Michiel van der Heijden (Rabobank Giant) took a decisive win in the under 23 men's cross country World Cup at Windham, New York moving into the overall leader's jersey in the process.
Howard Grotts (Specialized), the winner of the junior men's cross country at the 2011 junior men's race in Windham, led out the field on the first lap of the under 23 category at this year's event, but faded against older, more experienced opponents as the race progressed. He eventually finished fifth.
The race was missing World Cup leader Alexander Gehbauer (Austria), who chose not to attend the North American rounds, and Ondrej Cink (Czech Republic), who did not start after crashing out of the previous race at Mont-Ste-Anne, injuring his elbow.
Van der Heijden moved up to join Grotts at the front on the second lap, then pulled away on the third lap. Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Focus MIG) joined Grotts on the third lap, dropping him a lap later, while Reto Indergand (BMC) also went by on the final lap to take bronze.
Van der Heijden's lead in the overall is a slim 28 points over Schulte-Luenzum, with Gehbauer, Cink and Gerhard Kerschbaumer (TX Active Bianchi) all still in contention for the title in the final round.
Full results
| 1 | Michiel van der Heijden (Ned) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team | 1:23:37 |
| 2 | Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus Mig Team | 0:00:48 |
| 3 | Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team | 0:01:06 |
| 4 | Ruben Scheire (Bel) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:01:25 |
| 5 | Howard Grotts (USA) Specialized Racing | 0:01:36 |
| 6 | Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) TX Active Bianchi | 0:02:04 |
| 7 | Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) | 0:02:19 |
| 8 | James Reid (RSA) | 0:02:20 |
| 9 | Olof Jonsson (Swe) Team Fujibikes Rockets | 0:03:04 |
| 10 | Kenta Gallagher (GBr) | 0:03:20 |
| 11 | Russell Finsterwald (USA) Subaru - Trek | 0:03:58 |
| 12 | Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey-Cannondale | 0:04:42 |
| 13 | Mitchell Bailey (Can) | 0:04:50 |
| 14 | Jack Haig (Aus) | 0:04:59 |
| 15 | Julian Schelb (Ger) | 0:05:12 |
| 16 | Lukas Loretz (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 0:05:25 |
| 17 | Antoine Caron (Can) | 0:05:28 |
| 18 | Luke Roberts (RSA) | 0:05:42 |
| 19 | Jeremy Martin (Can) | 0:06:06 |
| 20 | Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) | 0:06:13 |
| 21 | Fabrice Mels (Bel) Salcano Factory Team | 0:06:19 |
| 22 | Leandre Bouchard (Can) | 0:06:41 |
| 23 | Evan Guthrie (Can) | 0:07:25 |
| 24 | Kerry Werner (USA) | 0:07:40 |
| 25 | Mirco Widmer (Swi) Giant Swiss SR - Suntour | 0:07:47 |
| 26 | Sebastian Batchelor (GBr) | 0:08:06 |
| 27 | Evan McNeely (Can) | 0:08:12 |
| 28 | Andrey Fonseca (CRc) | 0:08:17 |
| 29 | Skyler Trujillo (USA) | 0:08:46 |
| 30 | José Gonzalez (Ecu) | 0:09:15 |
| 31 | Steven Noble (Can) | 0:09:16 |
| 32 | Tom Bradshaw (NZl) | 0:09:59 |
| 33 | Seamus Powell (USA) | 0:10:08 |
| 34 | Patrick Chartrand (Can) | 0:11:04 |
| 35 | Payson McElveen (USA) | 0:11:37 |
| 36 | Emilien Barben (Swi) | 0:11:50 |
| 37 | Gert Heyns (RSA) | 0:12:11 |
| 38 | Brad Hudson (NZl) | 0:12:45 |
| 39 | Mathew Waghorn (NZl) | 0:13:39 |
| 40 | Cameron Dodge (USA) | 0:13:46 |
| 41 | Diyer Rincon (Col) | 0:14:56 |
| 42 | Samuel Tremblay (Can) | 0:15:07 |
| 43 | Rojas Luis (Arg) | 0:16:10 |
| 44 | Alex Lavertu (Can) | 0:16:38 |
| 45 | Andrew L'Esperance (Can) | 0:17:09 |
| 46 | Cole Oberman (USA) | 0:18:47 |
| 47 | Ivan Lizardi (Mex) | 0:20:18 |
| DNF | Gregor Raggl (Aut) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Thoemus Racing Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Roger Walder (Swi) Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Hilvar Yamid Malaver (Col) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Philippe Depault (Can) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 1 | Michiel van der Heijden (Ned) | 355 | pts |
| 2 | Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) | 327 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Alexander Gehbauer (Aut) | 310 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) | 282 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Ondrej Cink (Cze) | 270 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Ruben Scheire (Bel) | 176 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) | 127 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Julian Schelb (Ger) | 122 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | James Reid (RSA) | 117 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Daniele Braidot (Ita) | 114 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Reto Indergand (Swi) | 96 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) | 85 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Nicholas Pettina (Ita) | 77 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Olof Jonsson (Swe) | 67 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Kenta Gallagher (GBr) | 61 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Christian Pfäffle (Ger) | 57 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Mirco Widmer (Swi) | 53 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| 18 | Jeff Luyten (Bel) | 51 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| 19 | Russell Finsterwald (USA) | 46 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| 20 | Howard Grotts (USA) | 40 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| 21 | Hugo Drechou (Fra) | 39 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| 22 | Rourke Croeser (RSA) | 39 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| 23 | Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) | 37 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| 24 | Didier Bats (Bel) | 34 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| 25 | Marek Rauchfuss (Cze) | 33 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
| 26 | Gregor Raggl (Aut) | 32 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
| 27 | Jonas De Backer (Bel) | 31 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
| 28 | Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) | 31 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
| 29 | Jordan Sarrou (Fra) | 29 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
| 30 | Bart De Vocht (Bel) | 27 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
| 31 | Mitchell Bailey (Can) | 25 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
| 32 | Maxime Urruty (Fra) | 24 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
| 33 | Marvin Gruget (Fra) | 23 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
| 34 | Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Col) | 20 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
| 35 | Jack Haig (Aus) | 20 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
| 36 | Evan Guthrie (Can) | 19 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
| 37 | Jan Nesvadba (Cze) | 18 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
| 38 | Martin Gluth (Ger) | 15 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
| 39 | Dirk Peters (NZl) | 14 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
| 40 | Lukas Loretz (Swi) | 13 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
| 41 | Fabrice Mels (Bel) | 13 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
| 42 | Roger Walder (Swi) | 12 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
| 43 | Luke Roberts (RSA) | 12 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
| 44 | Antoine Caron (Can) | 11 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
| 45 | Dmytro Titarenko (Ukr) | 11 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
| 46 | Emilien Barben (Swi) | 10 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
| 47 | Ivan Smirnov (Rus) | 8 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
| 48 | Leandre Bouchard (Can) | 8 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
| 49 | Jeremy Martin (Can) | 7 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
| 50 | Andrey Fonseca (CRc) | 7 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
| 51 | Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) | 7 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
| 52 | Grant Ferguson (GBr) | 7 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
| 53 | Kerry Werner (USA) | 7 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
| 54 | Tomas Paprstka (Cze) | 5 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
| 55 | Sebastian Batchelor (GBr) | 5 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
| 56 | Marcel Fleschhut (Ger) | 4 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
| 57 | Luca Braidot (Ita) | 3 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
| 58 | Pavel Priadein (Rus) | 2 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
| 59 | Julien Trarieux (Fra) | 2 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
| 60 | Hilvar Yamid Malaver (Col) | 1 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
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