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26.09.2007/ Lars Boom (Netherlands, Rabobank) captured the gold in the first race, the time trial for cyclists under 23. He was nine seconds faster than Tinkoff's Mikail Ignatiev, the Russian top favorite. Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) won the womens time trial.


Lars Boom is also Dutch national cross champion (picture: Rabobank)

It is the second world title for the only 21-year old rider from the Dutch town of Vlijmen this year, since he had already won the world championships cyclo-cross in the same age category in the Belgian town of Hooglede-Gits in January. In total, this is his third world-championships gold because Boom is also the 2003 world champion cross with the juniors.

Boom laid the foundation for his world title in the middle part of the 38.1-kilometers long track. There he rode away from all of his rivals. At the first measuring point, for example, Ignatiev was still eight seconds faster then the Dutch captain but the latter was five seconds ahead at the second measuring point. At the third and final measuring point, that difference had increased to ten seconds. The Russian only nibbled a second off of that in the final seven kilometers. It was clear that Ignatiev could not threaten Boom anymore when the Russian still had five hundred meters to go and therefore, the latter could start cheering in a subdued manner in his hot seat next to the podium.

After the runner-up's finish, there was still some disbelief with the young Dutchman. "I have been working toward this day all year. Actually from the moment I became the cyclo-cross world champion. I was determined to perform well today, especially because I did so poorly at last year's world championships," laughed Boom, who had only finished 26th in Salzburg. A position unworthy of someone with his talent. "The comeback is complete, but I did not expect that it would lead to a gold medal. Ignatiev was the favorite for a reason."

He started fast and found the right rhythm very quickly. "It felt good all the time. I could get all the gears around pretty easily and it just went well. Morale during the race was perfect," confessed Boom. Boom also felt that the track suited him as a cyclo-cross specialist. "Many turns and short twists. A technical track with changes of pace. It resembled the tracks and intensity of cyclo-cross racing a little bit. So that was good for me."

In the road race coming Saturday, Boom and the Dutch team, for one-hundred percent consisting of Rabo cyclists, aim for gold once again. "We have a really strong team. A friend's team. We have grown even closer in the Tour de l'Avenir. A great unit. We are going to try, and if a team mate wins the gold, great. I already have my medal." Jos van Emden, who rode a respectable time trial on Wednesday, will also start in the road race.

Women

Hanka Kupfernagel won the gold medal in the women's individual time trial. Kupfernagel was 23 seconds faster as defending champion Kristin Armstrong (USA).  Christiane Soeder (Australia) clocked the third time.

Results
 
U23
 
1 Lars Boom (Netherlands)                          48.58 (46.86 km/h)
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia)                         0.09
3 Jerome Coppel (France)                            0.46
4 Michael Faerk Christensen (Denmark)               1.10
5 Adriano Malori (Italy)                            1.12
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)                     1.13
7 Tanel Kangert (Estonia)                           1.14
8 Alexandr Pliuschin (Moldavia)                     1.17
9 Branislau Samoilau (Belarus)                      1.28
10 Francis De Greef (Belgium)                       1.30
11 Dmitry Sokolov (Russia)                          1.35
12 Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)                  1.42
13 Jos Van Emden (Netherlands)                      1.42
14 Roman Kireyev (Kazakhstan)                       1.46
15 Peter Velits (Slovakia)                          1.47
16 Rein Taaramae (Estonia)                          1.50
17 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spain)                 1.59
18 Marcel Kittel (Germany)                          2.06
19 Grega Bole (Slovenia)                            2.12
20 Tony Gallopin (France)                           2.18
21 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan)                     2.24
22 André Steensen (Denmark)                         2.26
23 Rafai Chtioui (Tunisia)                          2.30
24 Stefan Schäfer (Germany)                         2.34
25 Martin Kohler (Switzerland)                      2.35
26 Rui Costa (Portugal)                             2.37
27 Kristjan Koren (Slovenia)                        2.38
28 Mathieu Deschenaux (Switzerland)                 2.45
29 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukraine)                           2.51
30 Maxim Belkov (Russia)                            2.52
31 Martin Velits (Slovakia)                         2.54
32 Sergiu Cioban (Moldavia)                         2.55
33 Jaroslaw Marycz (Poland)                         3.00
34 David Veilleux (Canada)                          3.04
35 Sam Bewley (New Zealand)                         3.05
36 Ian Stannard (Great Britain)                     3.08
37 Evaldas Siskevicius (Lithuania)                  3.09
38 Tejay Van Garderen (United States of America)    3.24
39 Gatis Smukulis (Latvia)                          3.25
40 José Mendes (Portugal)                           3.25
41 Christopher Froome (Kenya)                       3.31
42 Jacqu. Janse Van Rensburg (South Africa)         3.37
43 Siarhei Papok (Belarus)                          3.41
44 Zakkari Dempster (Australia)                     3.45
45 Frantisek Kloucek (Czech Republic)               4.00
46 Emanuel Saldano (Argentina)                      4.00
47 Marco Coledan (Italy)                            4.01
48 Christian Meier (Canada)                         4.03
49 Pavel Zitta (Czech Republic)                     4.14
50 Clinton Robert Avery (New Zealand)               4.15
51 Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)                      4.30
52 Wilson A. Marentes Torres (Colombia)             4.34
53 Martins Trautmanis (Latvia)                      4.42
54 Darwin Luis Urrea Vergara (Venezuela)            4.48
55 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Algeria)                  4.51
56 Hossein Nateghi (Iran)                           4.57
57 Nick Frey (United States of America)             5.06
58 Andriy Suralyov (Ukraine)                        5.15
59 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spain)                   5.20
60 Dimitri Jiriakov (Liechtenstein)                 5.21
61 Frederik Krogh-Larsen (Norway)                   5.41
62 Esad Hasanovic SRB                               5.49
63 Federico Pagani (Argentina)                      5.59
64 Azizbek Abdvrahimov (Uzbekistan)                 6.09
65 Victor Moreno (Venezuela)                        6.26
66 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Malaysia)               6.28
67 Mohammad Rajablou (Iran)                         6.57
68 Yong Li Ng (Malaysia)                            7.39
69 Konstantin Kalinin (Uzbekistan)                  8.12
70 Sandor Koczka (Hungary)                          8.21
 
