January 22, 2008 — The UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championships took place in Mol, Belgium on January 19. Of the five Canadians that competed, Vicki Thomas (Can) The Cyclery achieved the highest placing, racing to fourth in the Women’s 30-39 category. “Fourth is a hard position to finish in, because you are so close to the podium,” said Thomas. “…after thinking about the race a bit more, I’m really quite content with my result and how I rode.”

Thomas added that the course was a good one, with “lots of sand, tight turns, some power sections, and two runs.”

Norm Thibault (Can) Frontrunners finished a strong 12th in the Men’s 40-44 race. Thibault’s wife, Wendy Simms (Can) Kona-YourKey, wrote about the race on her blog: “Saturday Norm came 12th at the Masters World Championships in Mol. He had a wicked start into the beach and was top ten for the first half of the race…. He wasn’t super happy with his race because he fell out of the top ten (and he had told himself he was allowed to buy this sweet Italia jacket if he came top ten). But I was impressed. And I was happy the guy that won wasn’t smoking in the start box like the winner three years ago. That is just a smack in the face, even if he is Belgian.”

Robert Orange (Can) finished 22nd in the Men’s 45-49 race, and Marc Boudreau (Can) and Brad Collins (Can) placed 36th and 41st in the Men’s 35-39 competition.

Results

Women 50-84
1. Katherine Sazvary (USA) 22.30
2. Shere Tove (USA)
3. Dematteis Dufond (France)
4. Ria Van Oostrom (Netherlands)
5. Betty Jordan (USA)

Women 40-49
1. Mariane Gall (Netherlands) 23.20
2. Katrina Baumsteiger (USA)
3. Gjertrud Bo (Norway)
4. Andrea Mackie (USA)
5. Anne Bertram (Germany)
6. Lillian Peluke (USA)
7. Margriet Engelsma (Netherlands)
8. Julie Bates (USA)
9. Harriette Pennines (Netherlands)
10. Carina Borjesson (Sweden)
11. Donna Stevens (USA)
12. Teresa Jarzemkoski (USA)

Women 30-39
1. Ilona Meter (Netherlands) 29.52
2. Claudia Marsiglio (Italy)
3. Anja Renders (Netherlands)
4. Vicki Thomas (Canada)
5. Nadege Prudhomme (France)
6. Gitte Van Ende (Belgium)
7. Diana Cuppens Kleijnen (Netherlands)
8. Martine Schepens (Belgium)
9. Marianne Alleleijn (Netherlands)

Men 64-84
1. Herman Martens (Belgium) 29.59
2. Lambert Van De Wiel (Netherlands)
3. John Ginley (Great Britain)
4. André Melet (France)
5. Wolfgang Harter (Germany)
6. Cor Van Der Sluijs (Netherlands)
7. Michael Ives (Great Britain)
8. Gunter Berger (Germany)
9. Henk De Vries (Netherlands)
10. Theo Broere (Netherlands)
11. Caune Vismants (Latvia)
12. Andris Mickelsons (Latvia)
13. Jerry Shore (USA)
14. John Dowell (Great Britain)

Men 60-64
1. Francois Mertens (Belgium) 32.05
2. Jaak Dekkers (Belgium)
3. Ties Verhagen (Netherlands)
4. Christian Jupillat (France)
5. Victor Barnett (Great Britain)
6. Leen Jongeling (Netherlands)
7. Florent Van Eyken (Belgium)
8. Peter Mooney (Great Britain)
9. Gary Noe (USA)
10. Hink Visser (Netherlands)
11. Gerard Albrink (Netherlands)
12. Roger Wiercx (Netherlands)
13. Lewis Rollins (USA)
14. Wilfried Buysse (Belgium)
15. Erwin Gaede (Germany)
16. Christ Aleleijn (Netherlands)
17. Gilles Delange (France)
18. Kristaps Celms (Latvia)
19. Henk Martens (Netherlands)

