Two-time Elite World Champ Zdeněk Štybar (Quick Step) made a quick transition from road to cyclocross, winning the first race of the Toi Toi Cup #in Stríbro, the Czech Republic.
The race was a mostly Czech affair, with large domestic field and 13 of the top 14 riders hailing from the host country. Belgian Jan Denuwelaere was the lone foreign racer to break the top ten, finishing in second, over a minute and a half down on the World Champ, and outsprinting Petr Dlask.
Despite a road season in his legs, not much about Štybar looked different other than his bike. The Czech rider no longer rides the Ridley X-Night of his former Telenet / Fidea team, but rather was in a rainbow-clad Merckx cyclocross bike. Might we see more of these bikes in the near future?
The race for the holeshot:
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| Rank | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zdenek STYBAR | CZE | 27 | 59:17:00 | 40 |
| 2 | Jan DENUWELAERE | BEL | 24 | 1:00:52 | 30 |
| 3 | Petr DLASK | CZE | 36 | 1:00:52 | 20 |
| 4 | Zdenek MLYNAR | CZE | 36 | 1:00:52 | 15 |
| 5 | Vladimir KYZIVAT | CZE | 30 | 1:00:52 | 10 |
| 6 | Martin ZLAMALIK | CZE | 30 | 1:01:06 | 8 |
| 7 | Karel HNIK | CZE | 21 | 1:01:06 | 6 |
| 8 | Tomas PAPRSTKA | CZE | 20 | 1:01:14 | 4 |
| 9 | Vojtech NIPL | CZE | 19 | 1:01:27 | 2 |
| 10 | Milan SPESNY | CZE | 35 | 1:01:34 | 1 |
| 11 | Jan NESVADBA | CZE | 21 | 1:01:41 | |
| 12 | David KASEK | CZE | 30 | 1:02:08 | |
| 13 | Marek RAUCHFUSS | CZE | 22 | 1:02:12 | |
| 14 | Jakub SKALA | CZE | 19 | 1:02:12 | |
| 15 | Ole QUAST | GER | 23 | 1:02:12 | |
| 16 | Filip EBERL | CZE | 30 | 1:02:12 | |
| 17 | Michael (JR) SCHWEIZER | GER | 21 | 1:02:12 | |
| 18 | Pavel ADEL | CZE | 28 | 1:02:31 | |
| 19 | Lukas SABLIK | CZE | 25 | 1:02:31 | |
| 20 | Radek POLNICKY | CZE | 20 | 1:02:31 | |
| 21 | Michael BOROS | CZE | 20 | 1:02:31 | |
| 22 | Ivo PLEVAK | CZE | 23 | 1:03:31 | |
| 23 | Matej LASAK | CZE | 20 | 1:03:52 | |
| 24 | Michal MALÍK | CZE | 23 | 1:04:17 | |
| 25 | Tomas MEDEK | CZE | 19 | 1:04:25 | |
| 26 | Robert GAVENDA | SVK | 24 | 1:04:33 | |
| 27 | Vaclav METLICKA | SVK | 39 | 1:04:41 | |
| 28 | Stanislav BAMBULA | CZE | 29 | 1:04:52 | |
| 29 | Petr HAMPL | CZE | 19 | 1:04:59 | |
| 30 | Josef SOUKUP | CZE | 31 | 1:05:26 | |
| 31 | Filip ADEL | CZE | 22 | ||
| 32 | Thomas LECHERMANN | GER | 28 | ||
| 33 | Tomas SVOBODA | CZE | 19 | ||
| 34 | Michal BENDA | CZE | 29 | ||
| 35 | Adam KOUNÍK | CZE | 19 | ||
| 36 | Jaroslav CHALAS | SVK | 20 | ||
| 37 | Radim KOVAR | CZE | 19 | ||
| 38 | Michael WALTER | GER | 29 | ||
| 39 | David KASPER | CZE | 23 | ||
| 40 | Tomá NOVÝ | CZE | 23 | ||
| 41 | Toni BRETSCHNEIDER | GER | 21 | ||
| 42 | Severin SCHWEISGUTH | GER | 26 | ||
| 43 | Tomas OKROUHLICKY | CZE | 27 | ||
| 44 | Josef TOMEK | CZE | 22 | ||
| 45 | Tomas PODRAZIL | CZE | 27 | ||
| 46 | Roland MÖRX | AUT | 40 | ||
| 47 | Michael KUBÍN | CZE | 19 | ||
| 48 | Stefan KÜHNHOLD | GER | 25 | ||
| 49 | Ondrej LOUVAR | CZE | 19 | ||
| 50 | Tomas HOLUB | CZE | 22 | ||
| 51 | Jan KEC | CZE | 22 | ||
| 52 | Felix WILHELM | GER | 25 | ||
| 53 | Marek SEDLÁCEK | CZE | 20 | ||
| 54 | Jan SVORADA | CZE | 20 | ||
| 55 | Tomas HOLICKY | CZE | 24 | ||
| 56 | Zbynek HOLUBOVSKÝ | CZE | 19 | ||
| 57 | Jirí LÉGL | CZE | 20 | ||
| 58 | Jiri NESVEDA | CZE | 27 | ||
| 59 | Jan SVOBODA | CZE | 27 | ||
| 60 | Václav SVATO | CZE | 26 | ||