Women
 
1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany)                     34.43.8 (43.432 km/h)
2 Kristin Armstrong (United States of America)     0.23.5
3 Christiane Soeder (Austria)                      0.41.5
4 Amber Neben (United States of America)           1.02.8
5 Christine Thorburn (United States of America)    1.11.1
6 Priska Doppmann (Switzerland)                    1.21.2
7 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France)                  1.21.8
8 Emma Pooley (Great Britain)                      1.32.6
9 Karin Thürig (Switzerland)                       1.35.2
10 Meifang Li (China)                              1.37.8
11 Mirjiam Melchers-Van Poppel (Netherlands)       1.49.7
12 Zulfiya Zabirova (Kazakhstan)                   1.50.5
13 Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden)                      1.55.3
14 Tereza Hurikova (Czech Republic)                1.55.5
15 Anne Samplonius (Canada)                        2.02.9
16 Martina Ruzickova (Czech Republic)              2.08.7
17 Eleonora Van Dijk (Netherlands)                 2.13.6
18 Charlotte Becker (Germany)                      2.14.8
19 Maryline Salvetat (France)                      2.20.8
20 Alison Powers (United States of America)        2.22.1
21 Oenone Wood (Australia)                         2.22.4
22 Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania)                   2.25.5
23 Sara Carrigan (Australia)                       2.30.2
24 Maribel Moreno Allue (Spain)                    2.35.6
25 Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain)               2.40.0
26 Emma Johansson (Sweden)                         2.41.5
27 Trine Schmidt (Denmark)                         2.51.5
28 An Van Rie (Belgium)                            3.00.1
29 Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russia)                    3.03.8
30 Ana Paola Madrinan Villegas (Colombia)          3.12.2
31 Alex Wrubleski (Canada)                         3.13.8
32 Anna Zugno (Italy)                              3.16.7
33 Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine)                      3.18.2
34 Marta Vila Josana Andreu (Spain)                3.18.7
35 Anita Valen De Vries (Norway)                   3.19.9
36 Silvia Valsecchi (Italy)                        3.24.6
37 Tatiana Antoshina (Russia)                      3.38.7
38 Rasa Polikeviciute (Lithuania)                  3.56.9
39 Giuseppina Grassi Herrera (Mexico)              4.03.5
40 Min Hye Lee (Korea)                             4.05.5
41 Svetlana Galuk (Ukraine)                        4.11.2
42 Yong Li Liu (China)                             4.31.1
43 Nontasin Chanpeng (Thailand)                    4.37.0
44 Lang Meng (China)                               5.03.3
45 Elissavet Chantzi (Greece)                      5.04.5
46 Aurelie Halbwachs (Mauritius)                   5.45.4
47 Chapookam Monrudee (Thailand)                   5.57.8
48 Evelyn Garcia (El Salvador)                     6.07.6
49 Lyubov Dombitskaya (Kazakhstan)                 7.28.3

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