January 28, 2012 (Koksijde, Belgium) – Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) claimed the first title at the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium on Saturday. In second at 8s behind was Wout van Aert (Belgium) with Quentin Jauregui (France) winning the sprint for third. Van der Poel came from behind in the 6-lap, 17.72km race, to take the win and is the son of former top Dutch pro, Adri van der Poel, who won the CX Worlds in 1996. Canada’s Yohan Patry placed 40th while teammate Samuel Beaudoin finished 50th.

Results

1. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) 0:43:36
2. Wout van Aert (Belgium) 0:08
3. Quentin Jauregui (France) 0:21
4. Quinten Hermans (Belgium)
5. Daan Soete (Belgium)
6. Yorben van Tichelt (Belgium) 0:48
7. Silvio Herklotz (Germany) 1:00
8. Daan Hoeyberghs (Belgium) 1:25
9. Romain Seigle (France) 1:32
10. Victor Koretzky (France) 2:11
11. Anthony Turgis (France) 2:23
12. Dominic Zumstein (Switzerland) 2:24
13. Gioele Bertolini (Italy) 2:40
14. Andrew Dillman (United States of America) 3:08
15. Felix Drumm (Germany) 3:11
16. TIim Ariesen (Netherlands) 3:12
17. Logan Owen (United States of America) 3:15
18. Martijn Budding (Netherlands) 3:16
19. Toki Sawada (Japan)
20. Marco König (Germany) 3:30
21. Andri Frischknecht (Switzerland) 4:05
22. Stan Wijkel (Netherlands) 4:07
23. Dylan Kowalski (France)
24. Jan Brezna (Czech Republic)
25. Pjotr van Beek (Netherlands) 4:31
26. Michal Paluta (Poland) 4:43
27. Jan Vastl (Czech Republic) 4:44
28. Karel Pokorny (Czech Republic) 4:45
29. Emil Linde (Sweden) 4:57
30. Dominic Grab (Switzerland) 5:06
31. Koen Weijers (Netherlands) 5:34
32. Jose Manuel Ribera (Spain) 5:37
33. Kevin Suarez Fernandez (Spain) 5:43
34. Curtis White (United States of America) 5:45
35. Piotr Konwa (Poland) 5:59
36. Nadir Colledani (Italy)
37. Dennis Wahlqvist (Sweden)
38. Steffen Müller (Germany) 6:28
39. Joseph Moses (Great Britain) 6:35
40. Yohan Patry (Canada) 6:50   
41. Kota Yokoyama (Japan) 6:52
42. Michimasa Nakai (Japan) 7:08
43. Luca De Nicola (Italy) 7:10
44. Johannes Siemermann (Germany) 7:15
45. Patryk Stosz (Poland) -1 lap
46. Simon Vozar (Slovakia) -1 lap
47. Riccardo Redaelli (Italy) -1 lap
48. Tobin Ortenblad (United States of America) -1 lap
49. Jaime Campo Pernia (Spain) -2 laps
50. Samuel Beaudoin (Canada) -2 laps    
51. Ondrej Glajza (Slovakia) -2 laps
52. Sven Fritsch (Luxembourg) -2 laps
53. Mateusz Grabis (Poland) -2 laps
54. Francesco Pedante (Italy) -2 laps
55. Richard Cypress Gorry (United States of America) -3 laps
56. Tobiasz Lis (Poland) -3 laps
57. Zygimantas Baikstys (Lithuania) -4 laps
DNS Hugo Robinson (Great Britain)
DNS Alexander Welburn (Great Britain)