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Sunday’s racing at the 2018 World Championships in Valkenburg-Limburg kicks off with the U23 Men’s race at 5 a.m. Eastern. The race is a chance to see the future stars of the sport put it all out on the course for the rainbow stripes.
Last year, Joris Nieuwenhuis (The Netherlands) dominated the race in Bieles, but this year, he should be in for a fight.
Joris Nieuwenhuis was dominant at the 2017 Worlds. U23 Men. 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Bieles, Luxembourg. © M. Hilger / Cyclocross Magazine
Last year’s Junior champion Tom Pidcock (Great Britain) has graduated to the U23s and won the World Cup overall title. Eli Iserbyt (Belgium) won Sunday’s race at Hoogerheide and is looking to bounce back after a disappointing 17th-place finish at last year’s Worlds.
Thomas Pidcock is looking to win Worlds for the second-straight year, this time in the U23 category. Junior Men. 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Bieles, Luxembourg. © M. Hilger / Cyclocross Magazine
The U.S. will be well-represented on the start line, with Gage Hecht, Spencer Petrov, Eric Brunner, Maxx Chance, Grant Ellwood and Denzel Stephenson making the start. Canada will be represented by Nicholas Diniz.
Gage Hecht is one of the riders joining Tom Pidcock at the start line. 2018 Hoogerheide World Cup, U23 Men. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine
Full start lists are below. The U23 Men’s race is at 5 a.m. Eastern on Sunday
For more from Valkenburg-Limburg, see our dedicated 2018 Cyclocross World Championships page.
U23 Men's Start List: 2018 World Championships
| 1 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris | NED |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | WOUTERS Sieben | NED |
| 3 | DEKKER Jens | NED |
| 4 | VAN DER HEIJDEN Maik | NED |
| 5 | BAKX Kelvin | NED |
| 6 | ARENSMAN Thymen | NED |
| S 7 | VAN DER STEGEN Roel | NED |
| 8 | ISERBYT Eli | BEL |
| 9 | AERTS Thijs | BEL |
| 10 | PEETERS Yannick | BEL |
| 11 | VANDEBOSCH Toon | BEL |
| 12 | SCHUERMANS Jelle | BEL |
| 13 | KIELICH Timo | BEL |
| S 14 | JOSEPH Thomas | BEL |
| S 15 | CALUWE Stijn | BEL |
| 16 | DUBAU Lucas | FRA |
| 17 | DUBAU Joshua | FRA |
| 18 | BENOIST Antoine | FRA |
| 19 | GRAS Yan | FRA |
| 20 | FINE Eddy | FRA |
| 21 | DORIGONI Jakob | ITA |
| 22 | SALA Stefano | ITA |
| 23 | SMARZARO Daniel | ITA |
| 24 | FOLCARELLI Antonio | ITA |
| 25 | VIDONI Matteo | ITA |
| S 26 | BASSANI Michele | ITA |
| S 27 | BRANCATI Alberto | ITA |
| S 28 | FAVARO Patrick | ITA |
| 29 | HECHT Gage | USA |
| 30 | PETROV Spencer | USA |
| 31 | BRUNNER Eric | USA |
| 32 | CHANCE Maxx | USA |
| 33 | ELLWOOD Grant | USA |
| 34 | STEPHENSON Denzel | USA |
| 35 | RUEGG Timon | SUI |
| 36 | JACOBS Johan | SUI |
| 37 | KUHN Kevin | SUI |
| 38 | SCHMID Mauro | SUI |
| 39 | MOBIS Maximilian | GER |
| 40 | HAHNEL Frederik | GER |
| 41 | LINDENAU Paul | GER |
| 42 | SORENSEN Carl Erik Schoulgin | DEN |
| 43 | ANDRESEN Andreas Lund | DEN |
| 44 | GOTKE Rasmus Wulff Norholm | DEN |
| 45 | TOUPALIK Adam | CZE |
| 46 | JELINEK Josef | CZE |
| 47 | SCHUBERT Stepan | CZE |
| 48 | SULC Jakub | CZE |
| 49 | CULLELL ESTAPE Jofre | ESP |
| 50 | FEIJOO ALBERTE Ivan | ESP |
| 51 | JUNQUERA SAN MILLAN Mario | ESP |
| 52 | BELLAN Juraj | SVK |
| 53 | ULIK Matej | SVK |
| 54 | SCHREIBER Felix | LUX |
| 55 | MIREK Arkadiusz | POL |
| 56 | CENIUCH Wojciech | POL |
| 57 | BUDZINSKI Tomasz | POL |
| 58 | PIDCOCK Thomas | GBR |
| 59 | TURNER Ben | GBR |
| 60 | TULETT Daniel | GBR |
| 61 | FORSBY Hannes | SWE |
| 62 | DINIZ Nicholas | CAN |
| 63 | WALKERDEN Ben | AUS |
| 64 | SMITH Nicholas | AUS |
| 65 | OCKENDEN William | AUS |
| 66 | PROSSER Declan | AUS |
| 67 | ODA Hijri | JPN |
| 68 | DARRASSON Gustaf | ISL |
| 69 | CONROY David | IRL |
