January 28, 2006 – Czech’s Zdnek Stybar has won the U23 World ‘Cross Championships over Dutch favourite Lars Boom. Canada’s Ryan Hopping finished 46th.

U23 Men
1. Zdnek Stybar (Czech Republic) 51:01.77
2. Lars Boom (Netherlands) at 0:00.2
3. Niels Albert (Belgium) 0:02.0
4. Aurelio Fontana (Italy) 1:03.2
5. Lukas Fluckiger (Switzerland) 1:08.8
6. Sebastian Langeveld (Netherlands) 1:25.4
7. Romain Villa (France) 1:31.9
8. Jempy Drucker (Luxembourg) 1:32.0
9. Dieter Vanthourenhout (Belgium) 1:37.4
10. Paul Voss (Germany) 1:38.4
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46. Ryan Hopping (Canada) 7:34.5