Photography

Photo's of the World Cyclocross Championships by Rob Karman/www.mtnbikephotos.com.

Elite Men

• Mario De Clercq (Bel) - leads the chasing group in the early stages
• Mario De Clercq - leading his Belgian teammates
• Mario De Clercq - charges up an incline
• The Dutch riders - give chase
• Sven Nijs (Bel) - was one of the real aggressors
• Sven Nijs - attacks De Clercq

Photos by AFP

• Mario De Clercq (Bel) on his way to winning the elite men's race.

Elite Women

• Laurence Leboucher (Fra) - scored an impressive win in the Elite Women's race
• Laurence Leboucher - leads Dunlap and Van den Brand
• Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) - saw her reign as World Champ come to an end
• Hanka Kupfernagel - sprints up the slope
• Dutch Daphny van den Brand - took the bronze medal
• Alison Dunlap (USA) - rode well, but finished just outside the medals
• Ann Grande (USA) - finished in fifth place
• Gina Hall (USA) - finished 10th, giving USA the team prize.
• Laurence Leboucher - salutes the crowd on the podium
• The women's podium - Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger, 2nd), Laurence Leboucher (Fra, 1st) and Daphny van den Brand (Ned, 3rd)

Photos by AFP

• Alison Dunlap (USA) pushes her bike up a climb
• Laurence Leboucher (Fra) enjoys her victory.
• Alison Dunlap (right) just out of the medals in the sprint for second and third, taken out by Daphny Van den Brand (left) and Hanka Kupfernagel (centre).

U23 Men

• A beer charged fan, quite possibly Dutch - enjoys the conditions at the World's.
• Thijs Verhagen (Ned) - rode strongly to win the U23 men's race
• Thijs Verhagen - negotiates a technical part of the parcours
• Davy Commeyne (Bel) - finished second in the U23 men's race
• Italian Enrico Franzoi - managed fourth place
• Tomas Trunschka (Cze) - and Enrico Franzoi battle it out
• Wim Jacobs (Bel) - fifth placed finisher
• Adam Craig - was the USA's best rider in the U23 men's division

Junior Men

• Junior men's winner Kevin Pauwels (Bel) - at the top of the course
• Kevin Pauwels - leads the pack on the descent
• Kevin Pauwels - leads the junior men's pack
• Kevin Pauwels - on his own, heading for victory
• Krzysztof Kuzniak (Poland) - was the silver medalist in the Junior Men's category
• Zdenek Stybar (Cze) - eventually finished third in the Junior Men.