January 28, 2012 (Koksijde, Belgium) – Lars van der Haar gave the Netherlands it’s second gold at the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships taking the U23 title winning the final sprint over Belgium’s Wietse Bosmans in second at 0:01s and Michiel van der Heijden from the Netherlands third. Felix Coté Bouvette was Canada’s lone competitor in the 7-lap race finishing 46th.

Results

1. Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) 0:49:20
2. Wietse Bosmans (Belgium) 0:01
3. Michiel van der Heijden (Netherlands) 0:04
4. Arnaud Jouffroy (France) 0:05
5. Laurens Sweeck (Belgium) 0:50
6. Marek Konwa (Poland) 0:56
7. Mike Teunissen (Netherlands) 1:03
8. Arnaud Grand (Switzerland) 1:13
9. David Menut (France) 1:13
10. Gianni Vermeersch (Belgium) 1:28
11. Vinnie Braet (Belgium) 1:28
12. Zach Mcdonald (USA) 1:48
13. David van der Poel (Netherlands) 1:55
14. Julian Alaphilippe (France) 2:04
15. Stan Godrie (Netherlands) 2:07
16. Tomas Paprstka (Czech Republic) 2:08
17. Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic) 2:17
18. Clément Venturini (France) 2:30
19. Elia Silvestri (Italy) 2:49
20. Jan Nesvadba (Czech Republic) 2:50
21. Bryan Falaschi (Italy) 3:18
22. Karel Hnik (Czech Republic) 3:21
23. Michael (Jr) Schweizer (Germany) 3:22
24. Lars Forster (Switzerland) 3:39
25. Kenneth Hansen (Denmark) 3:42
26. Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium) 4:04
27. Igor Smarzaro (Italy) 4:07
28. Micki van Empel (Netherlands) 4:13
29. Yannick Eckmann (Germany) 4:14
30. Kenta Gallagher (Great Britain) 4:20
31. Max Walsleben (Germany) 4:22
32. Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland) 4:41
33. Michael Wildhaber (Switzerland) 4:41
34. Daniele Braidot (Italy) 5:44
35. Emil Arvid Olsen (Denmark) 5:50
36. Luca Braidot (Italy) -1 lap
37. Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spain) -1 lap
38. Cody Kaiser (USA) -1 lap
39. Yannick Mayer (Germany) -1 lap
40. Jack Clarkson (Great Britain) -1 lap
41. Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spain) -1 lap
42. Wojciech Malec (Poland) -2 laps
43. Jon Gomez Elorriaga (Spain) -2 laps
44. Patryk Kostecki (Poland) -2 laps
45. Inigo Gomez Elorriaga (Spain) -3 laps
46. Felix Coté Bouvette (Canada) -3 laps
47. Lex Reichling (Luxembourg) -3 laps
48. Ludwig Söderquist (Sweden) -3 laps
49. Bartosz Pilis (Poland) -3 laps
50. Jaroslav Chalas (Slovakia) -3 laps
51. Alexander Gehbauer (Austria) -3 laps
52. Luke Gray (Great Britain) -3 laps
53. Domas Manikas (Lithuania) -4 laps
DNF Kévin Bouvard (France)
DNF Radek Polnicky (Czech Republic)
DNF Vincent Dias Dos Santos (Luxembourg)
DNS Steven James (Great Britain)