November 20, 2007 – Twelve young international cyclo-cross athletes and three coaches had the opportunity to train at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland last week. Their week-long training camp culminated Sunday, November 18 with the international Class 2 cyclocross event at the WCC.

The athletes and coaches are under the guidance of former professional cyclo-cross athlete, and three-time World Champion, Mike Kluge, of Germany. The aim of the training camp is to develop the technical aspects of their sport and to help the athletes prepare major competitions.

The 10 male and two female athletes from Canada, Great Britain, the Czech Republic and Switzerland have already gained international racing experience. The two Czech participants, Jiri Polnicky (17 years) and Lukas Kloucek (20 years) have competed in legs of the UCI 2007-2008 Cyclo-cross World Cup.

The athletes at the WCC are:
– Aaron Schooler (Canada)
– Kevin Hazzard (Canada)
– Krystyn Ong (Canada)
– Sarah Coney (Canada)
– Ian Field (Great Britain)
– Jiri Polnicky (Czech Republic)
– Lukas Kloucek (Czech Republic)
– Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland)
– Arnaud Grand (Switzerland)
– Alain Page (Switzerland)
– Romain Beney (Switzerland)
– Sven Dumusc (Switzerland)

They are joined by three Canadian coaches:
– Joannie Caron
– Glenn Rendall
– Sean Scott

Results – Cyclocross International Aigle – November 18

Elite Men
1. Simon Zahner (Swi) Bürgis Cycling Team 1.02.04
2. Pirmin Lang (Swi) Delta 0.21
3. Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) VMC Eschenbach 1.09
4. Andreas Moser (Swi) Team Hörmann-Kramer 1.33
5. Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing 2.52
6. Jan Ramsauer (Swi) Team Campione Celeste – Haba 3.08
7. Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel) Profel Ziegler Team 3.15
8. Lukas Winterberg (Swi) VC Pfaffnau-Roggliswil 3.37
9. Nathanael Rother (Swi) Trailrider.ch / Kona 4.24
10. Joël Frey (Swi) Team Hörmann 4.49
11. Aaron Schooler (Can) 4.54
12. René Murpf (Swi) VC Rain Toshiba 5.08
13. Emil Hekele (Cze) Team Zokof 5.34

One lap down

14. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing
15. Nicolas Schnyder (Swi) VC Lancy
16. Michal Benda (Cze) Scania Apache Team
17. Tomás Nový (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor
18. Sven Dumusc (Swi) VC Rennaz Dom Cycle
19. Martin Müller (Swi) Team Inovex
20. Guillaume Dessibourg (Swi) ACB Payern-Lucern
21. Daniel Parpan (Swi) Delta Elite Team
22. Michael Randin (Swi) Hadimec Cycling Group
23. Heinz Jenni (Swi) Team Ridley Swiss