January 29, 2012 (Koksijde, Belgium) – Niels Albert (Belgium) led the charge today at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, winning the Elite Men’s race on home turf. The Belgian crowd had more than the rainbow stripes to celebrate, however, with six of Albert’s countrymen following him to the finish in second through seventh places. Rob Peeters (Belgium) picked up silver with Kevin Pauwels (Belgium) scoring bronze.

Canada’s sole entrant, Craig Richey (Canada), had a tough day, finishing 6 laps back.

Results
1. Niels Albert (Belgium) 1:06:07
2. Rob Peeters (Belgium) 0:24
3. Kevin Pauwels (Belgium) 0:30
4. Tom Meeusen (Belgium) 0:34
5. Bart Aernouts (Belgium) 0:35
6. Klaas Vantornout (Belgium) 1:09
7. Sven Nys (Belgium) 1:11
8. Radomir Simunek (Czech Republic) 2:15
9. Philipp Walsleben (Germany) 2:25
10. Simon Zahner (Switzerland) 2:31
11. Steve Chainel (France) :37
12. Francis Mourey (France) 2:48
13. Zdenek Stybar (Czech Republic) 3:17
14. Aurelien Duval (France) 3:41
15. Niels Wubben (Netherlands)
16. Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland) 3:42
17. Gerben De Knegt (Netherlands)
18. Ryan Trebon (USA) 4:02
19. Marcel Meisen (Germany) 4:06
20. José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain)
21. Twan Van Den Brand (Netherlands) 4:07
22. Mariusz Gil (Poland) 4:22
23. Thijs Van Amerongen (Netherlands) 4:40
24. Christoph Pfingsten (Germany) 5:10
-1 lap Christian Heule (Switzerland)
-2 laps Jeremy Powers (USA)
-2 laps Marcel Wildhaber (Switzerland)
-2 laps Enrico Franzoi (Italy)
-2 laps John Gadret (France)
-2 laps Jiri Polnicky (Czech Republic)
-2 laps Martin Zlamalik (Czech Republic)
-3 laps Mitchell Huenders (Netherlands)
-3 laps Vladimir Kyzivat (Czech Republic)
-3 laps Timothy Johnson (USA)
-3 laps Isaac Suarez Fernandez (Spain)
-3 laps Ian Field (Great Britain)
-3 laps Petr Dlask (Czech Republic)
-3 laps Clément Bourgoin (France)
-3 laps Sascha Weber (Germany)
-3 laps Marco Ponta (Italy)
-3 laps Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga Ibanez (Spain)
-3 laps James Driscoll (USA)
-5 laps Christopher Jones (USA)
-5 laps Mirko Tabacchi (Italy)
-5 laps Yu Takenouchi (Japan)
-5 laps Magnus Darvell (Sweden)
-5 laps Martin Haring (Slovakia)
-5 laps Gusty Bausch (Luxembourg)
-5 laps Christian Helmig (Luxembourg)
-5 laps Cristian Cominelli (Italy)
-6 laps Craig Richey (Canada)
-6 laps Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spain)
-6 laps Vaclav Metlicka (Slovakia)
-6 laps Daniel Geismayr (Austria)
-6 laps Keiichi Tsujiura (Japan)
-7 laps Karl Heinz Gollinger (Austria)
-7 laps Lewis Rattray (Australia)
-7 laps Robert Gehbauer (Austria)
-8 laps David Quist (Norway)