1996 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

1996 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

Montreuil
Venue	Montreuil, France [1]
Date	(1996-02-03 - 1996-02-04)3–4 February 1996
Coordinates	48°51′N2°26′E / 48.850°N 2.433°E / 48.850; 2.433
Events	3
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The 1996 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France from 3-4 February 1996. ^[2] This was the first year that the under-23 race was held. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's elite race details	Adrie van der Poel  (NED)	56' 12"	Daniele Pontoni  (ITA)	+ 0:00	Luca Bramati  (ITA)	+ 0:00
Men's under-23 race details	Miguel Martinez  (FRA)	46' 57"	Patrick Blum  (SUI)	+ 0:00	Zdeněk Mlynář  (CZE)	+ 0:04
Men's junior race details	Roman Peter  (SUI)	40' 55"	Gaizka Lejarreta  (ESP)	+ 0:59	Grégory Lapalud  (FRA)	+ 0:59

Results

Elite

Rank	Rider	Nation	Time
1	Adrie van der Poel	Netherlands	56' 12"
2	Daniele Pontoni	Italy	+ 0:00
3	Luca Bramati	Italy	+ 0:00
4	Henrik Djernis	Denmark	+ 0:09
5	Erwin Vervecken	Belgium	+ 0:09
6	Emmanuel Magnien	France	+ 0:09
7	Dieter Runkel	Switzerland	+ 0:21
8	Richard Groenendaal	Netherlands	+ 0:21
9	Jérôme Chiotti	France	+ 0:39
10	Beat Wabel	Switzerland	+ 0:59

Under-23

Rank	Rider	Nation	Time
1	Miguel Martinez	France	46' 57"
2	Patrick Blum	Switzerland	+ 0:00
3	Zdeněk Mlynář	Czech Republic	+ 0:04
4	Maarten Nijland	Netherlands	+ 0:04
5	Kamil Ausbuher	Czech Republic	+ 0:14
6	David Süssemilch	Czech Republic	+ 0:14
7	Dario David Cioni	Italy	+ 0:14
8	Beat Blum	Switzerland	+ 0:14
9	Christophe Morel	France	+ 0:19
10	Guillaume Benoist	France	+ 0:25

Junior

Rank	Rider	Nation	Time
1	Roman Peter	Switzerland	40' 55"
2	Gaizka Lejarreta	Spain	+ 0:59
3	Grégory Lapalud	France	+ 0:59
4	Peter Frei	Switzerland	+ 0:59
5	David Derepas	France	+ 0:59
6	John Gadret	France	+ 0:59
7	Christian Trafelet	Switzerland	+ 0:59
8	Bart Wellens	Belgium	+ 1:23
9	Matthias Kern	Switzerland	+ 1:36
10	David Tický	Czech Republic	+ 1:36

References

1. Second Edition News for February 5, CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 1 January 2026
2. "Cyclo-Cross World Championships 1995/1996 - Results Men". the-sports.org. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
3. "UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Montreuil 1996". wielerflits.be (in Dutch). 28 December 2025.
4. "1996  » UCI World Championship (WC)". procyclingstats.com. 28 December 2025.
5. "World Championship 1996". FirstCycling.com. 1 January 2026.