This event was held on February 2, 2013, as a part of the

2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place at Eva Bandman Park in Louisville, Kentucky, USA on Saturday, February 2, 2013. It was the first ever cyclo-cross world championship held outsi ...

. Just like last year, Mathieu van der Poel of Netherlands took the gold, becoming the first person ever to win the junior's event twice.

Race report

Mathieu van der Poel went into the race as the big favourite, having won every single race he competed in during the 2012–2013 cyclo-cross season. This race wasn't different, he went full power from the very start and was safe from start to finish. A fall and a flat tire were not capable of taking it away from him. The race for the second spot was equally quickly decided with Martijn Budding, also from the Netherlands, having a nice lead on those behind him. There was more competition for the third spot, showing a nice battle between Belgians

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and

Nicolas Cleppe Nicolas Cleppe (born 12 December 1995 in Tielt) is a Belgian former cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who rode for UCI Continental team . Cleppe retired the end of 2020, after his contract was not renewed by . Major results Cyclo-cross ;2015-201 ...

, the Czech Adam Ťoupalík and the

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. Peeters disappeared from that group after a fall, Owen shared the same faith. Cleppe had trouble following Ťoupalík, who took the bronze, and also got overtaken again by Owen who was giving it his all in hopes of reaching the podium.

Results

References

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