January 15, 2017 (Fiuggi, Italy) – Canada’s Gunnar Holmgren (Canada/Garneau-Easton) finished 31st in the Junior Men’s 6-lap race at round #8 of the UCI CX World Cup series held in Fiuggi, Italy. His teammate Brody Sanderson did not finish.

Team Canada’s Trevor O’Donnell was 33rd in the U23 Men’s race while Mark McConnell (Can) Hot Sauce/Garneau DNF’s in the Elite Men’s race won by reigning world champion Wout Van Aert (Bel) Crelan-Charles.  Marianne Vos (Ned ) Wm3 Pro Cycling Team topped the Elite Women’s field.

Results

Junior Men – 6 laps
1. Antoine Benoist (Fra) France 0:44:19
2. Maxime Bonsergent (Fra) France 0:22
3. Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Belgium 0:44
4. Filippo Fontana (Ita) Italy 0:52
5. Mauro Schmid (Sui) Switzerland 1:03
6. Loris Rouiller (Sui) Switzerland 1:13
7. Jeremy Montauban (Fra) France 1:18
8. Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Belgium 1:28
9. Bruno Marchetti (Ita) Italy 1:33
10. Jelle Camps (Bel) Belgium 1:53

31. Gunnar Holmgren (Can) Canada 5:25
DNF Brody Sanderson (Can) Canada

U23 Men – 7 laps
1. Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Belgium 0:49:34
2. Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Italy 0:18
3. Quinten Hermans (Bel) Belgium 0:50
4. Clement Russo (Fra) France 1:03
5. Thijs Aerts (Bel) Belgium 1:36
6. Yannick Peeters (Bel) Belgium 1:40
7. Maik Van Der Heijden (Ned) Netherlands 1:44
8. Felipe Orts Lloret (Esp) Spain 1:48
9. Lucas Dubau (Fra) France 1:51
10. Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Netherlands 2:24

33. Trevor O’Donnell (Can) Canada 6:46

Elite Women – 5 laps
1. Marianne Vos (Ned ) Wm3 Pro Cycling Team 0:41:26
2. Katerina Nash (Cze ) Luna Pro Team 0:40
3. Sophie De Boer (Ned ) 0:59
4. Annemarie Worst (Ned ) 1:00
5. Eva Lechner (Ita ) Luna Pro Team 1:34
6. Laura Verdonschot (Bel ) 1:45
7. Ellen Van Loy (Bel ) 1:57
8. Ellen Noble (USA ) Colavita/Bianchi 2:05
9. Chiara Teocchi (Ita ) Bianchi Countervail 2:17
10. Nikola Noskova (Cze ) 2:17

Elite Men – 9 laps
1. Wout Van Aert (Bel) 1:05:03
2. Marcel Meisen (Ger) 0:18
3. Tom Meeusen (Bel) 0:27
4. Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 0:39
5. Tim Merlier (Bel) 0:46
6. Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) 1:12
7. Klaas Vantornout (Bel) 1:16
8. Lars van der Haar (Ned) 1:24
9. Jim Aernouts (Bel) 1:27
10. Corne van Kessel (Ned) 1:42

DNF Mark McConnell (Can) Hot Sauce/Garneau