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Get the full story in our Elite Men’s World Cup Bern race report

Early in Sunday’s World Cup Bern Elite Men’s race, Mathieu van der Poel (Corendon – Circus) was content to let Wout van Aert (Cibel – Cebon Offroad Team) drive a fast pace at the front.

When Van Aert had trouble with his shifting at the end of Lap 3, Van der Poel seized the opportunity to attack.

Daan Soete (Pauwels Sauzen – Vastgoedservice) kept Van der Poel’s wheel for a minute or two, but the Dutch star quickly pulled away and rode to a comfortable win over a chasing Van Aert.

The win was Van der Poel’s first Telenet UCI World Cup victory of the 2018/19 season after he skipped the two U.S. rounds in September. Van Aert took second, and Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea Lions) recovered from a slow start to finish third.

Full results are below. Stay tuned for a race report.

Featured image: Bart Hazen

Elite Men's Results: 2018 World Cup Bern

RankBIBLast NameFirst NameCountryResult
119VAN DER POELMathieuNED1:04:48
21VAN AERTWoutBEL1:04:56
32AERTSToonBEL1:05:46
44VANTHOURENHOUTMichaelBEL1:05:55
57HERMANSQuintenBEL1:05:58
66SOETEDaanBEL1:06:01
721VAN KESSELCorneNED1:06:01
849ORTS LLORETFelipeESP1:06:05
920VAN DER HAARLarsNED1:06:10
1028CHAINELSteveFRA1:06:26
1115VERMEERSCHGianniBEL1:06:38
129MEEUSENTomBEL1:06:39
1314BAESTAENSVincentBEL1:06:39
1411ADAMSJensBEL1:06:51
155MERLIERTimBEL1:06:57
168PAUWELSKevinBEL1:07:01
1712CLEPPENicolasBEL1:07:01
183SWEECKLaurensBEL1:07:14
1918VANTHOURENHOUTDieterBEL1:07:16
2030CANALFabienFRA1:07:17
2122VAN DER POELDavidNED1:07:18
2236WILDHABERMarcelSUI1:07:21
2343BOROŠMichaelCZE1:07:22
2413AERNOUTSJimBEL1:07:36
2545ŤOUPALÍKAdamCZE1:07:42
2633DUBAUJoshuaFRA1:07:43
2723WOUTERSSiebenNED1:07:51
2816SWEECKDietherBEL1:07:53
2929BOULOMatthieuFRA1:07:54
3010AERTSThijsBEL1:08:00
3146BERTOLINIGioeleITA1:08:02
3235MENUTDavidFRA1:08:07
3337ZAHNERSimonSUI1:08:07
3440RÜEGGTimonSUI1:08:09
3547SAMPARISINicolasITA1:08:14
3650SUAREZ FERNANDEZKevinESP1:08:26
3726VAN DER MEERGosseNED1:08:37
3855KONWAMarekPOL1:08:50
3948ESTEBAN AGUEROIsmaelESP1:09:10
4044NESVADBAJanCZE1:09:18
4124GODRIEStanNED1:09:23
4234DUBAULucasFRALAP
4338SÄGESSERSeverinSUILAP
4417BOSMANSWietseBELLAP
4531GRASYanFRALAP
4632FALENTAAloisFRALAP
4741MOSERAndreasSUILAP
4842WINTERBERGLukasSUILAP
4954SCHMIDTMarvinGERLAP
DNF25NIEUWENHUISJorisNED
DNF51MEISENMarcelGER
DNF52WEBERSaschaGER
DNF53MÜLLERManuelGER
DNF56TAKENOUCHIYuJPN