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U23 men's World Cup leader Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Focus XC Team) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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U23 men's podium at the Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup: Julian Schelb, Anton Cooper, Reto Indergand, Julian Schelb, Anton Cooper, Reto Indergand (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Anton Cooper (Cannondale Factory Racing) wins the U23 race at the Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Nicholas Pettina, Hugo Drechou (Calvisson VTT) and Howard Grotts (Specialized Racing XC) chase (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Reto Indergand (BMC Mountainbike Racing Team) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Julian Schelb and Reto Indergand (BMC Mountainbike Racing Team) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Anton Cooper (Cannondale Factory Racing) leading Julian Schelb (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Michiel Van Der Heijden (Giant Pro XC Team) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Focus XC Team) leading at start (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

Full Results

U23 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Anton Cooper (NZl) Cannondale Factory Racing	1:17:53
2	Julian Schelb (Ger)	0:01:07
3	Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:01:41
4	Hugo Drechou (Fra) Calvisson VTT	0:01:57
5	Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team
6	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Giant Pro XC Team	0:02:34
7	Nicholas Pettina (Ita)	0:02:41
8	Ruben Scheire (Bel) Feenstra Felt Powered By Kenda	0:02:44
9	Kerry Werner (USA)	0:03:05
10	Andrey Fonseca (CRc) Bi&Esse Carrera	0:03:19
11	Antoine Caron (Can)
12	Mitchell Bailey (Can)	0:03:46
13	Emilien Barben (Swi)	0:03:58
14	Luiz Cocuzzi (Bra)	0:04:16
15	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) BH - SR Suntour - KMC	0:04:22
16	Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB Racing Team	0:04:40
17	Jeremy Martin (Can)	0:05:14
18	Leandre Bouchard (Can)	0:05:24
19	Dirk Peters (NZl)	0:05:33
20	Cameron Dodge (USA)	0:05:37
21	Russell Finsterwald (USA) Trek Factory Racing	0:06:20
22	Patrick Chartrand (Can)	0:06:29
23	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:07:13
24	Keegan Swenson (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing	0:08:12
25	Alexandre Vialle (Can)	0:08:36
26	Casey Williams (USA)	0:09:04
27	Julien Gagne (Can)	0:09:35
28	Evan Mcneely (Can)	0:09:49
29	Frederico Mariano (Bra)	0:09:52
30	Sepp Kuss (USA)	0:10:49
31	Andrew L'esperance (Can)	0:11:26
32	Steven Noble (Can)
33	Emmanuel Boily (Can)	0:11:39
34	Evan Guthrie (Can)	0:11:41
35	Luis Camacho (CRc) Bi&Esse Carrera	0:13:16
-1lap	Kevin Massicotte (Can)
-1lap	Marc-Antoine Nadon (Can) Scott-3Roxracing
-1lap	Davis Ross (Can)
-1lap	Richard Cypress Gorry (USA)
-1lap	Michael Sampson (USA)
DNF	Howard Grotts (USA) Specialized Racing XC
DNF	Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Caloi
DNF	Trevor Deruise (USA)
DNF	Victor Koretzky (Fra) Bikepark.Ch Adrisport

U23 men World Cup standings after five rounds
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team	290	pts
2	Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	219
3	Hugo Drechou (Fra) Calvisson VTT	216
4	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Giant Pro XC Team	191
5	Nicholas Pettina (Ita)	171
6	Jens Schuermans (Bel) Versluys Team	168
7	Jeff Luyten (Bel) Versluys Team	157
8	Jordan Sarrou (Fra) Focus/Rotor/Coaching-System.Fr	145
9	Julian Schelb (Ger)	131
10	Daniele Braidot (Ita)	111
11	Anton Cooper (NZl) Cannondale Factory Racing	98
12	Grant Ferguson (GBr) Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	84
13	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) BH - SR Suntour - KMC	69
14	Julien Trarieux (Fra)	63
15	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	59
16	Dirk Peters (NZl)	51
17	Ruben Scheire (Bel) Feenstra Felt Powered By Kenda	49
18	Christian Pfäffle (Ger)	47
19	Andrea Righettini (Ita) Focus XC Italy Team	45
20	Luca Braidot (Ita)	40
21	Jan Nesvadba (Cze)	40
22	Howard Grotts (USA) Specialized Racing XC	36
23	Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey Pro Team	34
24	Antoine Caron (Can)	32
25	Kerry Werner (USA)	30
26	Andrey Fonseca (CRc) Bi&Esse Carrera	29
27	Victor Koretzky (Fra) Bikepark.Ch Adrisport	27
28	Emilien Barben (Swi)	27
29	Marc Stutzmann (Swi)	26
30	Martin Gluth (Ger)	26
31	Mitchell Bailey (Can)	18
32	Keegan Swenson (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing	18
33	Gregor Raggl (Aut) Ötztal Scott Racing Team	16
34	Luiz Cocuzzi (Bra)	14
35	Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col)	14
36	Didier Bats (Bel) Toka Print MTB Team	14
37	Andri Frischknecht (Swi) Scott Swisspower MTB Racing Team	13
38	Romain Seigle (Fra) Asptt Definitive Tec	12
39	James Reid (RSA)	11
40	Kenta Gallagher (GBr) Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	10
41	Jeremy Martin (Can)	9
42	Marvin Gruget (Fra) Look - Beaumes De Venise	9
43	Leandre Bouchard (Can)	8
44	Lorenzo Samparisi (Ita) Merida Italia Team	8
45	Cameron Dodge (USA)	6
46	Russell Finsterwald (USA) Trek Factory Racing	5
47	Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Merida Ntg	5
48	Patrick Chartrand (Can)	4
49	Evan Guthrie (Can)	3
50	Florian Chenaux (Swi)	2
51	Krystof Bogar (Cze)	2
52	Alexandre Vialle (Can)	1
53	Sepp Kuss (USA)	1
54	Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team	1

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