Gallery: Behind the scenes at Louisville 2013
- By VeloNews.com
- Published Feb. 3, 2013
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Czech juniors warm up in the shelter of upturned picnic tables slung with plastic sheeting. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Belgian juniors used the shelter of the team box van for warm-up. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
New junior world champion Mathieu Van der Poel's very tall Zannata. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Mathieu Van der Poel, Martijn Budding, and the Dutch juniors warm up in team tent. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
American Logan Owen heads to staging. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Mathieu Van der Poel gets the holeshot and would never look back in the junior men's race. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
American Maxx Chance squeezes up the side of the first run-up. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Logan Owen rides barelegged from deep in the field for fourth. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Canadian fans in their element. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Mathieu Van der Poel solos to a second world championship. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Logan Owen shows the disappointment of a rough day at worlds. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Lucie Chainel-Lefevre reaches the dirt first in the elite women's race. She would go on to earn her first-ever worlds medal, a bronze. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Fans line the course for the day's second race of four. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Zach McDonald rides to 11th in the U23 race. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Jeremy Powers heads to staging. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
The winterbare trees of Eva Bandman Park. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Flat Zach McDonald spotted throughout the woods. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Czech rider Martin Bina started strong in the elite men's race, leading the field for the first lap and a half. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
The blue skinsuits of the Belgians line out behind early leader Martin Bina. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Jonathan Page chases a top-10 finish before a broken chain and a flat tire would send him to mid-pack. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
After a perfectly timed pass, Sven Nys leads Klaas Vantornout in the final lap. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Bart Wellens is hot after the race, which he felt he could have won without a bad start, talking with Sporza's Renaat Schotte. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Sven Nys' supporters' club is on-hand for its namesake's second world championship win. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Sven Nys dons the rainbows stripes and gold medal in Louisville. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
Louisville 2013 Behind the Scenes
Pat McQuaid, who fans booed on the stage, gets ready to present the UCI flag to the next worlds host city, Hoogerheide, Netherlands. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com
FILED UNDER: Cyclocross / Gallery TAGS: Louisville 2013 / UCI Elite Cyclocross World Championships
