Emozionante finale alla Coppa del Mondo Open maschile con la vittoria di Kevin Pauwels a Namur, in Belgio. Il leader di Coppa, della formazione Sunweb Napoleon Games, ha inscenato un bellissimo duello con il giovane olandese Lars Van Der Haar (Giant Shimano Development) che solo nelle battute finali è riuscito a togliere di ruota per poi conquistareil meritato trionfo. Van Der Haar chiude secondo a 10", mentre la terza moneta è appannaggio del tedesco Philipp Walsleben a 19". Quarto Tom Meeusen a 1'24", davanti a Van Kessel (1'38") e all'elvetico Wildhaber che accusa 1'46". Seguono i belgi Rob Peeters e Joeri Adams.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO
1 PAUWELS Kevin SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 1:07:43
2 VAN DER HAAR Lars DEVELOPMENT TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO +00:10
3 WALSLEBEN Philipp BKCP - POWERPLUS +00:19
4 MEEUSEN Tom TELENET - FIDEA +01:24
5 VAN KESSEL Corne TELENET - FIDEA +01:38
6 WILDHABER Marcel SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM +01:46
7 PEETERS Rob VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN PALACE CONTINENTAL TEAM +02:05
8 ADAMS Jens VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN PALACE CONTINENTAL TEAM +02:10
9 WEBER Sascha VERANCLASSIC - DOLTCINI +02:24
10 TARAMARCAZ Julien CORENDON - KWADRO +02:30
11 MOUREY Francis FDJ.fr +02:31
12 VAN DER POEL David BKCP - POWERPLUS +02:37
13 MEISEN Marcel CORENDON - KWADRO +03:21
14 AERNOUTS Bart CORENDON - KWADRO +03:28
15 CANAL Fabien LOOK - BEAUMES DE VENISE +03:33
16 POWERS Jeremy +03:34
17 VERMEERSCH Gianni SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM +03:41
18 PAGE Jonathan +03:56
19 BOSMAN Gert-Jan PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM +04:00
20 ZAHNER Simon +04:01
21 PETRUS Lubomir BKCP - POWERPLUS +04:04
22 MERLIER Tim SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM +04:07
23 RUIZ DE LARRINAGA IBANEZ Javier +04:08
24 BOROS Michael +04:22
25 WELLENS Bart TELENET - FIDEA +04:29
26 AERNOUTS Jim SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM +04:42
27 PAPRSTKA Tomas REMERX-MERIDA TEAM KOLIN +04:58
28 WUBBEN Niels TELENET - FIDEA +05:08
29 MOSER Andreas +05:09
30 HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Aitor +05:09
31 VAN AMERONGEN Thijs TELENET - FIDEA +05:36
32 FIELD Ian +05:59
33 GIL Mariusz CORENDON - KWADRO +06:09
34 SAEGESSER Severin +06:13
35 KYZIVAT Vladimir +06:31
36 WINTERBERG Lukas +06:44
37 QUAST Ole -1LAP
38 HARING Martin CK BANSKA BYSTRICA -1LAP
39 LHOTELLERIE Clement -1LAP
40 HANSEN Kenneth -1LAP
41 VAN DEN BRAND Twan CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS -1LAP
42 BETALU Josep -2LAP
43 SIMUNEK Radomir CORENDON - KWADRO -2LAP
44 SCHWEIZER Michael (JR) -2LAP
45 BIANCO Marco -2LAP
46 WILDHABER Michael -3LAP
47 PARBO Joachim -3LAP
48 SCHOOLER Aaron -3LAP
49 TAKENOUCHI Yu VERANCLASSIC - DOLTCINI -4LAP
50 NAVARRO VIDAL Agustin -4LAP
51 LASAK Matej -4LAP
52 MCCONNELL Mark -5LAP
53 SAGUES PORTABELLA Ramon -5LAP
54 EDMOND Angus -5LAP
55 MILLBURN Garry -5LAP
56 DURRIN Jeremy OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES -5LAP
57 MARION Robert -5LAP

CLASSIFICA COPPA DEL MONDO
1 PAUWELS Kevin BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 300
2 MEEUSEN Tom BEL TELENET - FIDEA 223
3 VAN KESSEL Corne NED TELENET - FIDEA 218
4 WALSLEBEN Philipp GER BKCP - POWERPLUS 214
5 VAN DER HAAR Lars NED DEVELOPMENT TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 210
6 VANTORNOUT Klaas BEL SUNWEB - NAPOLEON GAMES CYCLING TEAM 185
7 ADAMS Jens BEL VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN PALACE CT 170
8 MOUREY Francis FRA FDJ.fr 164
9 PEETERS Rob BEL VASTGOEDSERVICE - GOLDEN PALACE CT 161
10 WELLENS Bart BEL TELENET - FIDEA 143