Venue | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium |
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Date(s) | 30–31 January 2016 |
Events | 5 |
The 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the World Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2015–16. It was held in Heusden-Zolder in Belgium on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31 January 2016. The championships featured five events, in addition to the men's and women's elite races there was a U23 men's and junior men's races, and for the first time, a U23 women's race.
Almost six years since the first allegations of “ mechanical doping” in cycling the UCI, during the Women's under-23 race, for the first time in cycling history found evidence of technological fraud when they checked the bicycle of Femke Van den Driessche. The UCI had been testing a new detection system. The offence carries a minimum six-month suspension and a fine of between 20,000 and 200,000 Swiss francs. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's events | ||||||
Men's elite race
[2] |
Wout Van Aert Belgium |
1h 05' 52" |
Lars van der Haar Netherlands |
+5" |
Kevin Pauwels Belgium |
+35" |
Men's under-23 race
[3] |
Eli Iserbyt Belgium |
51' 18" |
Adam Ťoupalík Czech Republic |
+1" |
Quinten Hermans Belgium |
+5" |
Men's junior race
[4] |
Jens Dekker Netherlands |
43' 05" |
Mickael Crispin France |
+ 35" |
Thomas Bonnet France |
+ 1' 00" |
Women's events | ||||||
Women's elite race
[5] |
Thalita de Jong Netherlands |
41' 03" |
Caroline Mani France |
+ 14" |
Sanne Cant Belgium |
+ 24" |
Women's under-23 race
[6] |
Evie Richards Great Britain |
41' 34" |
Nikola Nosková Czech Republic |
+ 35" |
Maud Kaptheijns Netherlands |
+ 47" |
* Host nation ( Belgium)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |