February 02, 2014 (Hoogerheide, Belgium) – Wout Van Aert delivered another gold for Belgium with a decisive victory in the U23 Men’s race at the 2014 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships soloing in 50s ahead of teammate Michael Vanthourenhout with race-favourite, Mathieu Van Der Poel of the Netherlands, in third.

Van Aert escaped on the first lap and it was game over for the challengers as he extended his lead each successive lap to win the title. The top Canadian was Michael Van Den Ham in 40th followed by Connor Wilson in 54th.

Results

1. Wout Van Aert (Belgium)  0:49:35
2. Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium)  0:50
3. Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands)  1:17
4. Laurens Sweeck (Belgium)  1:19
5. Toon Aerts (Belgium)  1:26
6. David Van Der Poel (Netherlands)  2:09
7. David Menut (France)  2:24
8. Tomas Paprstka (Czech Republic)  2:37
9. Gert-Jan Bosman (Netherlands)
10. Gianni Vermeersch (Belgium)  2:44
11. Mike Teunissen (Netherlands)  2:55
12. Anthony Turgis (France)  2:59
13. Michael Boros (Czech Republic)  3:07
14. Logan Owen (United States Of America)  3:14
15. Martijn Budding (Netherlands)  3:24
16. Stan Godrie (Netherlands)  3:32
17. Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spain)  4:03
18. Jonas Pedersen (Denmark)  4:06
19. Clement Russo (France)  4:12
20. Fabien Doubey (France)
21. Gioele Bertolini (Italy)  4:13
22. Clément Venturini (France)  4:16
23. Jakub Skala (Czech Republic)  4:18
24. Curtis White (United States Of America)  4:20
25. Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland)  4:22
26. Jens Adams (Belgium)  4:39
27. Matej Lasak (Czech Republic)  5:06
28. Yannick Eckmann (United States Of America)  5:14
29. Severin Saegesser (Switzerland)  5:20
30. Cody Kaiser (United States Of America)  5:38
31. Steven James (Great Britain)  5:54
32. Nicolas Samparisi (Italy)  5:57
33. Lukas Müller (Switzerland)  6:26
34. Tobin Ortenblad (United States Of America)  6:30
35. Vojtech Nipl (Czech Republic)  6:34
36. Ondrej Glajza (Slovakia)  6:40
37. Dylan Page (Switzerland)  6:46
38. Lars Forster (Switzerland)  6:54
39. Felix Drumm (Germany)  7:16
40. Michael Van Den Ham (Canada)  7:28
41. Ben Sumner (Great Britain)    -1 lap
42. Yannick Gruner (Germany)     -1 lap
43. Luc Turchi (Luxembourg)     -1 lap
44. Lukas Meiler (Germany)     -1 lap
45. Adam Martin (Great Britain)     -1 lap
46. Toki Sawada (Japan)     -1 lap
47. Max Lindenau (Germany)     -1 lap
48. Martin Eriksson (Sweden)     -1 lap
49. Kota Yokoyama (Japan)     -1 lap
50. Bartosz Mikler (Poland)  -2 laps
51. Felipe Orts Lloret (Spain)   -2 laps
52. Jack Clarkson (Great Britain)   -2 laps
53. Massimo Morabito (Luxembourg)  -2 laps
54. Connor Wilson (Canada)   -2 laps
55. Simon Vozar (Slovakia)   -2 laps
56. Tom Chapman (Australia)  -2 laps
57. Alexander Meyland (Australia)  -3 laps