Men 55-59
1. Zbynek Ocasek (Czech Republic)
2. Ludo Van Tichelt (Belgium)
3. Jozef Staes (Belgium)
4. Jean-Claude Grange (France)
5. Jos Sas (Belgium)
6. Ludo Van Den Buys (Belgium)
7. Jan-Guido Geudens (Belgium)
8. Ger Bongers (Netherlands)
9. Luc Vanwesenbeeck (Belgium)
10. David Smith (Great Britain)
11. Fred Wittwer (USA)
12. Wouter Delwel (Netherlands)
13. Roger Van Tichelt (Belgium)
14. Joseph Rowe (Great Britain)
15. Giancarlo Rivardo (Italy)
16. Willy Minnen (Belgium)
17. Albert Bertels (Belgium)
18. Serge Presta (France)
19. Garjo Kamphuis (Netherlands)
20. Roland Haring (Switzerland)
21. Laurent De Vos (Belgium)
22. Jesu Maria Alzola (Spain)
23. Terry Meechan (Great Britain)
24. Roger Daelman (Belgium)
25. Johan De Smet (Belgium)
26. Guy Ceuppens (Belgium)
27. Fiorenzo Mazzollato (Italy)
28. Terence Tuckley (Great Britain)

Men 50-54
1. Alain Guinle (France)
2. Adriaan Van Londen (Netherlands)
3. Rudy Sels (Belgium)
4. Rudy Bloemmen (Belgium)
5. Daniel Van Oosterwijck (Belgium)
6. Otavio Pallagnella (Italy)
7. Dany Cardon (France)
8. Henry Kramer (USA)
9. Ignacio Fandos (Spain)
10. Ronald De Scheemaeker (Belgium)
11. Benny Andersson (Sweden)
12. Josef Meisen (Germany)
13. Eric Van Steerteghem (Belgium)
14. Francois Voets (Belgium)
15. Jiri Sedlacek (Czech Republic)
16. Alex Weytens (Belgium)
17. Pierrot Potargent (Belgium)
18. Gerrit Keppel (Netherlands)
19. Chris Geerts (Belgium)
20. Paul Schwamer (Netherlands)
21. Andrew Roberts (Great Britain)
22. Edwin Rambusk (USA)
23. Philippe Michaud (France)
24. Jack Van ‘T Pad (Netherlands)
25. Martin De Cock (Belgium)
26. Malcolm Cross (Great Britain)
27. Jery Frander (Germany)
28. Peter Haris (Great Britain)
29. Mauro D’alessio (Italy)
30. David Leedberg (USA)
31. Peter Hargroves (Great Britain)
32. Volker Heese (Germany)
33. Tony Wilkins (Great Britain)
34. William Govaert (Belgium)
35. Petr Ejem (Czech Republic)
36. William Stevens (USA)
37. Francois Geemen (Belgium)
38. Barend Motshagen (Netherlands)
39. Lynn Lines (Great Britain)
40. Mark Thomas (USA)
41. Peter Parkes (Great Britain)
42. Frederic Ravidt (France)
43. Patrick Dematteis (France)
44. Greg Elson (Great Britain)

