January 29, 2011 (St-Wendel, Germany) – Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) won the U23 Men’s UCI Cyclocross World Championship title today in St. Wendel, Germany in a very tight battle. He edged out silver and bronze medalists Mike Teunissen (Netherlands) and Karel Hnik (Czech Republic) by just one second. No Canadians competed.

Results

1. Lars van der Haar (Netherlands) 52:01
2. Mike Teunissen (Netherlands) 0:01
3. Karel Hnik (Czech Republic)
4. Matthieu Boulo (France) 0:03
5. Tijmen Eising (Netherlands) 0:04
6. Wietse Bosmans (Belgium) 0:07
7. Valentin Scherz (Switzerland) 0:13
8. Joeri Adams (Belgium) 0:24
9. Jimmy Turgis (France)
10. Vincent Baestaens (Belgium) 0:30
11. Marcel Meisen (Germany) 0:36
12. Irwin Gras (France) 0:39
13. Danny Summerhill (United States of America) 0:42
14. Vinnie Braet (Belgium) 0:58
15. Marek Konwa (Poland) 1:01
16. Twan van den Brand (Netherlands)
17. Kenneth Hansen (Denmark) 1:24
18. Mirko Tabacchi (Italy)
19. Tomas Paprstka (Czech Republic) 1:34
20. Jim Aernouts (Belgium) 1:54
21. Michael Boros (Czech Republic) 2:13
22. Jon Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spain) 2:16
23. Zach McDonald (United States of America) 2:21
24. Ole Quast (Germany) 2:35
25. Michael Winterberg (Switzerland) 2:37
26. Kenta Gallagher (Great Britain) 2:40
27. Arnaud Grand (Switzerland) 3:15
28. Max Walsleben (Germany) 3:28
29. Micki van Empel (Netherlands) 3:35
30. Michael Schweizer (Germany) 4:14
31. Vincent Dias Dos Santos (Luxembourg) 4:17
32. Jan Nesvadba (Czech Republic) 4:18
33. Matteo Trentin (Italy) 4:20
34. Alexander Gehbauer (Austria) 5:03
35. Jesper Dahlström (Sweden) 5:05
36. Cody Kaiser (United States of America)
37. Lubomir Petrus (Czech Republic) 5:22
38. Daniel Ruiz Etxeandia (Spain) 5:36
39. Jerome Townsend (United States of America) 5:46
40. Lukas Müller (Switzerland) -1 lap
41. Eduard Michael Grosu (Romania) -1 lap
42. Pit Schlechter (Luxembourg) -1 lap
43. Luke Gray (Great Britain) -2 laps
44. Wojciech Herba (Poland) -2 laps
45. Fabian Danner (Germany) -2 laps
46. Elia Silvestri (Italy) -3 laps
47. Bartosz Pilis (Poland) -3 laps
DNF Gert-Jan Bosman (Netherlands)
DNF Luca Braidot (Italy)
DNF Alex Kirsch (Luxembourg)