September 10, 2004 – Germany’s Manuel Fumic took the U23 Rainbow Jersey over Great Britain’s Liam Killeen and Swiss ride Florian Vogel. Canada’s newest relay World Champ, Max Plaxton, had a tough ride finishing 24th.

Espoir Men XC

1. Manuel Fumic (Ger) 1:56:10
2. Liam Killeen (GBr) at 0:04
3. Florian Vogel (Sui) 2:14
4. Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Esp) 3:47
5. Ruben Ruzafa Cueto (Esp) 5:14
6. Oleksandr Yakymenko (Ukr) 6:10
7. Gion Manetsch (Sui) 6:53
8. Emil Lindgren (Swe) 7:15
9. Filip Eberl (Cze) 7:35
10. Tim Boehme (Ger) 7:38
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24. Max Plaxton (Can) 11:51
31. Kris Sneddon (Can) 13:23