Stefano Viezzi raises the bar and secures a precious fifth place in Benidorm (Spain) in the Under 23 Cyclocross World Cup. The Friulian remains consistently in the wake of the best, with only 7" separating him from the winner, world champion Tibor Del Grosso, a Dutch rider from Alpecin Deceuninck Development, who confirms his leadership in this category. Del Grosso wins ahead of Belgian Jente Michels (European champion) and Frenchman Aubin Sparfel. Van Den Eijnden then beats Viezzi in a sprint for fifth place. Another Italian, Samuele Scappini, finishes nineteenth in the top twenty.

FINAL STANDINGS 01 DEL GROSSO Tibor - 50:18 02 MICHELS Jente - + 03 03 SPARFEL Aubin - + 05 04 VAN DEN EIJNDEN Guus - + 07 05 VIEZZI Stefano - + 07 06 REMIJN Senna - + 13 07 CORSUS Yordi - + 19 08 DE BRUYCKERE Kay - + 35 09 VAN LIEROP Danny - + 42 10 SIMON Jules - + 55 11 DOCKX Aaron - + 01:05 12 BOMMENEL Nathan - + 01:11 13 DEBORD Romain - + 01:11 14 SOLEN Keije - + 01:12 15 HAVERDINGS David - + 01:15 16 VAS Barnabás - + 01:19 17 JEZEK Vaclav - + 01:26 18 ACKERT Ian - + 01:32 19 SCAPPINI Samuele - + 01:46 20 MIRA Raul - + 01:48