2007 in men's cyclo-cross

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January

• 1 – Sven Nys wins the Grand Prix Sven Nys in Baal where he resides, winning the competition for the sixth time, this time finishing in front of 2006 winner Lars Boom, while fellow Baal citizen Niels Albert finishes in third position. svennys.com
• 3 – Richard Groenendaal wins the Centrumcross Surhuisterveen for the third consecutive time. It was his first win of the season. rabobank.nl
• 7 – Bart Wellens, Lars Boom, Petr Dlask, Enrico Franzoi and Francis Mourey all become national champion after beating their fellow countrymen in the world's top nations. cycling4all.com
• 14 – Sven Nys celebrates his sixth World Cup victory of the season as he wins the Grand Prix Nommay. velonews.com
• 14 – Ben Berden returns to the sport after being suspended for two years due to the use of doping with a third place in the Grand Prix Jean Bausch-Pierre Kellner. dewielersite.net
• 17 – Sven Nys wins the first ever held indoor cyclo-cross race named the Flanders Indoor Cyclo-cross held in Mechelen. He won the race in the final, after finishing only fourth in the first of two heats. svennys.com
• 19 – Rabobank retreats Boy van Poppel from the World Championships and further cyclo-cross competitions as the Dutchman suffers from heart problems. Van Poppel has to undergo medical examination before he is allowed back in competition. dewielersite.net
• 26 – Francis Mourey is taken to hospital after falling in a training. Therefore, he will miss the World Championships and is unable to defend his bronze medal from 2006. hln.be
• 27 – Lars Boom finishes way in front of his first opponent Niels Albert to claim the world title in the under 23s category. Junior World Cup winner Joeri Adams outsprints his opponents in the final metres of the race to win his rainbow jersey. [1], cyclingnews.com
• 28 – Erwin Vervecken successfully defends his world title after winning in an exciting race where the top favourites were eliminated due to a plastic block. cyclingnews.com
• 29 – Bart Wellens, who broke his wrist during the World Championships after being hit by a plastic block, touched by a television motorcyclist demands 60,000 Euros for the matter as his season is over. telesport.nl

World championships

Main article: 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

Elite

Pos.	Cyclist	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Erwin Vervecken	1:05.35
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Jonathan Page	+ 0.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Enrico Franzoi	+ 0.16
4.	Bart Wellens	+ 0.25
5.	Kevin Pauwels	+ 0.32

Under 23s

Pos.	Cyclist	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Lars Boom	53.53
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Niels Albert	+ 1.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Romain Villa	+ 1.44
4.	Zdeněk Štybar	+ 2.29
5.	Philipp Walsleben	+ 2.49

Juniors

Pos.	Cyclist	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Joeri Adams	41.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Danny Summerhill	+ 0.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Jiri Polnicky	+ 0.01
4.	Ramon Sinkeldam	+ 0.02
5.	Ole Quast	+ 0.11

World Cup

Main article: 2006/07 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

Date	Place	Winner	Leader
1 October 2006	Cyclophile Aigle	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
22 October 2006	Cyclo-cross Kalmthout	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
28 October 2006	Cyklokros Tábor	Radomir Simunek jr.	Sven Nys
4 November 2006	Grand Prix Lago le Bandie	Francis Mourey	Sven Nys
12 November 2006	Veldrit Pijnacker	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
25 November 2006	Duinencross Koksijde	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
3 December 2006	Ziklokross Igorre	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
8 December 2006	Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti	Bart Wellens	Sven Nys
26 December 2006	Kersttrofee Hofstade	Erwin Vervecken	Sven Nys
14 January 2007	Grand Prix Nommay	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
21 January 2007	Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel	Sven Nys	Sven Nys

Superprestige

Main article: 2006/07 Cyclo-cross Superprestige

Date	Place	Winner	Leader
15 October 2006	Cyclo-cross Ruddervoorde	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
29 October 2006	Super Prestige Sint-Michielsgestel	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
19 November 2006	Superprestige Gavere	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
26 November 2006	Superprestige Gieten	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
6 December 2006	Bollekescross	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
31 December 2006	Superprestige Diegem	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
4 February 2007	Vlaamse Aardbeiencross	Sven Nys	Sven Nys

Gazet van Antwerpen

Main article: 2006/07 Cyclo-cross Gazet van Antwerpen

Date	Place	Winner	Leader
1 November 2006	Cyclo-cross Koppenberg	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
11 November 2006	Niel Jaarmarkt Cyclo-cross	Bart Wellens	Sven Nys
18 November 2006	Grand Prix van Hasselt	Gerben de Knegt	Bart Wellens
16 December 2006	Grand Prix Rouwmoer	Sven Nys	Bart Wellens
28 December 2006	Azencross	Niels Albert	Sven Nys
1 January 2007	Grand Prix Sven Nys	Sven Nys	Sven Nys
3 February 2007	Krawatencross	Sven Nys	Sven Nys

