Hecht, Morton Highlight Junior and U23 Men Finishes at 2018 World Cup Namur – Results

With U.S. and Canadian Nationals done and dusted, a number of Junior and U23 men have headed over to Europe to continue their racing seasons.

On Sunday, those riders got the chance to storm the famed Citadel at World Cup Namur in Belgium.

Alex Morton (Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld) got to show off his new Stars-and-Stripes kit and rode to a 9th-place finish in the Junior Men’s race. Ryan Maclean (Juventus CC) finished 40th and Paul Mysko (Centurion Next Wave) took 57th.

Belgium’s Ryan Cortjens (Callant – Doltcini Cycling Team) won the Junior Men’s race. Ben Tulett (Beeline-Gener8) took second and Witse Meeussen (Callant – Doltcini Cycling Team) finished third.

In the U23 Men’s race, Gage Hecht (Alpha Bicycle – Groove Subaru) rode to an 11th-place finish after finishing third in the Elite race at U.S. Nationals last weekend. Gunnar Holmgren (Hardwood Next Wave Cycling) took 31st, Tyler Orschel (Brevard College) finished 44th and Nicholas Diniz (NCCH Elite p/b MGCC) took 46th.

Tom Pidcock (TP Racing) took the win, Jacob Dorigoni (Team Colpack) finished second and Eli Iserbyt (Marlux – Bingoal) took third despite suffering three flat tires.

Full results for the Junior and U23 Men are below.

Junior Men Results: 2018 World Cup Namur

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	17	CORTJENS	Ryan	BEL	0:40:55
2	1	TULETT	Ben	GBR	0:41:31
3	15	MEEUSSEN	Witse	BEL	0:42:03
4	52	TONEATTI	Davide	ITA	0:42:16
5	31	ZATLOUKAL	Jan	CZE	0:42:27
6	67	VERVOORT	Wout	BEL	0:42:40
7	7	VERBURG	Luke	NED	0:42:51
8	19	HUYBS	Ward	BEL	0:42:53
9	22	MORTON	Alex	USA	0:43:11
10	2	ASKEY	Lewis	GBR	0:43:20
11	66	PEIRENS	Yente	BEL	0:43:20
12	23	THOMAS	Th‚o	FRA	0:43:27
13	27	LELANDAIS	R‚mi	FRA	0:43:33
14	53	LEONE	Samuele	ITA	0:43:37
15	18	VERMOOTE	Jelle	BEL	0:43:40
16	54	HUEZ	Emanuele	ITA	0:43:41
17	16	NYS	Thibau	BEL	0:43:45
18	68	VAN LOOVEREN	Joachim	BEL	0:43:45
19	32	?OUPAL?K	Jakub	CZE	0:43:54
20	55	PESCARMONA	Luca	ITA	0:43:54
21	25	HUBY	Antoine	FRA	0:44:00
22	61	ANDRESEN	Tobias Lund	DEN	0:44:01
23	33	JE?EK	Tom ?	CZE	0:44:05
24	65	BELMANS	Lennert	BEL	0:44:22
25	21	WYSEURE	Joran	BEL	0:44:26
26	11	KARS	Hugo	NED	0:44:33
27	70	VERSTRYNGE	Emiel	BEL	0:44:39
28	56	DE PRETTO	Davide	ITA	0:44:43
29	26	TANGUY	Maxan	FRA	0:44:47
30	6	PIDCOCK	Joseph	GBR	0:45:01
31	3	WYLLIE	Simon	GBR	0:45:05
32	24	DUJARDIN	Brice	FRA	0:45:19
33	8	VREESWIJK	Noah	NED	0:45:29
34	36	CAMRDA	Karel	CZE	0:45:33
35	69	VAN CAMPENHOUT	Jetze	BEL	0:45:45
36	47	LINDNER	Tom	GER	0:46:02
37	43	PAQUET	Tom	LUX	0:46:06
38	4	BARNES	Daniel	GBR	0:46:17
39	12	ZIEMERINK	Milan	NED	0:46:22
40	45	MACLEAN	Ryan	CAN	0:46:36
41	59	MšLLER	Timo	SUI	0:46:36
42	41	ESSER	Mik	LUX	0:46:59
43	10	ALVARADO	Salvador	NED	0:47:09
44	34	?ULC	David	CZE	0:47:10
45	9	BOVEN	Lars	NED	0:47:11
46	64	HOLL?	Samuel	SVK	0:47:23
47	58	MEYER	Marino	SUI	0:47:23
48	60	INGUANZO MACHO	Gonzalo	ESP	0:47:55
49	35	HLAD?K	Josef	CZE	0:48:12
50	28	BOURG	Quentin	FRA	0:48:16
51	48	BURGHARDT	Luis	GER	0:48:46
52	62	NILSSON	Elias	SWE	LAP
53	57	BETL	Andrin	SUI	LAP
54	42	GLOESENER	Jacques	LUX	LAP
55	44	WENZEL	Mats	LUX	LAP
56	49	DIERKING	Felix	GER	LAP
57	46	MYSKO	Paul	CAN	LAP
58	40	BLATT	Pablo	LUX	LAP
DNF	63	NAGY	Simon	SVK
DNF	5	BIRCHILL	Harry	GBR
DNF	20	LAURYSSEN	Yorben	BEL
DNF	51	OBERTEICHER	Matteo	GER

