title: 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's under-23 race
text: # 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's under-23 race
  
  The 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's under-23 race was held on Saturday 27 January 2007 as a part of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.
  
  ## Summary
  
  Lars Boom attacked on the hard climb halfway the second lap and managed to create a serious gap by drilling himself through the 35-metre-long sand section just after the climb. His main opponent Niels Albert followed on a fair distance and could only secure his silver medal, finishing 1:22 behind Boom. Romain Villa followed 20 seconds behind Albert to take the bronze.
  
  ## Ranking
  
  | Rank | Cyclist | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Lars Boom (NED) | 53:53,4 |
  | | Niels Albert (BEL) | + 1:22,5 |
  | | Romain Villa (FRA) | + 1:44,1 |
  | 4 | Zdenek Stybar (CZE) | + 2:29,4 |
  | 5 | Philipp Walsleben (GER) | + 2:49,1 |
  | 6 | Lukas Kloucek (CZE) | + 2:56,0 |
  | 7 | Jonathan Lopez (FRA) | + 3:04,3 |
  | 8 | Rob Peeters (BEL) | + 3:10,1 |
  | 9 | Rafael Visinelli (ITA) | + 3:22,5 |
  | 10 | Ricardo Van Der Velde (NED) | + 3:25,8 |
  | 11 | Finn Heitmann (GER) | + 3:37,5 |
  | 12 | Aurelien Duval (FRA) | + 3:39,6 |
  | 13 | Robert Gavenda (SVK) | + 4:23,8 |
  | 14 | Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (NED) | + 4:45,2 |
  | 15 | Tom Van Den Bosch (BEL) | + 4:55,5 |
  | 16 | Ian Field (GBR) | + 5:02,3 |
  | 17 | Quentin Bertholet (BEL) | + 5:07,2 |
  | 18 | František Klouček (CZE) | + 5:11,4 |
  | 19 | Davide Malacarne (ITA) | + 5:19,0 |
  | 20 | Thijs Van Amerongen (NED) | + 5:25,0 |
  | 21 | Jempy Drucker (LUX) | + 5:30,0 |
  | 22 | Romain Lejeune (FRA) | + 5:40,3 |
  | 23 | Matthias Flückiger (SUI) | + 5:52,3 |
  | 24 | René Lang (SUI) | + 5:56,0 |
  | 25 | Dieter Vanthourenhout (BEL) | + 6:12,8 |
  | 26 | Ondrej Bambula (CZE) | + 6:16,0 |
  | 27 | David Menger (CZE) | + 6:22,7 |
  | 28 | Patrick Van Leeuwen (NED) | + 6:34,0 |
  | 29 | Marcel Wildhaber (SUI) | + 6:45,9 |
  | 30 | Cristian Cominelli (ITA) | + 7:02,6 |
  | 31 | Sascha Weber (GER) | + 8:09,9 |
  | 32 | Florian Le Corre (FRA) | + 8:16,7 |
  | 33 | Yannik-Johannes Tiedt (GER) | + 8:31,7 |
  | 34 | Mauro Gonzalez Fontan (ESP) | + 8:47,0 |
  | 35 | Marcin Sobiepanek (POL) | + 8:55,5 |
  | 36 | James Driscoll (USA) | + 9:09,0 |
  | 37 | Marco Ponta (ITA) | + 9:18,5 |
  | 38 | Hugo Martinez Rus (ESP) | |
  | 39 | Chance Noble (USA) | |
  | 40 | Kim Michely (LUX) | |
  | 41 | Dawid Romanowski (POL) | |
  | 42 | Yu Takenouchi (JPN) | |
  | 43 | Sylwester Janiszewski (POL) | |
  | 44 | David Claerebout (LUX) | |
  | 45 | Adam Bycka (POL) | |
  | 46 | Daniel Neyens (USA) | |
  | 47 | Charles Tobias Marzot (USA) | |
  | 48 | Gabriele Mercante (ITA) | |
  | 49 | Tomasz Repinski (POL) | |
  | 50 | Kyle Douglas (CAN) | |
  | 51 | Tetsuya Fujioka (JPN) | |
  | 52 | Brian Zengeni (ZIM) | |
  | 53 | Brian Robinson (CAN) | |
  | 54 | Gorden Martin (ZIM) | |
  | 55 | Aaron Schooler (CAN) | |
  | 56 | Yudai Izawa (JPN) | |
  | 57 | Shaun Adamson (CAN) | |
  
  A total of six riders abandoned the race: Yves Corminboeuf (Switzerland), David Lozano Riba (Spain), Byron Munyoro (Zimbabwe), Otsuka Wataru (Japan), Julien Taramarcaz (Switzerland) and Erlantz Uriarte Okamika (Spain).
  
  