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Wout van Aert (Belgium) heads up the start list for Sunday’s Elite Men’s race at the 2018 World Championships, but Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) enters as the favorite on his home soil. Van Aert is looking for his third-straight Worlds win after winning in 2016 and 2017. Van der Poel is seeking his second Elite win to go with the championship he won in 2015.
Wout van Aert has seemingly been chasing after a ghost in Mathieu van der Poel this season. 2018 Telenet UCI World Cup Nommay. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
The seven-rider U.S. team includes Stephen Hyde, Tobin Ortenblad, Kerry Werner, Jeremy Powers, Jack Kisseberth, Cody Kaiser and Tristan Cowie. Canada is represented by Michael van den Ham and Mark McConnell and Garry Millburn is representing Australia.
Tobin Ortenblad is making his first European trip of the season for Worlds. 2018 Reno Cyclocross National Championships. © J. Vander Stucken / Cyclocross Magazine
The full Elite Men’s start list is below.
The Men’s race begins at 9 a.m. Eastern on Sunday. Stay tuned for more on watching this weekend’s racing.
For more from Valkenburg-Limburg, see our dedicated 2018 World Championships page.
Elite Men's Start List: 2018 World Championships
| Bib | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VAN AERT Wout | BEL |
| 2 | SWEECK Laurens | BEL |
| 3 | AERTS Toon | BEL |
| 4 | VANTHOURENHOUT Michael | BEL |
| 5 | HERMANS Quinten | BEL |
| 6 | MERLIER Tim | BEL |
| 7 | SOETE Daan | BEL |
| S 8 | PAUWELS Kevin | BEL |
| S 9 | ADAMS Jens | BEL |
| 10 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | NED |
| 11 | VAN KESSEL Corne | NED |
| 12 | VAN DER HAAR Lars | NED |
| 13 | VAN DER POEL David | NED |
| 14 | GODRIE Stan | NED |
| S 15 | VAN AMERONGEN Thijs | NED |
| S 16 | VAN DEN BRAND Twan | NED |
| S 17 | VAN LEEUWEN Patrick | NED |
| 18 | FORSTER Lars | SUI |
| 19 | ZAHNER Simon | SUI |
| 20 | WILDHABER Marcel | SUI |
| 21 | SAGESSER Severin | SUI |
| 22 | BOROS Michael | CZE |
| 23 | PAPRSTKA Tomas | CZE |
| 24 | NESVADBA Jan | CZE |
| 25 | HEKELE Emil | CZE |
| 26 | CHAINEL Steve | FRA |
| 27 | CANAL Fabien | FRA |
| 28 | BOULO Matthieu | FRA |
| 29 | MOUREY Francis | FRA |
| 30 | HYDE Stephen | USA |
| 31 | ORTENBLAD Tobin | USA |
| 32 | WERNER Kerry | USA |
| 33 | POWERS Jeremy | USA |
| 34 | KISSEBERTH Jack | USA |
| 35 | KAISER Cody | USA |
| 36 | COWIE Tristan | USA |
| 37 | ESTEBAN AGUERO Ismael | ESP |
| 38 | ORTS LLORET Felipe | ESP |
| 39 | RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier | ESP |
| 40 | HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Aitor | ESP |
| 41 | BRAIDOT Luca | ITA |
| 42 | BERTOLINI Gioele | ITA |
| 43 | FONTANA Marco Aurelio | ITA |
| 44 | BRAIDOT Daniele | ITA |
| 45 | SAMPARISI Nicolas | ITA |
| 46 | SAMPARISI Lorenzo | ITA |
| 47 | COLLEDANI Nadir | ITA |
| 48 | HANSEN Kenneth | DEN |
| 49 | VAN DEN HAM Michael | CAN |
| 50 | MCCONNELL Mark | CAN |
| 51 | BAUSCH Gusty | LUX |
| 52 | DIAS DOS SANTOS Vincent | LUX |
| 53 | THILTGES Scott | LUX |
| 54 | MEISEN Marcel | GER |
| 55 | WEBER Sascha | GER |
| 56 | MULLER Manuel | GER |
| 57 | KOSAKA Hikaru | JPN |
| 58 | TAKENOUCHI Yu | JPN |
| 59 | HARING Martin | SVK |
| 60 | GLAJZA Ondrej | SVK |
| 61 | FIELD Ian | GBR |
| 62 | OMARSSON Ingvar | ISL |
| 63 | ERIKSSON Martin | SWE |
| 64 | KINNING Glenn | IRL |
| 65 | MILLBURN Garry | AUS |