U23 Men Results: 2018 Namur World Cup

Rank	BIB	Last Name	First Name	Country	Result
1	24	PIDCOCK	Thomas	GBR	0:46:26
2	28	DORIGONI	Jakob	ITA	0:47:08
3	1	ISERBYT	Eli	BEL	0:47:11
4	8	BENOIST	Antoine	FRA	0:47:29
5	9	FINE	Eddy	FRA	0:47:41
6	3	KIELICH	Timo	BEL	0:47:47
7	30	ROUILLER	Loris	SUI	0:47:56
8	34	CULLELL ESTAPE	Jofre	ESP	0:47:58
9	25	TURNER	Ben	GBR	0:48:05
10	21	KAMP	Ryan	NED	0:48:08
11	33	HECHT	Gage	USA	0:48:41
12	27	TULETT	Daniel	GBR	0:48:41
13	19	ARENSMAN	Thymen	NED	0:48:50
14	2	LOOCKX	Lander	BEL	0:48:57
15	18	VAN DER STEGEN	Roel	NED	0:49:01
16	13	CRISPIN	Mickaël	FRA	0:49:07
17	29	KUHN	Kevin	SUI	0:49:27
18	6	GOEMAN	Andreas	BEL	0:49:40
19	36	MAYER	Daniel	CZE	0:49:42
20	12	KERRAUD	Erwann	FRA	0:49:43
21	60	BELLENS	Jarno	BEL	0:49:44
22	59	DERVEAUX	Niels	BEL	0:49:45
23	4	VANDEBOSCH	Toon	BEL	0:49:52
24	17	VAN DER HEIJDEN	Maik	NED	0:49:59
25	39	KOPECKÝ	Tomas	CZE	0:50:07
26	47	ULIK	Matej	SVK	0:50:30
27	62	DEBEIR	Arno	BEL	0:50:41
28	63	FERDINANDE	Anton	BEL	0:50:44
29	35	JELÍNEK	Josef	CZE	0:50:47
30	22	VAN DIJKE	Tim	NED	0:50:58
31	49	HOLMGREN	Gunnar	CAN	0:51:05
32	61	WUYTS	Mathijs	BEL	0:51:06
33	58	LIESSENS	Jarno	BEL	0:51:15
34	5	VANDEPUTTE	Niels	BEL	0:51:57
35	11	DUJARDIN	Sandy	FRA	0:52:16
36	56	CONROY	David	IRL	0:52:20
37	48	KESS	Nicolas	LUX	0:52:20
38	38	?ÍMAN	Jakub	CZE	0:52:29
39	37	VANÍ?EK	Šimon	CZE	0:52:34
40	43	SMITH	Nicholas	AUS	0:52:36
41	46	TÖMKE	Pascal	GER	0:52:37
42	57	VAS	Balázs	HUN	LAP
43	31	DUFAUX	Loïs	SUI	LAP
44	51	ORSCHEL	Tyler	CAN	LAP
45	52	ÖSTLUND	Jonatan	SWE	LAP
46	50	DINIZ	Nicholas	CAN	LAP
47	15	RIVET	Benjamin	FRA	LAP
48	32	STEHLI	Felix	SUI	LAP
49	44	PROSSER	Declan	AUS	LAP
50	54	STARK	Filip	SWE	LAP
DNF	40	ANDRESEN	Andreas Lund	DEN
DNF	42	BLAZEVIC	Adam	AUS
DNF	26	MEIN	Thomas	GBR
DNF	20	HENDRIKX	Mees	NED
DNF	55	KAJI	Tetsuki	JPN
DNF	7	BEKAERT	Yentl	BEL
DNF	41	ERREBO	Oliver Emil	DEN