2007 World MTB Championships - U19 Mens XCO  
(1 comments) Friday, 7-September-2007  08:42 AM - by Scott 
The under 19 XCO men had their bite at the Fort William 2007 World Championships course this morning. Two Australia riders lined up to start; Paul van der Ploeg (Mt. Beauty) and nathan Haas (ACT) along with 88 other junior riders from around the world. After a blinding 1st lap Van der Ploeg came through in 13th position but a broken chain and the run to the next technical assistance zone cost him dearly and came through the finish to start his 3rd lap in 65th place. Despite continuing problems with the drive train that meant little power could be transferred he clawed back positions on the last two laps to ultimately finish in 47th place.

Hass, on the other hand appeared to have a relatively trouble free race and he finished a few places in front of Van der Ploeg in 43rd place.

The race though was pretty much dominated by swiss rider Thomas Litscher who almost consistently was the fastest person to lap the course and who finished the 34.2km race with an average speed of 21.14km/h in 1h37m6s.

1. 40 LITSCHER Thomas SUI 1:37:06
2. 6 BRZOZKA Piotr POL 1:37:33 + 27
3. 36 FLETCHER David GBR 1:37:47 + 40

43. 5 HAAS Nathan AUS 1:46:25 +9:18
47. 26 VAN DER PLOEG Paul AUS 1:47:16 + 10:09





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