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Tábor crowns Kupfernagel, Vervecken, Vanthourenhout and Bína at cyclo-cross worlds
Germany, Belgium and the host Czech Republic shared the four titles at the 3–4 February 2001 championships, including a Czech sweep of the junior podium.
3–4 February 2001; completed 4 February · Tábor, Czech Republic
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Confirmed development
The 2001 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships concluded in Tábor, Czech Republic, on 4 February with four category champions: Hanka Kupfernagel, Sven Vanthourenhout, Martin Bína and Erwin Vervecken. The UCI's contemporary programme placed the women's elite and men's under-23 races on Saturday, 3 February, followed by the junior men and elite men on Sunday. The results therefore belong to a two-day championship rather than a single combined race.
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Kupfernagel won the women's elite title for Germany, ahead of the Netherlands' Corine Dorland and Daphny van den Brand. It was her second women's elite world title, following the inaugural championship in 2000. Spain's federation records Rocío Gamonal in 26th, Aida Nuño in 32nd and Carmen Armada in 34th, preserving the wider classification alongside the medal places.
Context
Belgium's Vanthourenhout took the under-23 crown, with home riders Tomáš Trunschka and David Kášek completing that podium. The Czech team then occupied all three junior men's medal positions: Bína won ahead of Radomír Šimůnek and Jan Kunta. Spanish finishers in that junior classification included Koldobika Aguirre in 38th, Ismael Esteban in 47th and Egoitz Murgoitio in 54th.
Vervecken led the elite men's result, ahead of Czech rider Petr Dlask and Belgium's Mario De Clercq. The UCI's later historical review identifies Tábor as the first of Vervecken's three elite world titles; Belgian Cycling's palmarès separately records both his victory and Vanthourenhout's under-23 success. These are championship classifications, not World Cup series standings.
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