG Gustav
DENMARK
DENDNF
38WOODFORD Alexander
CANADA
CANDNF

2023 UCI World Cup Zonhoven Race Results Junior Men

PosNrName / UCI Cyclocross TeamNATTime
1.32BISIAUX Léo
FRANCE
FRA41:36
2.7CORSUS Yordi
BELGIUM
BEL41:52
3.47VAN DEN EIJNDEN Guus
NETHERLANDS
NED41:54
4.14VAN DEN BOER Seppe
BELGIUM
BEL42:09
5.46SOLEN Keije
NETHERLANDS
NED42:34
6.10NUYENS Wies
BELGIUM
BEL42:34
7.16VANDENBERGHE Viktor
BELGIUM
BEL42:50
8.41NIELSEN Daniel
DENMARK
DEN42:54
9.18ENGLISH Daniel
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA43:20
10.43HAVERDINGS Floris
NETHERLANDS
NED43:25
11.38SPARFEL Aubin
FRANCE
FRA43:29
12.27JEŽEK Václav
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE43:30
13.15VAN DEN BROEK Axel
BELGIUM
BEL43:30
14.21THOMPSON David
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA43:32
15.62SCHWARZBACHER Matthias
SLOVAKIA
SVK43:40
16.45REMIJN Senna
NETHERLANDS
NED43:41
17.29SAMEC Filip
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE43:45
18.63TAKÁCS Zsombor
HUNGARY
HUN43:53
19.50PACCAGNELLA Elian
ITALY
ITA43:57
20.26HOJKA František
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE44:00
21.73WHITE Magnus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA44:05
22.8JAMIN Antoine
BELGIUM
BEL44:17
23.37SEIXAS Paul
FRANCE
FRA44:21
24.19MATTERN Miles
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA44:23
25.4HALTER Nicolas
SWITZERLAND
SUI44:28
26.51PRA' Ettore
ITALY
ITA44:53
27.54VIEZZI Stefano
ITALY
ITA44:58
28.57OERTZEN Max Heiner
GERMANY
GER44:58
29.20STOKES Ben
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USA45:00
30.49CAFUERI Tommaso
ITALY
ITA45:28
31.34FOUCHER Esteban
FRANCE
FRA45:34
32.5SOMMER Sven
SWITZERLAND
SUI45:36
33.53TRAVELLA Nicholas
ITALY
ITA45:41
34.48VIJFVINKEL Mika
NETHERLANDS
NED45:42
35.28KUBA Jakub
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE45:44
36.58GREIJUS Paul
SWEDEN
SWE45:45
37.35GLOUX Fantin
FRANCE
FRA45:45
38.42PHILIPSEN Albert
DENMARK
DEN45:59
39.36LOETE Hippolyte
FRANCE
FRA46:02
40.9MARCHAND Robbe
BELGIUM
BEL46:13
41.72NICOL Coen
NEW ZEALAND
NZL46:38
42.55LEIDERT Louis
GERMANY
GER46:41
43.69BERTON Noa
LUXEMBOURG
LUX46:46
44.44JOCHEMS Jelte
NETHERLANDS
NED46:46
45.30ŠUMPÍK Pavel
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE47:03
46.70URY Fynn
LUXEMBOURG
LUX47:11
47.13URKENS Ferre
BELGIUM
BEL47:23
48.2BINGGELI Alexandre
SWITZERLAND
SUI47:38
49.59MERLOV Ville
SWEDEN
SWE47:39
50.23COMANIUK Mika
CANADA
CAN48:00
51.71ADASZAK Ksawery
POLAND
POL49:09
52.40ANDERSEN Nicolai
DENMARK
DEN49:36
53.56LOOS Piet
GERMANY
GER49:55
54.3CARUSO Francesco
SWITZERLAND
SUI-1 LAP
55.60JACKULIAK Róbert
SLOVAKIA
SVK-1 LAP
56.25FALTÝNEK Jan
CZECH REPUBLIC
CZE-1 LAP
57.24DUARTE Filipe
CANADA
CAN-1 LAP
58.61MROCEK Adam
SLOVAKIA
SVK-2 LAP
52SCAPPINI Samuele
ITALY
ITADNF
22ACKERT Ian
CANADA
CANDNF
6WABEL Sven
SWITZERLAND
SUIDNS
17AUGUST Andrew
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
USADNS
33DAVID Alexis
FRANCE
FRADNS