
Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) enjoys the rainbow bands.
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Elia Silvestri (Italy) digs deep
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Elia Silvestri (Italy) tops the stairs.
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) wins in Tabor
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The Szczepaniak brothers share their success in Tabor.
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The U23 men's podium: Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) and Arnaud
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Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak enjoy the Polish national anthem in Tabor
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U23 winner Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland)
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Kacper Szczepaniak (Poland) chasing his brother
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) celebrates the win.
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Kacper Szczepaniak comes across in second.
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The Szczepaniak brothers show their medals
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Tom Meeusen chasing on the stairs.
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) claims the U23 title.
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) chomps on that gold medal
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The U23 podium: Poles Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak and Arnaud Jouffroy
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The sun was out but did little to warm riders on a fiercely cold day in
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Pawel Szczepaniak plows ahead toward victory.
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U23 world champion Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland)
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) enjoys his victory salute.
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) grabbed a flag from a fan and waved it as he
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Marek Konwa was on track for a podium placing, but stumbled on the final
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Kacper Szczepaniak (Poland) took second place
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Fans enjoy some Belgian beer in the Czech Republic
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Zach Mc Donald was the best placed US rider.
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Kenneth Van Compernolle (Belgium
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Arnaud Jouffroy fought tooth and nail for his podium placing.
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The U-23 Men's start on the Tabor course
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There were lots of costumed fans cheering for their favorite racers today
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Tom Meeusen (Belgium) suffers on the icy course.
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The stairs provided one of many obstacles
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Danny Summerhill (USA) on his way to a 29th place finish
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Arnaud Jouffroy (FRA) stayed in contact with the three Polish riders the
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) sliding on the ice
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Team USA (L to R) Danny Summerhill, Zach McDonald, Dave Hackworthy, Jerome
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The Polish riders looked set for a podium sweep.
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The USA team had to fight from poor starting positions
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Riders grabbed the poles in corners to carry their momentum through the
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) was elated with the world title
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Arnaud Jouffroy (France) worked his way into third place.
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Pawel Szczepaniak (Poland) takes the U23 World Championship title.
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