Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) beat Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in an exciting two-man duel that ended in a battle for the last corner and a sprint, at the seventh round of the UCI's cyclo-cross World Cup in Pont-Château, France. Pauwels outsprinted the Belgian champion Niels Albert. Nys finished in third. Back in 2004 Pauwels won the U23 cyclo-cross world championships on the same course.
Result :
1 Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team 1:01:46
2 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 0:00:03
3 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 0:00:40
4 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ 0:00:41
5 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank-Giant Off Road Team 0:00:42
Picture : Belga