Other 2007 Cyclo-cross races

Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
1 January 2007	Grand Prix du Nouvel-An	David Pagnier	Jonathan Page	Pavel Adel
2 January 2007	Grand Prix De Ster Sint-Niklaas	Sven Nys	Maxime Lefebvre	Richard Groenendaal
2 January 2007	Flüüger Quer Dübendorf	Simon Zahner	Christian Heule	Thomas Frischknecht
3 January 2007	Centrumcross Surhuisterveen	Richard Groenendaal	Gerben de Knegt	Erwin Vervecken
7 January 2007	Premio San Román Muxika	Isaac Suarez Fernandez	Unai Emilio Yus Querejeta	Oscar Vázquez Crespo
8 January 2007	Nationale Cyclo-Cross Otegem	Sven Nys	Sven Vanthourenhout	Jan Verstraeten
10 January 2007	Scheldecross Antwerpen	Niels Albert	Erwin Vervecken	Zdeněk Štybar
13 January 2007	CC GP Lille Métropole	Gerben de Knegt	Erwin Vervecken	John Gadret
14 January 2007	GP Jean Bausch	Jean-Pierre Drucker	Arne Daelmans	Ben Berden
14 January 2007	Derby Cyclo-cross Series	Philip Dixon	Nick Craig	Robert Jebb
17 January 2007	Flanders Indoor Cyclo-cross	Sven Nys	Niels Albert	Sven Vanthourenhout
20 January 2007	Kasteelcross Zonnebeke	Sven Vanthourenhout	Enrico Franzoi	David Willemsens
20 January 2007	Ciclo Cross de Iraeta	Unai Emilio Yus Querejeta	José Antonio Garrido	David Pena
22 January 2007	GP Ayuntamiento de Ispaster	Arnaud Labbe	Isaac Suarez Fernandez	Milan Barenyi
31 January 2007	Cyclocross Vossenhol-Maldegem	Sven Nys	Niels Albert	David Willemsens

National Championships

Date	Country	Elite	U23	Junior
7 January	Austria	Peter Presslauer Roland Mörx Gerald Hauer	Daniel Federspiel Patrick Schörkmayer Matthias Rupp
7 January	Belgium	Bart Wellens Klaas Vantornout Sven Nys	Niels Albert Rob Peeters Dieter Vanthourenhout	Jim Aernouts Stef Boden Vincent Baestaens
14 January	Croatia	David Demanuelle Emanuel Kišerlovski Bojan Rafaj	Vinko Zaninovic Moreno Vrancich Mario Zubcic	Igor Crnila Marko Ivancic Marijan Perkovic
6 January	Czech Republic	Petr Dlask Zdeněk Štybar Radomir Simunek jr.
7 January	Denmark	Joachim Parbo Tommy Moberg Nielsen Christian Poulsen		Morten Gregersen Michael Kohberg Jonas Guddal
7 January	France	Francis Mourey John Gadret Jérôme Chevallier	Romain Villa Aurélien Duval Arnold Jeannesson	Arnaud Jouffroy Thomas Girard Matthieu Boulo
7 January	Germany	René Birkenfeld Johannes Sickmüller Thorsten Struch	Philipp Wasleben Sascha Wagner Finn Heitmann	Ole Quast Max Walsleben Josef Rauber
7 January	United Kingdom	Philip Dixon Nick Craig Robert Jebb	Ian Bibby Ian Field Ross Creber	Alex Paton Scott Thwaites Jonathan McEvoy
6 January	Ireland	Robin Seymour Roger Aiken Lewis Ferguson		Sean Downey Graham Boyd Francis Newton
6 January	Italy	Enrico Franzoi Marco Aurelio Fontana Marco Bianco	Rafael Visinelli Cristian Cominelli Davide Malacarne	Matteo Trentin Alessandro Calderan Elia Silvestri
7 January	Luxembourg	Gusty Bausch Pascal Triebel Jean-Pierre Drucker		Tom Thill Philippe Hutmacher Tom Kohn
7 January	Netherlands	Lars Boom Richard Groenendaal Gerben de Knegt	Thijs van Amerongen Ricardo van der Velden Boy van Poppel	Ramon Sinkeldam Jordy Beuker Twan van den Brand
7 January	Poland	Marek Cichosz Dariusz Gil Mariusz Gil	Marcin Sobiepanek Sylwester Janiszewski Tomasz Repinski	Marek Konwa Kacper Szczepaniak Miroslaw Frackowiak
7 January	Slovakia	Maroš Kovác Milan Barenyi Robert Glajza	Robert Gavenda Robert Bachraty Branislav Zachar	Peter Sagan
13 January	Spain	Jose Hermida Ramos Isaac Suarez Fernandez Oscar Vázquez Crespo	David Lozano Riba Ander Gomez Elorriaga Mauro Gonzalez Fontan	Jon Ander Manjon Alvarez Hermes Gonzalez Fernando San Emeterio Gandiaga
7 January	Switzerland	Christian Heule Simon Zahner Florian Vogel	Yves Corminboeuf Nino Schurter Julien Taramarcaz	Matthias Rupp Arnaud Grand Pierre Käslin