January 27, 2008 (Treviso, Italy) – Lars Boom (Ned) took the rainbow stripes in Treviso, Italy today, winning the Elite Men’s World Cyclocross Championship race. Boom beat Zdenek Stybar (Cze) and Sven Nys (Bel), who placed second and third, respectively, to the podium. Three Canadians participated in the event: National Champ Mike Garrigan (ON) finished 48th, Aaron Schooler (AB) was 56th and Osmond Bakker (ON) placed 59th.

Results

1. Lars Boom (Netherlands) 1.05.27
2. Zdenek Stybar (Czech Republic) 0.05
3. Sven Nys (Belgium) 0.06
4. Erwin Vervecken (Belgium) 0.09
5. Radomir Simunek (Czech Republic) 0.1
6. Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy)
7. Sven Vanthourenhout (Belgium)
8. Christian Heule (Switzerland) 0.12
9. John Gadret (France)
10. Klaas Vantornout (Belgium)
11. Kevin Pauwels (Belgium) 0.18
12. Richard Groenendaal (Netherlands)
13. Enrico Franzoi (Italy) 0.19
14. Bart Aernouts (Belgium) 0.2
15. Bart Wellens (Belgium) 0.21
16. Simon Zahner (Switzerland) 0.22
17. Gerben De Knegt (Netherlands) 0.27
18. Marek Cichosz (Poland)
19. Milan Barenyi (Slovakia) 0.28
20. Wilant Van Gils (Netherlands) 0.31
21. Marco Bianco (Italy) 0.37
22. Isaac Suarez Fernandez (Spain) 0.4
23. Jonathan Page (USA) 0.41
24. Steve Chainel (France) 0.49
25. José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain) 1
26. Timothy Johnson (USA) 1.02
27. Jeremy Powers (USA) 1.11
28. David Derepas (France) 1.19
29. Pirmin Lang (Switzerland) 1.26
30. Dieter Vanthourenhout (Belgium) 1.37
31. Malte Urban (Germany) 1.51
32. Kamil Ausbuher (Czech Republic) 2.07
33. Alessandro Gambino (Italy) 2.24
34. Robert Glajza (Slovakia)
35. Luca Damiani (Italy) 2.3
36. Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga Ibanez (Spain) 2.34
37. Marcel Wildhaber (Switzerland) 2.41
38. Finn Heitmann (Germany) 2.52
39. Maros Kovac (Slovakia) 3.24
40. Magnus Darvell (Sweden) 3.25
41. Nicolas Bazin (France) 3.36
42. Gusty Bausch (Luxembourg) 3.46
43. Julien Belgy (France) 4.02
44. Thijs Al (Netherlands) 4.09
45. Michael Müller (Switzerland) 4.2
46. Mariusz Gil (Poland) 4.21
47. René Birkenfeld (Germany) 4.32
48. Mike Garrigan (Canada) 4.33
49. Johannes Sickmüller (Germany) 4.36
50. Vaclav Metlicka (Slovakia) 4.45
51. Robert Jebb (Great Britain)
52. Paul Oldham (Great Britain) 4.54
53. Fredrik Ericsson (Sweden) 5.1
54. Joachim Parbo (Denmark) 5.2
55. Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spain) 5.57
56. Aaron Schooler (Canada) 6.45
57. Keiichi Tsujiura (Japan) 7.16
58. Jens Westergren (Sweden) 7.39
59. Osmond Bakker (Canada)

1 Lap Behind
60. Zdenek Mlynar (Czech Republic)

2 Laps Behind
61. Martin Vestby (Norway)

3 Laps Behind
62. Masanori Kosaka (Japan)

DNF Francis Mourey (France)
DNF Maarten Nijland (Netherlands)