Men 45-49
1. Mark Verloo (Belgium) 38.50
2. Marc Druyts (Belgium)
3. Danny Verhestraeten (Belgium)
4. Peter Hoffmans (Netherlands)
5. Heiko Heuser (Germany)
6. Dirk Gebruers (Belgium)
7. Jos Bogaerts (Netherlands)
8. Denis Noel (France)
9. Giuseppe Dal Grande (Italy)
10. Andrew Shaw (Great Britain)
11. Ron Van Rooij (Netherlands)
12. Philip Roach (Great Britain)
13. Rene Ristau (Germany)
14. Ger Koenen (Netherlands)
15. Philippe Fournier (France)
16. Jose Esteban (Spain)
17. Didier Langlois (France)
18. Johannes Kirchhof (Germany)
19. Ludwig Gladines (Belgium)
20. Herman Cop (Belgium)
21. Milos Mayer (Czech Republic)
22. Robert Orange (Canada)
23. Josué Demare (France)
24. Sven Harter (Germany)
25. Nigel Hay (Great Britain)
26. Armando Mattacchioni (Italy)
27. Jose Antonio Mazaiza (Spain)
28. Wim Branderhorst (Netherlands)
29. Didier Lejeune (France)
30. Hulger Gatz (Germany)
31. Jiri Mandaus (Czech Republic)
32. Christian Rio (France)
33. Graham Clark (Great Britain)
34. Alberto Elgezua (Spain)
35. Jorg Bertram (Germany)
36. Ken Smith (USA)
37. Patrick Valliquet (France)
38. Gary Townsend (Great Britain)
39. Eric De Graef (Belgium)
40. Ole Schutt (Germany)
41. Frank Van Oirschot (Netherlands)
42. Paule Bates (USA)
43. David Garrett (Great Britain)
44. Paul Dalton (Great Britain)
45. Jiri Urbasek (Czech Republic)
46. Kieran Dunlea (Great Britain)
47. Craig Stevens (Great Britain)
48. Heiko Klein (Germany)
49. Eddy Raviat (France)
50. Uwe Stoschek (Germany)
51. Nick Barnett (Great Britain)

Men 40-44
1. Jan Van Donink (Belgium) 43.58
2. Erik Teck (Belgium)
3. Dirk Mertens (Belgium)
4. Wim Krieckemans (Belgium)
5. Frank Groenendaal (Netherlands)
6. Will Black (USA)
7. Lars Van Der Sloot (Germany)
8. Noel Clough (Great Britain)
9. Frans Willems (Netherlands)
10. Luc Van Den Bergh (Belgium)
11. Johannes Van Ham (Netherlands)
12. Thibault Normon (Canada)
13. Manuel Guttierez (Spain)
14. Coudray (France)
15. Xabier Arrillaga (Spain)
16. Edwin Van Pinxteren (Netherlands)
17. Ondrej Glajza (Slovakia)
18. Marc Coolen (Belgium)
19. Jeff Verbraeken (Belgium)
20. Jannes Weerman (Netherlands)
21. Alain Thomas (France)
22. Flavio Zoppas (Italy)
23. Henk Weerman (Netherlands)
24. Luc Verheyen (Belgium)
25. Geoffrey Giddings (Great Britain)
26. Hans Kyndt (Belgium)
27. John Shaw (Great Britain)
28. Myall Gannon (USA)
29. Jon Gallagher (USA)
30. Dietmar Muller (Germany)
31. Frank Schmidt (Germany)
32. Pascal Besnard (France)
33. Richard Visscher (Netherlands)
34. Ivo Kovarik (Czech Republic)
35. Keith Sheridan (Great Britain)
36. Volker Altenkirch (Germany)
37. Dick Van Der Bruggen (Netherlands)
38. Ton Van Den Oetelaar (Netherlands)
39. Harrie Van Der Burgt (Netherlands)
40. Hein Te Riele (Netherlands)
41. Herwig Verwaest (Belgium)
42. Duncan Walmsley (Great Britain)
43. Elmar Schrauth (Germany)
44. Luc Keim (Belgium)
45. Heiko Rudolph (Germany)
46. Regis Dellupo (France)
47. Mark Garrett (Great Britain)
48. Thomas Gourus (Germany)
49. Jean-Pierre Bultieau (France)
50. Gerard Lambinon (Netherlands)
51. Steven Poole (Great Britain)
52. Ivan Burch (Great Britain)
53. Daniel Becraft (USA)
54. Jen-Marc De-Phuoc (France)
55. Jens Schoenbohm (Germany)
56. Peter Ross (USA)
57. Franck Cauwet (France)
58. Kris Van Honste (Belgium)
59. Sean Jackson (USA)
60. Mark Humphreys (Great Britain)
61. Noel Franck (France)
62. Wim Callay (Belgium)
63. Peter Mcguiness (Great Britain)

Men 35-39
1. Ludovic Dubau (France) 42.55
2. Edwin Raats (Netherlands)
3. Bert Vervecken (Belgium)
4. Wim Jansen (Belgium)
5. Micha De Vries (Netherlands)
6. Maurizio Tabota (Italy)
7. Laurent Lecoeur (France)
8. Benny Van Staeyen (Belgium)
9. Robert Verp (Netherlands)
10. Jean-Pierre Chalas (France)
11. Sebastien Pillou (France)
12. Luc Van Looveren (Belgium)
13. Heiko Drechsel (Germany)
14. Tommy Jacobsen (Denmark)
15. Scott Rose (Great Britain)
16. Patrick Somsen (Netherlands)
17. Heiko Nordmann (Germany)
18. Cees Quint (Netherlands)
19. Lino Colombo (Belgium)
20. Rene Snoeren (Netherlands)
21. Nico Schroyen (Belgium)
22. Jorn Fuhring (Germany)
23. Marnik Snoeck (Belgium)
24. Kurt Perham (USA)
25. Oliver Corpus (Germany)
26. Richard Lister (Great Britain)
27. Stuart Mcghee (Great Britain)
28. Gregory Keller (USA)
29. Mickael Lemarele (France)
30. Rudy Depecher (France)
31. Gotzon Etxebarria (Spain)
32. Roman Barenyi (Slovakia)
33. Udo Janssen (Netherlands)
34. Thomas Schneider (France)
35. David Lenoir (France)
36. Marc Boudreau (Canada)
37. Markus Kottenstette (Germany)
38. Kyle Bush (USA)
39. Arnold Schoon (Netherlands)
40. Bart Langmans (Belgium)
41. Brad Collins (Canada)
42. Bart Uytterhoeven (Belgium)
43. Michael Naessens (Belgium)
44. Serge Van Gelder (Belgium)

Men 30-34
1. Frankie Theot (France) 43.50
2. Massimo Follarelli (Italy) 0.18
3. Cedric Garnier (France) 0.43
4. Leon Brouwer (Netherlands)
5. Guillermo Alvarez Perez (Spain)
6. Thomas Hannover (Germany)
7. Sven Raeymakers (Belgium)
8. Cyrille Prise (France)
9. Axel Naessens (Belgium)
10. Stephane Colige (France)
11. David Edet (France)
12. Wilfred Veldkamp (Netherlands)
13. Sven Kuschla (Germany)
14. Patrick De Laat (Netherlands)
15. Kris Ceulemans (Belgium)
16. Jelle Vets (Belgium)
17. Samuel Jimenez (Spain)
18. Keith Murray (Great Britain)
19. Felipe Cotera (Spain)
20. Parys Telly (Belgium)
21. Sam Krieg (USA)
22. Andrew Baum (Great Britain)
23. Tijmen Kamphuis (Netherlands)
24. Aitor Diaz Miranda (Spain)
25. Jan Goris (Belgium)
26. Bert Kimpen (Belgium)
27. Rick Scholtens (Netherlands)
28. Vin Cox (Great Britain)
29. Loic Sevenec (France)
30. Gijs Jongeling (Netherlands)
31. Davy Paeshuyse (Belgium)
32. Rob Van Den Muysenbergh (Netherlands)
33. Eric Leblacher (France)
34. Daniel Lewis (Great Britain)
35. Ivan Salon (Slovakia)
36. Igor Elgezua (Spain)
37. Brent Haesendonck (Belgium)
38. Christophe Lechene (France)
39. Michel Tanguy (France)
40. Sven Ottosen (Denmark)
41. Ivo Van Geloven (Netherlands)
42. Harry Ruiterkamp (Netherlands)
43. Ondrey Semerad (Czech Republic)
44. Saul Sanz Herrero (Spain)
45. Tobias Lampe (Germany)
46. Yoseba Gaminde (Spain)
47. Fraske Troy (USA)
48. Andrew Dilkes (Great Britain)
49. Frederico Dobbels (Belgium)
50. Jeroen Brummelman (Netherlands)
51. Wander Te Bockhorst (Netherlands)
52. Stéphane Clay (France)
53. Richard Bowen (Great Britain)
54. Francois Van Autreve (France)
55. Dennis Boeijen (Netherlands)
56. Fabien Melet (France)